Updating from Chefchaouen

Well, not all too much has happened since the last time I updated - I've finished off my first week of work, and am already finding it much easier - once you get into the swing of things, the job ain't so bad - I'm even learning to deal with crying kids ;) Yeah, go figure - me putting up with excessive noise.

But the kids are getting better, even the toddlers are starting to realize that I'm not so much of a pushover - they're harder to work with simply because of the language barrier, but I'm doing my best to get a handle on simple stuff.

My coworkers are all lovely, even when we have language barrier problems - there are one or two things that they just always do, like make lunch for the older babies (can't decipher the arabic dialect of what they need each day, so I just let the girls take care of that). One of the more amusing parts of each day is when we have our break midday and the girls will turn on TV. Now, I'm not the best officionado of what is great television, but the translated Turkish Soap Operas are great to watch - I don't *need* to know what they're saying - I think that'd make it too painful. My personal favourite day so far was watching a turkish soap opera (in arabic) followed by a chinese soap opera (translated to arabic), then seeing Yu-Gi-Oh pop up in Arabic right after that. Certainly an interesting grouping - there are also cooking shows on that channel and spanish news... I just don't question it. Although yesterday a bollywood movie came on with the most ridiculous closing fight scene I've ever seen. I don't know what the film was called, sadly, or I'd watch it again - it hurt that much. In a good way. One of the tamer moments of the fight scene consisted of one of the three heroes (unarmed) fighting five white-clad ninjas armed with machetes inside a power-line tower (you know, the big grids that are made of thin pieces of metal). This was the tame, more believable part - the flame-thrower in the giant factory fan, the jet-ski flip in midair over the bridge (which is in the middle of the desert, by the way), and the girl flipping through the air and stabbing the villain in the chest with a katana while he was slowly riding a bike towards them.. those were a little more... well... difficult to imagine working well in real life. But again, who am I to judge?

But yes, I'm on to my 'weekend' right now (Mon/Tues off of work) which is going to be lovely and relaxing. I've been having some tummy trouble the past two days, but I'm blaming that on traditional getting settled in to a new environment, and am hoping it'll settle down soon.

I would also like to give a minute rant about how incredibly useful and wonderful tea trays are. No really - they are used for EVERYTHING food oriented here, and they're amazing. Why don't we use them all the time in the USA? I have no idea. But I love them. And will be getting one upon my return. I guarantee you that.

Also, we went out to lunch the other day, and they asked what I wanted to drink - orange juice, apple juice, or both? I said both. What I got was fresh squeezed orange juice, mixed with freshly squeezed/pureed apple. *MMMMMM* Please sir, can I have some more?

But yeah, not really all that much going on these days aside from working - going out to lunch with Anita and Myrna sometimes, figuring out the washing machine (which is in French... *sigh*), and catching up on Dr.Who (I love all of you for sending me episodes!). Action packed my days are not, but fun they surely are.