monoceros blogsI have a number of better things to write about (which I will get to in days to come), but today, all I can manage is a post about surviving my first day of CELTA while nursing a bad head cold. This virus has impeccable timing; it arrived on my last restful evening, one which I had hoped to spend reading and not glued to a tissue box and wondering how best to cure a cold. It also gave me a fitful sleep and left me awake at three this morning thinking about two things - my nose and my nerves.
Somehow, I made it through the long, long day, and I got home to eat a meager dinner and tumble into bed a little after. The phone woke me and now I'm downing a few cups of a herbal drink my mom brewed for me. I'd like to get better real soon so I don't appear a sneezing, weepy, snifflely red-nosed human this Thursday when I have my first assessed teaching practice. I don't want to hand out more than a grammar lesson to my new students.
I haven't been ill in a long time; I can't even remember when I was last sick. But I suppose this is training for the exhausting weeks ahead; I'm learning to deal with an illness while on the course. After all, there will be other things to get through during the next ten weeks.
Things I look forward to during the next 70 days:
1. Learning teaching
2. Becoming more confident about teaching language (different from teaching writing)
3. Dancing (I signed up for tango workshops and milongas so I'll have activities to pleasantly exhaust me instead of being exhausted only from the planning and teaching I have to do.)
4. Seeing my brother again
5. Witnessing my brother register his marriage
6. Having friends return from abroad (Mogan's brother is getting married too, so he's coming home and has promised me a slot in his tight social schedule.)
7. Spending time with friends (to keep me sane)
8. Watching "The Dark Knight" and "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army"
9. Celebrating FG's 30th birthday and my mom's 60th and my friend K's, which is on August 23rd, a mere five days before the end of CELTA
10. The end of the CELTA
Hard left, by Robin Hackett
Posted by Monoceros at June 23, 2008 11:10 PMDon't stress yourself out! And I want to watch 'The Dark Knight' too!!!
Posted by: DSD at June 24, 2008 8:26 AMNot stressed...yet. Just want to get rid of this annoying, crippling cold. It's sapped my energy and I resent being weak. I'm excited but a little nervous about the teaching. Sigh. You'd think I be better at this by now!
Enjoy your time in Sydney, you lucky girl!
Posted by: monoceros at June 24, 2008 11:52 AMget better soon!!!
xox
hey! i've been considering CELTA at some point too! (i was going to fob off the notes from a friend...er.). but my plans in this respect are not entirely clear at the moment, so will see. =)
almost better now, tiggie!
hi a l! Didn't know you considered CELTA before! It's a tough course, but a very good one. Let's meet up some time after my course ends. Can talk more then.
Posted by: monoceros at July 4, 2008 9:41 AM