Woman's Day

The past few days, the weather has been GLORIOUS!  Today i actually walked to the post office wearing a tshirt and a flannel button up shirt over it--NO JACKET!  It is a beautiful thing i tell you.  The sun has been out and the Vitamin D has been so refreshing.  I am hoping the weather continues to warm up but apparently....it is no surprise when we get hit with a snow storm in March.  :(  Nie dobrze--not good. 
I bought a new pair of shoes....not sure which i hate more, the squeek i had before or the blisters i have now.  And no, i cannot return them.  And i used to complain about Target's return policy......  But i think my feet are getting used to it....... lol, not sure if that is good or bad. 
Tuesday, Woman's Day, was a pretty awesome day.  In America, i would not be too excited, just because i think the attitude or the spirit it is done with is foolish and ridiculous.  But here, it seemed to me more a day when men show their appreciation by giving flowers to all the ladies that are in their lives.  So i got a bouquet of flowers from the young men in my class.  It was so sweet and Ptomek used wonderful English.  :)  Last week they wanted to learn more about the state fair!  So i put together a bunch of stuff to tell them all about the state fair.  It was a lot of fun and they really get into these new things that they have only seen on televsion or in movies!  They were disgusted with signs of "deep fried butter" and awed at "deep fried coke", lol.  The boys really enjoyed the Demolition Derby video clips and the girls laughed about the ideas of romance connected to a ferris wheel.
Every day with the kids at Bread of Life is both really hard for me and really a blessing.  I hate feeling apart from the kids because i can't talk with them.  I try to laugh with them and pray with them at lunch because i can do a basic prayer in Polish...i just mimic the kids!  LOL.  Right now i am teaching them a song and i make these song boards for them.  :)  I think they enjoy it!  And they can read along with me. If one of them can ever sing it by themselves....i will smile so big and i will have to get them something special.  :)  Amielka is the sweetest little thing!  She does try so hard!  I LOVE her enthusiasm and her sweet little smile.  She always tries, and that is what touches my heart.  On Monday, my name was pulled from the basket so everyone made me a card and Marta, Krisha and Dana gave me a small gift.  the cards were so sweet!  And Natalia actually did hers in English and made it at home with a big envelope and special paper.  And i got an orange, a mug and a folder!!  All things that are so practical and i can use!  I was so blessed.  :) 
I also finally got to meet with Mariusz for his English lesson!  Like most people, he has been busy so we have talked and talked about English lessons, but we finally did it!  Hooray! 
Today was a great day too. I had two English lessons--with Olga and Grzegorz. Olga is my only student who is really "advanced".  We are able to just sit and have wonderful talks about life and different things!  It is really cool hearing things from her since she knows the culture!  Then Grzegorz made me SOOOOOOOO happy because he was totally understanding what i was teaching him!  And i felt like he accomplished so much!  I had prepared a lesson on "cars" because that was what he requested, but unfortunately we were kicked out of the computer room so i had to improvise!  But it worked out great in the end!  And then he was teaching me a Polish tongue twister--which i can actually say.......very slowly, LOL.  He even served me lunch and coffee!   He made the typical meal we have for lunch at the Barak--bread.  LOL.  We have it different ways though!!  Sometimes we have it with butter, sometimes with cheese and ketchup toasted in the oven, sometimes with cheese and deli meat and ketchup toasted in the oven, or jam, or the little herring fillets with Mayonaiise sauce that i talked about before.  So Grzegorz made me bread with cheese and ketchup.  :)  i LIKE bread with cheese and ketchup.  Does this make me a little bit Polish?  Well, my ancestors did come from here....
Wow, i did say i was going to be in bed at a decent time....11:30 isn't too bad.  LOL.
Tomorrow is an early morning (as is every morning i am alive, seeing as my body can't seem to understand that just becuase the sun is rising, does not mean it has to rise with it) and a late night with some girls--Ana, Amelia, Judit and Stephanie!!  I am excited; we are getting together for dessert.....making Nielisz Niki (pancakes).  SO yummy.  Please be praying for this time with them!  Dobranoc!