school is going well. i don't have classes on mondays, ever. fantastic. the first week i only had classes on tuesday and wednesday because all the students went on a class trip on thursday and frisday. that's right, the first week of school they went on a 4 day field trip. this week i got to meet my thursday and friday classes - except 2 friday classes were cancelled so i will still be introducing myself on the last day of the third week of school. the reason some friday classes were cancelled was because there was a ceremony to commemorate the opening of ZIG(my school)'s new dormitory. there was a lot of government funding for this dorm and it is used mostly by ZIG but also by some school for underpriveleged/handicapped kids. it used to be a military base but has now been gutted and remodeled. the ceremony was in a gymnasium and all of ZIG's 750 students were there. there were some great speakers - the previous headmaster of my school, the current headmistress, the mayor of my town, and the prime minister of hungary. a colleague of mine was translating for me and i was very appreciative. no one in hungary likes the prime minister, but i thought he was an excellent speaker. i was also impressed with our headmistress and her speech. my translating colleague said her speech was so elegant because she was a literature major and loves painting word pictures. there was mild security at the event - like we had to show the guards our invitations and sign a sign-in sheet. no metal detectors, bag searches, no showing of i.d. very different from american security.
the other day i met another CETP teacher who is living in my town. she showed up at my school hoping to meet me and there i was. we went and got a snack and drink, sat around chatting for two hours, and had a good time. she and her husband teach english, but her husband lives 40 minutes away in some small village. they only see each other a few times a month so i am hoping to have her as a friend. she speaks un-accented hungarian and american english. i am endlessly jealous of her bilingualism. her parents are hungarian but she grew up in america. anyway, she's like 45 or something and will likely adopt me as a surrogate daughter since her own is away teaching english in italy. i love people who love english.
i'm sick with a cold. the weather is getting very cool (58 today). i'm staying home in bed until school on tuesday. pray me healthy, guys! i hate the flu. although i do have a sexy raspy sick voice... if you can look past the coughing fits and drippy nosed sneezes.
HERE IS A VIDEO OF MY APARTMENT!!!! i didn't know the sound was working or i would have given you a commentary. sorry i'm such an idiot. love you people!
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gross. drippy nose. i hope you feel better soon! if no one likes the pm then it should have been easy for you to get a picture of the two of you! in between sleeping, coughing, and wiping your nose can you please update us with some new pictures?? i want to see things even though are very good at painting word pictures yourself. still miss you. hope you feel better soon and i am super excited you have internet now!
aw the video is wonderful! even the no talking until the end kind of made me think of some weird sesame street skit...but still thank you it was perfect!! and you're house looks great! it'd be better if i lived in the one next door!
thanks for the video! your apartment seems like it's big enough for you and xander! and it was weird how you didn't narrate the video, but at least i was on the phone with you and got a little narration that way! thanks for figuring out with me how we could talk online! and it was free - even better! luv yer guts and miss them a lot. get better soon.
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