Road to Rwanda----Every Day Happenings

  I have not written in months and months.   For one thing I am tired teaching.   I still LOVE it and am not going to quit, but it takes more energy every year….not because of the kids, but because of me. Another aspect is the longer you are in a country, the more things just become “normal” and you don’t realize people might find them interesting.   Take last night for example.   Three of us teachers in the secondary school were taking the 8 high honor roll kids out to fancy eat, as we have each quarter all year.   The instigator of this has tried to make each quarter a bit more posh.   (He decided not to pursue the most expensive restaurant in the city which would have ended up costing almost $1000 USD for the night) but had identified a nice place.   Then the fun begins.   He had made detailed arrangements earlier in the week to have a venue outside of the bar (remember these were MS/HS kids) that would be set up elegantly.   He als...