A Day and the Life

As I was looking at my "agenda" this past week, I was thinking....wow....look at how busy life has gotten here....and I love it all. Check it out....The typical BA life as an English teacher, Spanish student, and social butterfly....

Monday, May 11th

10:45- Meet a student, Max, at a cafe for class. Decide to go to a different cafe this past week to mix things up. He is an advanced student.

12:00-12:00- Walk about ten blocks to next class.
1230-200- Teach group class of three students. Beginner English speakers.

230-400- Come home, eat, catch up on emails and freelance writing.

500-600- Class with Patricia in another cafe.
615-645- Hop on bus to head back to San Telmo, my area of the city.

700-800- Teach Alberto. We do class at his house which is down the street from me. Very beginner English.
800-845- Run home to get ready.

900- Head to a formal dinner that my student Max invited me to.

1000pm- 200 am- Eat food and try to speak Spanish. (dinner is late here.....obviously)

Tuesday, 12th

900- Wake up and work on freelance writing project.

12-200-Teach group class downtown
230-330- Priavate class with Juan right down the street from previous class.
330- Juan tells me that his father wants to start taking English class, great....go and meet him to talk.....who is the office over. Argentines are very close to there families in all things that they do.

430- Private class in Palermo. A different area of the city.

700-830- Yoga. My closest friends here have a yoga studio down the street from where I live.

930-100 am- Going away dinner party for Sophie.

Wednesday May 13th

1030- 1200- Private class

100-230- Group class

Run errands plan for Alberto's class, this week is object pronouns ( I really am not that technical of a teacher but sometimes you have to be)

700-830- Private class.

900-1200- write then sleep early!

Thursday, May 14th

700 AM- Wake up. Walk around dazed while getting ready.
800-930- Teach

1000-1130 Spanish class (sometimes when I can....I get the classes for free because I teach english for this same institute)

1200-200- Teach group classes

230-330- Teach Juan.

Write in the free time for freelance porject.

700-815- Yoga

900-1200- Dinner party at Chandani's.

Friday, May 15th

800-930- Teach

1000-1200- Spanish class

1200-100- Teach group classes

100- 230- Teach group classes

400-500- Teach my favorite student Carlos, to end the week.....

who knows....

Dinner

Saturday-

200-300 pm- Teach my youngest student who speaks three languages already.

400- Grocery shop in China town.

Dinner

900- Go see Ramiro in his play that is opening this weekend!


Sunday (last sunday)

Woke up and went to a cafe.

Lunch with friends.

Walked around the fair that is every Sunday in my neighborhood with Jaoquin.

Dinner at Meghans.

Prepare for class on Monday.


Start the week with a smile.....