Update

What have I been up to? 2014 has been a great year...full of interesting new changes.

In just a few months, I will be finishing my Masters! Yes! I honestly cannot wait for it to be finished...don't get me wrong, I love school and learning but it may be time for a break. I'm honestly not sure if I will continuing with my doctorate as of fall 2015 but that will be decided later. 

Biggest game changer or 2014? A REAL JOB :) Since March, I have been teaching for a company called Firstep en Anglais. I'm teaching english to all ages beginning at two and a half. I love it! What I do changes every day and it is never boring! While I focus on kids, I also work with adults, students and professionals so I am able to see how language learning applies to all ages. Yes I am a giant nerd but I have been able to apply this to my masters and this has given me a whole second set of tools to use in the classroom. We have great things happening in 2015 so I'm excited and grateful to be apart of this team!

We are a team of 10 teachers now but our main three are on the right: Sean, who is all about the professionals, myself and Stefany, the owner and creator of Firstep, also known as the boss lady! Great team to be apart of :)

With my job came this whole new sense of my life in Bordeaux. The pieces have finally really come together and it is as if I am truly building my life here. With that, I decided to adopt a kitten in June...Gatsby. It's been so nice to come home and have this little french furball ;) What is hilarious is that if I say something to him in english, he completely ignores me! So yes I am an english teacher and native speaker and yet my cat speaks french haha. Isn't he cute??

Oh how I love this city :) that's all for now

:)