This morning, I woke to snow on the ground. It's spring break Monday, and it feels like what I would expect for spring break in Wisconsin. I have no big plans for spring break. I just want to relax a bit, take a walk or two every day, have coffee with friends, finish several projects I have started, and take a bus ride to Ferizaj or Prishtina.
Sunday, March 30th, was the end of Ramadan and that Monday was a day off from school as part of the celebration. Even with only four days of school last week, it was hectic as my counterpart was out and I taught the classes by myself. Tuesday and Wednesday were a little rough as there were several classes where students weren't on their best behavior. Thursday and Friday made up for it as the classes went very well, especially the eleventh-grade groups. I enjoyed the conversations that I had with the students. I went to a new class of students on Thursday for the other morning English teacher (who was also absent from school). We had made arrangements for me to do his two classes, before we knew my counterpart would also be absent. So even with Monday off, I thought 19 classes (20 classes is fulltime here in Kosovo). All in all, it was a good school week, but now I am glad to relax for a week.
Today I took two walks around the river. It was right around freezing today, but by the weekend we will be back in the 60s. In between my walks, I finished my first project. I started to crochet a lap blanket at the end of January. I thought it would take me longer, but with the past two weeks of rain, I have had more time indoors to finish it. It started as a project to use up some random skeins of yarn that I inherited from another volunteer. I then found additional skeins for 1 euro each at a store in Ferizaj. The blanket was a relatively inexpensive project.
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