sniffle, sneeze, cough

Recently, I seem to get sick whenever I return from a vacation. I was sick for the two days between Spain and Amsterdam, and now I've been hit by a whopper since getting back from Italy. It was delayed this time, but I've been out for the count since yesterday. I just woke up from a three hour nap!

I now have only four more classroom hours left in my contract, and I'm okay with that. I thought I would be sad, but I'm not. It was a bit strange being back in school the past few days, since it was my center for so long and now I'm saying goodbye. I cleaned out my cubby today, and recycled a huge stack of worthless paper.

Tonight is another goodbye, to Parisist. The site I've been writing for closed down a bit ago, and we're having a last hurrah for all the writers tonight. I'm especially bummed that I'm sick since I'll be missing out on free booze! I think I'll have to stick to soda in my current condition.

I'm taking pictures of the classes I like, and will post them here when they're all done. I'm upset that I forgot my camera today, because I really like the class I had (seconde 8, section 1). Especially Lucie, who always asks me where I went on vacation. None of my other students think to return the question, when I ask all of them what they did. Lucie is always the only one who says, "and Sophie, what did you do?" And Juliette, who always gives me the sweetest smile when she enters and leaves the classroom.

For my two classes tomorrow we're having good-bye parties. I bought chips and cookies, and they're hopefully bringing something, and we'll have a little celebration. I wonder if I can convince them to celebrate in English?