Internet finally!!

Well, I finally have internet in my apartment. It's so nice to not have to walk down to the coffee shop to get on the internet.

At school I am now up to 22 kids, although 2 are moving to a different classroom. I started out 3/4, but now have about 10 2nd graders too. Although sometimes things are difficult I'm having a great time. The kids range from knowing no English (having just moved to the United State a week ago) to students that are pretty fluent and about ready to go into the mainstream classroom. I am definetely learning how to make the curriculum work for all levels and ages of kids.

Swim team is also going well. We have had 4 swim meets and have won 3 out of the 4. We have another tough meet this week. We've had some good swims, but there are a number of girls who are off where they would like to be, which worries me because I feel like there should be something else I'm doing. Between school and swimming my weeks just seem to fly by. I go to bed at like 9:30 every night because I'm so tired. On top of that I do have a bit of a cold - definetely a downside to being a first year teacher.

P.S. - I already talked to Maria about this, but thought I would pass on that I did talk to Rickey and he got enganged last week. They're getting married in the summer. Congrats to them!!...but kind of weird.

Hope everything is having a great week!!