There are Americans here!!!!!!!!!

We have our puppy!!! I haven't had a chance to blog since last week because I have been busy with her. Not to mention just totally preoccupied with basking in the glory of my free mornings since the kids are at school! I had forgotten how much work a puppy is though. I had in my mind a miniature Lucy to snuggle with and follow me around, go on walks with me, etc. What I got was a wild puppy who wants to chew everything (even the kids), is 6 weeks old and requires a ton of work and time, and hasn't been fully vaccinated, so isn't allowed outside the house. This means that the TV room has now become Delilah's room. Since she can't go outside she uses this room to pee and poop on newspaper. It smells like a puppy room. Thankfully she is (almost) paper trained so I don't have to do a ton of extra clean up. I bought puppy pee pads this morning, so we will see how those work. They are supposed to eliminate some of the smell. I hope so.



I think that this morning was a turning point in my time in Bucaramanga. Carlos claims to have known that there was an American school here, but until this week, I didn't know that it was an actual American certified school, with real life Americans! I went there because a friend of ours said that she knew someone there who would be able to teach me Spanish. So I went to meet with her. The place was CRAWLING with Americans!!!! It was like walking through a portal and I was back in the USA! It was the first time since I have been here that I heard real un accented English. I was able to hold out my hand and speak in English without doing the awkward start in Spanish, and try to feel out if the person speaks English, or if they will have to try to understand my broken Spanish. Apparently they hire Americans for 2 year contracts at the school. I talked to someone in HR and they asked me to send my CV and then they can put me on the list as a substitute teacher. I told them that I wasn't qualified, since I am a nurse, not a teacher. They said that since I speak English, I am qualified :) I also fond out that there is a Spanish class that some of the teachers go to. So I will definitely be going to that too. I am just so excited that I found people with something in common with me! I know it is kind of cheating to make American friends, it isn't necessarily help me fit into the Colombian culture. But either way, I need friends and this will help me feel like I belong here!