Not your Average Teacher

I knew teaching in an urban city would be very different than teaching in a posh, private school in Chile. I knew it would be more difficult and the challeng...

Well well well… It’s been a minute since my last update. Since then, I’ve been busy doing this thing called life. More on that to come. Something I wanted to...

Hi all As promised, I thought I’d give a little update on my life and check-in. So for those of you just tuning into my blog, I returned home (The U.S.) at t...

When in the Tampa/Orlando area in Florida, there are so many attractions and places to visit, many with animals. There’s Disney World, Busch Gardens, SeaWorl...

Since moving to Chile, Colombia had been one of my top destinations but I never seemed to have enough days off to make it work. So I decided that on my way b...

Hey strangers! Miss me? Sorry, life has been a little bit chaotic, but I'm back now to fill y'all in on the juicy details. For starters, I moved back to the ...

Hello friends, I finally found a minute in the chaos to sit down and write. To put it simply, it’s been chaotic. Simultaneously closing the school year and l...

Hello friends! I’m currently writing to occupy myself in the awkward silence as the handyman installs a new porcelain throne in my bathroom. Why you ask? Let...

Well hello! It’s been a while! Let’s back it up all the way to mid-September when I returned from Easter Island (see previous post). I actually hopped on a p...

Hi Friends! I’m dedicating this post to my trip to Rapa Nui, aka Isla de Pascua aka Easter Island. Whatever you call may call it, I call it absolutely incred...

To my beloved readers, So we’ve arrived to that dreaded post. You know the one. The one where I tell you that I’m leaving Chile. We knew it would happen even...

Hey friends! It’s been a minute! I’ve been a busy little bee down here in Chile. Just like in previous years, it’s the most stressful time of year. The two m...

Hi all! It’s been a whirlwind the past 2 weeks. As mentioned in my previous post, I was supposed to go to Brazil for the first week of my winter break. Unfor...

Hola dear friends! Since we last spoke, we celebrated fourth of July and you guys at home have had 1 or 2 heat-waves. Personally, I’d much rather be swimming...

Hello lovely friends! Unlike the US, we have officially entered into Winter here in the southern hemisphere. Although the temperatures don't drop quite as low...

Since Ally left, I've been quite busy! I had a pet-filled weekend with León. First, we spent Saturday at Expo Mascotas. It's basically a big expo for pet-lov...

Hi y'all! Since we last spoke, I had a very special visitor here in Chile, my childhood best friend, Ally! Ally and I were inseparable while growing up. I ba...

Hello lovely readers! We recently celebrated our Annual Book Week at Santiago College. I've always liked book week, I love the idea of spending an entire wee...

Hola strangers! I've been on my work grind, barely able to find time to come up for air. We've had some fun things going on at school the past couple of week...

Hi all! I hope everyone had a lovely Easter weekend. Here’s what I’ve been up to: My class is making progress each day. While its exhausting, we’re truly get...