Last week of the semester!

A little early for a "Fantastic Friday" but this is a busy week with a lot going on!

It took us eleven months, but Jess and I finally made it to the Khon Kaen city temple!  Last weekend was our last weekend together, so we figured it was now or never!  We walked an hour, climbed many flights of stairs, and made it to the top of the nine tier temple overlooking Khon Kaen! It was really fun to check out a new part of Khon Kaen that we've never explored before, we felt like we were traveling!  Jess and I have talked about going to the temple for months now, so we both felt very accomplished that we actually made it there. 

On Saturday night, some of the foreign teachers got together to have a sandwich party to hangout with Jess before she leaves Thailand.  The sandwiches were DELICIOUS and one of the teachers even made a bean dip with cheese!  Another teacher put together a homemade apple pie! It was the most delicious farang meal I've had in months! I LOVE CHEESE!

Today at school, we had "OCOP", or "One Class, One Product". Each class in the Kindergarten created a product to sell at the arts and crafts fair! I spent all week coaching two of my kids, Lemon and August, a sales pitch in English to present our product, the "fancy ruler".  Not only did OCOP mean I had to teach less today (wahoo!), it was fun to see the kids proud of themselves for the crafts they created and enjoy shopping at the other booths.  Lemon and August ROCKED their lines, they marched up on stage and were the only students that didn't need a teacher up with them feeding them lines, and they both spoke very loud and clear into the microphone! I'm so proud!  We sold out of our product very quickly and made a profit of 500 baht! We'll spend the money on snacks for the end of the semester party on Friday.


This week seems a bit longer than normal, but thats because I'm counting down the days until my trip.. 3 days!! :)