A day can be so bad, but still have so many amazing moments. It's like snapshots in a scary movie. It's possible that you are terrified, but if you take a picture, it looks like the girl is smiling and giving a high five when she's really screaming and shielding her face from a monster. My kids are so amazing one day and the next they make me want to go crazy...it's possible that I already am. Everything is so good, but sometimes they just won't listen to what I say.
The amazing snapshots of the day:
1. I taught them De-bug. When someone is bothering you 1) Ignore 2) Move away 3) Ask friendly 4) Ask firmly 5) Tell teacher. After the day was over, at least two kids told me that they "ignored" and it worked! Then right before they left, I asked them what's the first step if someone is bothering them. Max was like, "just follow the bug"! It was adorable and I had to laugh at how cute he was.
2. Were learning about rules and laws in Social and so today we played red light, green light. Then we played simon says and did relays to see how they "learn the rules". I told them to get in a pair with a girl if they were a boy and a boy if they were a girl...yea. Good try. They were like "ewwwwwwwwww no!". It was quite funny. Then I taught them "under" tag, where to unfreeze someone you had to slide under their legs. They loved it! Even after when I gave them free time they kept playing, until one bigger kid fell and sat on a small kid. It was so funny, but that was the end of that.
3. After school today, sitting in my apartment, the rain got so loud that it drowned out my music when it was turned up all the way. I heard Tami calling me from downstairs to come out and enjoy. I literally dropped everything (sorry people I was skyping and chatting with) and ran downstairs. The rain was pounding so hard that I couldn't see. We slipped down the road and past all the kids that were still at school. We splashed in puddles and sprayed the kids with water. Down near the gym, a huge pool was forming and we splashed in that too. Then one of the kids found a huge crab hiding in the water and tried to throw it at us. That quickly ended our fun and we ran back home as the rain stopped.
4. We went to watch the SDA team play basketball against PPR and the game was so close. All game we were on the edge of our seats as the score went from 21-29, 30-33, 50-48, and finally 68-72. Our guys won in the last 30 seconds with lots of trick shots and 3 pointers by Chris. It was lots of fun screaming and cheering on our team, especially because they needed it.
The bad moments of the day just fade to grey when I think of all these things. One sad thing about watching them play basketball was that it really made me miss playing. Thinking of all the good times, like when I scored 21 out of the 32 points in one game, or when we only made 3 points in a whole game and everyone-even the opposite team's fans- cheered as I made my shots. That just starts a chain reaction that gets me thinking about friends and other good times which makes me miss home a lot. I'm not going to lie, it's getting harder and harder to be here-especially seeing everyone go back to Walla Walla without me. I hate thinking about them moving on while I'm still "stuck in the past". Being here really just feels like a pause on life, and I want it to be the same as I left it when I get back. I know that's not fair and I know it's not going to happen, but I wish it would! I just don't like the thought of being forgotten. On the upside, I've been able to skype a lot of my friends and feel somewhat connected. I know when school starts everyone will be busy, but I'll just be the same. Part of the package deal I guess. I still wouldn't trade one single moment of this, even the water itch. This experience is so much more then I expected, and it's only been 53 days! Also, small note, I know how to say "I love you" in German now. If only the pictures would load, you'd know why I love this place so much! Now that I think about it, I guess today wasn't really a horror movie after all.
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