mid terms

I am sighing a big sigh of relief because my colleague and I just submitted the mid-term grades for all of our classes. It is always a nice feeling to get that necessary and often troublesome part of teaching accomplished. Compared to last cuatri, I felt better prepared and more confident, and, this time around, I think I was more successful at managing my time with respect to giving and grading exams. And now I can get down to the business of planning for the second half of the cuatri, which ends on April 23. I have a feeling it´s going to fly by (especially because we have our Spring Break April 1-10)! Anyway, things have been busy lately with work and I´m hoping to move again in about a week because something I have come to understand about myself is that I just really need my own space right now. But I have been thinking about blogging! I´ve been thinking about all the friends and family I am far away from, too. Thank goodness for Skype and blogs and phones and all the modern things that help me stay connected.

We are having a bit of a cold spell here in Yucatán right now - temps went down to a frigid 50°F during the night. Laugh all you want, but it feels chilly when you´re used to 80°F weather.