Krusty Katrin

Getting out of bed this morning was like pulling teeth! Alarm went off at 6 as usual, and I couldnt get out of bed till 6:45. After that I had to rush around like a headless chicken, feeding, walking Oscar man while trying to pack the last things for this weekend; toothpaste, night gown, towel....

Then, we walk out and the cutest-puppy-in-the-world-second-only-to-Oscar RAN up to Oscar and started playing. Right when I was trying to make him pee ASAP and get to work. I have now resisted bringing this puppy in for 2 days, and my resistance is wearing thin! I would never keep him, but get him checked out and find him a home. But the problem is Oscars eyes. They are so bulgy that they would get scratched to hell with a rambunctious little squirt like that flying around. Not to mention, I really dont have the time now to house-train a pup and no patience to replace all the things he will chew through. SO for now, he remains outside. As it gets colder, my reasoning may deteriorate!

So I got it all done, walked to school with Brent (he carried my camera bag- SUCH a gentleman) OH! He even killed a bug for me in the apartment. It was on the ceiling and I am too short. I am a girl in some departments :)

I was doing OK, tired but ok and was in a good mood till I walked into class and saw Paskal with his feet ON my desk. Now I am not a rules-with-an-iron-fist kind of teacher. But this was not cool even in my books, and so I started class on a bad note. This is however my favorite class of all so I soon reverted back to my whacky self, and we were laughing and had a really incredibly positive and productive class. Here is what we did.

We had three periods together today, so I had a essay writing class planned for them. I went through all the components of writing a paragraph first, and we all wrote a funny paragraph about why the teacher is peeved. We teased the heck out of Paskal (aka Squirt- he's a little guy) and made damn sure he wouldnt repeat the gesture again. I even heard one student say to him: "Paskal, I wouldnt talk if I were you. You have done enough damage today." I love it when students police each other on my behalf!

First period they wrote a paragraph. One line from the best student Valentin was "Is there a cuter sight than hearing your cat purring while laying beside you?" and Paskal said "Yes, hearing your girlfriend"!!! GRADE 8! WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO????

Third period we wrote an essay. In any English language proficiency test there is a timed essay portion, so this was their first practice run at it.

I will quote a few of the topic sentences here.

Paskal on Time: Time is one enslaver with no mercy.

Mike on the big bang: Have you ever thought how the universe was created?

Ava on voice: What is voice? This thing we use every day?

Valentin on pet ownership: Having a pet, is like having a boss; if you give him coffee and clear his desk he will leave you alone. (Personally I dont know if I agree with this, be it the boss scenario OR the pet)

Anyway those are the winners

At 3pm I get picked up by Ivan, Petyas fiancee (till tomorrow) to go back to Migooftsi. Its a small village about 20 minutes from Elena, where there is no internet, network, and only one phone in the whole village. I will be attending and photographing the wedding tomorrow.

Will be back Sunday. I cant wait to see a Bulgarian wedding!