I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Friday, January 25, 2013

Children Say

  • Conversation from work yesterday that made me a happy girl:
Lali Bee: I want to sit at your table [for lunch]!
Me: Ohh, I'm going on my break.
Lali Bee: Will you be back after lunch or for nap...?
Me: Yes.
Gabi: (runs towards me to hug me) Oh, I love you! I don't know why! (Then Lali Bee hugged me too.) 
  • My Russian Crush is so smart. First of all, when I was briefly in his classroom last week, he counted up to twelve in English on his own! Complete with the Russian "vun" for "one" :D Today, his sweetness came out when he approached me on the playground as his class was lining up to go inside: his teacher had taken their emergency backpack from the hook and knocked another teacher's keys down in the process. Fedor tugged on my jacket and then pointed to the keys on the ground to communicate his concern. SO CUTE! I feel like he's just going to burst into brilliant English one day. I hope I'm around when he starts speaking because, even without verbal language, I feel like I know so much about his character - I'm sure there will be tons more to learn when you add speech into the mix! He must have so many opinions and stories to tell. This is also apparent when his mom picks him up from school - he starts rattling off in Russian as if there aren't enough words to describe his day :) Also, I love his mom. She makes a point to say hi or wave to me whenever I see her/she sees me :)

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