Mi Familia

Families here are extremely close! Even extended families. Right now my "mom" Eira is pregnant with her third child, so every day someone from the family (today it was her neice Tamara) comes in the morning to clean and cook and help around the house so that Eira can rest. We also have a housekeeper. Her name is Esperanza and she is soo sweet. Eira's neice, Glenda, who works at Alianza Americana lives in a house that is connected to her grandmother's. She lives with her sister and her mom. She told me that when she got married, she and her husband moved to their own house, but after about a week, her sister and her mom came to live with her so it was completely pointless to have moved in the first place because now the old house was empty. Everyone is very very nice here. Everyone's front doors are left open until bedtime. There are always visitors. Everyone seems to know everyone in their little neighborhoods. We also have a bird in our house. I don't know his name because I asked Oscarito and he just kept yelling es mi mascota!!! es mio! (He's my pet! He's mine!) haha he is so cute. I found out that Oscar is a doctor and Eira is a lawyer. They opened this school together in 2002 and now another branch has been opened in Chinandega about 45 minutes away. Like I said, now they are working towards becoming a university. I sat in on my first classes yesterday, and today - right now actually I will teach my first one alone from 4-6. Wish me luck!