Sorry for Disappearing ... my JOB has been crazy!

For the two of you following my blog closely (I love you both!), my last entry was a bit of a cliffhanger...! Here's the recap: I was getting ready for a teaching demo at one of the biggest English teaching schools in China, and I wanted the job badly. I had been to the school several times already to sit-in on classes and talk to the Director of Studies, so I couldn't help but feel invested in the school already. I even paid for and finished a teaching certificate program to show them how serious I was.

So the day of the demo class came... and it went AWESOMELY! I was offered the job at the end of the interview, and I started training immediately. We opened a new branch of the school March 1st, so there was a lot of extra work to be done. I was enlisted to help right away, and I basically volunteered for a couple of weeks at the school while my paperwork was being drawn up. I signed my contract at the end of February and officially started March 2nd! I'm still in the process of getting a work visa (I'm currently on a tourist visa), which can be a big hassle, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will all work out. In the meantime, I can work and be paid, which is key. It has been CRAZY busy, but a lot of fun! I'll update more later, but in the meantime, here's a picture from my "teacher's photo shoot."