Frustrations

Sometimes it can be extremely frustrating teaching an afternoon class. You don't get the same respect as the morning class. I feel like my class is just the "layover." The place where people go before they head off to better places. It's kind of a blow to my teacher ego when a parent is constantly asking if there's an opening in the morning class. I understand that parents have work obligations and such that make having an afternoon class a big inconvenience, but still. Spare me the pain of feeling like my class is not at the same standards as the morning class and bring your questions to the office. Ugh. So due to overflow in the district we've had to open up another K class starting tomorrow. I am losing 5 students tomorrow. I got a new student yesterday. And I've been promised another new student very soon. UGH!

Little sister's moving in! Yikes!

Eyes WAY bigger than the stomach

I had to fast all day before getting some bloodwork done. I stopped eating at 9p.m. last night and it wasn't even much of a meal. I didn't have my next meal today until 4 p.m. I don't know how people can starve themselves. I was so irritable. I felt bad for the kids. Unfortunately I took my hunger madness out on them. Once I got ahold of food I basically "stuffed" my face. I tried to go on the bike once I got home but all that food weighing down in my stomach made me die out in 20 min. I'm not even going to go into detail on what I ate. I'm a bit ashamed........

Mamma Mia!

Spent the day in SF on Monday. While we were in Europe this summer going on various tours we realized that we've never been on a local tour. You always see tourists visit the Bay Area going on tours and learning about this place that you've lived almost your whole life. We decided we wanted to be tourists for a day. We booked a double-decker bus tour along with an Alcatraz add-on. We also visited the Wax Museum, which neither Ray and I have been to. It was quite interesting and a bit creepy. It was really cool going on the bus tour because we learned little bits of information that I've never heard before. Like at the Palace of Fine Arts there's statues of women on top of the columns looking inward. They are supposed to be crying over the lack of culture in America. Or the statue in the Union Square park. The statue was made based on a young woman living in SF during that time hundreds of years ago and she became the most sought after woman because of that.

Another highlight of our day was dinner at Mona Lisa 3 in North Beach. During our bus tour the guide pointed out this restaurant and said she really liked it. We decided to give it a try. The inside (and outside) were gaudy. It reminded me of Buca di Beppo. The waiters had great italian accents (whether it's real or not I don't know!). But the food. Oh....my.....God. Ray's four cheese tortellini was so frickin' good. If you like cheese you would LOVE this dish. I had a clam risotto that was very yummy. And the tiramisu! Words can't describe! I hate amplifying things all the time but it was very good. Our waiter was totally friendly the whole evening. I enjoyed it immensely and I would definitely come back. Now if only the prices were a bit cheaper.....