Teaching, Traveling, and Trying to Keep it Together

I had thought about doing a post right after the first week of school, but that obviously did not happen. Then I thought I'd do a post right after the first month. That did not happen either. So here we are, about halfway through and I am finally posting about school! Last I wrote about anything related to school was during my second week here when we were doing home visits to the students. A lot has happened since then! We've been in school for 37 days now; I know because we count them every morning. I would say I've taken over more than half the class most of the time? A Kindergarten setting is a little different than most because so much of the first few weeks is just establishing routines and getting the students used to being in school. Here's a rundown of how a typical school day goes: 8:15 - students arrive in the classroom 8:15-8:35 - check-in and Brain Gym 8:40-9:10ish - greeting song, morning message, calendar, share time, GoNoodle 9:10ish-10:05 - l

I had such high hopes for staying on top of blogging this time around…yet here we are, over a month since my last post. What can I say? I’m busy and also lazy. Anyways, guess I’ll get started.... Ever heard of Luxembourg? I wouldn’t be surprised if you hadn’t. It’s a tiny little country situated between Belgium, France, and Germany. Its land mass is about the same size as Rhode Island and the population is similar to Tucson. The country was never on my bucket list, but I suggest that you add it to yours now! It was a three-day weekend (Sept 2-4) that I didn’t want to waste, I found cheap train tickets and a cheap hotel, so I figured, why not go to Luxembourg? With one train and a bus, it’s about a two and half hour journey to Luxembourg and the scenery is rolling green hills the whole way. I got to Luxembourg City on Saturday around noon, checked into my hotel, and went to explore. I was struck by just how pretty the city is. The city center and old town are situated on this o