Holy guacamole, it’s windy and cold today! It’s the kind of weather that makes you want to snuggle back up under the covers and not get out of bed, you know? I left the house at the customary hour of 8:45 and it was chilly and very windy. I didn’t think anything of it though, because it has been warming up in the afternoons…but no sir, not today! It’s been blustery and cold the entire day. Walking to and from classes was not fun! I saw on the news that it’s going to start getting colder now, so I guess I better get used to it. :( I don’t think it’ll get as cold as back home, so that’s one good thing!

Even though it was a blustery Monday, it was a good Monday! I feel like I never get to visit those classes because every time we have a break, it seems like we have Monday off (not that I’m complaining!). I think this was the second time I’ve been there on a Monday and I’ve been here for several weeks now. I started the day off in Pilar’s 6C class. Since I hadn’t seen them for so long, we did the coloring sheet on Nebraska that I did weeks ago with the other classes. I explained all the state symbols and they had just enough time to color the pictures.

In Francisco’s 2B class, I reviewed all the chapter vocab with them (Davy Dog, Cheeky Cat, square, circle, other shapes, numbers 11-20, etc). I then reviewed “aunt”, “uncle”, “cousin” and “baby” and they had to color in different frames with the corresponding colored words. In Lourdes 3B they had an exam. I helped this student (and by “helped” I mean I basically gave him the answers) who speaks like zero English. He didn’t get done with the exam, but Lourdes was like “alright, I’m leaving” (thank goodness, I was hungry…it was lunch time and we had already stayed an extra ten minutes!). That class is so loud and obnoxious, I’m so glad I only have it on Mondays! I’ve never heard so much talking during an exam before! This one psycho child kept getting up and running around the class; more than once he tried to peek off the exam of the kid I was helping.

I had a free hour right after lunch and last hour I was in María José’s 5A. We discussed people in uniform (police, soccer players, school children and dinner (lunch) ladies…I thought that was kind of random!). Then she introduced new vocab about vegetables (and plums, too! Again, a little random, I thought…) and they did a listening activity.

I left school and went to the store because I was completely out of juice. You know how it is though; I also walked away with several other things. I had two bags and couldn’t walk with my hands in my pockets, so my hands froze on the walk home! I have no desire, whatsoever, to go back out in the cold. I’m thinking that some hot tea (or even better, a siesta!) sounds really good right now!

Xoxo,

Court