A quick update :)

Dear friends,

I hope all is well with you and that it’s warmer where you are than it is here – it’s absolutely freezing, and it’s supposed to snow again tomorrow! There was snow on the ground for almost a full month both before and after winter break, so I really see no reason why it should snow again.

The rest of my classes went well last Thursday and Friday – I’m much more like an actual teacher in some of them than I have been previously, so that’s a change. (A good change, for the most part!) A group of assistants went out to one of the two bars in Nevers on Saturday – I’m always really surprised when I end up having a really good time there – and it was a really good time. In other exciting news, I booked my flight back to the US on Saturday!! I’m now officially coming home, yippee! My contract ends on April 30, so I’m flying out of Paris on May 5. I’m flying into New York JFK and plan on spending about a week there visiting Hilary, and Lizzi decided she wanted to take advantage of knowing people (and having travel buddies), so she’s coming to New York – and the US – for the first time! We’re on the same flights (and have seats together), so I think it’ll be really fun. We’re flying with IcelandAir, which lets you add a stopover in Reykjavik for no extra cost (except for your hotel/food/etc., of course), so we’ll also be spending 3 days and nights in Reykjavik before continuing on to New York – how crazy is that?!? I’m really looking forward to it, though, because hopefully it’ll be nice weather by early May, and it should already be light until pretty late at night by then, too!

Next week is my last week of work before another 2-week vacation, which is most exciting. The kids are always a little crazy right before a break, so my plan is to make Valentine’s Day cards with as many of my classes as possible – I did it to kill some time with one of my classes on Tuesday, and they loved it! Given the excruciating attention to detail and perfection in French elementary school children (seriously), it should easily take up 45 minutes, AND they’ll have something cute to bring home! Win-win.

This weekend I’m off to La Charité sur Loire for birthday celebrations, then next Friday night I’ll be on a train to Rome!

Bisous from Nevers!