Starting to plan!

Since I have a little over a month until I head down to Costa Rica I am finally realizing that I need to pack!! Aaahhh!!!!
 Right now I am in an elementary school for at least 2.5 hours a week observing and teaching so I can get my Elementary Education license when I graduate. And those kids just smile everyday I am there, and I just know that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life! I am still working on my dream of teaching in another country, but my destination is still up in the air. But no matter where I go, teaching will always be there for me. One smile from a student (or kid in general) keeps my hopes alive and keeps me smiling forever it seems!!

Today while talking with my mentoring teacher, I got to thinking... I have already been told that I am welcomed back anytime into the classroom and she would love to have me come back after I return from my trip, and I only have 3 more days in the classroom, so I am going to do a small presentation on Costa Rica before I go as well!

Then, I am already thinking about what I am going to do when I return with the children. I want to bring them something back... pencils and postcards maybe?

After talking with the teacher today, I started getting a little nervous as well! She asked me today if anyone else from MCLA would be going with me (answer, no), if I knew anyone who will be at the college with me for the semester (answer, no), if anyone will be traveling with me (answer, no), if I know who I am living with yet (and still, the answer is no...).

That is when it really hit me, I am leaving soon and know no one as of right now.... However, I am looking on the bright side and getting ready for the experience of a lifetime, a teaching experience, a culture shock and warm weather!

Sorry for the array of topics in this post, just a lot to talk about today! :)

Soon to be receiving my home-stay information!!

So, Not much has changed since last time. But soon, I should be receiving information on who I am living with and a brief idea of what they are like! I am still extremely excited! I keep thinking of what it is going to be like, and hoping it will be the life-time experience I need!! I have also done some research, and when I graduate, either from MCLA or a graduate school program, I am going to go to Spain and take the DELE exam to get a diploma stating that I am fluent in Spanish! That will definitely help me with my life goal!

Well, heading off! Voy a Hablar con tu pronto! :)

Awesome time...Awesome band...Awesome future?

La Excelencia! (Sorry the picture is a little blurry, took it with my phone camera!)

So This is the band La Excelencia! They really were awesome! This last weekend, I went down to Mass MoCA to a Salsa Dura Dance Party! They are a band out of New York with a lot of diverse instruments and people! My friends and I went to go dance! I did so much more than that though! Yes, we danced, but I also learned so much of the different cultures! The dance styles, and the culture in general! The band presented all of this at this one event!  Looking back, I realized I am going to have so much fun studying abroad! I love dancing already, but this is going to be a culture learning experience and a new lifestyle as well! 

Well, off to class! 

Quiero bailar!

Hola! 

So last night I wanted to procrastinate! So... I listened to some Reggaeton y Salsa! I did not want to do any work what-so-ever! Instead I did some investigating, and found out that there is a Salsa dance "party" at Mass MoCA, right down the street! So on Saturday I am doing something for myself.... and I am going to go dance the night away! This whole semester I have been told that I need to stop doing stuff for everyone else, and finally just do something for myself. Of course I have not done this what-so-ever. It has not seemed like something I had to or should do. After having a bad week, and feeling the stress of 20 credits, a pre-practicum, an extra class, and three tutoring jobs...and my dad telling me for the tenth time, I finally decided it was time to do something for myself! I am going to go dance with one of my friends, and leave my cares in my books! 

     I hope when I go to Costa Rica, I do not have this much stress, and I can do a few things for myself! 

And for the record, almost all the snow is gone...but not all of it!

Hasta Luego!!