It has been almost 4 months since I last posted. This is not entirely that surprising, really; lots of things have happened to me and I have been really, really busy (but then they all say that, don't they Blogger?)
The first major thing that happened was that my relationship kind of...well, vanished. To be honest it hadn't exactly been amazing for a while, but we both kind of plodded along, hoping that it would improve while simultaneously getting more and more miserable. There were several factors, none of which I'm going to go into any details with. First we decided to 'dis-engage'. We took off our rings, and waited to see if that would help at all. It didn't. Eventually, after more procrastinating, we talked and decided that it was best to not be 'together' anymore. It feels better, I have to say. It is a little weird still living together, but at least there is a different bedroom, which he now lives in. He's started talking to and seeing a girl from the Internet, so it's been a good thing for him. I have nobody right now, although in all fairness until I've finished my diploma work it wouldn't be practical for me to have another relationship...not one that involved human contact. I would consider a distance relationship; that would match the schedule I currently have! However, I'm not going to actively look for anything (although if anything of that nature was to come along I would, naturally, be delighted!)
The second major thing that occurred was the BEO competition. Since September last year, I had been working with a group of 16 students from my school, preparing to enter the BEO (British English Olympics) competition. For those of you who are not familiar with the BEO, it is a competition of English prowess, including presentations and performances. There were about 70 schools (maybe more) in the competition this year, and it was held at four campuses, at prestigious public schools in England; Christ's Hospital School, St Mary's Ascot, Ardingly College (where I was the Academic Director in 2011) and Bradfield College - where we stayed this year. I won't go into too much detail, as most of my thoughts and photos can be found on my Facebook. However, what I will say is that it was an incredible experience and it was really interesting to be at a residential school as a group leader. Now I have experienced it from all points of view; teacher/activity leader, centre management, foreign group leader, and student (when I went to a French school when I was a kid). It is hard to say which point of view is the best, most interesting, most difficult or whatever; each is different. I AM looking forward to having a few weeks this summer as plain teacher/activity leader however; as much as I love management and so on, it will be nice to have a break from it, and to be able to properly interact with the kids.
SO, that's my explanation for not writing recently. I hope it's acceptable, and I promise that in future I will be more regular with my posting...
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