Hey again... I know I know.. 2 updates in less than a week- I must be going crazy haha. Actually this is my last week to rerlax before I start training next week, so I do have some extra time :)
I got a job at Berlitz Language School and I have 40 hours of training there next week, then the following week I will be teaching! yayy! Berlitz is also doing my VISA and Working Permit paper work for me , which is awesome, becuase first of all I have no idea where the forms would be, what to do with them, what other documents they need etc. and even if I could figure all of that out (thank you google)- suprise suprise they would be in Czech. So yeah, that is a major perk of that job. I also am working for a Russian/Irish family who lived in the States, then Ireland and now in Prague *the dad is an accountant so they move and travel a lot * and they want their 5 year old daughter (who missed the cut off for kindergarten by one day) to learn American schooling because they may be moving back to the States soon. She is a sweet little girl and we get a lot done in the hour I am with her, she also speaks fluent English and Russian, and speaks some Italian, French and Romanian. Amazing. I got to her flat to tutor her, adn the mom is soo nice, she always makes me fresh coffee, biscuits and chocolate yummm. :)
I also work for the secretary at The Language House, Dita. She runs an under the table English- Czech lesson out of a cafe her friend owns. She calls you the day before and if you can do a lesson the next day- great, if not then thats OK to, they just reschedule. You can also do a schedule on the website- but not enough of the clients know about the website yet- so it makes planning and relying on the website a little hard right now.
I am subbing for another Language School (well on their sub list) and when classes become available they will let us know, and I have some more interviews lined up. I am obviously not going to stick with ALL of these jobs because I definately don't want to burn out, but for now it is OK while I play the waiting game on my working permit and VISA.
Today it was realllyyy cold- about 50 when I woke up then it got much colder and rained (it rains everyday) later on- now it is about 40, and getting colder. I checked the weather and it may snow on Friday! Crazzyyy!!! I bet the city is gorgeous in the snow...can't wait to find out. I also had / understood my first Czech conversation today with the lady who translated me diplome (I needed it done for my working permit- remember all documents in Czech, yeah another thing I definately couldn't find out how to do on Google haha) She asked me "Rozumem Csezky? and I Said "ne neurozmem czesky, rozumem angliszky" ..which translates to "do you understand czech? I said no i don't understand Czech, I understand English" she smiled and said " dobry czesky!" which means that was good Czech . So that was fun!
Ok I gotta go , we are getting ready to do some food shopping for our flat- I love our flat, and my flattmates, I think we may have to add hot chocolate to the list...it is going to be in the 40's and 30's this week burrr :)
Love and Miss You all xoxoxoxo
