This morning I 
chose to sleep in and let my body recooperate some more. The back of my knee was still bothering me, so I'd rather that it healed all the way then have me run on it and hurt it more. My knee feels better now though so I'll get up tomorrow morning and go running. It's been too long, I have to make sure that I don't get out of the habit or it'll be too hard to go back.
The most exciting part of my day was my call home. It was the last time I'll call home before I head back to America. *Side note: when I was at Disneyland these girls asked me to take a picture of them and they asked if I was from the States or Canada. It threw me off to be asked it that way and I told them I was from America (that's what I'm used to answering here). They understood what I meant, but I realized afterward how retarded I sounded. Canada and the United States are both on the Continent of North America so Canadians are technically Americans too.* I decided to
use up all of my remaining skype minutes, so I got to talk to my family for like an hour and a half. It was good. I got Roman to talk to me, but I guess Issac was being a little pillious and wouldn't talk. After talking to them I'm a little more excited to go home, but I know this week is going to be really hard.
I staid inside most of today (which could have helped my excitement to go home, that happens when I don't have a busy day). I did a tiny bit of packing and a lot of bit of cleaning. I cleaned my room and the bathroom. But this was no ordinary cleaning of the bathroom. I did the normal counter, sink, toilet cleaning, but then I swept the floor, then I sprayed cleaner on the floor and took a plastic mop/broom thing and scrubbed the floor. Then I took the shower head and squirted the floor down and repeated with the cleaner and mop thing at least thre
e times. There is no fan in the bathroom and the vent is so tiny that it's always the hottest in the bathroom. So by the time I finished cleaning, it looked like I had just come out of the shower, I was that wet with sweat. When Natalie came up from lunch she came into my room and said "I noticed that you wiped off the shelf above the sink, it looks really nice." I didn't mean to, but I laughed a little and then told her thank you. Honestly?! That was ALL that she noticed? She didn't realize that her hair no longer is covering every inch of the sink? That the toilet no longer has her hair and dust on it? That the floor is brighter and whiter then I've ever seen it? Okay, at least now I know not to be upset when she doesn't clean anything, because obviously she doesn't recognize when things are dirty and can't tell what clean is. Good to know. (Just so you know that I
'm not bitterly ranting, I do find it slightly funny and I'm not upset that she didn't realize, I cleaned it because I didn't like it dirty, not to impress her. Plus, it was nice of her to thank me for my effort.)
I had tutoring today and that class went well. Usually that class drives me crazy, but the past two weeks have gone really well. I think it's because I'm more relaxed now and I don't let their goofing around affect me as much as I did before. Plus, I had extra Mardi Gras beads and gum so I gave each of the five kids a necklace and then used then used the gum to call on them to answer. So, if I pulled out a purple gum, the one wearing a purple necklace had to answer. They loved it!
After tutoring I went with Teacher Steffanie, her husband Bob, her daughter Eliza, Natalie, and Beth to Carp Lake where they put on a water and fireworks show. Teacher Steffanie had taken Natalie earlier, but it was the day that I had the camp at Tzu Chi. And then, on Saturday, Beth and Natalie
went to the show with the Chu family, so I missed out again. I was really excited when Beth came up after lunch and asked if I wanted to go. It was really fun. We watched the water show first, then we had to wait half an hour for the fireworks show. The fireworks show didn't last very long, but then they did the same water show, but sometimes they shot of random fireworks. After the fireworks show we walked down the road and looked at the booths that were set up along the way. I had a really fun time. I did take pictures, but I didn't want to take the time to upload them just yet. I'm hanging out with Amy tomorrow and so I know I will be taking pictures then, so I'll hold off and upload things tomorrow. There are few people that have remained faithful to checking my blog everyday, so I think it'll work out anyway. (To those faithful ones, I'm sorry, you'll have to look through this post again tomorrow and hopefully I'll have the pictures
up.)
After the show Beth and I sat down and talked, and turned on the television and got sucked into watching CSI: New York. That's why I'm posting later then normal, I wasn't off gallivanting, I was just in the common room watching CSI. Sad, but true.
Today was okay, but I'm glad that I actually have plans for tomorrow and will get out of the room. I don't want to waste my last week here.
chose to sleep in and let my body recooperate some more. The back of my knee was still bothering me, so I'd rather that it healed all the way then have me run on it and hurt it more. My knee feels better now though so I'll get up tomorrow morning and go running. It's been too long, I have to make sure that I don't get out of the habit or it'll be too hard to go back.The most exciting part of my day was my call home. It was the last time I'll call home before I head back to America. *Side note: when I was at Disneyland these girls asked me to take a picture of them and they asked if I was from the States or Canada. It threw me off to be asked it that way and I told them I was from America (that's what I'm used to answering here). They understood what I meant, but I realized afterward how retarded I sounded. Canada and the United States are both on the Continent of North America so Canadians are technically Americans too.* I decided to
use up all of my remaining skype minutes, so I got to talk to my family for like an hour and a half. It was good. I got Roman to talk to me, but I guess Issac was being a little pillious and wouldn't talk. After talking to them I'm a little more excited to go home, but I know this week is going to be really hard.I staid inside most of today (which could have helped my excitement to go home, that happens when I don't have a busy day). I did a tiny bit of packing and a lot of bit of cleaning. I cleaned my room and the bathroom. But this was no ordinary cleaning of the bathroom. I did the normal counter, sink, toilet cleaning, but then I swept the floor, then I sprayed cleaner on the floor and took a plastic mop/broom thing and scrubbed the floor. Then I took the shower head and squirted the floor down and repeated with the cleaner and mop thing at least thre
e times. There is no fan in the bathroom and the vent is so tiny that it's always the hottest in the bathroom. So by the time I finished cleaning, it looked like I had just come out of the shower, I was that wet with sweat. When Natalie came up from lunch she came into my room and said "I noticed that you wiped off the shelf above the sink, it looks really nice." I didn't mean to, but I laughed a little and then told her thank you. Honestly?! That was ALL that she noticed? She didn't realize that her hair no longer is covering every inch of the sink? That the toilet no longer has her hair and dust on it? That the floor is brighter and whiter then I've ever seen it? Okay, at least now I know not to be upset when she doesn't clean anything, because obviously she doesn't recognize when things are dirty and can't tell what clean is. Good to know. (Just so you know that I
'm not bitterly ranting, I do find it slightly funny and I'm not upset that she didn't realize, I cleaned it because I didn't like it dirty, not to impress her. Plus, it was nice of her to thank me for my effort.)I had tutoring today and that class went well. Usually that class drives me crazy, but the past two weeks have gone really well. I think it's because I'm more relaxed now and I don't let their goofing around affect me as much as I did before. Plus, I had extra Mardi Gras beads and gum so I gave each of the five kids a necklace and then used then used the gum to call on them to answer. So, if I pulled out a purple gum, the one wearing a purple necklace had to answer. They loved it!
After tutoring I went with Teacher Steffanie, her husband Bob, her daughter Eliza, Natalie, and Beth to Carp Lake where they put on a water and fireworks show. Teacher Steffanie had taken Natalie earlier, but it was the day that I had the camp at Tzu Chi. And then, on Saturday, Beth and Natalie
went to the show with the Chu family, so I missed out again. I was really excited when Beth came up after lunch and asked if I wanted to go. It was really fun. We watched the water show first, then we had to wait half an hour for the fireworks show. The fireworks show didn't last very long, but then they did the same water show, but sometimes they shot of random fireworks. After the fireworks show we walked down the road and looked at the booths that were set up along the way. I had a really fun time. I did take pictures, but I didn't want to take the time to upload them just yet. I'm hanging out with Amy tomorrow and so I know I will be taking pictures then, so I'll hold off and upload things tomorrow. There are few people that have remained faithful to checking my blog everyday, so I think it'll work out anyway. (To those faithful ones, I'm sorry, you'll have to look through this post again tomorrow and hopefully I'll have the pictures
up.)After the show Beth and I sat down and talked, and turned on the television and got sucked into watching CSI: New York. That's why I'm posting later then normal, I wasn't off gallivanting, I was just in the common room watching CSI. Sad, but true.
Today was okay, but I'm glad that I actually have plans for tomorrow and will get out of the room. I don't want to waste my last week here.
2 comments:
Loved the call home. Have a great week!
time is going so fast. I will be glad to see you. Thanks for the pictures.
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