A short report!

I've got lots of homework to finish up over the next few days but I wanted to write a quick update!

New stuff to report...hmmm. Well lets start with school. I just finished my 2nd exam in operations management and I'm so happy to not be studying for that anymore, whew! I have a presentation due in management models next Saturday...I should probably finish reading the chapter so I can write my presentation! hah! And I'm currently working on some writing assignments for my Spanish class. In general, classes are going well. I think I did fairly well on my exam and I'll be much happier after the next 2 weeks of crazy studying, presentations and assignments pass by!

Work as usual is going great and my students are still pretty amazing. I've been getting a lot of hours in lately, which is awesome! I received my first evaluation last week from the bosses. They taped one of our classes a few weeks back, watch the video and then give you feedback on how things are going. My overall evaluation was a 'job well done'! Always nice to hear that you're doing your job well ;)

We did have a bit of craziness happen at work a couple of weeks ago. Susana, Ryan & myself almost always teach until about 9:30pm during the week and usually wait for each other to finish, walk and take the bus together. Well one Tuesday night Susana was helping me with some Spanish homework while we were waiting on Ryan. He finished and stepped out front to have a cigarette while we were finishing my homework. A few minutes later he came running through the door holding his forehead with blood pouring down his face muttering 'mugged, mugged'! Apparently he pulled out his cell phone to answer a text message and a group of teenagers grabbed is phone and then started hitting him and trying to get into his pockets. As he tried to fight them off and run across the street to get away, they tackled him down to the ground and smashed him over the head with a liquor bottle! There was so much blood and Berlitz looked like a murder scene. But in the end he is doing just fine. He ended up with 40 stitches and some bruising but is healing up quite quickly. Susana's mom now comes to Berlitz every night to pick she & I up and take us home. Definitely makes me feel a little safer!

Life in Concepcion is going well. I pretty much feel like a full active member of society and have adapted to my life here easily. I have a great group of friends and am constantly meeting new people. My friend Juan Pablo has introduced me to his whole English class from the university and a few of us have made a Thursday night tradition of meeting after classes at a little pub near the university for some fun language exchange time!! Sindy & I finally made some time this week to get together...although it was just a study date for the exam. Ximena & I are going out together tonight for a girls only night, which we haven't done in a very long time. I do miss everyone back home, and I'm really missing summer right now, but it's going to be hard to leave this place in 2 months now that I've met such amazing people!