Maanantai 🇫🇮 Mánudagur 🇮🇸

I'm still not willing to adjust myself to the whims of daylight saving time. With this in mind, I woke up at 5 a.m., which is 6 a.m. from my point of view. Anyway, after devouring my pancake breakfast and slurping down the much-needed coffee, I completed my beginner student's lesson plan.

Putting together a lesson per se is not challenging. The most difficult part of this process is to make the class interesting enough so that it can serve the student's needs. Since we had seven lessons already, a great review would be a good idea, which could not only help her memorise the words but also allow me to create sentences with the words she learnt so far.

I had a dentist's appointment today. During the last ten months, the dentist replaced several 30-year-old fillings and a bridge. He always made it sure that I felt comfortable and stress-free. The constant banter we had during these occasions took away my fear and anxiety, so apart from a healthy tension before and during the procedures, there were no panic attacks. I hope these fillings will last another three decades, and I won't need to visit any dentist as long as I'm in this shadow realm.

The afternoon went by fairly quickly. I continued the lesson planning, and at around 5 p.m., the locksmith, who had installed the fence and the outside stairs, came by and had a coffee. He is genuinely a nice guy, and we like him very much.

I can't understand the weather. The highest temperature today was around +23-24°C, which is extremely unusual on October 30. Even though, according to the weather forecast, tomorrow will be warmer, the predicted rain will not make it pleasant. What silly weather.

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