it´s the final countdown.

We are a mere 7 days from my return to america. But who´s counting. School is going relatively well. I had a great amount of success today by teaching my 4th graders a song about fast food restaurants. Completely unrelated to community (which is what we are studying) but they´re just little kids, they deserve to have fun more than anyone. I also had a crier in 1st grade because i snapped at her (Abigail), but she got over it. She cries all the time.
My host mom was mildly upset when i told her i had to leave 3 days early for vacations but it´s not really my fault. I explained my situation as best as i could (and lied where necessary) so i think that it´s alright. In all fairness, i do need to get home before the holiday because my phone and my computer are both out of commission and getting home on a three day weekend does me no good.
I have been reading up a storm in the last week. (My computer crashed and so I haven´t had much else to do.) As such, I read the follwing:
Harry Potter and the Sorcers Stone (Even more brilliant now that the series is over.)
Water For Elephants (Which exceeded all of my expectations and made me want to research the circus during the glory days and take a trip to the ringling brothers museum)
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (One of the best plays i have ever read.)
Everyone Worth Knowing (Chick-Lit, but thoroughly entertaining chick lit nonetheless.)

I am still working on Emma, but am struggling through it because I want to maim each and every one of the self important characters in the book. Great story, too much detail. But let´s be honest, I´m no literary crtitic and for good reason. I can´t wait to pick up some more things at home. Let me know if you read anything glorious lately. I was challenged to a 50 book-year and I am hoping that I am up to the task. TICO´s are amazed by how much I read and my host dad keeps asking me why it´s good to read. (Part of me dies on the inside every time he does this.)
I am going to try for a beach weekend, so keep your fingers crossed for me that all of my exams go well and that i get a vacation before my vacation.


I know how you feel
No secrets to reveal
Nobody knows me at all
Very Late at night
and in the morning light
Nobody knows me at all
The Weepies- nobody knows me at all (great song, not nearly as sad as it sounds)