I have been given a new group to teach so I'm up to my contractual maximum now, of something-or-other astronomical hours. They are, incidentally, teenagers at FCE level. So quite capable.

Having a full schedule is a good thing as it means I won't get any of those early morning phone calls asking me to cover for an ill teacher in the other side of the city.

Coincidentally, I taught one of my new students at the summer camp in Obninsk last year! I don't remember her - they just bussed the kids in and out - but she remembers me.