My brother’s wedding was everything I thought it would be. It was wonderful to see my family, and the air in San Francisco is so much nicer – cooler and dryer – than in the Marshall Islands. It doesn’t make you sweat. We had great food, and there were lots of glowing toasts, which made me very proud of my brother and my new sister-in-law.
I’m in Laura, Majuro now, with Chris Cahill and Ray Cheng (Dartmouth). This is actually bad news, because I was supposed to fly to Kili last Friday. Unfortunately, the pilots had maxed out the hours they are allowed to work, so everyone has to wait for them to take a break so they can start working again. There is a pilot shortage because Air Marshall Islands fired one; apparently, he had something to do with the planes breaking last time. So I have to wait until this coming Friday to go to Kili, which means missing an additional week of school. So of the 11 weeks that have passed since I arrived in the Marshall Islands, I have only taught for 2 of them. I’ll just have to make up for it with stellar teaching when I get back.
I played softball yesterday with Ray and about 25 Japanese teaching volunteers (Japan also has a volunteer teaching program here called JOCV). It was funny being completely immersed in Japanese culture, especially because they aren’t exactly fluent in English. At the end of the game, the two teams lined up and bowed to each other, then shook hands. A couple of the girls called themselves “Charlie’s Angels” in my honor, which they were excited about. They took a couple pictures with me in Charlie’s Angels poses.
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