My brother asked me to go with him for his EFL thing. It was his first time teaching by himself & he said we could go to the Walmart in that area to see if they had things they don't sell at our local Walmart.
I helped him organize his papers & hand them out to the few students who showed up (4 total). His handwriting on the whiteboard was so bad that one of the students couldn't stop laughing (the board wouldn't hold still bc it was hanging off of something). I held it still for him & it helped, but then I offered to write for him & my handwriting was more legible.
One of the students is from Vietnam and runs a monastery. He likes to do the gardening there. There was a student for the first class (my brother taught 2) who was a pistol. She'd naturalized & passed the citizenship test many years ago but wanted to improve her English. They were all nice & intelligent. At one point a practice exercise didn't seem to be going great (it was about trying to get the students to give directions to places based on a little map). So I drew the map on the whiteboard as best as I could & had each member of the class give directions to places so we could fill in labels for the buildings. They had fun with it. So, basically I got to be my brother's assistant.
Afterward we went to the store and found some stuff we couldn't find locally but they are still out of a lot of things. I racked out once we got home. I'm still hoping the thyroid meds will start working so I can get enough energy to get through a day with only one short nap instead of sleeping most of the day. I hate being so exhausted all the time.
I found some garlic chicken spring rolls that Mom seemed to like. They smelled good but they have caramelized onions so I can't eat them.
Today's agenda is resting, more cleaning, & remembering to use the nasal spray to clear my nose 3x. Allergy meds don't seem to be working & post nasal drip has been getting me. My respiratory system feels like garbage when I first wake up, but after using nasal spray last night it feels a little better.
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