One week down

Hello friends,
We've got one week down and many more to go.  :)  I feel like I've said this a million times, but it feels like I've been here for months.  Cartagena feels just a little bit more like home everyday.  The first few days definitely felt like I was on vacation and I should be counting down the days until I would need to get back on an airplane and go back to the "real" world.
I mean, really, the real world couldn't be living on the Caribbean, right?!  I hope the day never comes that I look out my new living room window and don't appreciate the view.
Could the real world really mean that a staff retreat is going to an island for a weekend?  The majority of last week was spent finding an apartment, getting settled, going to the grocery store and mall, and beginning the process of finding my favorite places to eat.  Friday we left for an island called Barú where Playa Blanca is located (if you're familiar with the area...) for a staff "retreat".  I put retreat in quotation marks because the staff retreat I've known in the past consists of endless hours in a windowless room around a conference table.  This place was gorgeous!  Most time was spent in a beachy hut sort of thing sharing about our lives, thoughts, feelings, expectations, fears... you name it.  =)  We ended the weekend with a flashmob of some rewritten Black Eyed Peas dedicated to our director and principals for SUCH a warm welcome.  Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1zmrR-aV4E if you feel so inclined.
I would write more, but I'm am SO tired.  This moving this is exhausting.