HOLY WIND, BATMAN! It’s been so incredibly windy today and yesterday! Combined with the cold, it’s been kind of miserable. Yesterday was quite a tiring a day. I did the same thing with 5B that I did with 5A on Tuesday. Wendy was in Rocío’s 4B class, so I just kind of sat and listened that hour. Also, there was a Bulgarian English teacher named Bodie here from Tomelloso. I’m not sure why she was there (maybe she’d heard that Wendy was here) but she stayed for a couple of hours and I skipped 1B to have a chat a coffee with her. The last two hours with 4A and 4C Wendy was in other classes, so we continued talking about different states—this week it was California, New York, Illinois and one other one I don’t remember.
After school, we went to nearby El Toboso for lunch and to follow some of Don Quijote’s route, including Dulcinea’s House (yes, we did this in October when Carol, another Irish teacher, was here). Then we went to Campo de Criptana to see the windmills and walk around a bit, but everything was closed. It would have been more fun/better if it wasn’t SO WINDY, but what can you do? I got home at 7:00 and I was so tired; I was in bed by 9:30.
I don’t think today is as windy as yesterday (don’t get me wrong, though, it’s still really windy). In 2A we listened to this short little story about a clown and then the students had to put the phrases from the story in the correct order. I then wrote sentences up on the board and they had to draw/color a clown based on what I wrote (i.e. the clown has got purple eyes/red nose/yellow mouth/pink hair…)
With 6B I first helped them correct their homework and then we did this fill-in-the-blank activity Saint Patrick’s Day activity they didn’t have time for last week.
I didn’t go to the other classes because Wendy and Aurora were trying to get a video conference going with her school there in Ireland and I wanted to see it. The problem was Wendy has never used the program before and it was being difficult. We finally got everything squared away about 1:30, so they were able to chat a little bit. Some of her students were there and Rocío and Pilar brought some of ours in, so it was kinda cool to see! I wish we could do that with some of the kids in NP, but the time difference is so great, when we leave school, their day hasn’t even begun yet.
We went for another lunch after school at Stone. I tell you these Irish get all the special treatment! It was Antonio, Alberto, Aurora, Rocío, Wendy and me. We ate some delicious paella! It was so good—I could eat paella every day!
I got home about an hour ago at four and I’m thinking about taking a nap now. I don’t know why, but I’ve been so tired like every day this week. I’m definitely looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow!
Xoxo,
Court
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