Sunday

We had a repeat today of last Sunday: go to church, go out to eat, and the car won't start afterwards. Actually, last week, the car wouldn't start after church; today it was after dinner. Apparently the expensive "high-quality, maintenance-free" battery we bought a year ago (and have only used for about 9 months because of our trip to the States), because we were having the same problem with our cheap Chinese one, is not working. Guess who gets to go buy ANOTHER new battery this week? :-(

I did have the pleasure of seeing a former student of mine this afternoon--a 15-year-old girl who I taught English to when she was 11. Now she's in the process of applying for a scholarship program to study next year in the States, and she called me the yesterday to ask if I'd proofread her application for her. I said, "Sure!" She came today, with an entire cake as thanks, and it was lovely to see how she's matured...and her English is great!