On blogging

When I started this blog I thought I'd have plenty to say. When I lived in Italy and Egypt things were always happening, funny quirks of the people around me (especially my students) and differences in habits, expectations and cultural norms that would continually surprise me. I believed the same would be true of Argentina.

Maybe it's because I only have a one minute walk to work and therefore don't get to see Portenos (people who live/come from Buenos Aires) in the raw; maybe it's because I don't want this to descend into a rant blog (and that's all I've wanted to do recently - don't even get me started on service providers here) or maybe it's because basically I'm a boring person who lives a boring life (not so quick to agree there at the back... I know where you live). Whatever it is I've noticed that I'm not blogging much.

As someone who reads a lot of blogs (20-30 a day) I know how good it feels when one of your favourite writers updates. Now I know I'm not one of your favourites ('one of', me? Boh) but you're reading this so something must be right. I've said in previous posts that a lot has been happening at the school, however this is no excuse not to keep you informed about the minutae of my life and, as things are settling down and I'm getting a little more organised and becoming a little more inspired about teaching again, the time has come to renew my commitment to this blog!

Recent major events include: getting my students to teach each other; potentially getting a private student; booking a holiday for the winter break; football fever; the mozzies strike back; trying to join a gym and making a commitment. I'll be tackling each of these over the next few days but if there is anything you would like to know about, ask and you will be heard.