Electrician Has Taken Over

This morning I got up a little extra early to meet the woman from the town hall who was coming to wait for the electrician... and to give him an extra set of keys (so as he can come and go freely, oh great). I stupidly thought my bus had already left, so I ran to catch the tram (literally ran)... and while on the tram, I saw my bus arrive. Bah.

School was ok.... my first class is still a nightmare... actually worse than ever. I feel like the kids respect me at least a tiny bit more than their own teacher, but not by much. Next time I think I'm going to bring in a crossword puzzle so that they can start their day with a mindless, easy activity, that gets them to shut up. They have no morning work and any sort of routine is messed up with me being there... so we'll see if this can at least get them to calm down some. It seems though, that they are spiraling out of control. Later I saw them in the hallway leaving for lunch, and they are like a bunch of wild animals. The other teachers were like, omg... they are nuts! I'm so interested to see how it changes when the director comes back from being on sick leave in January.

I did weather in most of my classes... the kids were cute trying to figure out my directions in English on how to make their weather wheels. When they figured out how the 2 circles went together to turn and show different pictures, I could see the light bulbs turn on in their heads hehe. Otherwise, it was a pretty uneventful teaching day... however, I will soon get to sing Christmas carols with them! Hurray!

I'm beginning to really enjoy talking with Sophie and Sabine at lunch. They like to gossip about which celebrity is dating who... and they talked extensively about Tony Parker and Eva Longoria's split. I had no idea... apparently he cheated on her with another basketball player's wife! I forgot that Tony Parker was French, but had no idea he used to play for the Lyon basketball team. In fact, I had no idea Lyon had a pro-team. Sabine said she'd tell me when she'd go to one and I could come along!

After lunch, I went home... a little afraid of what I would find. The electrician was very nice... he showed me what was where and why (wires hanging everywhere, boxes of materials everywhere, dust everywhere). He asked me if I was French, which was nice to not just assume I was English speaking. When I told him I was American, he said he'd spent a year in England and knows some English... so we'll see if he ever tries speaking to me in English. He will be here at 7h30 sharp tomorrow morning:) Oh joy! Just one week of this... I can handle it....

Reste cool:) Gotta go get ready for tomorrow!