Real, Not Ideal

I cannot believe it is the end of November. This means it is one month closer to seeing my family and one more month that I have survived my first year of teaching! Things have been wild recently (as I’m sure you can tell by the severe lack of posts), so I have to catch you up as much as possible! 1.        Austria Trip I am working on making a wonderful travel post for you all about this trip. My two best friends from home came to see me at the beginning of the month since I had a week off, and I cannot begin to tell you how thankful I am for this trip. We go to see so many places and experience different cultures. For me, the most important part was just being with them. I’ve been craving friend time, and it means so much to me that they wanted to come see me. We now have some incredible memories to cherish. 2.        The Military Band at the Changing of the Guard Before we left for Austria, we had ...

Hello everyone! Please exercise patience with me as I attempt to get my work-life balance in check. This week, you will get three of the usual posts. Who knows about the week after? I’m trying as hard as I can. I was a little worried about this post when I first sat down to write it. I wasn’t sure I had actually been doing enough things to warrant a whole post. The last time I wrote one in August , it was easy because I was out all the time in summer. At the moment, I’m struggling to make it out of the flat because I’m left with marking and chores (and sleeping) on the weekends. However, I was pleasantly surprised at what was on my phone. I simply had to put up this picture of Heidi, Natalie and I on our night out in Leeds. Back home, we always used to go out together. Since I live so close to all the cool bars, we had to take advantage of it. We danced for THREE hours. It had been about five months since I had a proper night out, and it was very much needed. A...