This is the end of the Thanksgiving vacation.We had a pretty good time. We went to Capricciosa for a spaghetti lunch and bought enough to have leftovers all weekend. On Friday we went out for a doctor appointment for Wakana and a little shopping. I went to my favorite place, Home Depot. Wakana went to hers, KMart.

Mostly we've stayed close to home. Not hard to do when you live on an island. We are trying to save money for the trip home. Every time I am tempted to buy something I stop and remember it is time to swell the bank account.

Last Wednesday I hit a low point at work. I was really depressed at how resistant the students are to acquiring knowledge. I spent a week talking to the Sophomores about the Romans and making it as grisly and sexy as I dared and the lessons dribbled off them like water off a duck's back. The Juniors slept through the War of Independence and grumbled all the time. I'm afraid I said some rather insulting and angry things about them while at home. Tomorrow we go back into the classrooms again. Sigh.