Yay! Fall break is here and I've made it through my Spanish and my Bio Lab midterm with more sleep and less stress than expected! It's been a bit crazy as today I had a lab report due, and the bio lab midterm to study for, plus the usual little odds and ends for my other classes. However, I managed to finish my lab last night not too late and feel good about the test! Yay!
Also, Monday was my first full day of work. I worked 11:30 to 4:30 and had fun with the kids in Green room (4 and 5 yr olds). I also got quite a bit of reading done for World Politics during nap time! I also managed to forget to eat lunch, but was able to run out and literall eat lunch on the run as the Green room only had one teacher that day. It's all good. I'll be sure to bring a lunch next time. =)
I also like my new Spanish teacher. She's from Spain, so I'm still struggling to get past her "lisp", but she's really nice and believes in practice and participation full of mistakes rather than multiple tests. So the only test we'll have will be our final. Another yay! I just have to come out of my little Spanish shell and get some sentences together and get used to listening to her. =) Her name is Maria de Bravo (I'm pretty sure) and has been wonderful enough to pick up our class after our old teacher up and left out of the blue (she had family issues she needed to attend to). So Spanish should be fun, still or more challenging maybe, but fun.
Other news... Shirin has gone home for fall break so it's weird not having her in the room. She left just a few hours ago, but still. I'm going to miss her. =) She gets back on Sunday. Tomorrow I plan on attending the CDC (Child Development Center)'s family potluck with the kids and their parents and might go to the National Cathedral or something before that. Saturday I plan on going to a México Fest at the National Museum of Natural History with my friend Khileen and maybe some other people. Should be fun. =) Oh, and I'm fish-sitting for Kurt's new son, Albus. Yes, he's named after Albus Dumbledore (yeah, I probably spelled that wrong) and is a beautiful irridescent, bright blue beta fish. Kurt got him yesterday and didn't quite trust his two roomates with him so he's taking Shirin's place (well, almost). =)
Other than that, not much has been going on... besides the usual. I'm just happy that I made it through the week with more sleep than I thought I would have. Next week will be my next challenge as I have my World Politics class on Friday, but I plan on studying this weekend a bit so I hope to plan ahead enough to not get too stressed out.
Well, hope you all have a great weekend! It's finally windy and cold and Portland like here! Autumn has come! I just hope it stays this way.
~ Kaia
2 comments:
I know exactly what you mean about the Spanish lisp. I tried looking it up on Wikipedia because I heard that the Spanish adopted it so that one of their kings would feel honored or not feel ashamed of his speech (impediment?). I couldn't find any information there, but let me know if you see anything on it.
I can't really stand listening to it; give me some good Mexican Spanish any day, but then again, I am geographically biased :)
Happy Fall Break; I could use one!! I don't have one until Thanksgiving, unfortunately. Sometimes I really miss having the whole week off, like I did in high school. Two days (2.5 if we are lucky and the legislature is in session; 4 if you count the weekend) doesn't seem like enough.
At least in the spring semester, the break is more or less in the middle. Working here at UT is like a vacation in itself; no one is around, and there are no deadlines to work on--very peaceful.
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