Niños de cada edad

I have had a pretty full week of work, so I apologize for the silence. I think I put enough out last week that I was safe for a bit, but we're starting to push it.


This past weekend I spent most of my time resting, sleeping, reading, and sleeping some more to try to get over the sore throat that attacked me mid-week last week. That would be why you heard so much from me then! Saturday afternoon, when my friend got off of work with the kiddies, we met up for some girl time at my place, topped off with a trip to our chocolatería (where I went for the one I had my eyes on allll week - dark chocolate) for chocolate con porras (bigger than a churro - check out the foto!), but it wasn't much different from the normal chocolate. Next time? Maybe the one with coffee? How good does that sound? Imagine the chocolate right here with coffee in it too...

Sunday was another relaxed day, topped off by an evening with Spanish friends, watching TV - If there's one way to improve your understanding, that has to be it: sitting in a room of Spanish-speakers watching TV with them. And discussing Halloween costumes, of course...


This week I have worked a nearly-complete schedule of classes and am really enjoying my students. I have been with the juniors and seniors I spend half of my time with, but also had some good classes with students at the 8th grade age, 7th grade, and even classes of auto mechanics with people between 19 and 30 years old. The older ones are great because they're mature, but the young ones are so CUTE! I am really enjoying it!


Tomorrow is a strike for the teachers, so I have to contact the teacher I am with to make sure she is coming before I get on the bus in the morning. Thursdays are looking like they will be a fairly relaxed day of very little class, so that's a nice way to end the week. I am also busy scheduling meetings with parents who want a native-speaker to spend some afternoons with their young children to improve their English. I think it'll be a great way to make some traveling/shopping money (I'm always looking for ways to help their economy, it is la crisis after all...) and balance out the older kids that I will spend most of my time with. Should be yet another adventure, but a gainful one!


How is the fall shaping up for y'all? The temperature has just started dropping here, with all our high afternoon temps in the 70s, perfect for an after-school run (which I am about to set out on right now!).