Hasn't been too bad but classes have been busy. I finished up the last of my Halloween Seminars (as I called them; I taught - count 'em - 10 Halloween lessons across 3 grades, and it took about 3 weeks) on Wednesday so I broke down the elaborate decorations I had arranged in my classroom. For those of you who missed out, here are a couple of ( Read more... )

I can't believe I leave for Canada in less than a week. I am absolutely freaking out. There's a ridiculous amount of stuff to do, and Marisa's still here (till Wednesday) so I'll be dragging her all over the place trying to get ready and get my place cleaned up and meet up with people I probably won't see ever again after this ( Read more... )

Whew. Finally it's just me in my apartment again. XD I loved having people visit, but I love my solitude, too ( Read more... )

One of my JTEs hooked me up with a spare school uniform from the supply they keep for the exchange students. :) I need to lose about 20 pounds to fit it correctly, but if I roll up the waist, nobody can see that the zipper isn't done up, lol. XD I'll take a better pic if I can ever manage to dig up my camera, lost somewhere in the sea that is my ( Read more... )