Oh my god, I'm so anxious to get home. All this traveling has made me miss home more than ever. We flew over St. John yesterday and I almost jumped out of the plane because it's at least closer to home than SH is.

In other news, I just got back from sitting in on a grade 6 puberty class covering puberty in boys. I gotta say, these kids were much more knowledgeable than I would have guessed. That said, there were a few things I found interesting...

The first question was from a girl asking "Why do we need to learn about guys? Why can't we learn about our own??"

A few boys thought that guys grew hair on their penises.

I was sitting at the back of the class, and noticed that the the boys all sat on one half, and the girls the other. I thought it was odd that the teacher would segregate his class like that. So, after the class was finished, I asked him about it. He told me that he gave them the choice on where to sit, and that's what they picked. I thought that was very interesting.

I finally began to feel a little more confident in my abilities and experience. There is a 'talk box' where students can put in questions. One of the questions said something like "if when a girl puts a dildo in her privates is it dirty?". She told the class that she was going to wait to answer the question because it was a big topic (ie: she didn't know how to answer). I later saw what the question was, and we started talking about how she would answer it. She said she probably wouldn't answer it directly, that she felt some students were 'so naive and innocent' that she didn't want to describe what a dildo was, to (I assume) shatter their innocence. So, she said she might just use it to talk about STDs, which, in my opinion, doesn't have a whole lot to do with it. We packed up and left, and talked about it some more, and I told her, yes, I would talk about what a dildo is. I told her I remembered lots of times in school where kids were say words that I had no idea what it meant. Worse, I would usually try to use it in conversation, only to use it incorrectly and look like even more of an idiot. I said that these kids have probably either used or at least heard of these words on the schoolyard, and that I felt it was important that these kids learn what these words are. She thought, after thinking it over a bit, that I was right. Considering that she's a nurse who has been doing this for 20 years, I feel good about myself right now.

As a treat, I'm getting my hair done this weekend. I can't wait to let Colin make me beautiful.

Oh, and, I'm MEETING THE PARENTS. Gulp.