still here

So I haven't written in forever, mostly because I don't really know exactly what to write. You think writing one of these things would be easy, but it's not, atleast not for me. Writing about yourself and what you're doing seems kinda self-centered, but whatever, I guess no one has to read this unless they want to right?

So I am still teaching... 5 days a week, getting up at 5:00 am, teaching from 7:15-12:30.... yeah it seems like a short day but I am exhausted at the end of the day!! It is so hard getting up early,and being able to function then later in the day. I always come home and I am dead to the world. I WISH i had a car, but I know I won't be able to get one for a very long time which sucks. I'm still waiting for my residency which I'm afraid will never happen. I love my job, but I don't know if I like the organization that I am working for. It seems like they focus too much on money, parents are always right, and we get shit... I have to find a way to be optimistic, I want to join a gym, and I know I've been saying that forever.... but I need to figure out a way to do it because I think i'd be a lot happier if I worked out.

Anyway teaching is going well, I still love my kids. They take a lot of energy to teach but I think they are enjoying themselves and really learning. A couple of parents have come up to me saying that now their child is happy to go to bed at night because it means that they get to wake up and go to school the next day, which makes me feel good. Each day they are speaking more and more english which is good, and hopefully by the end of the year they will all be mostly fluent.

I have been mostly only teaching here during the day. Hopefully we'll start doing more touristy stuff, but again it's super hard without a car. We've been going to the bars on the weekends, which is fun, but then men here are uber agressive, which is a bit intimidating. Oh well though, we've been having a good time.

I never thought I'd miss cool weather, but because it's almost halloween and it's still 80 some degrees here, it's hard to get in the spirit. I'm afraid too that I won't be able to celebrate halloween here, which is one of my favorite holidays. I guess next year will have to be twice as crazy! I'm trying to figure out what to do next year, do i stay here, do I go back home, do I try and find a job in a different country? And what do I have to do to keep my license? Ugh, it is a bit stressful. It will all work out in the end. I have great friends at home, I have a great family, and I am starting to form great friendships here too, so I know I am a very lucky girl. And please, if you feel bored or lonely, COME VISIT ME HERE, because we could have fun :-D

xoxo miss you guys

Holiday is Over :-(

So today is my last day of the break :-( It has been amazing. I really got to feel like I was on vacation. I got to go to the beach, we went on a Dhow boat cruise where they took us to a beach (well so we could see the beach) and swim in the sea. The water has so much salt in it I didn't even have to swim. Let's see, bars are open now which is bad news, I've gone out most every night and spent entirely way too much money, but I'm having fun. Seems like only American guys buy drinks here... and I'm not the biggest fan of american guys over here, they kinda seem like douchebags, oh well. All in all i'm having a lot of fun. I bought a webcam so I've been able to see and talk to people from home which is awesome, and I have finally put my photos online. I'm getting a bit nervous about school starting again tomorrow. It's frusterating I can't teach the way I want to teach because of the size of my classroom, and I don't know what to do about it. I'm hoping everything will eventually work itself out, but who knows. I'm excited to see my kids again though because I have missed them. WEll I'm running out to the mall, so I'll talk to you later :-D