I'm a workin girl... (get your mind out of the gutter)

so much has happened since my last post... where shall I begin...

I started working before I actually completed the teacher training course, my boss called me telling me about a new client who wanted to start taking classes right away, so last tuesday after going to school in the morning, I went to my first paid lesson. My students name is Marco Polo, no, not just Marco, Marco Polo... he also has two last names as well, I guess he is just a two name type of guy. The class went well even though I am teaching Business English out of a British book, so every now and them I come across some ridiculous phrase that I have never heard before. And not like I'm all that familiar with American business terms either, so its something of an adventure teaching these classes, haha.

Last friday was our party day, basically we didnt do anything at school in the morning, played some games, sat and chatted with classmates and then said, yay, we are teachers. Friday night our class met up with our teacher in a close by restaurant, and after two buckets of beer and a surprisingly riskque game of "Never have I ever..." I learned quite a bit about my classmates and Victor, our teacher. The highlight being Victors brief dip into the world of male stripping, after working as a model for a few years he was enticed into working at a stripper bar for a little while, "But I charged them a lot!"-Victor.



My class: bottom row: Dave, Ashley, me, Emily, Chelta, Victor. Top: Allison, Orlando, Laura


The next day, Saturday, I went to work with Alejandro and experienced my first Mexican Wedding. Mexican weddings are like a paradox, they are more formal, yet at the same time they are a lot more casual. Everyone is dressed up crazy fancy, not a girl there didn't have a dress on, and every guy was in full suit and tie. The location was ridiculously fancy, everything you would expect from a high class wedding, however after the gourmet dinner, it basically just turns into a night club. One of the funniest things was that they were giving out ridiculous party favors, like what you would give at a 12 year olds birthday party. Glowy eyeglasses, flashy devil horns, angel wings, blinky ice cubes for your drink, and my personal favorite... fake mustaches.

I really think the mustache compliments the pearls perfectly.


So this past week has been my first real work week, although most of my classes still don't start till next week, I have still been getting some teaching in, including every morning at 7 am. I thought I was done with the early morning thing when crew was over, but no no no, of course not. Its actually not that bad, I have to wake up at 5:45 to leave the house at 6 to get to work by 6:45. I only teach one hour of class, which is kinda a pain to go through all that just for one lonely hour, but its all good. I get back home around 9 and after I eat breakfast I find my way back into bed and don't come out until lunch time, generally 2:30. I think I'm becoming nocturnal. I still don't have a totally set schedule, but starting next week I should have one, in theory.

Hopefully I will be able to move into my apartment soon, I found one, and put the down payment and first months rent in, but still have to wait on the contract to be ready. It will be nice to move into my own place, and it will actually be quite a bit cheaper than staying here with my host family. Although the downside is that it is a bit farther away from work (but only a little bit) and I won't get amazing home cooked meals every day. Although my señora did say she would gladly make me food whenever I asked for it and I could take it home and put it in the freezer. She is pretty much amazing. Well, I think thats about it for now, maybe next time I wont take so long in posting...