No need to worry.

I know that after those first two entries you were really worried that I would be on the next flight home... well you can stop worrying. I think I'm going to make it. I mean no promises yet, but there were definitely less tears today. I think I may have made some friends today (fingers crossed). Today was my first day training at the school. And by training, I mean observing. Tomorrow I will even be leading my own class. I know... what kind of school is this? What can I say, they want my language. But it will be a class of three and four year olds, how hard can that be!?

It was so refreshing to meet a few of the other foreign teachers and learn as much as I can from them. So far everyone seems great, and interesting in their own way. I think the biggest sigh of relief came when I was told that there is a rather large Expat community here in Hangzhou. Let's be real, the only reason the first two days were so rough was because I had absolutely no body to talk to, and I'm a big talker! My assistant is still looking for an apartment for me, until then I am still in a hotel.  The school is a tutoring center so classes are from 1-9pm during the week and 9am-5pm on the weekends with two consecutive days off. And you only teach five classes a day, the other three hours are prep and dinner. Doesn't seem too bad. Now I have to go through my TESOL manual to find some fun lesson plans because tomorrow I'll be a real teacher ;)