Well, there is officially no reason for me to rush to get a tv as soon as I move in order to see the NCAA championship. If I get one, great, I'll watch it (basketball is one of 2 sports I will watch no matter who's playing), if not, life goes on. Yep, Jayhawks lost! Hard to believe, but sadly, it's true. And I didn't even get to see a single game. Probably good though, because I would have been frustrated.
As for other things, I've been busy preparing for Easter music, spring piano recital, and various "performances" of my piano students. One student will hopefully be doing a duet with me for Easter, another will hopefully do a duet with me for the recital and sometime later for church (this same student will play in his sister's wedding this summer) and another will hopefully play in the recital and later in church a hymn that I arranged for his level.
My middle school girls made me laugh today in PE. The class has 29 girls, 7th and 8th graders, so as I'm sure you can imagine, never a boring moment. Last week, we started soccer, which we will be working on for this last quarter. Last week I did something that may seem crazy, but there was actually a method to my madness (for once in my life). We played a 14v14 game with barely any explanation or practice. It was a mess, but I intended it to be. If I start with drills and practices, they whine and complain about why they have to do this and "can't we just play a game?" etc, but when they see that they are lost, they are eager to practice and drill the skills they need. So why did they make me laugh? Last week, I had maybe 2 out of the 29 happy to play soccer-the rest were whining and complaining. This week? As soon as they saw me in the hallway, asked what we were doing, and heard me say soccer? I had maybe 2 out of the 29 that were complaining. The rest were overjoyed and cheering. I really do love middle school-they are soooooo interesting......
And tonight, ASL class again. Which may come in handy pretty soon, considering how my throat is starting to feel after the way I abused my voice today.