the world spins madly on

So it's been an extremely long time since my last blog, and I apologize! But for the first time since I got here, my life has been relatively normal :o) This past week since I got back from the Gorge, everything has been great - classes all returned to normal since the holidays, and every school is getting ready for Hallowe'en! So all the decorations are up and I have my costume ready (I'm one of the characters from their English textbook, Sue!)
This past weekend I worked Saturday all day with a group of 20 cute little kids, basically playing games and singing songs for 6 hours! Then at night a group of us went to see The Departed - one of the best movies I have seen in the past year! If you haven't seen it yet, go! Then on Sunday Lee and I spent the whole day shopping, getting clothes and our costumes :o) Don't worry, there will be tons of awesome pics up of Hallowe'en! This week includes a night of bowling and a going-away party for my friend Rahul, one of the guys in the dorm who recently returned back to Toronto :o( Other than that, nothing new except that Lee chopped all my hair off! I asked him for a trim, and watched as inches of curls floated in slow motion down to the ground! Now most of you may look at the picture above and respond with typical "it still looks long to me", however most girls will know when they've had hair running halfway down their backs, and can suddenly see their shoulders again, that it is a big deal!
Now, in class today at my high school, an intense number-guessing game was played which resulted in the losing team having to stand up and sing in front of the rest of the class! I have posted the pictures for you to laugh at, but mostly for my students to log on and see :o)
I do have one interesting story, however: today, as Lee and I were walking to class, I got hit by a scooter! I was walking with my bag over my shoulder, and out of nowhere a girl on a scooter came flying by and her handle banged right into my shoulder! She slammed into me hard, and her handle got caught on my bag and it made her swerve and lose control, causing her to spin out and fall down! It was the scariest thing, and it all happened in the flash of a second! So we stopped to help her up, make sure she was ok, and she just got right back up and drove off like la-ti-da! She looked scared of me though, like she knew it was her fault and thought I'd be mad or something! But I was just worried about her; and my shoulder was totally fine! So all in all it wasn't that bad, just really crazy!
Until next time, happy Hallowe'en!