Today was one of my favorite days of all time! Libby and I went into school this morning and had a great day! Nothing too crazy happened, which is always good. The kids are so funny and wonderful and I just adore them all. I am learning a lot about how to work with children who have special needs and how to teach different subjects to them. It is hard when the children have behavioral issues and start to act out and become rough, but it usually calms down. I am really having the time of my life with these children!
After work, Libby and I took a rail and a tube to the area where the London Eye, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben etc. are all located. It was all so beautiful! We skipped over these areas all rather quickly because there were so many police officers around due to the visit of Obama in the UK right now and potential threats. It is so magnificent to see, even quickly! Then we walked on over to the Tate Britain Art Museum and we went into the Watercolour Exhibit that they have here through August! It was all amazing, absolutely beautiful, and you can search the rooms and painting with the link to the exhibit! We spent awhile searching the rooms and marveling at peoples' talents! Some of the works dated back to the 1600s or before and were in amazing condition.
After we left, we were meant to find a pier and hop on a boat to take back to the Putney Pier by Libby's flat. Between the two of us, though, it took about an hour and a half or more to locate a pier and we were basically just walking aimlessly around. In a fun new country though, this is absolutely fine, and I was having the time of my life! By the time we finally found a pier, our feet were killing us and we could barely walk and we were so delirious we couldn't stop laughing. We had to wait about 25 minutes for a boat to take us home so we sat on some bags of salt and relaxed in the sun. The boat was filled with businessmen and women in their suits on their way home from work. I, however, was the tacky tourist who thought I had to take a picture of every little thing. I got a few weird little looks- let me tell you. When we got off the boat, we stopped in for dinner at an Italian restaurant nearby and it was so nice to be inside with a drink and food!
Then- to top off a wonderful day- when I got home, my kids from the CDCLR at home skyped me and I got to see all of their beautiful little faces, along with all of my friends from work! It was so fun. They were freaked out/shy by my face popping up on the computer but I got to talk to each of them individually and it was the highlight of my week! I sang a song with them and then calmed down! I'm so happy I got to tell them all I love and miss them! Then I skyped my mom and now I am sitting here watching Libby squirm and scream at the TV every time something scary happens. Loving life! Xxxxx
Big Ben!
Houses of Parliament!
Better view!
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