lazy blogger apologies

First of all, I am really really sorry that it's been so long in between my posts. We did finally sign up for an internet plan, but it takes about a week to activate. So, once I have internet in my apartment I'll be able to post a lot more often, I promise. So to those of you who have been checking this daily and finding nothing new (Grandpa and Mommy) I'm sorry!

Super French things I've seen since I last posted:

Old men with FANTASTIC moustaches and berets

poodles! (although not wearing berets)

I went to a rugby game!

Pistachio Macaroons are delicious!

I also saw a woman breast feeding in McDonald's, but I won't put a picture up of that. You're welcome.

Things that I've accomplished:

-bank account and bank card

-made friends

-furnished apartment

     -fridge

     -washing machine

     -bed

     -couches

     -living room table 

-went to a football game

-went to a rugby game

-bought internet (though it still needs some set up)

-started teaching

Things to do still:

-get a phone plan (I know which plan I'm going to get and I went in and talked to someone today, in French, and figured out everything. I just need to have more money before I can actually get it.)

-teach at the rest of my schools

Teaching:

I went in on Friday to "teach" at one school. I "taught" 4 classes. The reason I'm saying "taught" is because I did the same thing in all 4 classes, which was introduce myself and answer their questions, which I don't really consider teaching. But, it went well. The teachers are really nice and the students don't seem like they'll be too much trouble.  I've almost got my schedule all set up. 

School 1- I'll have an alternating schedule where one week I'll work all day Monday and the next week I'll work all day Tuesday. 

School 2- As far as I know now, it's Thursday mornings and I'll be working with a drama class, which I'm really looking forward too, but I don't know exactly when that'll be yet.

School 3- This is the school I already taught at. I'll be working 4 hours on Friday, but every other week (including tomorrow) I'll be working an hour on Wednesday morning instead of one of my afternoon Friday hours. 

So the schedule isn't something that is set every week and some days are going to be earlier than I'd like, since I need to leave my apartment about an hour and a half early to get there on time with bus, metro, bus transfers. It'll definitely be interesting to see the differences between the students and schools and be able to get my hands into actual teaching. The assistant from last year left a disc for me with all of her lessons and materials on it. I'm gonna take a look at that later and see if I can use anything or make some material my own. (I was told a lot of it was a little on the dry side, so hopefully I'll be able to spice it up a bit.) 

Well, that's it for now, but I promise promise promise that once the internet works in my apartment I'll post much more often. Which will hopefully be soon.

A bientot!