Yay!

I counterbalanced my shitty day with a good one! Yay.

I woke up early and went to my review session for a class. I flipped because I don't feel prepared, but at least a few things became a bit clearer. We got out around 10.30 and I grabbed a coffee and studied Arabic for two straight hours. That made me feel pretty good about myself. Good enough to brave the waters and go back to Arabic at least semi-confident about my capacities to stay afloat after our month-long break.

At quarter to one, I headed off to teach my afternoon classes. The first class was full of sweethearts! They were so shy but eventually got into it, and I can tell I'm going to like the group. I was sitting amongst the students when the bell rang, and one of the girls turned to her friend and said, "That was a great class." She caught me hearing her and smiled sorta sheepishly, but I said, "Thank you. It's good to hear students say positive things."

My next two classes got cancelled because of some scheduling mishaps. The kids from the class I was supposed to have at 16.30 saw me in the hall and said, "Who are you seeing today?? Which group???" all excitedly. I said, "Sorry. Actually, I won't be seeing anyone until next week. There was a scheduling problem, so it'll be another week." Their teacher came and clarified the situation and said, "Group B will be with Lee Ann next week, though." The Group B kids cheered and the Group A kids sulked. That felt good.

Then some boy I've never met before came running after me in the halls. "Excuse me! Excuse me!" he said in English, before continuing on in French, "I just wanted to know: in our class, would you mind if we studied some American music? I mean, if we studied the words of certain songs? Can we do that together?"

How can anyone refuse an excited 10th grade boy who looks like he usually tries to play it cool (he must have been 6'3")? I certainly can't. I laughed and said "Sure." I wonder what class I'll have him in.

So I got off work two hours early and headed down to Les Halles to meet up with Pennsylvania Boy. I was waaayy early, so I stopped by Mango to check out their sales. Everything was 50% off, and in just under half an hour, I had found three things I liked and was standing in line to buy them. I hardly ever buy myself clothes... and it was so exciting to find three things that fit, and so quickly, and none costing more than 20 bucks! Two sweaters and a pair of pants. Great stuff.

And finally, Pennsylvania Boy and I went out to dinner and had a lovely time as always. We laughed so hard we cried, and by the time the dinner was over, we weren't ready to call it a night. So we took the metro and headed towards the new Starbucks that opened. I have mixed feelings about the affair, but it was interesting to check it out (we didn't go inside because it was some special person soir�e and we weren't considered special enough). Then we went back to his place and played with the pup. Good times, good times.

I'm in high spirits. Now it's 1.30 and I have to get up in five hours. I'm going to call it a night. Today was a perfect mix of accomplishment and entertainment. I can go to bed smiling.