Is there anybody out there?So what's happened in the last 3 and a bit years, you ask?
Shortly after my last post, life threw a massive curve ball and knocked me sideways, in so much that I left the CELTA course and was signed off work. One of those. I took time out and made some big life decisions. But life has settled. This blog is not about those times, but about the adventures of teaching English, and, since my last post I re-enrolled and completed the CELTA, passing with a 'Pass B', quit my job as a 'Creative Designer' and have been teaching for just under a year!!
I have to say, I love my job and am SO happy I took the scary jump back into studying, proudly completed it with a good grade and a month and a bit later started working in my new job!
So, June 2015 I started working for Stafford House at their Summer School, initially offering me 15 hours for 4 weeks, which got increased to 30 hours and extended to the whole summer. So I must have been doing something good.
Following the end of Summer School, I got a contract with English in Action and flew to Austria 2 days after the end of Summer School, oh and moved home the day before...! In short: taxi didn't show, kind strangers drove me to the train station, late for train, almost late for flight, flew to Vienna, suitcase didn't make the flight, Austria was having a heat wave and England was not, borrowed clothes from teachers I'd just met, taught for 3 days, case arrived, contract extended, suitcase broke, trained the entire length of Austria overnight, didn't sleep, worked for 1 week, bought new suitcase, popped to Liechtenstein, trained to Salzburg for 24 hours, trained back to Vienna, taught for another week, flew home. End.
I then, after a chokka 4 months, had about 2 months of quiet, doing the odd cover teaching for Stafford House, and a spot of freelance designing. We then flew to Spain and spent 3 months there, started a new blog for those adventures: Frutos de las Cucharas, made some plans for our future, flew home and started work for Stafford House again. Since returning 2 months ago, I've been teaching Austrians, Italians and Thai juniors, and just LOVE it! Next week, is my last full week, I have more Italians and am taking on an Elem/Pre-Int Grammar adult module. Then bits and bobs until summer starts all over again!
And breathe. So it's been funny and amazing 3 and a bit years. I wonder what the next 3 and a bit years has in store...
I'll try and post again next week and not in 3 years' time...
Love Lady Spoon x
