Today I booked my plane ticket to Lisbon! It hit home when I went down to pick up my TAP print-out and it had the time and dates of my flight to Portugal. And of course I have to get all my fieldwork done by the time it’s time to come home again…March 31st! Scary, scary, scary!

So between now and Christmas so much to do. But it’ll be good and I’m looking forward to it. I am in the process of sorting out all those annoying little things which I need to sort out now before I leave and then have a sort of methodology drafted by the end of term. I will make the most of this weekend to really make some dents in my to do list.

But I have met with my supervisors and all seems ok, it’s just a question of me finding the time to get ahead. Motivation shouldn’t be a problem, and the closer it gets to that day when I step onto the plane the more motivated I need to be to get everything sorted and in place. Can’t wait! Although not looking forward to the hassle of setting up a Portuguese bank account, something I avoided doing during my year abroad in Lisbon before.

The teaching is going well. I enjoyed my first proper seminars with my three groups. But as of Monday it’ll only be two groups as we’ve merged them together. Which is a shame because I liked the small group and it worked well, but it’s a necessary evil in order for them to do the group projects. Slowly getting used to the idea that I’m the seminar teacher, but I have a bright group of students who seem to ask just the sort of questions I wished they wouldn’t! But it’s fun to think on your feet.

Anyway, I promise to update soon. But right now I better be off… got lots of sun cream to buy and pack 😉

Not that I’ll be needing any in January, February and March!