So. Just over two months after my last post, I return once again to blog-land to inform my probably dwindling public of events in my life. I do have a good reason for my absence, though: I have been writing personal e-mails. If you have not received one, send me one!!! Personal correspondence is much more interesting than blogging into nowhere.
So what have I been up to in the past 2 months, you ask? A lot of teaching English, a lot of learning German, as well as singing, Oktoberfesting, moving into my new apartment, fretting over the mundane, wasting time, discovering Munich... the list goes on. One of my favorite things to do is to get on the Tram and take it to some place I've never been, and try to reorient myself. It's so exciting when I finally make a new geographical connection- and I hope that the day never comes when I cease to be amazed by this city.
Teaching is going well. Right now, I am teaching only business English in various companies... which is not what I prefer... but it could be worse. Anyway, my students are for the most part good... there is only one "problem class"... and I continue to think of that as being my fault as a teacher... though I also have trouble understanding why these people are so slow on the uptake. Altogether, though, it is not a bad job. Much less stress than something like waitressing... although most waitressing jobs don't involve getting up at 6am. I'm working about about 28 hours a week (give or take), and I am hoping that I can continue with this pattern- it leaves time for me to sing and live and be something other than an Englischlehrerin. It's my opinion, anyway, that 14 different classes ought to be enough for anybody.
My apartment has its good and bad points. It's farther outside of town than I would prefer, and a lot of young couples with screaming children seem to live in my building (they bring said screaming children into the playground in the courtyard outside my window)... but my roommates (I have 3) are all friendly. I also really like my room, now that the walls are painted (light green), and it is all decorated. I made my own curtains out of a silk sari, which I think, in Jane Austen terms, makes me an "accomplished woman." Anyway, I am happy enough that I can foresee staying in this living situation for at least another year, if only from the fact that I am SICK and TIRED of moving.
So I think that is about it... Well, it really isn't... there are a lot of things I could say: For example, it snowed this past Sunday... and I went to a special night of Museums on Saturday evening... aber das reicht schon für Heute. By the way, I was not joking about the e-mails. If you write me one, I will write you back.
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