So Hondurican is leaving in an hour.

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And he's the first exchange student that I'm truly glad to have gone, TBH.

Not so much becuase of him (He's not my fave person ever, we had our issues but he was okay in the end). Rather I've had 3 exchange students in my house, sometimes 2 at a time for the past year.

H and I haven't been truly alone in our house since April 2011.

We need the break. We love these kids and the program itself but we need the time to regroup, reconnect and work on changing some policy/management style around here for the next kid.

He comes on the 29th by the way.

We had a long meeting with Hondurican today. We were polite and kind but pretty much laid it out on the line that it's not okay to lie to people, throw people under the bus and you can't be boss if you don't put the work in. We had to tell him before he made it 3 days at his next job and got fired. He actually did seem to appreciate the advice.

He's also apologizing to BIL as we speak for basically stealing his car. He also agreed to pay up for the extra mileage and gas. By agree I mean H and I told him if he didn't do it on his own accord, a portion of paycheck would be going to BIL instead.

I wish him well. School is right up his alley and he's really smart..so he'll be fine there. His real world work job I worry about however.

[sjh722]

1. Good job.

2. I cannot imagine having someone in my house for that long. You're a saint.