The Month I did not sleep

Good Evening folks,

Well it seems entirely impossible that it has been a month since my last post. It seems as if I spend most of my posts apologizing for their infrequency. Thank goodness for the industry of my beautiful wife to keep you all updated. In any case, as you may surmise, I have been very busy the past few weeks just treading water with this whole teaching thing. My main source of time consumption is that any assignment I give, I have to mark 140 times. Now this isn't much when it comes to multiple choice quizzes, but when it comes to 3 - 4 page short stories, I find myself trapped in a purgatory of sentence fragments and misplaced prepositions (probably not unlike the present composition).

We have still managed to find time for some recreation; namely the soccer game, which was incredible for a variety of reasons. And while I do wish to keep this blog family friendly, I defy any of you to find a sporting venue in Canada or the U.S. where they serve beer in cups the size of a McDonald's Value meal me for less than $3 USD. Now you know the reason for all the riots, at least in Mexico.

We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend (a bit late) with some of our friends from the school, and were able to show/provide them, to the best of our abilities, a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Caroline's pumpkin cheese cake squares were a big hit. I was lucky to have sampled some at home because they disappeared quickly at the dinner. Our outings have been a bit less frequent this month, mostly due to school work; but we still managed to get to the theatre for both "Jennifer's Body" (mildly amusing) and "Inglorious Bastards" (entirely indecipherable since the subtitles were Spanish and the audio was mostly French and German) :(

This weekend I will be attending my first simulated UN gathering at one of the local high schools, so I can finally see my UN club kids in action. Beyond that, Caroline and I are getting very excited about our upcoming Christmas vacation (8 weeks !) Caroline has been in a planning frenzy, and I'm sure each day will general far more interesting blog banter than my humdrum marking stories. We are also still planning to march the Sierra Madre sometime in the New Year. Every day feels slightly more like autumn here, but really it is more rainy than cool (still Tshirt weather). Well, I think I will sign off now and catch a few hours rest. Thanks to all those loyal readers who have to wait far too long between rants. My next planned introspective on what I just don't happen to like about Mexican culture should be interesting, and possibly offensive! Stay Tuned!

Buenos Noches