good things

after a semi-disastrous week, i've been trying to find joy in small things. and here's what i've found.

my foot is healing. i'm no longer a hobbler. PTL.

when i was walking to school on monday (the first day), all of the small children were being walked to school by their parents or grandparents. they were wearing dress clothes, carrying flowers, and wearing new back packs. it was such an event, and i remembered one deeply true fact about myself: i LOVE the first day of school.

when i was walking on the main street, i saw two people dressed as pirates walking around. it was weird. then i realized they were handing out leaflets for orange, a mobile phone company. i thought to myself "what a horrible, embarrassing job." when i walked closer, i saw that one of the pirates was one of my former students... one of the most arrogant, cocky and disrespectful students. and he looked miserable. this brought me unending amounts of pleasure.

when i was having a bad day, i met my friend valerie for a dinner at my favorite restaurant. we spent two and a half hours laughing.

when i was at school yesterday, i was teaching a group of new students. for a "get-to-know-eachother" exercise, i made them write down their names and write a descriptive word for each letter. two students, a boy and a girl, were having a hard time finding enough words, so i went to help them. they were both really shy, quiet, unassuming and so sweet. the girl had an "A" in her name, and we were thinking of words... i said "amazing! awesome! ambitious! adventurous! artistic!" and she kept shaking her head, then i said "attractive!" and she said, "oh noooo, i'm not attractive." and the boy looked over at her and, in his sweet slovak accent, said "yes you are."

hopefully more good things are on their way.


love from slovakia,
anna