oh lesson plans, i don't want to do them

so i'm finding everything else to do. i also have to correct and insane amount of tests.
however, it feels later in the day than it actually is. this is because i woke up at 645 this morning to say good bye to bryan, send him off at the train station with the italians, frenchies, and his yeminite roommate. so yes, another american has left. and here we are.
i've recently discovered that the test i thought i HAD to give was OPTIONAL. so i did it with one class, and my other classes will be doing other things instead. i don't want to correct those tests, so i'm not. i'm posting to my blog.

hmmmm what to say? well let's see.

i have found a place to live, i'll be in brookline with ms. underdahl. MHC reunion time what?
so that's good. i've seen the apartment, i know it's big and nice and it has a porch, she's got a kitty cat, and i'll have my own room :)

i'm working on planning out my trip at the end of the year. i've been sending out requests to couchsurf with people. however, i'm getting back a lot of "sorry we're already hosting" responses. which is making me sad. couchsurfing, for those of you who don't know - is a program that people sign onto, where they agree to host people in their apartments, on their couches or in spare bedrooms, and in exchange they are hosted by others. it's cheaper than a hostel, and nice when you're traveling alone because you've got someone there who knows the place, speaks the language, and can point you in the direction you want to go. it's safe, verified, funded, blah blah. but, if i don't have places ironed out by the end of this week or next week, i'm gonna have to go the hostel route. which is worrisome too because it's so close to when i'll be traveling. i may have to make some changes to my itinerary. oh well. we shall see.

we went out for a brazilian dinner last night in honor of bryan - ohhhhhh my goodness the food was AMAZING. meat grilled and barbequed and just wonderfulness. side dishes that were incredible, great company, live music, dancing, brightly colored walls, it was fantastic.

of course - we were all sad at bryan's departure, it's the time of year where everyone is leaving. whitney, bryan, domenica, alyson, jen, all the other american assistants, it's getting crazy over here. i may lose my mind!

but, on that note. i may go make myself useful and do something related to school for tomorrow.

it's only 130 but it feels like 400 to me cause i've been up for HOURS!

yehaw!