Christmas Itinerary

Wednesday, December 24th:

8 a.m. Get on bus, schlep together next week's lesson plan for after-class teacher meeting.

10 - 11:30 a.m. Teach preschool. Push Vancouver down very steep staircase, tell her to enjoy her Christmas Day off at Far Eastern Hospital, one short metro stop away from school

11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Teacher Meeting, Run errands in Taipei

4 p.m. - 5:30p.m. Christmas show final rehearsal

5:30 p.m - 6 p.m. Eat lunchbox dinner with bosses and brats

6p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Don tarty Christmas costume, apply black noses to reindeer children

6:30p.m. - 8 p.m. Host Christmas show

8 p.m. Go home. Drink hot chocolate with lots of Baileys. Watch A Christmas Story.

Thursday, December 25th

8 a.m. Get on bus

10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Work. Try not to be a grinch.

5 p.m. - 6 p.m. Work

6 p.m. Go to all-you-can-eat barbecue near apartment


Friday, December 26th

8 a.m. Sleep in!

1 p.m. Get on bus

2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Teach Satan's spawn, ages 8 and 9

4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Teach sullen tweenage girls + one teenage boy who thinks he's reeeeeally funny.

7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Teach well-behaved teenagers.


Saturday, December 27th

8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Who cares?

6 p.m. Go to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Taipei, James' treat. YES!

I get steak on Saturday, so that makes it all worth it. And unless I become a cop, a medical professional, a waitress, or a fireman - I will probably never have to work on Christmas again! I don't have a lot of concrete life plans at the moment, but I bet with a little forethought I can avoid all of those professions.

On the offhand I do wind up working another Christmas, it's highly unlikely wearing a furry red tube dress will ever again be part of the package.