I have fallen away from my hitherto successful project of making a new blog post every day. To my (few) readers, I’m sorry about this. Part of the reason is that we have become quite busy. In addition to the going and coming we do every day, my classes back in Washington are about to end, my class here is getting busy, and our lives are full of more small events as we settle into routine. The other reason is just that – we have settled into routine. More and more we have “boring” days. Both Liam and I enjoy these, but they are not so great to write about.
Today (Tuesday), however, the excitement started again. Liam has been playing violin since September, and it seemed a shame for him to miss more than a month’s practice so soon after starting. Not only that, but taking violin lessons abroad just sounded fun!
On Monday night I finally connected with Christchurch’s Suzuki violin teacher, Lois McCallum, and she invited us to visit her house for a lesson on Tuesday afternoon at 2:00. I checked with Liam’s teacher, and he had no problem with my pulling Liam out of school for this. Liam, in turn, was delighted to be leaving early!
We drove through town, following some bizarrely winding roads (the roads here are a bit like Boston’s – they turn often, and change names a lot!), until we found her house. Liam had a great lesson! His school here is very unlike his school at home, but the Suzuki teacher and methods here are quite a bit like what he is used to. This was a very nice discovery, and he already likes his new teacher (though he misses Miss Barb). The only differences seem to be in the names for things, and we have strict instructions from Miss Barb to learn the new names. We’re working on this, now!
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