Thank heavens it is the end of this day! I think Scott and I both staggered from the car to the apartment complex. We left this morning for a lesson at the Institute. When we got there one of the students was practicing and three others left the room. I went downstairs to get the roll and checked in the entertainment center to see if they were coming to class.
"Oh have you started class? We'll be up in a few minutes."
Their sense of time is astounding. When they walk in half an hour late they think they are on time!
By now we have just the students who are serious about learning to play so they want to stay late and practice more instead of coming on time and practicing during class. It's the way the Dominican mind works...
So we had little time to come home, eat, get things ready for the Los Llanos class and get back to pick up the Leavitts at 1:15. I look forward to traveling out to Los Llanos even though it is about a one and one half hour drive. The Leavitts are fun to take with us and I really like Los Llanos. The last time we went on the way home we saw a man in a wheelchair hanging on to the back of a truck and being pulled - at normal speed - through the intersection. Don't know if the truck driver
knew he was there or not but we thought he would probably be going from the wheel chair to the casket before he got to his destination!
The class today was chaotic! The Leavitts had brought bags of clothes that the Eickbushes had left.
One was a bag of ties that the guy were so excited to sort through.
All of the male students chose a tie and Scott thought this one leading the singing was hilarious in his
basketball shorts and tie!
There were so many extra people in that little room that were waiting to be interviewed by Elder Leavitt who is the branch president for the time being. You know these people are not quiet. So between them and the twelve keyboards being played it was noisy to say the least. I think we all left with headaches. We had to wait for Elder Leavitt so we just let them practice until he was done so we ended up leaving there around 6:00 and we got there at 2:30. They all seemed to have forgotten what they had learned last week plus there were two new students and one that wants to start. At least the two new ones were in the conducting course so know something about counting. That is always a big hangup - but then I remember how I hated to count when I was young. And Scott still rarely counts - he thinks knowing the hymns is enough to know how it is played. If he only plays hymns it works. We all barely made it to the car to come home. Then we are coming down the street and Scott slams on the brakes and throws his hands up - scared poor Elder Leavitt to death. He thought we were dead for sure! And Scott just laughed....because he was just trying to get Elder Leavitt. He has done that often with me but both of the Leavitts were sure something terrible had happened. Sometimes I'm surprised they ride with us. Of course they don't have much of a choice since they don't have a car.
It's 8:30 and I am ready for bed.....
"Oh have you started class? We'll be up in a few minutes."
Their sense of time is astounding. When they walk in half an hour late they think they are on time!
By now we have just the students who are serious about learning to play so they want to stay late and practice more instead of coming on time and practicing during class. It's the way the Dominican mind works...
So we had little time to come home, eat, get things ready for the Los Llanos class and get back to pick up the Leavitts at 1:15. I look forward to traveling out to Los Llanos even though it is about a one and one half hour drive. The Leavitts are fun to take with us and I really like Los Llanos. The last time we went on the way home we saw a man in a wheelchair hanging on to the back of a truck and being pulled - at normal speed - through the intersection. Don't know if the truck driver
knew he was there or not but we thought he would probably be going from the wheel chair to the casket before he got to his destination!
The class today was chaotic! The Leavitts had brought bags of clothes that the Eickbushes had left.
One was a bag of ties that the guy were so excited to sort through.
All of the male students chose a tie and Scott thought this one leading the singing was hilarious in his
basketball shorts and tie!
There were so many extra people in that little room that were waiting to be interviewed by Elder Leavitt who is the branch president for the time being. You know these people are not quiet. So between them and the twelve keyboards being played it was noisy to say the least. I think we all left with headaches. We had to wait for Elder Leavitt so we just let them practice until he was done so we ended up leaving there around 6:00 and we got there at 2:30. They all seemed to have forgotten what they had learned last week plus there were two new students and one that wants to start. At least the two new ones were in the conducting course so know something about counting. That is always a big hangup - but then I remember how I hated to count when I was young. And Scott still rarely counts - he thinks knowing the hymns is enough to know how it is played. If he only plays hymns it works. We all barely made it to the car to come home. Then we are coming down the street and Scott slams on the brakes and throws his hands up - scared poor Elder Leavitt to death. He thought we were dead for sure! And Scott just laughed....because he was just trying to get Elder Leavitt. He has done that often with me but both of the Leavitts were sure something terrible had happened. Sometimes I'm surprised they ride with us. Of course they don't have much of a choice since they don't have a car.
It's 8:30 and I am ready for bed.....
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