'nother week

This is just going to be a pretty brief entry, there is not much new to report. Last week Thursday through Saturday I was a chaperon on the senior class trip. We went to Montelimar, there is a beach resort there called Barcelo which is a pretty nice place. It has a sweet beach and a nice pool, some mini-golf, tennis courts, clubs, casino, and a ton of food. I was worried going into the trip that I was going to have to bust some seniors for drinking, smoking, gambling, or trying to sneak out and hook-up but everyone was well behaved. We got there on Thursday afternoon, checked in and I played a round of mini golf with some of the seniors and a couple other chaperons. Then we ate and went swimming in the pool for pretty much the rest of the afternoon. Went to a huge dinner and then had devotions for the evening. By this time it was about 8, and I went back to the room to rest a little before we headed out for the night. These senior love to dance (we of course had a talk with them about appropriate behavior before we left) and we went to the dance club around 11. I gotta tell you, being on the responsible end of a trip is a lot more work than being on the partying end. I was playing dad all night, the students were fine but there are men anywhere from teens to 50's that I had to keep an eye on, didn't want them to try anything. Wasn't too eventful thankfully. Friday was more of the same, just chillin around the pool or beach and eating. Then Saturday night we went to the dance club again, they got me and the other chaperons out on the floor for a couple dances and I shook my moneymaker. They got a kick out of it, and I had a good time so it was pretty fun. We left on Saturday at about 2, all in all a pretty fun trip.

Once I got back I had about 15 minutes to get ready for my soccer game, we we played down 8 to 11. We got slaughtered. I had to play goalie for a half and that is not fun, we were eliminated from the tourney after that game. I'm not too depressed, the season was starting to wear on me...it's been going on since September.

I've been playing basketball with some teachers from another school and US Marines from the embassy on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so that has been quite a bit of fun.

Like I said not a ton to report this time, hopefully I'll have more for you next time. I'll put a couple more pics from the hike just to keep it looking nice, peace.

j