as simple as hello

Monday, the one day where I am suppose to not make an apperance at english time was not going to happen. The teacher that I split morning classes with had a meeting and instead of throwing in a new teacher right before the exam I said i would switch with her. I woke up thinking, dang this is my day off. I should have no alarm clock instead I shrug it off and get out of bed. Once i got ready, I was drinking my morning coffee and had two conversations with great friends from the Minneapolis. First i realized that maybe i should start all mondays off like that because they put me in a great mood, but i also realized that probably many days when I'm waking up is a good time to talk to friends. I signed off and headed to class with a great big smile on my face. today was going to be a good day. Talking to friends, didnt put me in a "I miss home slump" but a I'm excited for my day mood!

I do my preparations and was about to run an errund when one of my students saw me. his face lit up and said "christy! what are you doing here!" I said one minute and i'll explain. Ihead upstairs and one minute later when i'm walking back he had called the whole class out of the room and were all standing there excited to see me! i told them it was true i was teaching today, they were happy, and even more excited when i told them it was goign to be their class.

Needless to say, class went well. I like teaching. I like being here. The other night my roommate was asking me about my plans when my contract ends. She asked if I would continue teaching. This conversation started because iw as telling her that this was what happened in class:
student: christy when are you going back to America?
me: in june:
Student: Do you have boy friend?
Me : nope.
Student: you should find turkish boyfriend. would you take him to chicago with you?
Me. I dont know.
Student: OR... you can stay here forever! i think you should stay here forever, teacher.

I was telling my roommate that I love teaching... here. I dont think I could go back to the states and teach. I like esl taeching, but its different because i'm learning something new. I'm experiencing a new culture. It would be different to just hear about cultural differences in the classroom. Next tough question, well then what are you going to do? i told her I had no idea, I am content with my life. Yes i do miss America and the people there, but I also left for a reason. i told her that I really hope and pray that it becomes clear to me by June/July, what I'm here to do. I would love to know what I want to do when I get back to the states, right now, no job sounds appealing. Tough questions. All hopefully to be worked out in the next 7 months. Afterall, that was one of my goals: to learn about myself.