Believe it or not, my class members did indeed show up today. The technical masters, as they are called, had gotten my computer programs installed , so I was glad to be able to demonstrate how to use them for practice on their own. I also learned, no laughing people, how to hook the computer to some sort of projector thingy so that the info from my computer screen appeared on a large screen. Who knew? Before long I'll be doing power points like any self respecting second grader. It did take me awhile to figure out that I could use the cursor as a pointer instead of using my walking stick. I suppose I could also have borrowed the light pointer Del brought. The advanced class seemed to go rather well, but I don't feel as comfortable with the beginning class. We will all keep struggling along together.
Del came in to meet me after class so Daiva could drive us to the main campus to meet the head of the English Dept. and see where our Lithuanian language class will be held. We hope there will not be a scheduling problem because of our work days, but we will find out on Friday. There will be 2 Italian exchange students and us.
If I repeat myself, forgive me, just as you do at home, where I do it routinely, but the Lithuanian way of making coffee outside of restaurants is interesting to me. We always have a cup of coffee in the department office and lovely candy whenever we come there. You spoon regular coffee into a cup and then just pour water over it and wait for it to settle. Then you drink it carefully to avoid getting grounds in your teeth. I'm still working on that part. My favorite candy is a coconut covered ball filled with coconut cream and a small chunk of coconut, or at least I think it is coconut, in the center. I saw them in the store the other day but dragged myself away without buying any.
There was time between my classes today for me to get a cup of coffee at the coffee shop in the building. It is delicious with all that fuzzy milk on top. The coffee shop lady loves me. Daiva had told her how much I had enjoyed the things we have eaten there, so when I ordered a pastry, she shook her head "no" and explained by pointing, making "you're out" type gestures and finally by writing yesterday's date on a piece of paper that they were not freshly made and I shouldn't get one. She had also guided me away from a lunch selection I made last week because something else was more special, and she thought I would enjoy it more.
Tomorrow, I am going out to buy a frying pan. When I say I used every pan in the house to make dinner tonight - bacon and eggs - it is only a slight overstatement. Our present frying plan is only a 7 incher. I was barely able to squeeze in 2 pieces of talapia last night.
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