Another Sunny Weekend with Homework

Hello World!

I had an awesome eight hours of sleep for the first time in three weeks, and I feel really rested. The sun is shining, the birds are singing--OK, OK, cawing and cackling--the traffic is humming along in the street with only the occasional angry beep...Life is good. Oh. I have homework. Again.

This is the last weekend of my course. It has been going really well, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it, except for a few of the late nights, and not being able to get out on the weekends much. Neyse...
I have learned a lot and am really glad I finally took the plunge. Today I'll be ignoring the nice weather again and working on a major project that is due Monday, as well as tweaking my Monday lesson plan. I'll be teaching Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week, which is good. This week will be a bit more creative too, because I'll be designing my own lessons from scratch. That means I can include more interactive stuff like games, and more visuals because I won't be tied to the book like I have been.

Next weekend I'll be done, and I plan to take advantage of every day from here on out to see everything of interest in Istanbul and spend some serious time on my poor, neglected Turkish. I'll have to make some more non-English-speaking friends to practice with. I'm still thinking about whether to stay in Istanbul or travel south a ways to the beaches. I like Istanbul a lot and haven't really had a chance to explore yet, so I'll be staying here at least a bit longer. Then there is the question of housing...I don't want to keep paying an arm and a leg for a single room, but I'm in a nice area which I finally know well enough to only get lost sometimes...Hmm.

OK...Time to get out of bed and do some work.

Thanks for reading!

This is me, signing off...