An interesting day

The main water pipe in the street burst this morning, so there hasn't been any water in the house since. It is vexing because there were several pipe bursts last year, and the water outage was not pleasant. There was a new water pipe installation five months ago somewhere in the vicinity, and they haven't been able to fix it since. They wrecked the road so much that cars needed to slow down to cross the small trench they dug for the pipe, which they hadn't been able to cover since. There is Hungary in the 21st century for you.

I had to leave the house today because I felt like being in a cage. I did some shopping - bought some food for Abby - checked the mountaineer store, and took the picturesque road back home through the Pilis mountain. On the way back, I popped into the SPAR to buy some rice and bread and came home in time, right before Ági finished her lesson. Then we had a delicious meal, and while devouring the food, we watched another episode of 'Below Deck'. And then another two...

John texted me that he'd had to cancel our previously booked lessons. In addition, he also sent me another message saying that the number of his students dropped significantly; therefore, he won't be able to continue his teaching on this platform and will disappear in April. He promised to mentor me through the exam preparation and made me buy some books, and now this. He even sent me a message saying he opened a couple of new slots in April and May. Brilliant.

GOOSEFRABAAAAAA....

I must come up with a new plan. It's rather challenging to devise a syllabus alone on how to prepare myself for a CAE exam. I've got several books, and I might use chatGPT or take a few lessons from one of the other teachers I met on italki as long as Charlette returns.

CHARLETTE, WHERE ARE YOU???

Other than that, the weather was beautiful today. The temperature wasn't exceptionally high, but the sunny day made up for it. It's spring, after all.

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