Proud.

On Tuesdays I teach an extra lesson with a few students until about 6:00. This week, after the lesson, there was an art exhibit inauguration being put on by some of the students and teachers. They had been working on it for about 4 months and were all really excited to explain the piece to everyone there and find out everyone's opinions.

Well, a lot of the students I work with in English class were there presenting and they were all SO excited to see me there. They came running over and handed me a lovely pamphlet of information and went on to tell me so many interesting things about the artwork. They explained how the exhibit was set up, what possible interpretations could be seen, what it took to put it together, how they personally felt about the experience, and more... in ENGLISH! They were all so passionate about the work and you could just see the pride in their eyes that they had been a part of it. It just goes to show that when you have a great interest in something, you're much more willing to push yourself further in your language abilities than you ever thought you could go. It was so great having this conversation with them and then once we were done talking their eyes would just kind of light up all of a sudden when they realized they had just had an intellectual and informative conversation in English.

I felt like such a proud mother hen.

I also got to practice my French as I walked around the buffet. And for the record, when choosing someone to talk to, just because the man has gray hair does not mean that you are free from getting asked out. At least I tried. But, I was able to have a nice conversation with a few people. It was funny seeing my students faces when I began speaking French. It was like I'd been tricking them this whole time!

That's all I really have to share at the moment, but I just thought it was really sweet.

On the other hand, I'm currently laying in bed complaining about my cold symptoms to anyone willing to listen to me. So, I should probably go before I think that this is the best way to complain to the most people. Wahhhh!