New Job, New Town

So much for keeping up on updates. Things got really busy again. A lot has happened since I have last posted. First off I got a job here in Ecuador. It at a private school called Atenas in Ambato, a smaller city about two hours south of Quito. I have been working there for about a week and most of it has been training and practice teaching other classes to show how I can handle Ecuadorian High Schoolers, which is actually extremely hard. But starting tomorrow I will be taking over the classes I will have for the rest of the school year. I will have two groups of High School seniors and one group of 8th graders. My current contract is for through the end of this school year which end July 31st, but they want me to stick around for at least one more school year.
I got the job on March 10th, after a sample lesson, not to students, but to a group of teachers that were pretending to be High Schoolers. I thought they were exaggerating the way they were acting, by not listening to me, talking and just general screwing around, but they weren't even close to as bad as I've seen since starting. But After the sample lesson and interview, I got the job. But they wanted me to start that week. When I got back to Quito that day I found out about all the stuff I need to do so I would be legal to work here, and no way could I do it all in 2 days. In fact it took me 7, which from what I've been told is record time, especially here in Ecuador.
I moved to Ambato on the 18th and am currently living in an apartment owned by they school, with another English teacher. It is a huge 3 bedroom place in a quite neighborhood, with most of the furniture provided, and I even have my own bathroom. The best part is that it's only $50 a month plus $10 for Internet, so I really can't complain. I haven't had much of a chance to get out and explore Ambato yet since I work for 7 to 3:30 and I'm not used to waking that early yet. I do miss Quito, but I feel like I could get used to Ambato once I settle in and figure things out more.