The end (of training) is near...

Hello dear readers. Just wanted to let you know that everything's still going well here in Obukhov. This is my last week in my training site, so I'm basically finishing things up and starting to say goodbye to everyone.
I gave my demo seminar on Monday (12/11) - which was more or less how Peace Corps evaluated my abilities as a teacher trainer before sending me off to teacher train on my own. My clustermates, my Russian teacher and my Techincal trainer all observed me, and everyone, myself included, was happy with how the seminar went. Good times all around.
I had my last lesson with my 6th graders today (12/12), and I taught them to sing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". Growing up, I used to really hate when kids would sing that song, as they would usually scream it and end up sounding vaguely angry, but there's nothing quite like a room of 14 ten-year-old Ukrainian kids trying to sing along to Rudolph, I tell you. Just think of them singing and rolling all their "R's" and perhaps you will receive a glimpse of the utter cuteness that was them singing along today.
Tomorrow (12/13) we have our last English club with a handful of 9th-11th graders from two of the local schools. They're all really good kids and I'll definitely miss getting to see them twice a week. My favorite English club memory was when one of our brighter students was actually able to diss Jeremiah IN ENGLISH. It went something like this:
Because we were working towards showing a movie, we had each of the kids introduce themselves and tell us their favorite movie, and we did the same. So, Jeremiah (one of my clustermates) introduces himself and says that his favorite movie is Star Wars, which apparently labels him as a nerd in both America and Ukraine. (Note that I have nothing but love for Jeremiah, and the nerdiness associated with Star Wars is at this point empirical fact rather than my personal opinion.) Later in the club, we had the kids vote on which movie (from a list of ten we had selectedd) they would like to watch. When we called out "Jaws", only one student raised her hand. In an effort to save her from the undeniably alienating feeling of being the only person with their hand in the air, Jeremiah said, "Oh, that's a good movie. I like Jaws, too." To which Oleg responded, "Yes, but you also like Star Wars." Hearty laughter followed soon thereafter. So, yes, I'll miss English club.
Later that day we have a "goodbye tea" with the Ukrainian teachers we've been working with, who have been really great and open to all our crazy American ideas.
Then on Thursday (12/14), I have my Language Proficiency Exam (LPI), which basically tests my working knowledge of Russian. The exam is just a conversation with a tester who tries to feel out, by talking to you, what level of Russian you are currently on. Obviously, feelings about this test have ranged from super-freak out mode to not really caring, but at this point I'm just interested to see how it will go. I still have some frustrations with Russian, but nothing that has made me stop enjoying learning it. So, we'll see how that goes. I'll let everyone know as soon as I find out the results.
After Thursday, I'll be doing a few things here and there, but mostly just getting everything packed up (again). I'm sure you all can imagine how excited I am to re-pack all of my earthly belongings, but, alas, such is life. The following Monday (12/18), we'll all head back to Prolisok (our beloved sanatorium) for a week before our swearing-in on Thursday (12/21)(when we become official volunteers) and then heading out to our permanent sites on Friday (12/22).
Until then...