Part time full time job

At TASIS, and apparently at many boarding school, one is supposed to be wary of a "part time" position. Really there is no such thing. I mean you get paid for part time work, but you're doing stuff ALL the time. Take me, for example. I am excited to say that I will fall in this category for the school year. As a part time employee I will only be working 15 hours a week in college counselling office helping students edit their essays. But then I will also be acting as a dorm parent 1 night a week and every 6th entire weekend, be an advisor to 8 ninth grade students and meet with them at least 4 times a week, teach dance class for the fall 2 afternoons a week, teach yoga in the winter 2 afternoons a week, go on In Program Travel and be available for other choice tasks as they come up. Does this sound part time to anyone else? Such is the life of a TASIS employee. And keep in mind that I am getting off easy. Most people will do almost all of that plus teach 4 classes. YEEEHA.
It's exciting and certainly interesting though. The official opening day was yesterday and the kids are spilling all over campus. It's a shmorgessborg of high fashion and boy/men with overly brushed and groomed hair. Seriously, I think the guys here spend more time getting their hair to swish to one side just so than I have ever done in my life.
All that aside, the days are long for now, busy for sure, but not unbearable. I am getting more comfortable finding my way around the campus and the dining hall. I have learned that if the food looks like kraft mac and cheese but is called rissotto it's worth steering clear of because it is the swiss equivalent. I have also found that the various meat stew dishes are normally a mine field of fatty bits which I am loathe to navigate through. However, all in all the faculty lounge coffee/hot chocolate machine is a resounding success.
I have dragged my sorry tush to the dance studio a couple of times now to do some yoga and move a little, and after sat when we had to unload the students boxes, I am officially sore. Infact yesterday my forearms were cramping so much I looked a bit like a T-rex. Grrrr.
So the week begins with students and faculty trying to get it together and be organized. The first official day of classes is weds. More to come soon...