I suppose it's about time for another post. I've been so busy I just haven't gotten a chance to update in a while. Well, I've been busy learning the music for next months concert (my school is onboard so I will be taking our choir!), completing my application to Kent State University, and the usual at work. My deputy principal was kind enough to arrange for my classes to be covered one day so that I could get some serious planning done. I was able to get a lot done that day but I still feel like I hardly made a dent. I think I am going to ask for another day this week to do the same. My principal has purchased the new Quaver's Marvelous World of Music DVD series (yay!) so I now have something to work with! Also, I think he has decided to purchase GamePlan (a comprehensive K-5 music curriculum from the US that I recommended) so eventually I will have that. The problem is is may take a few months to come....so I still have to figure something out for the meantime.

Here they celebrate International Women's Day on March 8 and I thought it was going to be like another Valentine's Day (which I hate) but it really wasn't. It was day for appreciating women and I actually enjoyed it. I felt valued and appreciated. I got a few flowers from students and the men at work arranged manis and pedis in the conference room during the day so that was really nice. I wish America celebrated Women's Day instead of Valentine's Day.

Let's see....what else? I had my apartment cleaned yesterday by a lady that works at the school and cleans several other teachers apartments. She came at 1 on Saturday (an hour earlier than I was expecting) and I had to leave. They don't like you to be home with they clean and if you come home early they'll stop right then and leave. So she said 3 hours and I went down to a shop downstairs and read. She charged me 125,000VND ($6). I was pretty thrilled. It's nice to have a clean apartment and I didn't have to do it! I'll probably have her come every other week.

I don't think there is much more to tell about this week.....I have completed my KSU application (except my Florida certification may take a while to process). Hopefully I'll be started class in May but the certification may mean I can't start until June. Either way, I can't wait to start classes!

Well, I need to get some dinner and get ready for work tomorrow (how does the weekend go by so fast?). I hope everyone is doing well! Oh, and apparently daylight savings time happened today? Well, Vietnam does not participate in daylight savings time so I am now 11 hours ahead of EST.

Erica