There's no place like home....

I am in Toronto. I just finished my first observation day and I am exhausted. I hardly did anything that I feel would cause this exhaustion but I think it was more the adrenaline and excitement and the late night.

The school is awesome. The music department has over 600 kids in - how incredible is that? I did get to do a tiny bit of teaching today. One kid was struggling playing the trumpet - he couldn't even make a sound on it, just air. So one of the teachers (who are all great by the way) asked if I wanted to give it a shot. So we worked for about 10 minutes and lo and behold - a sound! He did great once he got that initial sound and we worked on 3 notes or so. My instructions were "get him to make ANY sound....please!" so I think they were happy with what we accomplished.

The crappy part of this is being away from Rich. It really sucks. It sucks being away from my home too. I can't just go get the book I forgot in the other room - it's 100km away. I feel very disjointed being away. Pray I get through this next month without going completely bonkers!

So I have to mention a fabulous person. She absolutely rocks. She is helping us out with Chewie while I am in school with walking her on Rich's long days (which could be a very annoying task - especially on days like today). She came over for a crash course in Chewie yesterday before I left and she was such a big help. She made me stay on task getting packed and ready to go, getting a bit of tidying done first, and then the most fabulous thing, was she offered to pick up some things for me that were seriously stressing me out. She gave me a bit of extra time to do some homework and spend time with Rich while she did an errand for me. So thank you so much! You are a true friend and Rich and I appreciate you more than you know.