Charlie

We're getting a pup at the end of December. I'm totally psyched. I wish I could have him NOW! He could comfort me after coming from the kindergarten (the four-year-olds are really frustrating me - if nothing changes very soon, I'm done with the job), take me out for a walk and could cuddle with me when Viktor doesn't have time. I think having a dog is going to be a great chapter of our lives!

I'm in love!

I just love my school <3
They make me feel included and they're just so sweet. Well, the kids, unlike the teachers, are not always sweet... but yesterday's trip made me realize, they're just kids and they deserve to be loved no matter how noisy/irritating they can be.
The point is that I'm really glad I got a job in this particular school, it's so small and everything is so "family-like" there. I honestly don't want to move anywhere else for couple of years.

Autumn in Tallinn

is extremely windy and rainy. But today, it was sunny in the morning, so I made Viktor to go to Kadriorg park and take some pictures of me, not the nature :) Btw. Kadriorg is the place where I'd love to get married.

Me: "I'd love to do that" Viktor: "...,then you would get up, there would be a strong gust of wind and bye, bye Danuška"

Totally off the topic, we have pronounced Saturdays as the cleaning days :/

My first week in two jobs

So, this week was the first week when I worked at two places - both within 6 bus stops from my place. I thought it would be much tougher but actually it was quite fun. It is so different to teach 3 and 4-year-olds and 13-15-year-olds.

If I said at school that we're going to sing a song, probably most of them would look at me saying "Why? We haven't done anything bad, please don't torture us with (your) singing." If I said " Let's do some physical exercise", only one or two would move - others would remain seated and would wait what I'd do. Unlike the teenagers, the kindergarten children love all the activities mentioned above. I kinda believe they haven't noticed my false singing yet.
In contrast to kindergarten children, the school children don't like to hide under the table and don't think it's extremely funny. Well, I think some of the teenagers might have troubles to fit in. I remember myself being under the desk several times during my English lessons and it definitely wasn't comfortable. (I was asked by my English teacher to get there, I didn't do it thinking it was funny.)
I think an attention span is the same for both groups :) And one more similarity: they both like colouring.

To sum up: Every job has something. There's no pressure in the kindergarten for knowledge unlike in the school - school children have to have certain outcomes. The teenage kids understand me, the kindergarten children don't - if only they would pay attention to my instructions. I definitely have to work on that. I'm better paid at school than in a private kindergartn (wtf?), which makes me not very happy. The next thing I like about the school children is that they understand sarcasm and I feel much closer to them than to three year olds. It might sound that I don't like my kindergarten job but that's not true, I do like it, I would just appreciate a better pay considering the fact I have become the breadwinner...