A Long October Weekend

This past week, I only had to teach on Monday and Tuesday. I put together some presentations on Halloween for my third and sixth graders and cancelled my private lessons for the rest of the week. I wanted to do some traveling for my 5 day weekend, but my company held training on Wednesday and Thursday, so I could not go far. Training was in Kutna Hora, though, and we were able to see the church filled with bones from 40 thousand people. It was a little insane, to say the least. We ran into some people from the states who are working in Germany now that were very nice, and may try to make a trip up to see them in November. Because it was the company recruiter's 30th birthday, we kind of went crazy at a disco on our only night there. I have now been a witness and partial participant in dancing crazily, singing in the hand-held microphone and rocking out to some songs in front of a bunch of people, body shots, etc. At around 12:30am, after the recruiter had already fallen and broken her wrist an hour previous, two girls and I walked our drunk compatriots and handicapped recruiter back to the hotel. I was the only one who knew the way, but it was simple, so it didn't take too long. I had to help my co-worker out of her boots and make sure she kept her wrist iced and elevated until she could get to the hospital the following day. Lots of people were hungover the next day. On our train to Prague, six of us sat in a cabin with an older woman. Our group was sharing funny travel stories and talking about how hard it is to find the right kind of tampons, surviving bar crawls, funny styles we have seen, etc. for roughly an hour. At the end of the trip, the woman casually asked if we were at the right stop...in English. A few people were extremely embarrassed about all of the subject matters discussed while thinking she was Czech, but the lady said it was one of the most entertaining trips she's been on...she very much enjoyed being a fly on the wall. I really liked her =). Laura and I came back to Liberec afterwards so I could get to my band practice, but it took a long time and I ended up not going and going to bed around 11. Yesterday (Friday), I went to Prague to show my friend Matěj how to make better food than spaghetti with ketchup. Laura came shortly after, and the three of us walked around the city while Matěj told us about the history of the place and of the holiday that was being celebrated. It was a lovely afternoon. Then, Laura and I went to meet Nicole for her birthday party. Nicole and her friend Jarda, who we met last time we hung out with Nicole in Prague, were celebrating their birthday together by renting out a pub, having Nicole's old band come and play, and dressing up like teachers or students. It was a good time, overall. Now it's Saturday and I would like to take a nap and get some cleaning done so I can work on my lesson plans and enjoy the day tomorrow.

ALSO! Míša of Pavel and Míša who I first couch surfed with when I came to the Czech Republic and are among the 30 year-old crowd of doctors that I hang out with is...PREGNANT!! I am so excited for them!! They told me last Monday but Míša was shy and didn't want the news to be spread about, but I randomly ran into her on my way home from Prague today at the bus station and it is confirmed! They will have their baby while I'm still here =)