Sittin' In A New York Coffee Shop

     Today is the last day of my TEFL course!  Although it included tons of tedious paperwork, lesson planning,  and only a few hours of sleep each night, I am definitely walking away with a lot of knowledge.  I feel that this course prepared me well for any future experiences teaching English and even teaching my Kindergartners.  I met really interesting and fun people that made the course even better.  It's strange to think that we will all go back home and to our normal lives and never see each other again.  I am thankful for email and Facebook for connecting us to people so far away.  I was suppose to teach this morning, but my student called and said she wasn't coming.  I was a little relieved because I didn't have much prepared.   So, I'm sitting in a coffee shop watching the people walk by with their umbrellas in the rain.  Its a cool thing because all the times I pictured myself in New York I saw me sitting in a coffee shop, watching the people walk by and being surrounded by skyscrapers.  It has really set in that my adventure here has come to an end.  4 weeks have gone by so fast!  I was able to do many things here but even in 4 weeks you can't see everything.

     Several people have asked me if I want to live here.  I love this city!  This concrete jungle still amazes me everyday.  There is so much to see and do here that it will be hard to adjust from a city that offers everything back to a small town in Oklahoma.   Have I mentioned fashion?  People know how to dress well here.  However, I can think of something that NYC doesn't have, and that's all the amazing people that I dearly love back home.  If I could move you all here, it would be the best! lol!  For me, it's the people that make it home, not the place.  I think it would be awesome to live here for a couple of years but my heart will always belong to Oklahoma:)

     I don't have a real specific plan for my last 2 days.  I do know my friend Mark has ordered me that I must eat a hot dog here, so that's on the agenda.  Tonight, Mariah and I are going to see Batman!  I'm really excited because I just recently saw Anne Hathaway on Jimmy Fallon, so it will be neat seeing her on the big screen after a real life encounter. I'm silly I know.  We were going to go to SOHO for some shopping but may have to move it to tomorrow if the rain doesn't let up.  Tomorrow we will be going to the Bronx zoo, the MET, and then home to pack.

I will be arriving in OKC on Sunday around 1:00 PM.  My friend Jenn will be picking me up and I'm so excited to see her.  I hope that I can get connected with most of you before school starts and catch up. I'm going to have to get started right away on my classroom too!  School is just around the corner.

Oh! One more thing.  I wanted to let you know how I did on the final.  It took my two hours to complete, but there wasn't any questions that I had no clue on.  Most questions were multi-faceted so there were a few that I didn't answer completely.  I am sure I passed, but I don't think I'm going to get to see me grade.  I would really like to see how I did after all that work.  Maybe I can get her to send it to me.

It's about time for me to get to class for the last couple of hours.  See you all soon!