Oh the weekend... the phrase "living for the weekend" has become a theme to my life here. Don't get me wrong, i realize i'm here to 'teach' and things... but listen, i'm in Europe. and my co-op teacher is a treat. so i basically have the greatest time. During my day i have found myself drifting to googling trains and air fares on where to go for the upcoming weeks... all whilst my students get yet another lesson on Indians and the inappropriate term "trash" (it is rubbish here in England... and i will never forget). I did learn a new vocab word Friday, which i think is debatable... let's take a vote: who really thinks that the word 'punk' means male prostitute? hmm...
Jackie has informed me of the boys that she believes have a 'crush' on me... i'm not sure how i feel about this yet. i mean, obviously im flattered. if only i WASN'T their teacher, it WASN'T illegal, and they didn't look like they were just getting out of puberty. Dang it. The search for my English husband continues... We do try to be extra cordial with the attractive young airmen who protect the gate of our base... batting of the eyes, excessive "thank you's" and "how are you's", followed by lots of smiling... well, this has gotten us NO WHERE. we still have no guy friends. again, dang it. However, one of the teacher's husbands plays card games with some Airmen officers and she is trying to get him to inform the good, mature officers that there are 'wonderful, bored young ladies' on Feltwell base... we have received no calls, or stalkers, for that matter. But have no fear, we still have quite a few weeks.
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day... aka, Single's Awareness... I'm not sure how this is going to pan out. Let's be honest, i've been single on Valentine's day for 21 years straight now. Who would want to break that streak NOW? so for the 22nd year in a row, a single's pity party will ensue tomorrow evening. On the agenda: dinner and a movie. Classic, right? maybe a cry for good measure? Haha! I'm sure it will be fun... our evenings on Feltwell seem to come with a spice of entertainment. Tonight? fire drill. Sarah was cooking us a lovely chicken alfredo dish when... a stick of butter sent the pan of chicken into disarray and resulted in excessive smoke. Of course, I was down stairs at the time. What was my first thought? Chi O. For those of you unaware... the Chi Omega house has the annoying charm of randomly setting off the fire alarm. So believe me when i saw i drudgingly closed my computer, trudged upstairs, set my computer down, then contemplated taking it with me.... then grabbed a jacket and walked outside. Was i in a hurry? nope. i've been through one too many 'false alarms' to know the difference between real and fake. haha so we huddled outside and waited for our firemen to save the day... and our ear drums. And who showed up? ASTRONAUTS. i'm not kidding people, these men were dressed head to toe in some uniform that looked like space gear... or shiny aluminum foil. They were less than amused, so we didn't try to play the 'we are here alone and bored, let's hang out' card... haha
Let's see... this weekend we went to Warwick Castle. It's about a 2 hour bus ride and was THE most gorgeous castle we have seen yet. And it also helped that i walked around in just a long sleeve T and jeans... However, the HIGHLIGHT was when Merideth was serenaded by someone in costume. Well, one boy was playing one of those old time guitar things... and the other boy, pasty white face and all, read her a Shakespeare excerpt! haha we didn't know whether to laugh it off or play along? haha so she just stood there... and took pics and vid. of course. And then we partook in afternoon tea and scones. and can i just say, i felt SO English... it was lovely. The greatest discovery we made in the town of Warwick was the racetrack! no, not cars... horses! We stumbled upon a HORSE RACE! it just so happened that there was a race going on Saturday. So we stood in the 'peasant' section (outside the gate) and took in the sights. it was my first horse race, and definitely my favorite. haha i envisioned myself in the movies Seabiscut and Secratariat... All i needed was a large hat.
The countdown for this weekend is on... Scotland. I believe i will fit in quite well. And i have complete confidence that this week will bring more glorious stories of new vocab words and little known facts of Indian history. Oh, the weekend...
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