Calming down a bit

Ok, so now that all the teachers are back, things are getting better. At least I don't feel like tearing my hair out because of uncooperative children...

I've started playing volleyball with the teachers at my school, and apparently there's a competition coming up. I don't exactly know what that means, but I do know that my site mate's school has been TRAINING for this. Like, they run laps, do lunges, it's really intense. My school isn't quite that competitive, but I'm pretty sure I don't yet understand how serious this event will be.

We had Thanksgiving up in the city and that was a lot of fun. Some volunteers killed the turkies (before I got there, thankfully) and then we ate lots and lots of food. The kids at my school want to have a Christmas party, so hopefully I'll get to arrange something amazing for that. Ideas??

Exhausted?

So they tell us after PST that we will experiance a lot of free time because PST is really intense and full of activity that you don't think about being homesick because you're always doing something. I was looking forward to the doing nothing every once in awhile... Two teachers at my new school are sick, so from my first day here I've been teaching 4-5 classes every day. (that includes Saturdays). So now I'm just tired. I don't really have time to do much but get tired, teach, get more tired and sleep.

Fortunately my new host mother is also a teacher, so she knows that it's exhausting, so we just go home eat dinner and pass out in front of the television. It's amazing bonding time.

So for now I'm tired. Hopefully those teachers will get better and I can have some of that "free time" they talk about. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Random post... because people keep looking at this page 3 year later...

April 2, 2011

After seeing that this post (which had my address in Kazakhstan on it) had been viewed 109 times in the past month, I decided to delete the address. Not only because I no longer live there, but because my host family doesn't live there either... Creepy creepy people.

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My new address! So the thing on the last line is my name in cryllic script... So I think if you send anything to me you should probably also put in English letters at the bottom that it is going to Kazakhstan. Chances are you'll go to the post office and they will write it on there... Anyway. We had our language test today and it was intimidating, but now that it's over we can go be volunteers! Yes!

So if you're into sending mail (and you are) use the new address! I'll be there in one week. So if you send something today, I'll get it in maybe two or three weeks. SEND MAIL!

Ok, that's all for now.