A typical view

The old and the new.
I heard the very sad news today that the Syrian family I sometimes order meals from lost 10 relatives in the recent earthquakes. So, so awful.
A little hard to change the tone now, but such is our lives. Today is the day when the Greeks eat a large dinner of mainly meat before Clean Monday and the beginning of fasting for Easter. That meant my 8pm class cancelled.
It worked for me because it meant I could teach the kids from 6-8pm instead of 6-7pm as it’s impossible to do both due to wifi and no quiet classroom from 8-10pm. Sadly I had to let them know I can’t do Thursdays anymore because I’ll be busy on a course. There were some very sad students, particularly in the second group. They got teary, I got teary.. I patted one on the shoulder on the way out, he hugged me, they all hugged me.. it was a sad trip home. I didn’t want this but there was no other solution. At least I’ll be less tired, getting home at 11pm after an 830am start was hard.