Acceptance! And More!

So! I heard back from the first of the 11 law schools to which I applied, and I have been accepted to American University. While not necessarily my first choice, it is such a relief to know that I have SOMEWHERE to go and that SOMEBODY wants me! So this means I’ll officially be heading back to the States this summer (perhaps Julyish… depending on work schedules and the various travel plans of friends). The only trouble is that now every time I walk in the door of our apartment I give the mailbox an intense hairy eyeball to try to determine if anything is in there… and I have nearly tripped and broken my face on the first stairs about eight times. This does not bode well for my safety as I wait for ten more results!
On the plus side, I’m keeping busy and my Tuesdays have returned to their usual marathon status (though even MORE of a marathon because my morning class is now a long private lesson in the suburbs of Bologna… to which I have to commute… by bus…). I’m continuing to teach the kids and teenagers (Monday = DevilBimbi, Tuesday = Soul-Sucking Teenagers, Wednesday= The Good Kids, Thursday= Xanadu-like day without children, Friday= DevilBimbi in Training), as well as the continuation of my classes from the previous semester. Some students remained, but there are many new faces- especially in my Advanced 1 class which now has nine (nine!) students (one of whom has  a pretty awesome spiky mohawk. And very nice English.). I believe I terrified one of those new faces this evening with the horrible complexities of the unfairly-named Present Simple. Ah well, it was only day one. At any rate, I like being busy again- I’ve felt like such a lump for the last couple weeks while Anna dashed off to the truly epic series of private lessons she got landed with and I lurked at home! Inactivity bites. Though, on the plus side, my lump days have paid off at least in helping me catch up on Lost… to which I am severly addicted.

In other news, I just did a mental tally, and I have taught the present perfect six times since last week (also, I just used the present perfect there- repeated action in the past…DAH). I think I’m going to start having teaching dreams again… which will beat my “running in the jungle” dreams… did I mention I’ve been watching a lot of Lost lately?

And now the cat, who has become MUCH more social and friendly of late, but is still a bit of a bastard (Exhibit A: Anna’s and my matching scratches on various upper body etremities), has come in my room to scratch my rug vigirously and meow indignantly, I assume, because my light is still on/ he is hungry/ Anna’s door is closed/ I exist. I think I’ll end on that note! I’ll keep my faithful readers* posted on any more updates!

*Faithful readers = Mom