Monday, September 08, 2008

a love hate relationship.

being in monterrey and asfm for a second year has its pros and cons.

i love...

-knowing how to be a teacher, asfm style. i can't tell you the amount of time i save not having to read every single lesson the minute before i teach it!

-feeling comfortable in my city and knowing my way around.

-the car.

-the tutoring jackpot i seem to have hit. four hours a week at a fairly comfortable wage equals all of my spending money!

-did i mention the car?

-my new classroom. i have windows to the outside world!

-"new recipe" night. i have learned to make chickpea patties and an amazing salad with pears and pine nuts.

-paloma, the dog that ally/sarah/elise adopted. i am her godmother and therefore get all the benefits without the commitment.

-season 1 of melrose place that i purchased and am using for pure escapism. so corny, but decadent.

-super fitness damas VIP, the new gym that i joined with a whole bunch of ladies from work. each machine has a personal tv, and the atmosphere is incredibly motivating! soon we will be super fitness damas ourselves.

-the book that sarah tambien and i want to write on our adventures, or at least talking about it.

-brazilian night: meat served off of swords, karaoke 'til bed.


BUT i don't love...

-the HUGE GIANT DISGUSTING bat moths that seem to have taken over the city. one was on my car window this morning and didn't leave during my whole drive to school. and somehow one snuck into ginny's room. YUCK.

-the politics, asfm style.

-having a broken finger, but that has nothing to do with anything. i just hate it, so i thought i'd add it in here.

-the muy expensive flights this year.

-missing friends that left and moved on to other adventures.

-the new strict dismissal policy that was implemented for the school, partly due to safety issues that have arisen in mexico.

-work on weekends. so i still don't really do it. just when i absolutely completely have to.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Sarah! We've been conned! I too was given the role of paloma's godmother stroke life coach! The swines! Though i guess i have been a little absent in her life lately. Maybe if she ever visits london i could be her european godmother who delivers european advice such as 'dont expect as much love here, its a cat culture' and 'only sniff other doggies bottoms once, once means curious, twice means you're up for it'. Horny european animals that they are. Hmm.

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