We somehow skipped autumn here – well, maybe we got a couple of weeks but it went very quickly from 70 degrees to 50 degrees and it has already snowed in the mountains. I have already pulled out my winter coats and need to go buy myself some gloves tomorrow! I can’t wait until the heaters get turned on next week (somehow most of the city must wait for heat until the 1st of November).
Otherwise, I have been good. School finally started and I have an intermediate class and business classes, along with a bunch of SAT students all madly prepping for their exam next week. I wish I could take that test again – I would get every Math problem right and most of the English (it’s always a bad thing when you get an answer wrong teaching but it happens – and then you just have to blame it on it being a terrible question, right?) So I’ve been pretty busy and have worked the past three saturdays – as well as the upcoming one. But I love the teaching and the other teachers and always I love my students. Especially my class with 3 15 year-olds and a 33 year-old who seem to have so little in common but always make me laugh.
Tom and Monique went on a vacation of Paris and Rome the middle of October. So I took the train down and hung out with them for a couple of days. We visited St. Peter’s and walked to the top of the dome (lots of steps) to see the awesome view of Rome, shopped, took the train to a little villa city on the outskirts and ate great food. It was great to see both of them!
So that’s about it for me. We got Halloween decorations (and candy 
) at work this week and that was great. I will miss seeing all the kiddies dressed up this year (and the candy pumpkins). It’s funny how pagan Halloween is viewed here – when for me it’s all about fun and candy..Monday is a holiday (although not for me) – the Day of the Dead where you theoretically go and visit graves and cemeteries (haven’t found a student with plans to do so yet, however). I can’t believe it’s almost November! Where did October go?
