A 3 inch long cockroach died in my bathtub this morning of neurological poisioning after a failed attempt to drown the little bugger.

But other that that completely unnerving incident, my break has gone fairly well.
I had the most relaxing weekend ever and have done a fat load of nothing for the past 5 days. Except for reading a wonderful book called "Damaged" by Cathy Glass (who writes under a penname to protect the innocent.) It's a true story about a little girl named Jodie who was taken into foster care after having been horribly sexually abused by her parents. It's a rather disturbing read, but seeing her behavior made me think about the kinds of things I might encounter one day while working with the sexually abused girls here. All in all, it's tough, but I definitely recommend it. Make sure you're caught up on homework though, because it's one of those you can't/don't want to put down.

Speaking of homework, we were planning on going to Thailand over the break but that ended up not working out...after I had told my teacher that my internet access might be a bit patchy. Which means that I have an "excuse" for not having done my homework yet. Unfortunately, it doesn't mean I get to skip it entirely, so that's what I'll be doing for the next hour and a half or so.

I start teaching again tomorrow, which I'm not quite sure I'm ready for, but we'll see. I don't really expect anyone to actually show up for class so I'm seriously considering having my speaking and listening class watch a movie because I can totally write that off as a lesson plan. And they'll like it. And we'll need some cushion after they get their midterms back...
On a completely unrelated note, about two months ago I had an ear infection and while the pain went away, my ear has been bothering me ever since. I went to the doctor today to have it checked on and apparently I had some unsightly wax buildup (for which I blame Cambodia and it's dustiness). Well, I say unsightly...I got to see it after they flushed it out of my ear with a syringe filled with warm water. It was gross. But hey, I can hear better now!

April is like August in Cambodia. It's the hottest time of the year so we're all sweating like pigs, but honestly, it's not as bad as I was expecting it to be. Albeit, we haven't gotten to the worst of it yet, but whatever.

Ok, enough stalling. I gotta go check my facebo--um, homework.
Love and peace or else!
Cleo