Oy vey! I have sooooooo much on my mind. I haven't blogged in a while because every time I considered it I realized that I had tons that I would like to talk about and it would take quite some time to get it all down on paper. I'll try to sum it all up in a less than lengthy post.
I taught today. It went quite well. I only have 13 students which I am INCREDIBLY happy about. That's more than 10 under the cap so I could've potentially had 12 more of everything to grade. But I was just me and the students seemed to be at least content being in the room. I can't blame them for not being happy. I would've been pretty pissed to be in a composition and communication class AND to be there at 8am. But I had them talking to partners, to the class, free-writing, and a while at least thinking. I hope it keeps going swimmingly.
I had my first class of my own yesterday and I kinda think I rocked it! Well, especially when you consider the fact that I found out 15 minutes ahead of time that I actually had the class. But, I think I managed to say several semi-intelligent things in class and my professor kinda looked Willy Wonka a la Gene Wilder. He had this crazy curly hair that kind of stuck up and he just seemed kind of silly. I think we'll probably get along quite well. Yay! I have my two other classes on Monday, so we'll see how those go.
I'm making friends! Not that you were all concerned that I wouldn't, but it's still one of those things a person can't help but fret a bit about. What if the people you meet just don't like you? What if you just don't jive? What if other people aren't that outgoing? What if I am suddenly not that outgoing? But we all know that I can't be shut up lol. But what if others are annoyed by me? And as I've said before, making new friends is just such hard work. Turns out, however, that the process has been quite smooth and easy. We're all in the same boat. And, well, what better to bring a group of people together than a week of grueling orientation!
I've only had one serious homesick spell, so I consider that a win! It just sort of came upon me. I got up on Saturday, watched a movie on TV, showered, and then I just started crying. I went out and looked at pretty things I would like to buy and then some of these new friends invited me out, so all was well. It's still an adjustment, but I'm used to living alone, so the day-to-day isn't so bad.
Honestly, I'm not sure if there is anything else I would like to elaborate on at the moment. Things are going surprisingly well. I'm ready to get this show on the road. I even found a coffee shop that I can do my work at, because my office kind of sucks. Maybe it'll get better once people get settled it, but it's kind of manky. And manky is the perfect word here. My only reference for it is in the fourth Harry Potter movie when they use the boot as a portkey and Harry said something about the "manky old boot." Also, Wheezer doesn't seem to like me spending a lot of time doing work. He's getting quite demanding, actually....barking and stuff. And I'm drinking some incredibly delicious Kentucky grown red wine. Very very tasty.
But anyhoo. I'm off to fool myself into thinking I'm actually doing work and making lesson plans...Keep on keepin' on!
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