English language contest

MY STUDENT WON THE THING!!!!!!! Remember the contest I was telling you about in my last blog, well one of my students won it!!!!!!!!! Now I’m REALLY gonna get the credit I’m very very happy and very proud of my student!

külmapühad….

…rougly translated as “snow days”, but not really. It’s more like “cold days”,  literally translated as “cold holiday” or a holiday of cold, meaning that it was TOO cold to go to school! Seriously, if in the States we had snow days which meant that the school was closed due to a huge amount of snow, then here kids were allowed to stay home because it was simply too cold for them to come to school. Wednesday and Thursday were  like that. On Wednesday it was -18 degrees F (-28 degrees C) and though on Thursday the temperature was slightly higher, the icy wind made it feel even colder. Some kids were brave enough to show up at school, but as so many of other students were absent, we couldn’t really do anything in class, so in the end it seemed like punishing those who had come: they had to come and all for nothing. Why don’t they just have a weather hotline like they do at Garrett? Some kind of notification in case it’s too cold, then no-one has to come and risk catching a cold! I should talk to someone about that….

Other than that, yesterday was an interesting day for me. First of all, my first highlight as a teacher was that 2 of my students were sent to an English language contest. I’m still waiting for the results…so exciting. Of course, I have nothing to do with their English being brilliant..it just is because they are But I still get all the credit because I’m their teacher Yesterday was also fun in that although my students were competing, I wouldn’t have been allowed to be there anyway, so I competed myself instead. We went to Narva for a shooting match, and although it was for the Juniors, I went along for a practice match and I was really pleased…I worked hard. Meelis came in 3rd but we both know he could have done much better. But I’m still very proud of him!

That’s it for now…

Slimy greetings from this end…

…slimy indeed for I am cursed with a running nose and a sore throat….cursed forever, it seems. I’m seriously considering going to Tallinn to have some blood tests taken. This is not at all normal. Almost every night I have a fever and I’m sooo drained out of energy this is not even funny….. I’ll have to think about it, and I’ll let you know how it goes with that.

The highlight of this week was certainly our shooting. Well, not so much mine as Meelis’. We had a shooting rally this week-end shooting 2 matches, one on Saturday and then another one on Sunday. It worked out well for us as we could stay overnight at Meelis’ grandma near Haapsalu and then set off the next day to Pärnu-Jaagupi. This was the first time I met his grandma from dad’s side. Interesting, we’ve been dating for a year and a half now (Meelis and I that is ) and we never got a chance to visit his grandma. But finally it’s done and I would like to think it went well. However, even more important than that was Meelis’ personal best shot on Saturday!!! His 588 is just fabulous and he outshot his previous PB by 2 points. I hope this is not the end of it this year….he has a lot of potential (if only I could get him do his morning stretches and exercises… ). In any case, he deserved to win that match and we are both very happy and I am oh so proud of him! We don’t know the very final results yet, but I think I won that match as well, although my first series was a pathetic 88 , it picked up after that, but still, I know I could do better. 367 was the final score for me (88, 93, 93, 93). Today (Sunday), however, I managed to shoot better than the day before. I was the only one from our club shooters to improve the next day, others dropped some. I got a 371 (91, 93, 93, 94). This is not too bad, but I def. hope I can yet improve my shooting. If only I could control my nerves during competition… In any case, Meelis and I both came in second today.

Other than that, work is good, the weather is cold, and it’s time for bed

See ya next week!

Ode to winter

Hello everybody!

It’s been again a while, but I have been either sick or busy, so I hope you forgive me.

First of all and most importantly I have to say that we’re enjoying the prettiest winter of all times! I don’t remember when I’ve seen such beautiful winter weather! One night, when we were coming back from my mom’s birthday, the trees were actually glistening and it was one of the most beautiful winter sights I’ve ever seen! Yesterday we finally had a chance to drive around a little bit enjoying the beauty.

The view out of our window a couple of weeks ago. Now there is LOTS more snow!

From the other side of the building (a couple of weeks ago)

Us getting ready…

Our Christmas break is over and I’m back at work. I can’t complain, it’s all going well, except I wish I would get over my everlasting cold But I’m trying to get enough rest so I have the energy to work and to go shooting. Great news for me is that Meelis and I have decided to go to the European Championships to Meraker, Norway in March. We will drive there and it’s going to be veeeeeery pricey, but I trust it will also be a looot of fun and so totally worth the expense! It’s been a while since I got to compete at the high level. I’m not expecting super results, but I’m looking forward to the experience.

Us getting ready...

I’ve finally received my diploma, but I have to send it back because it has a typo on it Such a fail on the part of the University of Manchester Aaaanyway…

Right now I’m watching cross country skiing World Cup, it’s held in Estonia this week-end and everybody is really excited about that. Meelis is catching up with his second greatest love (I hope) – his computer Alright then, I’ll get back to skiing now. Men 15 km. Estonians will hopefully kick ass Go Andrus! ….. While I was uploading pics, the race finished. Bauer won, but Veerpalu (EST) and Mae (EST) were 2nd and 3rd! Yay!