So last week I decided to sign up for the gym, and today was my 4th consecutive day working out. I must be honest and point out that I have never really spent much time in a gym before, always opting for outdoor sports and much... But given my current predicament with my knee, I can't really do that... Working out has been great, and what's even better is the company that I have been keeping.... Met some really great guys that are starting in the same centre as me, one Brit, Ian, and another Yankee-doodle-dandy, Justin, and have been hanging out heaps. We all just clicked which is great, and it is really awesome to have some friends and established a support network so quickly.
Back to the gym though, I am sooooooooo lucky to be working out with the likes of Justin - who is an ex-football trainer / coach, and really really knows his stuff. And the fact that all three of us have joined up is really going to be an incentive to keep going. Have basically been doing a lot of cardo stuff on the bike - as my injured knee kind of limits me, but I have also started doing weights for the first time, and I hurt, but feel all the better for it. :) Hope we can all keep it up, health body, healthy mind. I will probably join a class or two in a month or so, but for now, my first priority is teaching and I continue to worry about the hectic schedule that I am about to enter.
I have been doing my orientations for the last few days, which has meant a few workshops and class observations, - again reiterating the professionalism of the company that I am so happily to become part of. The encouragement for teachers to improve themselves is fantastic, and a really healthy surprise, in fact, I have already put in for time off in August so I can do my CELTA YL, which is the Young Learners extension to the CELTA course, which will also mean an incremental pay rise, which is always welcome.
I got called in to cover a class on Sunday, which was bit of a surprise, as my contract doesn't officially start until the 1st of June. I must be honest and say that I was absolutely shitting myself! It wasn't so bad though, the class had to sit for an exam, which I basically monitored for the first half of the lesson, and played a few games, and gave out a puzzle for the remainder of the scheduled time. It also ment that I had to mark my first exam...fun times.
My schedule though is about to go MENTAL......teaching 16 hours over two days is intense...... and the remander of my hours are on Tuesday and Thursday, another 4 hours on each day....my weekend classes are all Junior classes, which is going to be interesting, especially as I have just been given another classes, in which pretty much all the students will have no English whatsoever.......
TRUTH: I AM SHITTING MYSELF ABOUT IT (in fact in others ways at present too, as I ate something disagreeable), but I AM up for the challenge, and I know that the next few weeks especially are going to be FUCKING DIFFICULT, but once I get into a routine and a rhythm things will get easier, and there are people here to help me through, but at the end of the day.... I am going to have to put in the hard yards in the months that lay ahead....and that is fine by me.....
One thing that I am concerned about is my organisational skills, or my complete lack there of......that is something that I am going to have to remedy and fast! I think a lot will come with practice, and routine, and repetition, yet another reason why I am loving my workouts so much......
Thats all from me for now......sleep is calling......and the my mind and body grow wearier, so I will sign off "dear reader", til we met again.........what dreams may come
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