Yesterday started out like any other day. Up at 6:00 and off to school around 6:40. I had to go on the morning bus route alone for the first time. Normally I go with Abby and I just sit and hang out with the kids while she does all the arranging and what not. I never appreciated how difficult it is to fit 50 plus kids into a bus meant for 30.
At school I was thrown a curveball; I thought I was going to be teaching guitar in music class yesterday, but the head teacher wanted me to be supervising exams all day. In between exams, when the kids got an hour or two for break, I was as able to sneak away to the music room for a little bit. I can now play the melody to happy birthday, and am very proud of this feat because I learned it from reading sheet music! The kids in music were learning some theory yesterday, so they didn’t get to practice playing instruments. I missed out on a session of “Riveting Results” due to proctoring the tests. My days are beginning to get full to the point where I miss out on doing something things I had planned on getting done. I’m glad for this, I don’t like having nothing to do, but I also wish I had a little more time in my days.
I stayed after school to work on arranging the computers (or rearranging seeing as how this is my second or third time having to do this after the kids move around). This took much longer than I expected—about 3 hours—only because I had to inventory everything to make sure there were enough chargers and extension cables so every desk could have 3 computers AND a charger; previously many computers were without chargers while some had three or four and the computers without chargers were useless.
Samuel and I were the only remaining teachers when we left around 7. But, this was good because the security guard was waiting to head home too and he gave us a ride on his motorcycle.
I got home at 7:15 and surprisingly still had a lot of energy. Normally the long 12 hour days completely drain me, but I was feeling really good about what I’d got done.
Once home I showered and then got right to helping Rebecca with some studying. She has consistently been getting the lowest score out of her entire age group at the school on the recent exams. I’m afraid this is reflecting poorly on me as her private tutor! So we’re locking in a rigorous study schedule.
This was last nights delicious dinner! Rebecca and I ate while studying and finished around 9:30. Yesterday was a long one, from around 6:30 to 9:30 I didn’t have a single break in doing something. I didn’t feel too tired until I laid in bed and then it hit me. This morning I was really wishing I could sleep longer, but this thing called a J-O-B was calling my name.