TGIF!

I am so glad it is Friday!! This week had been really long, and I have not been feeling well either. Plus the kids have been so loud and misbehaved. I also gave them all a test this week, which probably made it even worse.

I think it all started with the time change Saturday night. Now it doesn’t get dark until almost 8:30! It has really thrown me off this week. I think that is the latest it has ever stayed light anywhere I have lived and that it in the middle of summer. It is going to be really weird this summer when it is light until 10 pm.

On Monday I had a very embarrassing moment in one of my classes. We were reviewing the parts of the body, and I wanted to kids to show me the words I was saying. I attempted to say “Montrez-moi,” which is show me, but instead it came out “Montez-moi.” Only one letter different, but inside of asking them to show me I told them to climb me. I then had 15 kids staring at me. I think they were trying to decide if I really meant to say that. The little troublemaker kid just sat there smirking at me, and he asked, “what” so I then said it again. Then there was a kid in the back who said “monTREZ-moi.” Then everyone laughed at me. I am sure it is a story they will remember for a long time. They will say, "Remember the crazy American girl told us to climb on her!"

Then on Wednesday I had to do laundry, but it seems that three homeless guys have taken up living in the Laundromat. Last week they were in there when Sarah was doing her laundry with a big 5-liter barrel of wine at about 11 am. They proceeded to tell her their life stories. I guess they are from Poland, and it is two brothers and a friend. They told her they were trying to find work, but apparently they are not trying very hard. This time when I went in they were sleeping in the only chairs available, so I have to stand while I did my laundry listening to them snore for an hour and a half. By the end I was a little nauseous from the horrible smell coming from them. I hope by the next time I have to do laundry they have moved on because I don’t know if I can take the smell again!!

Tomorrow I have a meeting with all the other English teachers. Matt, the other American assistant, and I are giving a presentation on a lesson plan for teaching sports we have come up with. We thought we would give a little explanation of football as a cultural aspect. I am not sure how that will go over in a room of European women, but we will give it a try!!