Fait Accompli

The first week of school is over. And so is my weekend just about. Tomorrow we start with full days of school, and I am really not sure how I am going to make it teaching until 4pm. It was already exhausting teaching half-days! But we will all get into the swing of things in no time, I am sure.

After the bat incident, nothing that qualifies as "exciting" has happened lately, but I did manage to accomplish a few things:

1. I gave myself a French pedicure. It doesn't look too bad really considering that a) I haven't painted my own toes in about two years owing to the fact that pedicures were so cheap in the DR, and b) I have never actually done a French paint job before. I didn't even use the little sticker things that help you paint the white part in a straight line.

2. I bought a book in Italian to help me along. It is a kid's book, Le Streghe (The Witches) by Roald Dhal. So far so good. At least I can understand Italian even if I have problems speaking it right now.

Tomorrow, after I survive my first full day of teaching, I hope to go buy a bicycle and get a cell phone.