Workin' Girl

As of last week, I am officially working a real world full-time job!  I will admit this right here on the internet for the world to see...

I am a 37 year old woman and this is my first ever full-time job!

Eeek!!

Now everyone knows my dirty little secret.  I have never worked a full-time job in my life.  Now, don't be fooled.  I've worked a lot of jobs, including several part-time jobs at once, and often times more than 40 hours a week.  But I have never worked a salary paying, insurance providing, contract signing, grown-up job!

So, YAY me!

Thus far, the learning curve has been STEEP!!!

I'd say my grasp of the local language is pretty good.  But, once again, we've entered into an entire new realm of vocabulary.  Then, of course, there is the COMPLETELY different cultural perspective on just about every speck of the learning/teaching process.  So, in addition to lots of vocabulary, I've learned to keep my big mouth shut and do it like they do it... whatever it is!

I've got one more week until students come, and there's lots of work to be done!


P.S.- Teachers here wear white doctor's coats.  I've got mine freshly laundered, pressed, and hanging in the coat closet at work.  You can be sure that I'll get around to posting a picture of me in it soon!