Swamped

I've been swamped with a gazillion of things to accomplish in barely two weeks. There are several books to research on certain topics for the next school year. There are gifts to buy and a monster red bag ready to be filled with clothes and whatnot for our Philippine trip. There's a kitchen unit that needs to be installed hopefully before my girlfriends come for dinner on Tuesday. A concert to watch, meals to cook, loads of laundry to do and iron later.... Sometimes being an octopus isn't such a bad idea. Having eight arms can be quite handy.

The good news is, it's just one more week to go (not counting tomorrow and Friday) before the holiday. School will finally be over this year! Yey! No kids, no lesson plan, no waking up at 6am! And one of the perks about being a teacher here is you receive tons of chocolates, a garden of flowers, and sometimes bottles of wine at the end of school year. Such is the Czech tradition-- to give something to the teachers as a sign of appreciation for taking care of their kids.

So if you're an expat with a kid at school, don't forget to bring something for his/her teacher on your kid's last day at school. It's a great way to earn points. He-he.