Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog (not as long as Allison but still a long time). I’ve been so busy with school and work. So, I will start from where I left off. Thanksgiving weekend in Sarnia was very relaxing and fun. My aunt, uncle and cousins from Montreal came down and we had a great time (although we didn’t get to go to the fair…thanks Dana). The Tuesday after Thanksgiving I started my first three-week practice teaching block. I have two grade 10 Spanish classes and one grade 9 Core French class. I have been teaching time to the Spanish classes (how to tell time in Spanish, the 24 hour clock, expressions such as ‘it’s quarter to…’). They wrote the test on Thursday and they did so awesome….guess they had a great teacher…haha! I’ve been working on a mystery story with the French class. This week we are finishing it and they have to write a police report on who committed the crime (a lot of them have been asking me who did it and I tell them that I was sworn to secrecy and cannot tell….but honestly they never give an answer in our book either…haha….so mean). This week we are starting seasons and places in Spanish and continuing the story in French. The fist week of teaching I was stressed and nervous cause I didn’t know how much they knew or what they knew but now I am having a blast and I don’t want to leave these guys….tear! I go back to school next Monday so hopefully I’ll have more time to catch up with everyone (these past two weeks have been spent teaching, working and writing lesson plans).
Other than that, I have been working 3 nights a week and Saturdays. I am verifying MasterCard applications for Quebec and they are just too freaking funny. I am not use to the Quebec accent anymore and it really makes me laugh….of course I put on a fake accent too just for the fun of it! haha! I have been going out every Saturday night with my roomies just to stay sane. Last night Lucas’s family was visiting and they all came out to the bars with us. His parents danced the night away with all of us and then ordered pizza for us at 3am….so cool! Finally, this Friday is my graduation…..should be good!
There’s an update a half.