You Wouldn't Think We Take Singing Lessons

Ok, so I love my kids. I love them, I love them, I love them. Teaching is hard work and sometimes the children are not easy to handle, but I love them all the same and once you get those rewarding moments, it's all worth it. For instance, yesterday I had a major migraine and for those of you who have seen me with a migraine, you know that basically they put me on bed rest for the whole day. I can't walk, I can't look at lights without wanting to see, I throw up, and my head feels like it's going to literally pop off and I usually bawl. So needless to say, I wasn't really fit for teaching or anything else yesterday. Especially because the one thing that helps me is taking a hot bath or shower and the hot water in our apartment was off all day yesterday. Elise was sick too so we both pathetically sat at home. When dinner time came around, I realized we didn't have any keys so we couldn't leave the apartment to go. So I had to walk over to the school, which is across the street, to grab the keys as classes were ending. Kids were out in the hall and I was attacked with hugs and even smothered in kisses by Sofia. I was really touched because I didn't expect to be so missed at all. 

And then today with them, I told them the story of the Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen and most of them got really into it, wanting to play the characters, and waiting to see what comes next. I didn't get to finish the story with any of my classes and some of them we're very upset. Poor Danila didn't want to leave class. He's one of the newer kids, and I find him very endearing. Next week is my last week of teaching drama for a good while, which is saddening but I've had a lot of fun and I did get to teach it for like a month.

This weekend ought to be awesome. It's our first vacation. We're leaving tomorrow night through Monday to the cities of Tallinn and Riga. I've already been to Tallinn once before and loved it so I'm way excited to go back. We're going to see an opera while we're there! I've never seen an opera before and I definitely think I should as a performing arts guru currently taking opera voice lessons. However, since we'll be staying in hostels, I don't think it's such a great idea to take my computer or ukulele with me. Thus you'll all be deprived till I return Monday night.

However, on the flipside, I'm leaving behind some nuggets of goodness. Today, you get a grand total of 3 videos. The first would be the song of the day. The second is Janese and I being goons. As aforementioned, We are Young by Fun has become our official theme song and we decided to do an ILP version. All we do is spend our evenings singing with little kids and coming up with hand motions lol. You'll see what I mean. And lastly, I've just felt in an exceptionally creative mood as of late and felt the urge to start vidding again, so I did and set one of my favorite movies/books to one of my favorite songs. 

ENJOY THE GOODIES!