Packed ish I was sick in my mouth a couple of times but I finished my work and everything's more or less packed I told Tante Z I can't get her cheese She told me she assumed so when Baba said he wasn't dropping it off I ordered things to make myself feel better about Cairo I'll pop into the old English center if I'm not exhausted tomorrow Sign up to teach night classes again if the pay isn't too awful I wonder if anything's changed, I heard they have new books which is shocking I remeber teaching them about Palm Pilots I rewrote the Level 3 book and printed copies (out of my own pocket) My class aced their exam I thought I'd get a pat on the back when the supervisor called me in but she said the other teachers are complaining because the students expect them to make the same effort And then they shut down, lost too much business And now they're open again I wonder if they have smart boards now Naaah, now that would really be shocking I won't get sucked back in 3 or 4 classes a week for when the freelancing gigs dry up I have to admit, I miss walking around a classroom It's been ages, I've been teaching/working online for so long My teaching mask is the cutest I perfected it and I was very good at my job I have a decade's worth of rhymes and visual aids and dad jokes specifically for Egyptian students And I figured out how to make grandpas and seventeen year olds get along I even cracked the armor of conservative Muslims and Christians They were good exhausting times Otherwise I really have to hustle with the freelancing It'll be easier when it's colder With my mug and fuzzy slippers and comfy chair Get up and stretch and water a plant, keep buying plants to reward myself Couple of minutes on the elliptical with my happy music I feel like I have to keep picturing it or I'll fall into the potato black hole Piles of dishes, piles of laundry, spacing out and realising three days have passed without speaking to anyone Can't let that happen |