Time for games
Zeit zum Spielen
Das Semester is offiziell zu Ende, aber das Korrigieren noch nicht. Unsere Noten müssen bis Dienstag abgegeben werden. Heute war unser letzter Unterrichtstag hier zu Hause und jetzt haben wir also Weihnachtsferien. Charlotte und Miriam haben ihre letzten Hausarbeiten geschrieben und Jonathan hatte heute seine letzte Klausur. Er soll eigentlich am Montag nach Hause fliegen, doch kann es sein, daß das Wetter und die Winterstürme ihm einen Strich durch die Rechnung machen werden. Miriam arbeitet heute abend bei der alten Dame, für die sie schon vor Studienbeginn gearbeitet hat. Früher hat sie für die Dame und deren Mann gearbeitet, aber der Mann ist inzwischen verstorben. Flora hat heute zum letzten Mal Cooper ausgeführt. Sie hat jetzt "Hundepause" und fängt im Januar wieder an. Wir versuchen, uns mit dem bevorstehenden Backen der Weihnachtsplätzchen anzufreunden, aber das ist nicht so einfach, weil Peter und ich noch so viel korrigieren müssen. Wir müssen auch weiter basteln, damit die Geschenke für Paten und Großeltern fertig werden.
I hope you can finish your grading soon and focus on the beautiful holiday, and I hope all goes well with Jonathan's flight home. It's nice to see your girls together :) xoxo
ReplyDeleteI am done grading. Now I have to add up all the individual grades and then calculate the overall grades. But I will get them done by tomorrow. Jonathan's flight got delayed so many times today that we thought he would not come anymore. Peter has been waiting for him for over six hours. They are leaving the airport right now and still have to get from PA to here. But we have planned all the cookies we want to bake.
DeleteOh, they must both be so tired. Safe travels to them and happy baking to you (for when you get all the ingredients :)
ReplyDeleteYes, they were. The girls started baking yesterday. Peter and I handed in our grades 1 minute before the deadline :). In a few minutes the plumber will come because our kitchen sink is leaking a lot. Last week, we needed a new igniter for the oven and the week before that it was the car. Too many broken things. We are still waiting for the windows to arrive! We have two cracked ones . . .
DeleteOh no, two cracked windows in the winter . . we have broken things also. Last winter we had a cracked window at the house and this winter our tub spout leaks. We'll get it fixed in the new year (hopefully!). Our heater in the car is only working now on the highest setting . . (it has slowly moved through all four settings). The AC doesn't work at all. We're hoping to get that fixed in the March . . but we're not even sure if it can be fixed.
ReplyDeleteI have to laugh about you and Peter just making the deadline by one minute :) xoxo
P.S. It's always something!
ReplyDeleteI remember that you said it was hard to find a replacement window because nobody wanted to get out to Montauk. So you must have found somebody? Is it the tub spout in the city? Did you know that you can contact the people who send you the water bill and explain you have a dripping faucet and that is why you are using more water? I am not sure if you need some kind of note from the plumber, but you might be able to reduce the amount on the bill. Oh, those heaters are nasty! We have had something like that happen too, but then it corrected itself. Sometimes you just need a new filter. We are very happy to have made it in time and not have had to ask for an extension!
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