End of Term

Well, exam day has finally come and gone. I can say that most of us feel relieved, as the kids are very anxious around exams. The next two weeks are for grading the exams and writing up report cards, which should go smoothly (I hope). We all have to help grade the other teacher's exams. Everybody will get a section to grade, and we'll rotate. I'm not sure how efficient it is, but apparently, its the way its done. The best part is that we only have half days for the next week, and possibly less than a half day for the week after. Starting the 27th, we have vacation until February 13th. Everybody will be happy to hear that I finally booked a flight for our break time! Erin, Wendy and I will be traveling to Spain from the 28th til the 5th. We're going to go to Madrid and Barcelona, which I'm excited about because I've never been to Spain.
Not much else going on here. I've been sick for the past week or so with a cold or sinus infection, which has really been draining me. I finally got up the ambition to go to the doctor, but before I went, I happened to talk to our school doctor. She wrote me a prescription which resolved me from going to an office, so I was thrilled. Here, we don't have 'nurses', we have actual doctors at the school. I accidentally confused one of my kids when I asked him if he wanted to go to the nurse once. The doctor came and let me know my mistake, but yet I still don't really think of her as a 'real doctor'. Too many years of nurses that just let me take naps or go home I suppose :)
Oh and tomorrow I'm going to start taking Arabic lessons with Wendy and Erin at their apartment. I'm looking forward to it, if only to be able to say more than directions to a cabbie. i'll let you know how that goes.