Thoughts of Next Year...And Beyond!

Okay, so I had a meeting with the "powers that be" about what I'd like to teach next year. Basically, one of the girls really likes my teaching style and I think she's probably prone to help me out as a result. While we were in Chiang Mai, she said that when she'd thought I'd be leaving for China, she'd thought about asking me to teach a class management workshop for some of the teachers to give them some ideas. Pretty cool. Anyway, on my intent form, I indicated that I'd like to teach any grade under third, including kindergarten. They wanted to talk to me about that, and I told them how I loved teaching kindergarten, but understood that they're more prone to place un-credentialed teachers there. Long story short, there are so many returning teachers this year that they're putting me in K1 (2-3 year olds) and placing me in a semi-supervisory position for the grade level. Pretty cool! I'm seriously so excited that it's a bit hard at times to remember that I still have to teach 3 more months before I can really start thinking about next year.

Speaking of 3 more months, I'm beginning to get a bit homesick. My nephew, Noah, is the one I'm missing the most. He's turning 4 next week. All I want to do is give him a huge hug and then tickle the life out of him so I can hear him laugh. I miss taking him for walks and singing with him. There are other people of course that I also miss--friends and family--but right now, I just want a hug from my Noah.

I haven't been on any adventures since my last update, which is not too unusual seeing as it was only about a week ago, and I'm battling a nasty bug that's been making the rounds around the school. As a result, my weekend was pretty laid back. We had a water fight at the end of school on Friday, which was a lot of fun. Saturday, I took the river taxi into Bangkok and got an awesome massage from my favorite place. They were having a special, so it was 90 minutes for 300 bhat, which is about $10 USD. Like I said, awesome. Other than that, I just rested and tried not to get any sicker. Bleh.