Day 2636. This was week 9 of school. They also have a dictation on Friday, and Emmy aced it with no mistakes while Tammy made four mistakes. It's not easy to write German.
Wednesday
On Wednesday I had to get up before 9:30 am for the second time as I had a 10 am student. I actually taught until noon, then I went to the kitchen to cook. At 1:30 pm I picked up Sammy from school, and Randy picked up the other two at 2 pm and got home about 2:45 pm. I started teaching at 2:30 pm.
At 3:20 pm I was done teaching and got ready to leave the house with Tammy and Emmy which we did a few minutes later. We rode two subways and walked to the French institute where we arrived a few minutes before the class started. Tammy and Emmy were the only kids there so they got to have a private class. I left them there and sat on a comfy chair by the entrance, then came back to their classroom at 4:45 pm and took a few pictures of them in their classroom through the glass. They were watching a song in French.
After the class was over, we got back on the subway and rode two subways to the school where their 5:30 pm maths club was taking place. We got there about 10 minutes early. I left them there to go home. It was too late to make the next train home, so I took a different route and walked to the tram stop and rode the tram and subway home, arriving at 6 pm.
I went straight to the kitchen to cut up the kids' fruit so that Randy could take a box of fruit with him when he left at 6:30 pm to pick up Tammy and Emmy at 7 pm. I gave Sammy his fruit and started cutting up vegetables for my salad but I didn't get done as I had to sit down by my computer to prepare for my 6:45 pm student. I taught until 7:35 pm, and Randy and the kids arrived a few minutes later. We then went downstairs to do piano practice. By the time we were done and back upstairs, it was time for them to put their pj's on and go to bed after I had prayed for them. Then I got my salad and sat down to eat before going back to work.
Thursday
On Thursday I got up at 9:15 am for the second time as I started teaching at 9:50 am. I had moved it up by 10 minutes as my dentist had given me an appointment at 11:15 am. After three weeks of pain after a deep filling, I had gone back there on Thursday of last week, ands he had filed down the tooth and given me antibiotics. After two days of taking them, they were starting to take effect so I decided to give the tooth another chance and canceled my dentist's appointment on Thursday morning. Then I told another student that I was available to teach at 11 am and ended up teaching until noon. Thankfully the pain continues to decrease.
After I was done teaching, I warmed up leftovers for Randy and myself. At 1:15 pm I left to go pick up Sammy. Randy and the other kids got home at 2:15 pm, and at 2:30 pm I left the house with them.
The three of us rode the subway downtown and walked to their music school where we arrived just before their 3 pm piano lesson started. It was their first lesson in three weeks as their teacher had been out of the country for two weeks. It was nice to see her again. The kids were fighting over who was gonna do their half-hour lesson first. They ended up doing rock-paper-scissors and Tammy lost, but she didn't want to accept her defeat. In the end it was Emmy who gave in and went first even though he had won.
While Tammy was having his piano lesson, Tammy was drawing on the whiteboard. When it was her turn, Emmy was playing with a Halloween balloon he had found in the room, and he was having lots of fun as you can see on the pictures.
At 4 pm their class was over. We discussed when to do make-up classes and left later than I had wanted as I was supposed to start teaching at 4:30 pm. We only got home at 4:35 pm,and I sat down by the computer right away to teach. Randy and Sammy were already gone as Sammy has his wheelchair class at 5 pm. He was having lots of fun playing with the parachute.
I finished teaching at 5:25 pm, then we left the house again right away. We rode two subways and walked to the premises of their programming club that started at 6 pm. They got there just in time, and I immediately continued on to the nearby McDonald's as I had a 6:15 pm student. I was lucky to get a good table, ordered food for myself and the kids and started teaching. Just after 7 pm I was done, wrapped up and packed up my computer before leaving to walk back to the programming club. It was a few minutes before the end at 7:30 when I got there, and I walked in to see what they had one. They had once again done some programming on their computers.
We then left and walked to the subway, while the kids were eating the food I had brought them. We rode two subways home where we arrived at 8 pm. It was time to get ready for bed right away. I then got myself something to eat and had a break before going back to work.
Friday
Once again I had to get up early, this time at 9:30 am, after having gotten up at 6:45 am for the first time and gone back to bed at 7 am. I taught until noon, then I went to the kitchen to cook. Randy picked up Sammy at 12:30 pm but the food wasn't ready until just before 1 pm. Just before 1:30 pm Randy left again to go pick up Tammy and Emmy from school at 2 pm.
I ate and then made the kids' dinner sandwiches early. Randy and the kids returned home at 2:45 pm, and I told the kids that that was the only time we had for piano practice. Neither one wanted to go downstairs with me but Emmy finally did practice with me. Tammy continued to refuse and never did her practice today.
At 3:30 pm Randy left with the two of them to take them back to their programming club as they had a make-up class for the day when they had missed their class because of the opera rehearsal. However, there was a lot of drama as neither one of them wanted to go. I then sat down at the computer to teach at 3:30 pm.
I taught until 4:30 pm, and then Randy returned from taking them to their class. He had put Sammy into his stander before leaving and got him back out after returning. I went to the kitchen to cut up the kids' fruit and started cutting up the vegetables for my salad. However, I didn't get it done. Just before 5 pm Randy left again to go pick up Tammy and Emmy at 5:30, and I sat down at 5:30 pm to teach. Randy and the kids returned just after 6 pm, and the kids sat down to eat their fruit. I finished the student but had another one at 6:30 pm. I finished at 7:30 pm, then it was bathtub time. At 8 pm I sat down to teach while they were still getting ready for bed. Tammy and Emmy then both fell asleep in our bed right next to the desk.
I finished teaching at 9 pm and took the kids back to their beds. Then I finished making my salad and sat down to eat and take a break before going back to work. Now it's nearly 2 am and time to go to bed for me.
