So I know that it has been a long time since I last posted....in my defense there has been a lot going on. A trip to Ibague (great fotos of the park on facebook), teaching class at Bata, an eye infection, starting my new job at Presence. It's been a lot to do and I've been too lazy to get on here and write.
I'll start with teaching an English class at a factory called Bata. It is through an English school here in Manizales and I have to admit that I have had a lot of fun with it. I am known as "crazy teacher" (I believe or at least want to believe "crazy" in a good way) and normally have 2-3 students a day. However, there is a total of 9 students in my class so you can imagine how difficult it is to deal with absences and teaching more advanced material if they weren't there for the previous classes. While I like the class it is starting to conflict with my new job....because its from 6:30-7:30 in the morning.
Shortly after starting the class at Bata I developed an eye infection that looked somewhere between pink eye and the puffiness of a black eye. The doctor said it was probably from the same virus that causes chicken pox, but we're not sure. The medicine he gave me worked and it was gone in about a week.....but for that week I felt like the hunchback of notre dame!
Next comes our trip to Ibague to visit Diego's great aunt and see his parents for a little bit. Ibague is a town about 5 hours south of Manizales, only because there is a giant mountain directly between the two....riding the bus was fun. Just imagine driving through the mountains of Colorado (not the nice freeway parts) for 5 hours....it wasn't horrible but it was not possible to sleep from the constant swaying left to right with all the turns. Anyway....my favorite thing about Ibague was the AMAZING park that they have near the centro. Diego and I relaxed for most of the weekend, but we also saw some potential apartments that his parents were looking at. They have since bought an apartment and are in the process of moving from Bogota to Ibague!!! I also ate lechona.....that is what I talked about in my last post. When you have a pig cut in half and stuff with rice and other food....I have to admit it was DELICIOUS!!! I made sure to walk straight to the table so I didn't have to see the pig's face!
The apartment is looking great....we have curtains and other little touches in the living room for color. I feel pretty good about the place. Of course we are slowly working on the "extras" for the kitchen and the rest of the place, but slowly we'll get it together.
Finally, I started my job at Presence this past week!!! I was absolutely terrified to start and it shows. The two or three weeks before I started the job I pretty much ate everything in the apartment so now I am dealing with the aftermath of that. When it comes to the job, I think I am really going to like it. The first few days were rough because I didnt sleep before my first day and then I was obsessing over what I learned the next few days. I feel better now though and I am starting to really understand the software and what it does. If I haven't talked to you personally about the job, I will give you a run down.
The software from Presence (the name of the company) is used by call centers to expedite the process.... more calls can be received or sent out. It includes phone, chat, and email services. I have to admit that the software does a very good job, but I feel sorry for the people who work at call centers that use the software. Some configurations of the software doesn't allow the worker to wipe his/her butt without someone allowing it to happen. Good for the company....harsh for the workers. My job is to translate the manuals, announcements, and actual screen commands to English (File on your internet browser is Archivo in Spanish so I need to change those things from Spanish to English). It' a challenge but its fun!
Diego and I are doing well....We play pool about once a week and go out to eat once and a while just to have some fun. We ate at an amazing sushi restaurant tonight and it was great to have a date night with him. It's not difficult to work with him at Presence, because he is always so busy and we work in different departments that don't have to interact....which I think is better for us.
Anyway, that is enough for now. Just know that we are doing well and are having fun. We do miss the US at times (especially when people talk about the holidays), but we still love to hear from you!!!!
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