Tomorrow is my first day back at school for the 2011-2012 year. This is the only schoolyear that I will be here for its entirety, and I will have a new counterpart, and try to have a new approach to it all. I want to be well-rested, productive, and successful in teaching English and a good example of an enthusiastic, participatory teaching... I don't want to simply drone from the government-issued curriculum...I want to be amazing!
But alas, it's 2.40am and all I can think about is that poor new bride who watched her husband get eaten by a shark... As if I needed that story to fuel my irrational fear of these sea beasts.
Speaking of sea-beasts, my arm is covered in a swollen rash from previously mentioned fire coral. While the first day it was just a little patch, I've since discovered that both hands have blisters from it as does the patch on my forearm (which now covers almost the whole thing)... I did some research and discovered that it'll (inshallah) go away on its own, but my neighbors who I love dearly were super concerned and wanted to take me straight-away to the hospital. Fortunately I convinced them that it would go away or I would call the doctor the next day... which I never did and it got worse... now it seems to be going away?
We'll see!
Now to round 2 of attempting to get in a few blinks before chilling with the teachers all day! No students and teachers fasting means that the day will probably be rather short and I'll be able to come back and nap before breakfast with my friends.
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