i am not sure how to take the advertisement that i read on my blogger homepage this morning. it tells me that i can begin making money on my blog. really? this seems like the crappy spam that bdutch alluded to in a previous comment. do i truly want to collect cents every time someone views my blog? the answer, sadly, is no. i guess i just dont conform to the usa (formerly known as ¨american¨) dream.

this week has been tedious. i have had to write reports for all of my classes explaining what i have done each week, including activities and such. for those of you who have taught with me before, i am not too big on writing detailed lesson plans. i actually normally come up with ideas for what to do, then test them out. most are bound to fail so i waste little time writing down numerous activities. i actually did create an entire syllabus for my level 5, and that seemed quite productive, but then it has been difficult to follow because really i had no idea what level my students would achieve (they have come slightly under my expectations but it is allgood, i mean really, what did i have to base those expectations on? that´s right, nothing )

so i am sick of typing mindless drivel aimed at helping those who replace me when i leave, or am asked to leave, you know, whichever comes first. did i mention no one has been told whether they have another appointment for february? yep, not even the spanish speaking teachers. also, so glad that my boss did not make any of predecessors do this kind of crap. hey, then i might actually have known what to expect? ok. no more bitching.

when i was in boarding school my advisor, the hilarious frank anderson (who owned one of the largest bumper sticker collections i had seen at that point, including that fantastic ¨i may be fat but you´re ugly, and i can lose weight) in one of our numerous impromptu counseling sessions where i was, what else, complaining about something, told me about a pact he made with his buddies when he was working a shitty job. they each decided not to ever complain about the work again because it was too easy and there were far too many other good things to discuss in the world. i have to remind myself of that story every now and then.

so i am ancy to do some traveling. i might try to get out of here this weekend. maybe head down to chiapas. i think i will again go it alone, like oaxaca. i am a great person to travel with, in my opinion, so why share the wealth? and i am extremely funny.

ok, i will try to write tomorrow, but if not, i hope the hokies do the hokie pokie all over c-ville saturday night. that´s what it´s all about.