Blerg!!

Alright, back to blogging. Which i really hate doing, but i guess it's kinda important and i know that i will regret it if i dont do it...so thank you Beth, for so gently encouraging me to keep it up.

As far as the last month goes...i have been INSANELY busy! I am juggling 5 jobs, yes 5! But i do enjoy them. But some more than others :) AND i have been sick for the past 3 1/2 weeks. Now that sucks! It started off with a soar throat, pretty bad though, and i pretty much lost my voice for the week. But i havent miss a class yet due to illness. The next week, the soar throat had pretty much subsided, but the cough got much worse. Not that you want to hear this, but one night i even coughed up a little blood...eeeeww! Third week, still a cough, but not quite as bad...i actually thought i was getting better. And this week. I spent the last 2 days sleeping every free chance i had because my body ached so badly....but that's not much time when you teach up to 6 classes a day and dont get home until around 8:30 pm. So to say the least, i have been pretty sick, and really busy. Im sure that part of the reason i am still sick is because i never just calm down and rest. Im always "go, go, go!" Which apparently can be detrimental to your health. Well, with that aside, i have been in pretty good spirits except for the past 2 days. But today is much better and there are minimal body aches. I no longer hurt when i leave my bedroom that has been kept at close to 90 degrees to keep me from the chills. So...i guess today is good. Tomorrow may differ, but that's a problem i wont worry about until it arises.

As far as work, i just started tutoring two 17 year old girls, and i absolutely love them. One of them, Betty, is the older sister of one of my favorite students, so that's how we got into contact. She is a twin, but i have yet to meet her sister. The other girl's English name is Rebecca, which is uncommon in the first place, but the weird thing is that her Chinese name is the same as mine too. Bebe (sounds like Bay-Bay). So Betty's parents are really strict with her and wont let her out of the house on the weekends because they think she needs to study more so that she can get into a good college. (I say strict, but i think that parenting style is much more common than you would think). So, knowing this information, i devised a plan....haha, so typical of me. Always bending the rules, but rarely breaking them. I told her that we would have "English lessons" on Saturday afternoons, as well as during the week. Our lessons vary quite a bit, but you must know that they just want to practice thier oral english, not written. So, we have practiced some interview questions for their college interview, and other stuff like that, AND we have also done a bit of shopping. That's what Saturdays are for. A girl's gotta know how to buy stuff in English too! Right!? Strategically and simultaneously, we learn English and Betty gets to leave her house on the weekends. I think they like me, haha.

Ok, that's all for now, but ill try to keep all of you updated more often. Bye!