Alone

It's been barely 3 days since Noe left for the states, and I've finally gotten used to the empty house.  Houses always have their noises, which somehow I can't hear when there's someone else there with me.  I also get very aware of the windows after dark, mostly thinking that someone could see me from out there.  If you know where  I live, then you know you'd actually have to be on the second floor to look into my windows, but still, I kept thinking I was seeing things out there.  It doesn't help to be watching scary Netflix movies on your first days alone again.

Tara at East Harbor Dock, Rota, CNMI 2 May 2010

Noe was the one doing most (OK, all) of the cleaning at our house since he was home all the time.  I've again found that pleasure in cleaning and organizing, which calms me down.  It's something I missed without knowing it.  Without Noe, however, the house heats up during the day because I'm too chicken to leave the sliding door open all day (for fear of someone climbing up the balcony) to keep it cool.  Once I get home and get everything open and the fans running, it's OK.

Tara with her Spanish 2 students Fashion Show, CNMI 5 May 2010

Today at school we had a long and arduous Shakespeare festival, which was sitting through about six hours of plays that you couldn't hear because the mics weren't working.  Other than that, it was fun to see the student's hard work paying off, even if I couldn't hear it.  They looked like they were having fun.  This week, too, I had my students do a fashion show (and announce the clothing in Spanish).  They absolutely loved it, I can show you the video sometime.  They made me promise I wouldn't put it on YouTube...