So I survived my first week teaching! I've never worked so hard in my life. It's an amazing place to work though, so it's worth the sweat and tears. Teaching is so mentally exhausting. Add the fact that the students are speaking Swedish with each other in the halls and cafeteria, and there's so much more to process in a day. My body gave me a sure sign that I had reached my highest level of exhaustion on Friday. I was getting ready to leave for a celebratory "we survived the week" drink out with some co-workers. I headed down the stairs, and missed a step. And then I continued to fall, down a couple stairs, did a flip, and landed at the bottom on my face/shoulder! I was horrified that my face was going to have a massive bruise - luckily, I iced it enough in the first hour, that there's no mark to be seen! The rest of my body is a little black and blue though. I'm also convinced I had a minor head injury. Nothing was going to stop me from going for that drink though - I had, after all, worked too hard this week to let a little stumble stop me!
I think I'll try and take it easy this week ;)
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