One week from now...

I´ll be home! I might be the only person who is LEAVING Mexico to go to Pennsylvania for Spring Break, but así es...I was thinking about it and realized that it has been 3 years since I´ve seen an East coast spring! I am not counting on it being a true vacation/Spring Break trip, though. I´ve got to do my taxes for 2009, and most of all, I´ve got to attend to an aging dog...la Mira. Can´t wait to see her, and the rest of the family, of course! Just a few of the things I´m looking forward to are: feta cheese, sushi, & croissants, movies & TV, and New York City.
The next week is going to fly by, I´m sure. I doubt many students will be here next Monday-Wednesday for classes, so I tried to be proactive and I gave them their Final Project instructions yesterday. It is super awkward how this cuatrimestre was scheduled, with Spring Break falling just two weeks before the end of the term. I´m afraid that my students will come back in mid-April having forgotten all their English! It is especially troublesome with my 1st year students, because they´ll be having an actual Final Exam the last week of classes covering all the material from the entire course. It really puts the pressure on to review all the concepts in the second-to-last-week, but I´m planning on having my students do oral presentations, with each group presenting one of the topics we´ve covered.
Today, another friend will be stopping through Valladolid on a tour of Mexico. She´s from Monterey, CA and we met at MIIS. I´m looking forward to seeing her and her boyfriend, and showing them around this little city.
¡Saludos a todos y nos vemos prontísimo!