It's the Russian in me.

This is largely inspired by my amazing mentors and teacher friends who are honest as fuck when it comes to the challenges of teaching. My teachers (both Russia and the US) will forever hold an incredibly special place in my heart and I will forever gush about them. That's just a fact. But never in life have I imagined myself in their shoes and well, I am as of November-December of 2017. It all started with the TEFL course I took in Chicago aka some of the best frickin 4 weeks of my entire life. I was new graduate at that time and knew for sure that I wanted my life to have zero to do with my degree. So in the process of figuring out what the heck to do with myself my mom mentioned to course to me and we decided to do it. (Boy am I glad I listened to her) Fast forward to now- I've been teaching English at home for several months and let me tell you, it has been quite a journey. I've bragged about my students and what a pleasure teaching them is on a few occasions an...

Hey again, loves, and wow it's been a long while since I have blogged! For this one I am just jumping right into it.  Pretty much all my posts here are filled with emotions. Raw, strong, and genuine, which I like. Well, y'all, this blog ain't going to be any different. Long story short, there is a lot going on in my heart and mind right now and one of the things that helps me process it all is writing, hence why this blog is happening. Let me now explain what all has gone on in my life: I've been living at home (in Russia) since the end of November of 2017, I work as an English language instructor, AND recently I was able to visit the States and see all my dearly loved peeps there. Life at home has been great for the most part and I am happy that I made the choice to move back and spend some more quality time with friends and family here. My heart truly needed it and I am happy I listened to it. I am enjoying teaching English and getting to know and help my awesome, ...