d-day approaches!

Tomorrow is the big day! All the preparations, anxieties and excitement come down to tomorrow at 7:30 am, when the students arrive in the classroom. I don't think that I could feel any more unprepared - seeing as they did just throw us into our classrooms a week ago!

I am feeling better, though, but I'm still afraid - I think it's inevitable! Today we went to the school to get some final touches done - including photocopies! We just brought our pages down to Sabash...and smiled nicely...and he did them for us right then and there. What an angel! Just that one thing made my anxiety level decrease a million fold. I was able to work in the computer lab and print off a bunch of things - including another handout for my Economics class. They're being shipwrecked on an island tomorrow :) Go Economics!

So now I'll get to planning my classes entirely.

But, because I've been slacking off so much on updating the blog, here are some pictures from the event last Wednesday night at the American University of Kuwait.

We were the first ones there, and we got to see coffee-backpack-guy right away! He gave us little coffee shots from a hose. Aaaawesome. I think I saw him at the Starbucks near the school today...he might have wondered why I kept staring at him through the window! But they really do love their Starbucks here. They're everywhere.

The Mochachino came out much faster than I was expecting.

And I had a Hitler 'stash.

Here's our group, you know, mingling with the other teachers. Or...not. We're so antisocial! Well...social enough together, very very unsocial towards the Brits ;) Let's just say we're shy.

This is Diane (standing) and another woman...I can't remember her name just now. But Diane is from Cape Breton (originally) and lived in Antigonish for 35 years. She has a couple good looking, single sons. We're working on that. :)

When we got home, we shoved as many as we could into the elevator. It let us know that it was full. I'm always trying to fill the elevator...and they know it. The only problem is getting everyone out again at their respective floors. It's our clown elevator! (hehe. You can see Lindsey's eyes and ear in the reflection).