feelin better

i have to admit that out of the three holidays...new year's was probably the roughest.

but i am feeling better now. we have resumed classes and time just keeps on crawlin. i gave my kids a quiz yesterday and i'd say about 95 percent of them passed with the moyen=median. i am giving the other 2 classes quizzes today. and i can't believe how much i look forward to grading those things. i think i just like to see if they are actually learning something from me.

maria, my APCD, comes to visit me, and observe how i teach this coming tuesday! oh man, i am one nervous cookie! but at the same time all i can do is my best because i am going to have her observe me teach my WORST behaved class. however, i have an inkling that they will somewhat behave if they have my APCD, and the other English teachers in the classroom watching them too. they are like that puppy who will do tricks in front of you but no one else. except that they behave miserably for me, but the moment someone else steps into the room; you would think they are all angels!

i went to the tailor today. i am having a tank top, a dress, and a tunic top. and i am fixing one of the dresses i had made a while ago. the dress is cute and appropriate to teach in, but the skirt part of it is HUGE! some little kid came running up to me and he reached out for my stomach region and called me "mama." that made me cringe and i don't think i have worn it since. i told the tailor people that, and they all laughed and jokingly asked that...being a mama isn't good? and i said NO! i am not a mama, and they have to take in the skirt part a little because it makes me look fat! we all had a little laugh and it is gonna be fixed. and the skirt part is gonna be like a tulip skirt thing; i am excited about that. and i can't wait to see what the tunic top will look like. they said it'll be done by wednesday...we'll see about that. and all that is only costing 8 mille or about 18 dollars.

Marley is getting bigger. his fur is falling out in patches. and my friend keeps coming over to give him some kind of medication. i hope it goes away because it is making him look kinda ugly!

mmmmkay, i think that is all for now.