Boring isn't a bad thing

Oops, I'm not so good at this blogging thing. The problem is my life seems so normal now that I kind of forgot I'm supposed to be posting on here. Normal is definitely not a bad thing though! After a summer of non-stop traveling, fiestas, dinners, and social events on both sides of the Atlantic, I reached September with a severe case of burn out, wanting nothing more than normal, boring routine. Its taken a little while for the chaos of moving back to Tudela to settle down but I've finally gotten my wish. The past few weeks have been finally back to normal, boring life!

It's amazing how different everything feels this year- while last year felt like a year abroad, an overwhelming string of new experiences, this year just feels like regular life- working, studying, planning lessons, lunches with coworkers, movie nights with my roommates, meeting for beers with friends, eating as many tomate feos as possible before they go out of season- and I'm finding I like that even more. I'm starting to feel like an actual teacher now that the school has me taking on a bigger role in the classroom and planning my own lessons. And, the increase in independence means more opportunities to have fun with the kids! Barely a month into the school year, so far we've made balloon "lungs" and decorated the classroom with fingerprints collages to study the human body, went to the gym to learn how to play hockey as part of our forces and motion unit, and made these adorable "I feel happy when..." collages.

"I feel happy when other people are happy."

My kids are the cutest.

One of the many perks of my job: adorable drawings like this one.

I'm sure life won't stay boring for long- with trips to Barcelona and Madrid and visits from two friends looming in the near future life will be switching back to the "crazy" setting soon. Stay posted, maybe I'll be better at this whole blogging thing (but don't count on it!). And now, to start planning my Halloween lessons!