Retirement is Officially Over

Well after spending about a month here in the Czech Republic, I am no longer retired. Unfortunately my days as a 24 year old retire are now over! Sara and Chelsa have been working 2 days a week pretty much since I got here and I on the other hand have been playing the role of a retire. Kind of nice actually, as it’s amazing how you can fill your day spending time on the internet, shopping and playing hockey.

My job is the same as Sara and Chelsa and I am now working at that same pre school 2 days a week. It’s not exactly a pre school but more like a glorified day care. It’s a pretty nice place situated in a 200 year old farm house that has been redone where the first floor is the whole pre school area and the 2nd and 3rd floors are where the lady who owns the school, Hanna, lives. The back yard is huge and have been professionally landscaped, so it's perfect for the kids! The big novelty is that it is an English orientated pre school, hence where we come in. Hanna does a good job talking to the kids in both languages so they can start to learn English at a young age. I'm basically there to interact with the kids in English and help them improve. The older kids are pretty good and understand most of what I am saying, but the younger kids look at me like I have 5 heads. I’ve survived the first week and despite not knowing the language I haven’t missed anything too crucial and no children have gone missing under my care.

Along with starting the job I have also enrolled in Czech language classes. Chelsa and I go to class on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s for an hour and half. (Sara goes with a friend Mon/Wed.) It’s the perfect amount of time and things are moving slowly which is great as second languages are not my forte...probably due to the fact that I never took French in high school and did not take a second language in college. I did not for see myself living in another country at that time. I currently know numbers and how to speak a simple formal conversation consisting of introducing my name and telling people where I’m from. I’m well on my way to mastering this language!!