OMG!

Soooooo yeah. A lot has happened! Like.....we met Brian Lopez!! It was extremely awkward and funny at the same time! We were acting like 13-year-old girls meeting their idol hahaha. Here's our amazing picture with him!
(Jen, Me, Erin, Bribri)
Oh yeah and in the picture, we are wearing our new Tucson dresses! We decided we should look more Tucson so we went dress shopping on 4th ave!
But..that was like 2 weekends ago.
Last weekend was Erin's birthday party and we got to meet the Presbyterian volunteers (Young Adult Volunteers aka YAVers)! They met us for the first time as we were having a dance party in our living room, so that was fun! We were dancing to Poker Face hahaha.
Yesterday we met up with them again and some of the MVSers (Mennonite volunteers) at La Placita where they show free movies! Last night's movie was The Princess Bride, which was of course AMAZING! We're going hiking early tomorrow morning (6am woo!) with the YAVers and some of the MVSers! Then later on we are going to a BBQ with some of the teachers from Santa Cruz. And Sunday, we are going to a new church, then were invited to a Wine and Cheese Night with the ACErs and the teachers. So, it should be a good! I'm really enjoying our weekends!! My roommates are so fun!
We have also decided to get more involved in the community and plan things during the week. On Wednesday we went over to the Casa Mariposa Restoration Project. I'm not 100% sure what they do, I need to look more into that, but they offered us a free (veg) meal and the people were all really nice! On their facebook page, it says "Nourished and empowered by the Spirit, the Restoration Project seeks to live in right relationship with one another, the community, and the earth through hospitality, simple and sustainable living, playful spirituality, and peaceful, prophetic action." So, yeah it's pretty awesome. They have their own garden and the meal we ate was mostly (if not all) local and organic, some from their own garden!
As far as work goes, I'm having a great time! My main troubles come from the kids being too loud as I try to explain things to the class. That, and the technology issues with the computers. But, I'm enjoying teaching so far! Sister says we got a grant for technology related stuff, so I think we will get some software (Mavis Beacon!) and headphones. That should be good!
I'm really starting to get used to life here. Even though the high tomorrow will be 99, I'm not worried. I do miss Santa Clara and Portland, but there are some good things here too!