It's a cold Sunday night. I'm drinking coffee in hopes of warming up and waking up so I can alas tackle this mountain of papers to grade and lesson plan ideas swarming in my head.
Somehow I thought when I'd graduate college, I'd love teaching and I'd WANT to do my work even on a Sunday night. Wrong. Work is still work, mi amiga!
It was a wonderful weekend. My fiancé and I explored downtown with the Christmas lights, drank Starbucks (Andy fell in love with his first latte), saw the new Hobbit movie, worked on wedding plans and went to church together. This afternoon, I went to Suheyla, a former ESL student and friend's home for Turkish lunch and to meet her new baby daughter.
It's also the last week before the break, so I'm trying to keep work light for my students this week. Kidnergarten will be coloring a Guatemalan flag, `1-3rd grades will draw and label pictures of their families/pets in Spanish, 4th-6th grade will be watching a PBS documentary about language acquisition, and 7th grade will watch a Guatemalan film about immigration called El Norte. For the night ESL classes I teach, well, I'll figure that out tomorrow, but they will be having a party on Thursday with salsa dancing, arepas, and pupusas-heck to the yes!!
(After I wrote that, my sister/roommate/bestie/maid of honor Melissa walked in the room, and we spent the next two hours yapping about wedding plans. Um, looks like I'll be grading those papers during my planning tomorrow instead!)
Speaking of that ol' sister of mine, we're making Christmas cookies tomorrow after work to give away to my ESOL students on Tuesday's class! I also owe my 7th grade Spanish students arepas on Tuesday, so I supppposseee I'll whip out my pre-made harina de maiz then, too ;)
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