Why Do We Live Here?

Brrrrr! On a day like today it is hard to remember why we decided to live in a place that gets this terribly cold. My van wouldn't start yesterday and I had to get it boosted. The roads were slippery and I nearly froze my feet waiting for the bus at 6:30 this morning! Days like this make me want to rethink my plans for the future. I should move some place warmer. Not too warm, of course, I also hate the heat. But some place nice like Victoria sounds good. It rarely gets cold enough to snow there and it never gets as cold as it is in Calgary today. Victoria also gets a lot more sun than Vancouver. I need to start figuring out how to move there!

Charting Your own Course

This was an interesting idiom we read in our reading text today. The man we read about was very independent and he planned his own way to learn and grow. He didn't depend on other people to do all the work for him. He worked hard and always chappenged himself. I think he is a great role model. It is too easy to always expect others to teach and lead us. Perhaps we need to become more independent. As Diyar always says, "I am responsible for my own learning."

The end of the term is coming!

Perhaps the end of term is even a stranger idea than Christmas being so close! It seems very strange to me that very soon I will have to make a decision about every student. I wish that we were studying together for the whole year! But I have to say that I'm very happy to see how everybody has improved in their English so far this term. Everybody is more confident and has learned a lot. Wouldn't it be nice if everybody could learn perfect English just in one term?
But it will never happen! Language learning takes a long time! All we can do is keep trying our best. Congratulations to everyone in the class for all their hard work!

Christmas is Closer Than We Think

I started my Christmas baking on the weekend. I always make special decorated cookies and candies to give to friends at Christmas. It's a tradition. Now my daughter wants to learn how to do these things. In previous years, I've had a lot of time to spend at home but this year time is harder to find. So, it was good to make all our gingerbread cookies and sugar cookies. Then I put them in the freezer. I'll take them out and decorate them with special icing and candies just before Christmas. I feel better now to know that some of that work is done. I also took a lot of time to relax and watch TV so I feel good now and ready to go again!

Lovely Weekend

On Friday I felt so sick that I let everybody go early and I took the early bus home but it didn't help me much. The early bus takes longer to go near my house and I got home at my usual time. I had a nice relaxing evening and a good sleep. On Saturday, I had a lot of housework to do. I did lots of laundry and got my kids going cleaning the house. In the afternoon, my son went to a birthday party and my daughter and I went to do some shopping. It was nice to spend some time with my daughter alone. It seems that these days I don't have enought time to talk to her. Teenagers really need to know that they can talk to their parents! On Saturday night, my son went to babysit for a friend of mine so that we could go out for coffee. She has four children. The oldest is five and she is having another baby next month. Sometimes, she really needs to get out of the house and talk to a grown up! On Sunday I went to church and then watched TV and took a nap in the afternoon. My husband took the children out in the afternoon. I should mention that my husband and I are separated. He lives in Calgary but comes to Airdrie every week to see the children.

So now I'm back at work. I feel tired but much better than last Friday! I hope everybody else in the class stays healthy!