Well the good news is that, with the help of my Garmin, I can find out exactly how much mileage we walk every day. I had this job last year and never realized how much we walked!! When the kids get here (tomorrow) and we have more to do, we’re going to be covering like 3 miles a day just walking them between the dorms, cafeteria, classes, and other activities. Also it is a million degrees (high of 101 yesterday, BEFORE humidity) so we’re sweating out all our calories!
The cafeteria here certainly isn’t disgusting, but I’m already tired of it after 3 meals. Awesome. I foresee a lot of salad bar and cereal in my future. My stomach is actually really off today. Even though it is “fresh cafeteria food” it is more processed and fake than I’m used to so I think that is throwing my tummy for a loop. However, the university that hosts this immersion program I work for is pretty hipster and, therefore, has a decent selection of vegan/vegetarian alternatives. For instance, the amazing BBQ tofu I had yesterday:
BBQ tofu at the cafeteria, nice!
I also had some pretty killer vegan chili last night!!
In addition to the walking and food, the rules of the language programs stipulate that we allow the kids time to run/walk every morning to encourage physical activity in our youth. An admirable goal, really, but unfortunately the Spanish program is the 1st of 8 for EVERYTHING. This means that we’re the first to eat breakfast, and also the first to run. Our assigned running time is 5:25am. Yes, 5:25am. Breakfast at 7am sharp. Today I woke up at 6:30am and ran in the park across from the dorm (our assigned spot) and it was already blazing hot at that hour, so maybe 5:25am is a blessing is cooler weather disguise?
Off for the last day of staff prep! The kids arrive tomorrow! ¡Olé!
Well the good news is that, with the help of my Garmin, I can find out exactly how much mileage we walk every day. I had this job last year and never realized how much we walked!! When the kids get here (tomorrow) and we have more to do, we’re going to be covering like 3 miles a day just walking them between the dorms, cafeteria, classes, and other activities. Also it is a million degrees (high of 101 yesterday, BEFORE humidity) so we’re sweating out all our calories!
The cafeteria here certainly isn’t disgusting, but I’m already tired of it after 3 meals. Awesome. I foresee a lot of salad bar and cereal in my future. My stomach is actually really off today. Even though it is “fresh cafeteria food” it is more processed and fake than I’m used to so I think that is throwing my tummy for a loop. However, the university that hosts this immersion program I work for is pretty hipster and, therefore, has a decent selection of vegan/vegetarian alternatives. For instance, the amazing BBQ tofu I had yesterday:
BBQ tofu at the cafeteria, nice!
I also had some pretty killer vegan chili last night!!
In addition to the walking and food, the rules of the language programs stipulate that we allow the kids time to run/walk every morning to encourage physical activity in our youth. An admirable goal, really, but unfortunately the Spanish program is the 1st of 8 for EVERYTHING. This means that we’re the first to eat breakfast, and also the first to run. Our assigned running time is 5:25am. Yes, 5:25am. Breakfast at 7am sharp. Today I woke up at 6:30am and ran in the park across from the dorm (our assigned spot) and it was already blazing hot at that hour, so maybe 5:25am is a blessing is cooler weather disguise?
Off for the last day of staff prep! The kids arrive tomorrow! ¡Olé!