It's been a very quiet week for the most part. For a couple minutes I was having trouble thinking of a tittle for this post. And then I remembered the high point of my week, which was, by far, last Friday.
Last Friday, I finally got to meet with the other English teacher in the area. She contacted me on Friday, letting me know she was free, and we met up. I ended up going over to her host family, after taking the Marshutka into Samtredia. It was very nice to actual be able to converse. To be able to say pretty much anything and be understood, without having to break it down so much that what I wanted to say was lost. Complex ideas? Those just don't work on a language barrier. We had a lovely conversation, along with some tea, wine, Georgian dumplings and a pie cake sort of thing. Her experience is quite different than mine, her host family lives in an apartment with a mother, father and two brothers, both in school. The apartment is very small, especially compared to my host family's house and they have people coming and going all the time, a few neighbors stopped by while I was there. Her teaching experience is much different too, she has more than one co-teacher and her classes are closer to 30. I can't even imagine it.
It was also her birthday on Wednesday, and some of her neighbors demanded she show off her presents. It sounded like she had a great birthday, she went to a restaurant with her family. I was a little jealous, but I know my birthday was just terrible timing. Anyways, it was wonderful to speak in English and connect with someone else. Definitely the high point of my week.
Other than that, it's been a quiet week. Just class and the usual lounging at home after. My host family finally has internet at home though! Maybe I can actually get some pictures uploaded, who knows. It's nice just to be writing this at home rather than at school, where, by the time I'm done teaching and get to use the computer room, I'm chilled, and the computer room is cold. My hands aren't nearly as cold as they could be!
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Yay! I can't believe your host family got internet for you! that's awesome. I'm also glad you met the other English teacher. You didn't mention her name or where she was from though. When do you get back?
ReplyDeleteHey em, we might have the house by the time you get back, so party a my house, maybe if i get the time to do it. and then you can show me all your col pictures, and all that fun stuff and we can have a holiday/birthday party or something, since you missed your birthday here and didn't really get it there, and you missed a few holidays.
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