As promised, a guided tour of my new apartment. Although it is not completely done (we are still in need of a few esthetic updates) you can get an idea of what it looks like.
Turn your computer screen or your head...it's sideways. (still can't figure out how to flip it.)
Enjoy and come visit soon!
sábado, 3 de noviembre de 2007
jueves, 1 de noviembre de 2007
Random thoughts about this week
Good things that happened this week:
1) I have recuperated my voice!
2) I got my first pay check!
3) It’s Puente! (when they extend a holiday to make a nice long weekend…for example the holiday is today, Nov. 1, but tomorrow there is no school.
4) We made plans to go to the wine country of Spain, Rioja for next puente.
Bad things about this week:
1) The kids at school were so excited about Halloween I still had to yell over them.
2) My paycheck is long spent on Middlebury tuition
3) My Thursday and Friday classes have been cancelled because everyone in Madrid is gone “de puente” and I am not going anywhere.
4) I have no idea what I will do with Lucky while we are away.
Autumn has arrived in Madrid and I am loving it. It has always been my favorite season. There is nothing better than a crisp sunny fall day filled with changing leaves, football games apple cider and chili. Well, Madrid doesn’t have all that an American fall offers (no apple cider or football) but the weather is unbeatable..it is true fall weather and I have chili on the stove. The days are sunny and vary between crisp and warm and the nights are cool, perfect for a fire. (Not that I have a fireplace, but whatever.) Last weekend I took a little day trip with some friends to Aranjuéz, a small town outside of Madrid, just to disconnect from the city and maybe see some changing leaves. We had a perfect day and it really made me appreciate Spain in the autumn. I will post some pics later on.
This week I had my first grade school disaster experience. A kid puked all over the classroom in the middle of class. On the one hand, I felt sorry for him (how awful!) on the other hand….run to the bathroom kid! I learned a lot from the seasoned elementary classroom teacher who did not even remotely freak out and from the poor little girl sitting next to him who, despite having been puked on, did not cry or freak out. (Can’t say I would have done the same.) I guess maybe puke isn’t a big deal in Spain? What really struck me as odd however, were the lengths we had to go to in order to find cleaning supplies, because naturally, the cleaning people don’t come in until the afternoon. (Wait a second, this kind of thing doesn’t happen frequently? And why is there no Mr. Klush?) And to answer your question- no I most certainly did not clean it up.
Halloween in Madrid….They say that Halloween is not celebrated in Spain. It’s an American/English tradition. Well, judging from the decorations in my school, I think “they” are wrong. Every inch of the school had a ghost, bat, spider, pumpkin, witch on it. Halloween is catching on in Spain. The kids are obsessed with it! Many even have told me that they will go trick or treating in their neighborhoods. I think that in the next 10 years Halloween will be just as much of a Spanish tradition as the Three Kings. After all, what’s not to like about trick or treating?
Well, that's all I have for this week. Hope everyone had a spooktacular Halloween. (I am officially a grade school teacher...my dorky side is out and running rampant!)
1) I have recuperated my voice!
2) I got my first pay check!
3) It’s Puente! (when they extend a holiday to make a nice long weekend…for example the holiday is today, Nov. 1, but tomorrow there is no school.
4) We made plans to go to the wine country of Spain, Rioja for next puente.
Bad things about this week:
1) The kids at school were so excited about Halloween I still had to yell over them.
2) My paycheck is long spent on Middlebury tuition
3) My Thursday and Friday classes have been cancelled because everyone in Madrid is gone “de puente” and I am not going anywhere.
4) I have no idea what I will do with Lucky while we are away.
Autumn has arrived in Madrid and I am loving it. It has always been my favorite season. There is nothing better than a crisp sunny fall day filled with changing leaves, football games apple cider and chili. Well, Madrid doesn’t have all that an American fall offers (no apple cider or football) but the weather is unbeatable..it is true fall weather and I have chili on the stove. The days are sunny and vary between crisp and warm and the nights are cool, perfect for a fire. (Not that I have a fireplace, but whatever.) Last weekend I took a little day trip with some friends to Aranjuéz, a small town outside of Madrid, just to disconnect from the city and maybe see some changing leaves. We had a perfect day and it really made me appreciate Spain in the autumn. I will post some pics later on.
This week I had my first grade school disaster experience. A kid puked all over the classroom in the middle of class. On the one hand, I felt sorry for him (how awful!) on the other hand….run to the bathroom kid! I learned a lot from the seasoned elementary classroom teacher who did not even remotely freak out and from the poor little girl sitting next to him who, despite having been puked on, did not cry or freak out. (Can’t say I would have done the same.) I guess maybe puke isn’t a big deal in Spain? What really struck me as odd however, were the lengths we had to go to in order to find cleaning supplies, because naturally, the cleaning people don’t come in until the afternoon. (Wait a second, this kind of thing doesn’t happen frequently? And why is there no Mr. Klush?) And to answer your question- no I most certainly did not clean it up.
Halloween in Madrid….They say that Halloween is not celebrated in Spain. It’s an American/English tradition. Well, judging from the decorations in my school, I think “they” are wrong. Every inch of the school had a ghost, bat, spider, pumpkin, witch on it. Halloween is catching on in Spain. The kids are obsessed with it! Many even have told me that they will go trick or treating in their neighborhoods. I think that in the next 10 years Halloween will be just as much of a Spanish tradition as the Three Kings. After all, what’s not to like about trick or treating?
Well, that's all I have for this week. Hope everyone had a spooktacular Halloween. (I am officially a grade school teacher...my dorky side is out and running rampant!)
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