Soup for the soul

Clearly keeping up with my blog was an ill-fated New Year's resolution. (Have any of you kept yours thus far?)

First and most importantly: My two adult private lesson students passed their B2 English exam! They were so worried! I am so proud of them! This gives them many more opportunities job-wise, and they can make more money! It just reflects well on me - and can give me more lesson opportunities in the future. 

Christmas (wow, I'm still on that) was something I cannot put in to words really. I have so many family traditions that I treasure - so going home was a blast (and it was needed). It gave me a mood boost and gave me some more inspiration. I still have no idea what I am doing with my future, just taking it a day at a time. I've noticed days here where I am happy - plain and simple!

I feel like coming back another year would do me some good. I now have a sense of what I am doing here and what I would like to do - and I would bring more things here and be prepared (I wish I had Candy Corn to share over Halloween, and conversation hearts for Valentine's day!)  I would be more prepared for my job, but also more prepared for my private lessons! I did buy a memory game with words and pictures and that has worked well, so I need to buy more games like that.
Coming back another year to a pueblo also gives me a chance to practice my Spanish (which I am really enjoying). Hopefully that will lead to more job opportunities for me in the future - whatever that may be.

I haven't been feeling well in the past 2 weeks, which is super frustrating. I caught a virus and it is still lingering no matter how much vitamin C, or medicines I am taking. Even more frustrating is the fact that I can't just run down to the store and get some Campbell's Chicken Noodle. In fact, they don't have canned soup at all. Sometimes you can get chicken broth in a box - you still have to add to it to make it taste bearable. Recently Mike's sister had been sick, so he made her homemade chicken noodle soup, so luckily he gave me the recipe and I was able to copy from it. I didn't have chicken - but I had everything else. Although I would have rather opened a can of Campbell's - add a cup of water and heated it up in my sick condition - I was stuck making homemade soup. After g-chatting with a friend and crying because I felt so awful, I sucked it up and went to the kitchen. I had garlic, chicken broth, carrots, celery, seasoning, onion and some other leafy thing I got from the fruteria. I had to peel, chop, saute, and be patient. You have to make sure all of the veggies are cooked - and carrots take awhile. Finally I added noodles and chicken broth and waited some more. I felt like I was going to pass out, or cry again.
Finally after what seemed like eternity, the soup was ready - and it was possibly the best chicken soup I have ever had. I felt accomplished and the soup was good for my soul. I now know how to make delicious soup - just don't ask me to make it because I am tired just thinking about it!

Until Next Time

Tori