Hey all! OK so Yesterday went a ton better than the day before, I brought a book to read during my breaks and I really knew what was going on during the classes a lot more, so it didn't seem so extremely long! Today is my first day of teaching on my own and the entire first part of the day will be taken up by a field trip to a grape farm!! YES! but I will have to teach the older kids when they arrive in the afternoon. I have a couple of ideas, but I think I am just going to feel it out he first couple of days and do the workbook pages till I really get the hang of the basics, then I'll branch out and try my own things too. I had another idea for the kindys, I thought it would be so great to make craft airplane with the last part of a word family on it, then the propeller has four different letters on it and when you spin the propeller (which is attached to the paper by a brad) the letters line up to make words, like mop top and hop. The kids are not at the point where they are reading yet, they are just making words with letter families. Thank you all so much for your teaching ideas. I will look at them and try to figure out what fits my group. So I had the meat pickle and rice mixture again last night, one more night should do it, it should be all used up. It's great because I only have to feed myself for breakfast and dinner, lunch is included in the day at school. It is usually a rice mixture, kimchi, a salad and fruit, I like everything so far except the kimchi! It is so gross, because it is not actually spice with flavor, like hotwings have flavor to them, this is just plain HEAT!! No flavor to make the heat bearable, just heat!! And what it is on is just fermented cabbage.... and that flavor is....UGH!I went to the store yesterday and got more hangers (third trip for hangers, boy I brought a lot of clothes!) I also got salt, pepper and butter! YAY! I have not taken any pics of my apt yet, but I'll do so this evening. I promise!!! I am going to bring my camera on the field trip today and take pictures with the kids! That will be fun! I miss you all! I have to get ready for work now!