End of The Week

A round up of the week's events.

1) Back to the dentist, had another wire added. Things are definitely moving in my mouth and it ain't that pretty at the moment.

2) Semi-booked a long weekend away. The weekend after my birthday is a holiday weekend so L and I are going up to Iguazu Falls.

3) Got a gas bill for 100 pesos (up from the average 30 pesos) - surprise, surprise this money pit of a flat strikes again. God only knows what the bill would have been if my heating had been at 20 degrees instead of the 17 degrees I keep it at.

4) I've been observed twice by CELTees. I haven't had any problems but there has been upset elsewhere.

5) I have a Proficiency Two class (one level below 'native speaker', give or take) that I call my baby birds. This is because whenever I ask them something and they don't know the answer, instead of speculating, guessing or having a go, they just look at me (with their mouths slightly open) waiting for me to give the answer. It's not that they are stupid (they speak English almost as well as I do) or lazy (although they are always complaining of being tired), it's just that the dynamic in the classroom means that none of them were willing to be the first to speak. However, with the start of the new term I've acquired a new student who is very talkative which means things are looking up. Downside is I've lost three students to another proficiency class and they are my most regular attenders. Despite this the CELTee observers said they enjoyed the class - weird eh?

OK, I guess that's about it - wish I had something more interesting to tell you about.