Looking up.

Well, things are looking up. I have a lot more lessons for the next few weeks which means that, assuming it doesn't snow again, I'll be able to make a good deal more money. The other good thing is that I'm starting to do private lessons as well, I have two private students as of tomorrow which gives me a little more income. As it is things are going pretty well, I'm even beginning to make some friends. The American girls I work with are really nice but it never ceases to amaze me how big a language barrier there is between Irish, and American English. I've met an Irish girl called Serena who's from Limerick, and I have to say it's really nice having someone from home around, even if it's just bullshitting about Irish tv programmes. I always feel like I have to translate or speak slowly here, even around the American girls because half the time they don't understand me. I feel like I'm developing a really weird way of talking, I know I haven't been here that long, but it had already started in Perugia, and now that I'm teaching I'm changing my pronunciation and rhythm of speech so that I think I sound somewhere between an Northern English idiot and a Cambridge latin course tape cassette. So having someone from Ireland around is a good thing. She's very cool, she's a hiphop and breakdance teacher and a fashion designer... oo-ooh. You might be asking what on earth we have in common, well... I guess we're both from Ireland and we live in Viterbo and I don't know what she thinks about me but I think she's funny. All in all, I'm feeling a lot happier about everything, I like my apartment, I like my flatmates, I'm beginning to like parts of my job (although not today), and with any luck I'll be a bit better off financially next time you hear from me. As for today, I had a lesson with my worst class during which I had to make a very special effort not to strangle one of the little shits. I hate one of the little boys, he's nine years old, and I hate his guts... I hate taking that class. Other than that I'm happy enough.