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On Saturday, my last day in Edinburgh, I went to the zoo. It was expensive but I did enjoy myself. You just can't get a better value than St. Louis's free and wonderful zoo. Then I finished packing when I got back.

Yesterday was a crazy flying day. Got up at 6:00 am and my cab picked me up at 7:00. Glad I had no problems with that. Use City Cabs - they were great. Only cost me £20 to get to the airport. No problems getting to London. At Heathrow I had to recheck my bags. By the time I got to my gate, they were boarding for Boston. So no problems with that long flight - 6 hours I think it was. Just crowded, but no big deal. Customs in Boston was easy peasy. And man was I excited to be back in America. Giddy is more like it. Oh, I also had to recheck my bags in Boston. Yuck. My flight to St. Louis was a bit delayed but it worked out because we were able to pick my cousin up at the airport as well. So when we landed I practically ran to meet my parents and boyfriend. So excited!

So I went to bed at 11:00pm which meant I was up for 23 hours that day with only about an hour of sleep. And did I sleep in? Nope, I woke up at 7. For no good reason. And now I'm enjoying the beautiful weather by my pool until the storm comes through in a couple hours. Oh, and doing laundry :P

Last Day Student Teaching

I can't believe this all went by so fast... today was my last day of student teaching... ever.  I got cards for all my cooperating teachers and a St. Louis cup for the teacher that I worked with the most.  The maths department also got me a card and a big box of chocolates.  I'm going to miss the staff, they really are wonderful people.  I also had a lot of fun teaching my last lesson.  I have been doing logic puzzles with my first year students all week and it's great to see the students surprise you - some of the students who aren't strong at maths were great at the logic problems.  Even though the students were very talkative here, I am going to miss them.  They really taught me a lot about teaching and about myself.  Even though it was hard being away from my family, friends, and boyfriend for this long, I don't regret it one bit. This has been an absolutely wonderful experience and I really think it helped me grow as a teacher and as a person.

Alright, so the rest of my day... I went to the police station to report my camera missing.  Hopefully they will find it and it will get mailed to the US.  If not, I will just buy a new one... worse things have happened.  After the police station I went to The Edinburgh Dungeon.  Actors led us through underground Edinburgh telling us the deep dark secrets of the city, but they did it in a fun and scary way.  There were also 2 short rides.  I had a lot of fun there.  These Dungeons are in several European cities, so if you're near one I would recommend checking it out.  The price was a bit steep, but discounts are very easy to find (online, on a Lothian bus ticket).  Then I went to a pub and had a drink and now I'm going to spend the rest of my night relaxing and packing... zoo tomorrow!