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1st week of the semester down.

A focus of ours this round is for me to get more involved. First opportunity is to have a couple of office hours. All of the full-time teachers have them, and now I do, too! For 2 hours on Friday, I sat in the Foreign Affairs office (a library full of English books including classics, spiritual, etc. with comfy couches, and snacks!) awaiting students to come in and practice their English. The first hour, I waited alone. I decided to start reading Pride and Prejudice. Never read it before. Not bad so far. We'll see if I get to finish it. The 2nd hour, 3 enthusiastic and well-spoken students came in to visit. 2 of them were girls I met last semester and who had been to our home. They heard I would be there, and wanted to see me. How sweet. :) They even promised to come back next week. Woo! It's a fun opportunity I'm thrilled about because we can talk about anything in that room. You can lift that up.

Michael also suggested taking a week's worth of his classes to teach. I'll teach one day this week and 2 days next week on the topic of health. I'm excited! The hard part is done--he already has the whole lesson planned out for me. I may just add in a few of my own things. I asked him if I should show a clip from Super Size Me. Think that would scare them?! Haha. I might actually do it since fast food is becoming very popular over here.

The weather is getting warmer. I know how many weeks until we'll pack our bags (15, not that I'm counting...), and all I think about is the food I want to eat at home. I'm sure I'll compile a list before we leave so I can make sure to consume it all while there. :)