Quick One

So I recognize it has been a while since my last real blog, with words and everything in it. I apologize for that and chalk it up to my own laziness. It seems so much easier to spend my free time watching television shows online than to actually have to think and write about things going on. But I'll write a quick one to keep it going.

I am back in class after having almost two weeks off (from midterms and a small holiday). The break was fantastic, but it was difficult getting back into the swing of things. I still haven't really gotten a solid lesson plan done for the week, or for the rest of the semester, but I'm sure I'll figure it out. While the kids aren't any worse behaved, many of them seem to be even more done with the whole "school" thing for the semester. I guess they smell the end of the school year approaching, and it's making their brains shut down (even faster than they were before).

Christmas and New Years were both very good on this side of the world. I hung out with my friends over at the Marina House (which is the apartment complex where my coworker Roger lives). I have met a few really cool farangs over there, including a brit named Jessica and an aussie named Dave. The Marina house is right on the river, and there is a big back porch, so it is the perfect place to just relax, enjoy the cool breeze, and drink some beer from the lovely Mrs. Tim (the woman who owns a shop next door to the apartment, and stays open till 2 or 3 almost every night, mostly to accommodate us drunk foreigners).

We went to Koa San (big surprise) a few nights over the break and had a lovely (if not debauched) time. Getting back to school was tough after spending a week being able to sleep late and lounge around watching movies.

I'm pretty sure there are no days off in January. Just straight-through classes all month. I'm sure I'll be able to handle it. I don't know what February looks like, but I think that finals begin at the very end of the month. Although I may be wrong considering I am getting this information from a student, I think the semester will be over at the beginning of March. I am not sure what the future will hold for me after that point, but there are several places in Thailand I still have not seen and really want to. Cha-am, Phuket, and Chaing Mai just to name a few. And I still want to see Vietnam, and Korea if possible. I still have time to figure it out though. There are about two hundred and fifty thousand travel agencies on Koa San Road, and I can find prices for trains, planes, and automobiles well in advance.

Well it's time to actually educate some of these bright young minds. Wish me luck.