We only have a few minutes right now

Things are in full gear right now. There are so many different things going on this week it's making my head spin. We are going to the community school four times this week to implement environmental education activities with the different grades. Steve and the other CRM volunteers designed fun games and activities for the kids to teach them that everything in nature is connected. Most of the activities are related to the cleanliness of the oceans and how this affects the well being of the fish and marine life. Living here has certainly opened my eyes to the interconnectedness of our actions and the environment we live in.
At the end of this week we have our final language exam. We will be meeting with certified language testers who will speak with us in Tagolog and monitor our comprehension and speaking abilities.
In a week we will be heading to training with our counterparts and from there we will travel to our permanent site to begin our "real" jobs.
We continue to have language classes in the morning from 8 -12 and Steve has his technical training T, TH and S. Last weekend he went to a turtle sanctuary and eco-tourism center. The center is managed by a coastal community who used to use to eat the turtle eggs and sell them at the local market. Sometimes they would collect up to 40 eggs a day. Now they move any nests that are in potentially hazardous locations, assist any injured turtles, and supervise the annual hatching of the turtles. Steve was really impressed with the program and the dedication of the staff.
I travel to a nearby high school M-F and co-teach two first year high school classes. My first class is composed of the 50 highest ranking students in the school, and my second is composed of the 30 - 50 lowest ranking students. Most first year high school students are 12, so they are more comparable to American middle schoolers. I really enjoy spending time with the kids and I have learned a lot about teaching and things that work well (and things that don't work at all). I will be sad to leave these students next week, but i am excited to get to our permanent site and meet the students I will work with for the next couple of years.
Pineapples are in season, and our host family buys us fresh pineapple almost every day - you can get them at the market for as little as 20 pesos, less than $.50! This is also the season for santols, a round fruit with tart coating on the seeds that you can chew; they are good and some are stronger than any WarHead or Sour Patch Kid I have ever tried.