Back to School!

Tuesday and Wednesday involved my parents coming to school to visit.  They were the guest speakers in 5 of my classes, and all of the students were eager to meet them.  Some groups more shy than others, it seemed like my 9^th graders took the cake in terms of most involvement in discussion.  Though, “party Peter” as I call him in my 11^th grade class, threw out a classic line as the first question of the hour, “could you please tell us some compromising facts about Carla’s teenage years?”  Direct quote – ask my parents.  The only thing they could come up with was the fact that a neighbor girl and I took our our conversion van and drove it to the Tom Thumb about a mile away to get candy.  If that’s the worst of my teenage rebellion, that’s pretty good I think.  Tuesday afternoon we took an eventful trip to Tatabanya.  My parents had gone “fix-it” on my apartment and were repairing little things left and right.  My mom was cleaning things and my dad was putting new wheels on things – so a trip to the hardware store was in need.  It took us a while to get our bearings as the language was still an issue, but we eventually left with parts for a new wheel, screens for my windows, a grill and other small things to spruce up the place.  It was a productive but tiring day.