Same old, same old

Another week down and the time is flying by....what happened to January? Things are going well and I am very happy that it is the weekend. This week went well, pretty normal. Still having Spanish class after school on Monday and Wednesday and then tutoring on Tuesday and Thursday.

My new student is adjusting well and I am very happy about that. The first few days were tough because everyone wanted to sit by him and talk to him and were just being silly about it. Now things have calmed down and it just seems like he is part of the class which is good.

This weekend I am hoping to relax some to rest up before the Framingham Master's class starts on Monday. I'm going to a yoga class later this morning, then the salon this afternoon. Tonight I might go over to a friends for dinner and then tomorrow, no big plans.

This is not a very exciting post but I just didn't want to be a slacker again. Life is just carrying on, things are going well and loving life:)

First new student in the class

So since coming back from break, things have been going well. 2 weeks down and moving right along. Nothing too exciting to report on over the last few weeks but didn't want to fall off the face of the earth again with my blogging.

This past week I had a new student come into my class. A student from Ecuador but that has been living other places. He speaks both languages very well so he fits right in. It was definitely a challenge this week both trying to get him used to our routines and also control all of the other students because all of the students were SO excited about having a new student in the class, kind of annoying for me but understandable. I needed to have a lot of extra patience this week. This week I also had to get my precourse work done for the next Framingham master's class that is coming up. It starts a week from Monday, on the 30th, and will be my 4th. There are 9 classes in the program so I'm moving right along.

This weekend I'm hoping to relax some. There is a 10K race on Sunday that I'm doing with some friends so that should be fun. I might go to the beach tomorrow. One of my students, who's father is the owner of one of the movie theaters here, gave me 2 free tickets randomly haha so might go see a movie too, or save them for another time.

I hear that there is a big snow hitting home right now. I hope you are all enjoying it and enjoying it for me. I was so sad that I didn't get to see ANY while I was home. It was nice that it wasn't so cold, but a little dusting of snow would have been nice. I will write more after the weekend about the race and what I end up doing. Love and miss you all!

First trip sola

Jose and I arriving in Chicago and Oma's lovely coats that my mom and Woogs brought us.


Dressed up for the show.

Jose and I were back in the states for just about 2 weeks and it was wonderful. We were in Geneva the whole time, shopping and preparing for Christmas, spending Christmas with my family (both sides) and then going to see the show The Secret Garden with Oma and family. He got along with everyone so well and it was perfect! After our short 2 week stay, we headed back to El Salvador to spend New Years Eve here. We spent the evening with Jose's family and then went to his friends house after 12. Here it's a tradition to spend until 12 with family and then go meet up with friends, it was a good time. Then on the 2nd I was off to Antigua, Guatemala for the rest of the week.


A friend and I at a rooftop Cafe called Cafe Sky.


My teachers for the week. Claudia (left) and Leticia (right). Apparently I'm VERY tall.

So I spent the last week in Antigua, Guatemala at an intensive Spanish school. I left on Monday morning and took the bus trip by myself. I was at the school Monday afternoon-Saturday morning. It was a great experience but definitely hard emotionally. I stayed with a family while I was there and had all of my meals with them. I learned a lot of Spanish but mostly just gained more confidence in what I can already do. It was hard to be there though after just coming back from the states and being surrounded by friends and family to going to a completely foreign place all by myself. Antigua is a beautiful place with streets made of stones, lots of old buildings, and gorgeous views of mountains and volcanoes.


Views in Antigua...beautiful.


The family that I lived with for the week with the other international students.


Famous arch in Antigua, Guatemala.

Now it's back to business and work tomorrow. I had to work today but it was just prep and planning. Tomorrow the kids come back so it's the real thing. I am feeling ready to get back to it and the routine. Tutoring starts again this week too so everything is back in full swing. I hope everyone is having a great start to the new year and I wish you all the best!