Back to School

It's like we never left! We jumped right back into the world of computers-gone-bad (although, knock on wood, they seem to have improved a bit over the vacation), discussions about school security (and more duties to enhance said security), meetings upon meetings with parents (why is it that the most involved parents have the neediest children?) and German lessons. German lessons upon German lessons. 

We're really trying to cram all kinds of German into our brains, Russ and I, and we're finding it hard to to the classes, the homework, the practice... on top of our normal stuff, like being the Director of a school! So we're going to try speaking German to each other after Fiona has gone to bed. Here's a typical conversation. We'd say this in German but I've translated it literally for you so you can see why we aren't speaking too much in the evenings. 

"Russ, um, can you, um, bring me... the paper?"

"What?"

"The paper. The... aaahhh... paper there?"

"There?"

"Yes. Please."

"A ha. Ok. Here."

"Thank you."

"Welcome."