It was a restful long weekend in Tashkent thanks to Constitution Day. Monday, December 8, was a national holiday celebrating the publication of the constitution. I think all of us welcomed the day off. As we near the end of the calendar year at school, my colleagues (and I) at school are tired and looking forward to the longer break. We took advantage of the day off to put up Christmas decorations in our house. The girls were not in the mood, but I think I inspired them. Nadia was a tour de force, putting up the lights on the big arch in our home.
The weather was miserable with lots of rain and cold temperatures. I got a lot of work done, although my things-to-do list never ends. We are looking forward to Oliver’s arrival next week. It was great to hear from our other son, Owen. He attended a Bad Bunny concert in San Jose over the weekend. The Puerto Rican recording artist Bad Bunny is performing at this season’s Super Bowl. I started listening to his music, and a lot of it is pretty good. He was also very funny on Saturday Night Live. I am adding him to my Spotify playlists.
I finish this post with a photo my colleague Grace took of me in her mathematics class. When I have a lull in my schedule, I often walk through classrooms to see what is going on. This week I went to the secondary mathematics wing and tried some math problems. The higher level class was a bit out my league. I had more success at the standard level problems. My daughter Ocean happened to be in the third classroom I visited and we worked on some problems. A special thanks to Ananyia for her help. I wish I had graphics calculator in my early 1980s math classes!
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