Water Balloons + 61 Highschoolers = 2 Very Wet Teachers

When you drop something it will fall, thanks to gravity.  If you leave food on the counter, bugs are guaranteed to infest it; and when you do something stupid their is always someone there watching.  These are a few of the every day rules of life.  Today, I learned a new one.  When you have an all school water fight teachers are the number one target.  Today was the freshmen welcoming party.  I've been working with the SA officers all week to prepare for it.  They had tons of snacks and fun activites all prepared after lunch.  They did a donut eating contest and raced with eggs on a spoon.  The grand event though was the water balloon fight! Every year they blind fold the freshmen and welcome them to high school with water balloons being thrown from every direction.  They also have a tradition that Sabrina got to experience.  Every year they dump a huge trash can full of water (or juice) on the freshmen teacher :).  She was soaked! Her pay back was to whisper to them "Go get Ms. Rychelle".  Which they did, many times! I had at least 10 water balloons burst all over my, several buckets of water dumped on me and numerous water bottles emtied :).  It was so fun! I loved interacting with the kids outside of the classroom and just having fun with them!
I have declared secondary education as my future for over a year now, but I was still really unsure if that was what I wanted to do.  I didn't know if I would be any good at it, or if I would be able to control the classroom at all.  This week, I no longer had any doubt.  I LOVE teaching.  I love waking up each day and being excited for my job.  I love getting to know the students and making a difference in their life.  I especially love laughing all through the day at the funny things they say and the inventive excuses they come up with.  Even on bad days when it seems no one will listen and I'm completely failing, I still like it.  I feel like it's a job worth fighting for.  I have purpose everyday and any amount of work is worth it.  This is my long way of saying I no longer have any doubts about becoming a teacher.  I know I can wake up every day for the next 40 or 50 years and be happy to go to work.
We finally have a full staff! Jesse flew in on Tuesday and took the 2nd grade.  Sophie is now teaching kindergarten and high school PE. Yes! I felt so out of place trying to teach that class, I am glad they can have a teacher who really knows what she is doing.  The only link we are missing is Pamela :(.  She is still recovering, and today she had to go back to the hospital... Please keep her in your prayers! We are preparing for vespers and heading out to visit her.  I hope and pray she will be able to recover soon!