I just found out that I will be teaching during summer school - a web design class for middle schoolers. Fun! Now I have to figure out what to teach! :)
The last day of school was, as expected, bittersweet. I will definitely miss my kiddos who are moving from junior high to the big high schools. I wish I had more time with some of them because I'm so afraid for them. I wish I could follow them to give them the kicks in the butts they need. I'm expecting that this feeling wil wear off as I teach more, as the other teachers didn't seem to feel quite as sentimental. I did, however, learn a lesson at the end of the day. When the bell rang, I started to tell my fave ESL kid bye and he yells "Hasta nunca!" and hauls down the hallway out of the school. ("Hasta nunca" basically means "until never.") Ouch.
The following is something fun I wrote on the last day of school but didn't post: Well today I got to face a long-time fear. I got on stage and danced in front of all our kids at school (6, 7, and 8th graders)! Our school has a tradition where the kids practice songs and lipsinc them in front of the whole school on stage with choreography, costumes, strobe light, props, and whatever else they prepare. The songs vary from country to love ballads to rap and even traditional Mexican songs. One song was reggaeton (think Daddy Yankee - Spanish reggae), and I was dancing on the side with two other teachers. Next thing I know we were whooshed onstage!! Yikes!! It was scary but fun. We danced with the other students on stage, and the kids in the audience (and fellow faculty members, too!) all stood up, screamed, cheered, and clapped. For a split second I got really nervous, but then I figured that the kids think we're old and out of it anyway, so you might as well have fun. Now I'm known in the school as the "cool" teacher who can dance! :-D
So now I wait in limbo to find out if I'm teaching a web design class for summer school. And I also still wait (along with a bunch of other teachers, so I'm not alone) to get my contract for next year. Have I mentioned that I HATE waiting?! Until then, I'll try to busy myself this summer with my new Dyson vacuum cleaner (nicknamed "Lance" because it's the yellow one with one ball... hehe) and with keeping fresh on my Spanish. If you want to find me, you might also find me at the pool, or in a yoga class or water aerobics class at the gym. :)
Okay, so it took him a few extra years to graduate, but not without good reason (he left mid-college for an awesome career). So this weekend we (Mimi, Mark's lovely girlfriend Vicky, Rafi, and me) headed to the Ville to watch him walk. The graduation itself was a typical outdoor graduation, but I think Rafi and made the videotape quite entertaining. (I guess Mark will find this out later!!)
After the ceremony we all hung out and ate (and ate, and ate, and ate) at the parents' house where Mom had prepared all kinds of food. I think the main topic of the weekend was Spanish vocabulary (Mark speaks law, I speak school), but Rafi and Vicky obviously were the better speakers, being from Panama and Mexico. (Either way, "allí" is still proper!!) And because the Ville's bars are far from being very entertaining, we hung out at the Chili's in Granbury. Okay, so maybe that's not very entertaining either, but at least it was free to enter! (Don't get me started on the Ville's liquor laws.) I really enjoyed shopping with the two moms in my life - my mom and my Mimi. Shopping the Ville doesn't take long, but it's the company that's with you that makes the day fun. And besides, who doesn't find a cute top at Goody's now and then? So Happy Mother's Day to both of them! We love you!
And Happy Mother's Day to Tina, Deanna, Kassie, Gen, Brenda, Mel, Jessica, Pilar, Kristen, Heather, Monica, Tita, Anabell, and all the many moms with whom I work and whom I know. Whether they be moms-to-be, moms who want to be, moms to humans, or moms to furbabies (like me), they are all awesome women who deserve a day of appreciation and REST!!! Enjoy, ladies!
Until then, I'll try to busy myself this summer with my new Dyson vacuum cleaner (nicknamed "Lance" because it's the yellow one with one ball... hehe) and with keeping fresh on my Spanish. If you want to find me, you might also find me at the pool, or in a yoga class or water aerobics class at the gym. :)
