Planning Without A Clue

January 12, 2013

   I don't know if it's just me or what, but the milk here is super delicious. I think it's like, 2.5% or something, and it's the sweetest milk I have ever tasted.
   So today I got a feel for what my schedule will be like for the lesson schedules for the school. I'm excited. For the next two weeks I get to teach Games and Kitchen to little children who know oh so much better than I do about how the program works. I highly doubt I'll get much teaching done in the beginning, more likely I'll end up disciplining all day. But it'll be worth it in the end if it means they listen to me when I call for order.
   I also had my first Lithuanian conversation today. This lady stopped me on the street to ask me something, but I had no clue. "Sorry, I'm American. I don't know Lithuanian. Me No Speake You Language." Okay, maybe I didn't say exactly that, but I don't know how else to respond. Poor lady just looked lost too, I hope she was able to find the answer to what her question was.
   I swear I went through half a box of Kleenex today. Yes, the Kleenex boxes are the same size here as they are at home. I seriously hope I haven't gotten sick, that would be so not cool.
   I've been falling behind my group when we travel to places like school and market now. I'm not too concerned about it, since I'm pretty sure I won't be getting lost at this point (it's all very straightforward) but it is a little frustrating to know that I can't just skip up to join them, and even speeding enough to keep them in sight is exhausting and somewhat dangerous with all this ice.
   I get to go to church tomorrow, I'm so excited! We're going to the Lithuanian speaking ward that starts at 2 pm. Killer thing is, I would love to attend both sessions: Russian and Lithuanian, but the Russian session starts at 10 am and I've heard it's in a different building. Plus none of the other girls are crazy enough to come with me to both sessions, and I'm pretty sure my native coordinator would discourage it greatly because he's seen me during my tougher, less flexible days.
   My native coordinator has two girls, ages 5 and 6. They are the most adorable things in the world, I can't wait to have class with them.
   I'll keep this post short, it's getting cold fast and while there are other things I could talk about, I think it's better I burrow under my covers and recover from this cold.

Elizabeth (Zabe)