The First of the Last

Yesterday was the first of my last classes. I had it with the sixth grade class, where we reviewed all the material of the past few months and generally enjoyed ourselves. And today, a month from now, my job will be officially over.

It has become, particularly during this week, to keep my brain logged into what I am doing. My final lessons were planned a month ago, so thankfully I don't have to worry about too much preparation on the teaching side. However, for one of the first times in my life, I'm beginning to feel there just aren't enough hours in the day.

Oddly, amongst all the cleaning, studying, teaching, trip planning, exercising and even more socializing, I've managed to set in motion the plans for an apartment, so hopefully that will come to fruition in the next few weeks.

There are little frustrations: a student of mine has caused problems, problems that cost me time and energy. Myself and the teachers I work with talked with this student today, and though she showed some improvement, I hope it carries through for the next few days. It has gotten to the point where I frankly don't want to deal with her any more, and its taking a fair amount of my willpower to be collected as possible and express disappointment but not anger.

But there are gems, of course. The weekend was good, and the coming one promises food, friends and karaoke. Always a winning combination. There's no better way of taking out those frustrations then through song.