Chilling now, and chilling then

Fall keeps making itself comfortable here in Toronto, cooler days and even cooler nights. Life seems well balanced these days, I'm in a groove to handle more work all around. The home front is good, lots of home cooking, good weekday routine, on top of things with the books... it seems that we're somewhat managing - but with our usual sense of looming chaos never too far. It's a fragile balance.

I have a lot of teaching lined-up for the next 8 weeks, and I am in the midst of reviewing all my lessons plans. I haven't been working in schools over the last year because of our 3 month family escapade to Mexico - I invested my efforts on making sure that our team of teachers was good and solid during our absence, and it was the right thing to do.
Although I feel little rusty when it comes to teaching, I know that it will all flow nicely. My program is looking great, and I'm very comfortable with it. It's so exciting to be teaching Orff again... a welcomed change fafter a full year of teaching Music in Early Childhood. It's interesting to teach young children of course, but with school age kids I can take things to another level, have fun with more challenging activities, dig into the theory, and sing in 2 parts harmony! Yay!

As for the trip in late April, I have made no progress in finding a paying teaching engagement in Merida. I have to send another couple of emails and try to make something happen - I hope I can. But at the same time, I have decided to chillax a bit on the planning of the next trip. I will do my best to arrange a teaching gig before I go in the spring, and whatever happens, I will just enjoy my visit to the fullest - work or not. I will still volunteer a couple of classes in Telchac, and take the opportunity to do some new Spanish material. As for the rest, it will be about the simple enjoyment of being there. It may cost a little more than I had planned, but my business growth is worth celebrating too! It's a nice candy dangling at the end of a very good school year. And I shall eat it all. No brainer.