20/3/09

This week has turned out to be very busy! Wednesday was great fun. Was just teaching in the morning - we've decided on Charlotte's 3rd and final Grade 1 piece, a nice contrast to the others which is good. Her scales are also very good which is encouraging. Discovered Teddy was ill so wouldn't be coming to Jenny and Jessy with us which was really quite a scary thought as she is our Luganda translator, especially for the little kids! Anyways, we set off and managed to make our way there, despite nearly being very lost (the taxi took a different route, but it actually turned out to be a better route as it went straight past the school! Was very confusing though...) So we started with the little ones as usual. Was really quite hard work without Teddy. They were a lot less receptive and forthcoming. Their teachers did Luganda translation for us, still was quite tricky. Managed to bring minims into the equation for them which is good. The older class were fantastic though! Went over minims and crotchets in 2 and 3 time, writing up rhythms on the board for them to clap. There were a few claps on the 2nd beats of minims at the beginning but they quickly learnt otherwise. Then we went on to introduce quavers! Very exciting! I got a great video of when we divided the class into 3, some clapping minims, other crotchets, and the rest were quavers. Fab stuff. They're picking everything up so quickly which is very rewarding.

Thursday was another good day. Teaching in the morning. Have found some cello quartet music so am trying to organise rehearsals in the hope it will be played in our visiting teachers concert which is a month away! Lots to organise! Anyways I then set off to the bank to get money to enroll at beauty school! Carys and I discovered a beauty school right opposite KMS and we're taking a 'hand and feet therapy' course which is such fun. Learning manicures and massages etc. Fab stuff. Hopefully should be able to make a bit of money out of it at uni etc! So that will keep us busy every Thu and Fri afternoons. First thing we did was a manicure on eachother. I'm really hoping this will help me to stop biting my nails! We'll see! After that, Carys, Sam and I set off to Fred and Sam's house because they'd invited us for dinner. Fred is a teacher at the school and Sam is English - weirdly enough went to St Paul's Girls! They have a 2 year old son, and a 6 or so week old baby girl called Lucy. What beautiful children. Dinner was lovely. Quite English which was nice! Followed by this amazing chocolate cake floating is chocolate sauce that was sooo delicious! Lovely evening. And Fred very kindly dropped us all home to our various parts of town.

Today (Friday) has been teaching mostly. And learning too I suppose (beauty school!). Today I did a pedicure on Carys! Definitely need to improve my nail painting skills - I just haven't had enough practice having never had any nails to paint! Practice makes perfect I guess. We're going to have to miss a couple of sessions for safari (which leaves April 1st) which is a shame but safari will be great so I'm not complaining! We're still going to get a certficate at the end of the course which is exciting! So we're definitely all keeping busy! Only a few weeks til Carys and I leave, it's going so fast!