girl without a path (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} harm1020) wrote,@ 2007-03-14 10:10:00 |
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teaching adults??
After last week's fun class adventure I ran as fast as I could to my friend Jessie's place. We went out and drank our blues away. First it was dinner which wasnt as easy as we thought. It was womens day and all the places were packed. We sent Alex into several places for a table and couldnt get one. The last place we tried, I decided to go in. I was wearing a cute skirt and boots to my knees. I asked if they had a table and then went back out to my friends and told them that if they wanted a table they would have to send in someone hotter than Alex :-). At the end of the night we were in a club and I swear there was a guy fingering his nearly passed out girlfriend on the couch next to us. We were all grossed out! Plus the music wasn't that good.
So Friday morning in my hungover state, I got a phone call. I answer it and on the other end is a woman that says she met me at the Womens Day event I went to a few days before. We were at the same table and she works at the cotton institute here in my town. They want me to teach an adult english class with a focus on discussion. I give her a million reasons why I cant do it and she counters every single one. I finally agree to meet her on Monday. Note to self: dont answer the phone when you are hungover and can't argue well!
The rest of Friday was just Jessie and I hanging in our pjs and then eating dinner with Shane. Pretty laid back. Kathy showed up at midnight and we stayed up till 3 talking.
Morning came waaay to early on Saturday. We got up and dressed and headed to the bus station. After a quick stop in Kazenluk to pick up Emily, we headed up to the Shipka monument. 1,000 stairs later we were at the monument. It's really cool and tall. Basically inside of this tall narrow building is a national history museum. There were still flowers laid out in the inside from the National holiday we had on March 3 (our July 4th). There were a lot of paintings of Bulgarian heroes and many artifacts from the various wars that Bulgaria has been in. Jessie got picked up by some guys who wanted their picture taken with her and that was really strange.
Having had enough of creepy guys, we started our hike. Emily headed back home and it was Kathy, Jessie, and I each carrying food, water, and booze for later. At the bottom of the stairs were many stands selling buffalo yougart and we picked some of that up too. The region is famous for it. We had a two and a half hour hike in front of us and it was time to get started!
The first leg was pretty difficult and was very steep. We stopped when we reached the top of a grassy plain and took a ten min. break. It was amazing up there. The air was so crisp and windy. We were all very hot from hiking so the cold felt really wonderful. Due to thick fog, we couldnt see that far into the distance but what we could see made us feel like rockstars. We could see the monument in the distance and it looked so far away from where we were. We really had made some distance. Soon enough we started to feel cold and it was time to continue the hike.
The land was pretty steady for the next leg and we had no difficulties. There werent any trees and very gray. After a bit we were back in the forest. This time it was all down hill. This may seem easy but it was not at all! I found a great walking stick and it proved to be very helpful because the ground was a little bit muddy and was easy to slip in. At the bottom of the hill were a few creeks that were tricky to cross but noone fell in.
All good things must end and soon it was uphill the rest of the way. The woods were great though. Up in the mountains are these little purple flowers that seemed to be randomly sprouting everywhere. The were pretty and delicate. Pretty flowers or not, we were all feeling the effects of the hard core hiking and were hoping to find our lodge soon. We were not near anything and had no idea how much further we were going to have to hike. Kathy was worried b/c it was going to get dark soon and she didnt want to be suck in the woods at night.
FINALLY! We arrived at our mountain lodge in exactly the time it was supposed to take us. This means that we hiked the regular pace and not too slow. Clearly this means that we are physically fit goddesses!
The lodge was owned by a nice couple that fed us and gave us homemade rakia. We ate wild garlic which looks like blades of grass but tastes like garlic...very cool. After sitting with them for 6+ hours it was time for bed. Sadly there were 8 gazillion teenage boys drinking and only three girls with them. This brought us some unwanted attention from one asshat boy but we told his buddies that he was bothering us and they kept him at bay and we went to sleep. We thought the music would stop eventually..but it kept strong until 8am and then restarted at 9. But we were so tired that we slept anyways.
I awoke to the sorest ass ever! Jessie had sore shins and Kathy had sore shoulders. So of course now my ass is rock hard after that workout. I'll be giving demonstrations later this week ;-)
So Monday rolls around and I meet the women who want the class and it's for cotton scientists so they can talk to other scientists in Europe and America. The class will start next week and I'm very nervous about it. I've never taught adults before and in fact have avoided it thus far. I'll give it a few trial runs and see if I like it and they like me.
So in short
*drunken forgetting of woes
*hiking
*sore ass
*nervous about new english class
After last week's fun class adventure I ran as fast as I could to my friend Jessie's place. We went out and drank our blues away. First it was dinner which wasnt as easy as we thought. It was womens day and all the places were packed. We sent Alex into several places for a table and couldnt get one. The last place we tried, I decided to go in. I was wearing a cute skirt and boots to my knees. I asked if they had a table and then went back out to my friends and told them that if they wanted a table they would have to send in someone hotter than Alex :-). At the end of the night we were in a club and I swear there was a guy fingering his nearly passed out girlfriend on the couch next to us. We were all grossed out! Plus the music wasn't that good.
So Friday morning in my hungover state, I got a phone call. I answer it and on the other end is a woman that says she met me at the Womens Day event I went to a few days before. We were at the same table and she works at the cotton institute here in my town. They want me to teach an adult english class with a focus on discussion. I give her a million reasons why I cant do it and she counters every single one. I finally agree to meet her on Monday. Note to self: dont answer the phone when you are hungover and can't argue well!
The rest of Friday was just Jessie and I hanging in our pjs and then eating dinner with Shane. Pretty laid back. Kathy showed up at midnight and we stayed up till 3 talking.
Morning came waaay to early on Saturday. We got up and dressed and headed to the bus station. After a quick stop in Kazenluk to pick up Emily, we headed up to the Shipka monument. 1,000 stairs later we were at the monument. It's really cool and tall. Basically inside of this tall narrow building is a national history museum. There were still flowers laid out in the inside from the National holiday we had on March 3 (our July 4th). There were a lot of paintings of Bulgarian heroes and many artifacts from the various wars that Bulgaria has been in. Jessie got picked up by some guys who wanted their picture taken with her and that was really strange.
Having had enough of creepy guys, we started our hike. Emily headed back home and it was Kathy, Jessie, and I each carrying food, water, and booze for later. At the bottom of the stairs were many stands selling buffalo yougart and we picked some of that up too. The region is famous for it. We had a two and a half hour hike in front of us and it was time to get started!
The first leg was pretty difficult and was very steep. We stopped when we reached the top of a grassy plain and took a ten min. break. It was amazing up there. The air was so crisp and windy. We were all very hot from hiking so the cold felt really wonderful. Due to thick fog, we couldnt see that far into the distance but what we could see made us feel like rockstars. We could see the monument in the distance and it looked so far away from where we were. We really had made some distance. Soon enough we started to feel cold and it was time to continue the hike.
The land was pretty steady for the next leg and we had no difficulties. There werent any trees and very gray. After a bit we were back in the forest. This time it was all down hill. This may seem easy but it was not at all! I found a great walking stick and it proved to be very helpful because the ground was a little bit muddy and was easy to slip in. At the bottom of the hill were a few creeks that were tricky to cross but noone fell in.
All good things must end and soon it was uphill the rest of the way. The woods were great though. Up in the mountains are these little purple flowers that seemed to be randomly sprouting everywhere. The were pretty and delicate. Pretty flowers or not, we were all feeling the effects of the hard core hiking and were hoping to find our lodge soon. We were not near anything and had no idea how much further we were going to have to hike. Kathy was worried b/c it was going to get dark soon and she didnt want to be suck in the woods at night.
FINALLY! We arrived at our mountain lodge in exactly the time it was supposed to take us. This means that we hiked the regular pace and not too slow. Clearly this means that we are physically fit goddesses!
The lodge was owned by a nice couple that fed us and gave us homemade rakia. We ate wild garlic which looks like blades of grass but tastes like garlic...very cool. After sitting with them for 6+ hours it was time for bed. Sadly there were 8 gazillion teenage boys drinking and only three girls with them. This brought us some unwanted attention from one asshat boy but we told his buddies that he was bothering us and they kept him at bay and we went to sleep. We thought the music would stop eventually..but it kept strong until 8am and then restarted at 9. But we were so tired that we slept anyways.
I awoke to the sorest ass ever! Jessie had sore shins and Kathy had sore shoulders. So of course now my ass is rock hard after that workout. I'll be giving demonstrations later this week ;-)
So Monday rolls around and I meet the women who want the class and it's for cotton scientists so they can talk to other scientists in Europe and America. The class will start next week and I'm very nervous about it. I've never taught adults before and in fact have avoided it thus far. I'll give it a few trial runs and see if I like it and they like me.
So in short
*drunken forgetting of woes
*hiking
*sore ass
*nervous about new english class
