Angels angels

I wanted to write sooner but I have been very busy with end of the year things at school and also I wanted to wait for my friend to give me the the picture that we took at her house of the 4 us so you could take a look at my ” school angels”. I’m still waiting for them so I decided that I had to write and that I would put the pic asap.
It seems that after a vacation instead of things being easier they get more difficult. At least that’s they way it felt this week. I was tired fisically and emotionally resulting in a very bad case of back ache. Thank God  pills and a great massage (my first one) given by one of my co workers worked wonders.I was feeling so well after that that I was giving away free hugs. I also needed the energy I get from special people hugs. There was a day of this week that I was feeling a great burden. I was really running low. The night before I had stayed late working at some school things and when I finally got to bed Eugenio started talking about the store and some other things($) that troubled me resulting in some sleepless hours.
It seems God got me covered at school now. The place were I needed it the most. Most of my “free’ periods I am with one of my friends and that’s good because most of those times are also the free periods of the 3 people that we now call the Triumvirate of terror. That day my friend told me to go with her to the Brother’s office to do some work. So I grabbed my things and went with her to work at what  we call now “the refugee”. We hide there searching for the peace and ease that we don’t find in our faculty. The office has a bathroom, the desk and two sofas with a center table. We got there and the Brother was at his desk and I put my large portfolio at the table and sat at the sofa in front of the desk. My friend was ready to go to work at the computer on the desk. The brother started to look at me. And I was like What? Well he left what he was doing and went to sit beside me and he started asking things. Well I exploded and began telling him everything the way I felt and why. For 45 minutes they heard me and gave me support, love and advice. They cried with me. I can be me with them and I know that they love me and don’t judge me and that nothing that I said is going to get out of that office. I always wanted that. Someone outside of my family that I could trust to hear me. Someone religious, like many people have a priest, or pastor whom they can go to when troubled  and have issues but don’t want to burden their families with more trouble. I have never found someone whom I could trust and feel at ease with. Now I found one and I’m glad. It’s him and my 2 friends. God sent some angels to the place were I needed it the most. Now I’m covered.

Almost over

Vacation is almost over.. and I don’t know what to think about it. I dread going on Monday to a lot of work. 4 final and a Social Studies test to do. I have to turn in my professional portfolio on Friday also. I have to bring it home and update it. I also have 2 or 3 interviews with fathers this week. Ugh! I tremble only thinking about it. That is one side. Then there is the other side…. me here at home almost all the time. I have no money to be in the street all the time. So must of the time I had spend it at home. Right now I feel like screaming…Ahhh! I want to get out and talk! Almost all of the house work is done at least what I wanted to do. Because at home there is always plenty to do. But that is not what I want to do. Today I would have gone to a restaurant with a bunch of friends and talk. I’m climbing walls here. I don’t want to keep calling them with the What are you doing? No no they have other things to do. But the truth is I’m bored… Humans beings are complicated I know…We never know what we want. School vs staying at home ?
I think I would prefer staying at home anyway. Not even the computer is helping this days. Nothing to see in TV either. And on top of all this heat!! it has come back.. UGH! Maybe I should have brought the books to do something for the school at home but I decided to be a rebel and not to. That was a mistake. Now next week it’s not going to be easy. It’s only until May 16 then is work without kids until June 30. Let’s see how it goes Stay tuned.

The girls

Yesterday my 2 friends came with their daughters to my house. We all had a great time and I mean all because even the kids had a great time. To my surprise my kids stayed with us the whole time. Even Cristian stayed talking with us instead of hiding in his room. I was surprised. It means we are all comfortable with each other. We all sat at a terrace I have in the back of the house while the little girls played in the patio. We had snacks, good conversation and nice weather. I thank God yesterday it was not extremely hot because that was one of my worries. We also went to the park at the corner. The little girls enjoyed Vivi’s company. Vivi painted their nails and made them some hairdo’s while I was doing Chocolate melting cake. Later they did a photo shoot at the computer. The highlight was the melting cake. Everyone was in love with it. One of the girls came to me to thank me for making her the chocolate cake and she gave me a kiss and hug. The only one was missing was the Brother but we sent him a pic on the cell of the cake to tease him. He was at the university taking a test. Shame because it would have been great to have him on the conversation. My kids would have love him. I wanted for all of them to be happy and at ease here. I want them to return as many times as they want. One of the girls told her mom that she wanted to live here so I think I suceed.
Have a great day!

One more week on vacation

I have one more week on vacation. The first 2 days I did nothing at all. On Wednesday Cristian and i went to the movies to see Last Chance Harvey. Love the movie and Dustin Hoffman. On Thursday my sister and her family came to finish her graduation shopping here in San Juan. We spent the whole day in that and my niece still needs one dress. JA! Girls! We are very happy because she is going to the college she wanted. We knew she got in but we didn’t know if she was going to be able to go.Way too expensive. Yesterday she got the final letter with the package of financial aid and Thank God she has enough to go. So in August she is going to Manhattanville. Another blessing.
We went the weekend at my parents mostly having fun just being together and watching movies. We watched Doubt. Great performances. This week I’m looking forward to seeing my friends again. I miss them. They are going to come to my house for the first time. I’m going to make them chocolate melting cake.

For Italy

My prayers and my thoughts today are in Italy, the beautiful country that I love so much. God give the people of L’aquila and the surrounding towns of the region of Abruzzo the strength to cope with this tragedy. God bless

Opps !!

Before writing about Mr. Johnny I wrote another blog that ended up in another page I don’t know why. So please go to the other page to read it. It’s called so far so good. Nobody knows how can I put it back on the main page??

http://nanetteali.wordpress.com/so-far-so-good/

Here is Johnny

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I don’t know if any of you have hear that Johnny Depp is here and he is staying for quite some time filming the Rum Diary movie. The film is going to be entirely filmed here and it seems that the actor and all the people involved are enjoying it.
He has been seen walking around and every day he goes to film in the Old San Juan area there have been little croud waiting to see him. He always been very nice, smiles and waves. There have been times he crossed the street to shake hands with the people. There are some people working with him that had said he is very good to work with nice and humble. No big star treatment. That’s good.

Just one day!!!

One more day of work and I’m free for 2 weeks!! YAY!! Much needed I may say. It had been a difficult week. The kids and their teacher are very tired and it shows. Tomorrow I only have 3 classes with them but I know it’s going to be extremely difficult. Yesterday was not an easy day. A mom send me a nasty letter for something I haven’t even said, Cristian is sick (maybe monucleosis) and lately he hasn’t been doing well at school so being absent so many days is not good at all. All this things made me have a little crisis in school yesterday. But my friends were there for me. In fact the only good time I had yesterday was at our refugee (Brother office). Tomorrow after our Easter mass at school i”m going to my friend’s house. I’m looking forward to that and my friend’s party on Saturday. Let me see if I can take a pic of the 4 of us together sometime soon. Cristian’s labs are ready tomorrow. Let’s see.