Indian curry in South America

I think that today I am just about swimming above the surface.

For some reason I didn’t appreciate how much work I would have to put in once I got a teaching job here in Guyana. The past 5 weeks have been a dream. I guess just because it has been great to be back, I have met hundreds of people and the social side of life has been busy. But I had to hit a wall at some point and it felt like I hit it this week. I hadn’t prepared for Monday because my weekend was too full so planning and teaching on Monday was a stress bag. Tuesday felt like exactly the same thing and by the end of yesterday I wanted to drown!

The teaching actually went fine. I was just about able to drag myself through the lessons in such a tired state from staying up the previous nights to plan lessons. For me, tiredness is such a powerful factor in my lessons. It breaks my normally nonchalant demeanour and the students can always sense that I could snap (never have).

But finally, I am here on Wednesday. All my lessons are planned and prepared for the day ahead and I am finding enough time to blog. Even last night wasn’t too bad. I made time to go to the shops, buy ingredients and practice my Keralan fish curry. I don’t know why it didn’t taste as good as when we ate it in Kerala but it was still very tasty.

So what can I do to stay on top next week? I definitely don’t want to be planning for the lessons I have on the same day so I have to make sure they get done at least by the night before. I am going to use a couple of hours on Sunday to get ahead a bit. Anyway, let’s see how the rest of the week goes!