Mondays

It's Sunday night, and I'm already preparing myself. I'm preparing myself for tomorrow... Monday. Let me just tell you about my Mondays. I have four classes to teach on Mondays. I know that might not sound like much, but my first class starts at 8:00am and my last starts at 8:00pm. And, as I work for 3 different English institutes, none of the classes are in the same place, and if you didn't know this already, Santiago is a big city! By the end of the day on Monday I have taught 5 hours of English class, spent about 1 - 2 hours planning lessons, taken 8 buses, and walked for a total of about 60 minutes. Needless to say, when I get home at around 10:00pm on Monday nights, I AM TIRED. However, last Monday night when I walked in my door, this is what I found waiting for me...

The table was set, there were candles, there was music, and there was dinner, all prepared and waiting! Rodrigo had made an incredible dinner of Choripan and pebre (my favorite Chilean foods), grilled chicken and vegetables, mashed potatoes, corn, salad, and Black Forest Cake for dessert! I obviously couldn't eat it all.. but everything was DELICIOUS! It was so sweet and thoughtful and definitely turned my Monday around!

*You might be wondering why there is a pill bottle on the table. Well, I have to take a medicine with food, and Rodrigo was SO thoughtful that he put the pills on the table for me, so I would have everything I needed! What a sweetheart!*