My shadow

Today I found my shadow and said hello to her. She is a tiny 8 year old child and her name is Bad (Do NOT laugh). I am considering giving her an English name just as I was given my Thai name. She is tiny, with barely anything on her bones and a hand that is a quarter the size of mine. She has been following me quietly, like a mouse and appears randomly to help me. She is eager to learn English and points at things and either says, "That is a _______" or asks "What is that?" She waits outside the bathroom and would go in with me if I would let her. She is not allowed on the elevator but appears as the elevator doors open on whatever floor I get off of. We have developed a comfortable and effective level of communication with few words. I have started to take lunch in my office and she comes and watches me. I even play Disney music for her. She may like some more modern music more, but no one here understands what the words mean and it just hurts my heart to hear children dancing to dirty music. She comes to me when she needs something opened and she is one child I have let hold my ice cream and she does not eat it, though you should have seen her eyes. I want to buy her one, but in this culture I will be hated for trying to make her fat. She has a smile with a few teeth and cute little gaps between them. Her hair is black, shoulder length and has tiny curls that twirl around her head. Her eyes sparkle like nothing I have seen and she is shy. Yes, I am going on about a child, but she is adorable and I love her.
Today was another tiring day, and I even had an extra class sprung on me at the last minute. I have one last class of 8 year olds. They require so much energy! But I just have to get through that one hour and no class until Monday. I have all my lesson plans for next week done and I even popped out 4 worksheets this morning. I am leaving my final worksheet for next week and the stack of papers for tomorrow, in case no one is online to talk to me. Though exhausted, I am happy. I am learning to forgive the noise and misbehaving from the children and I enjoy things like my shadow. Her playmate is a geeky adorable scrawny boy with giant, round gold glasses. He is very bright and loves to joke. Today's source of amusement was him asking if everything was a ghost. He is like my second shadow and helps my shadow with her English. I feel like I am becoming nicer, at least around these kids and it makes me feel like I was the Grinch before lol. But yeah, that is all I have today. It has been a quiet week and hopefully it will be quiet still during my weekend in. Tomorrow I am going to pick up all my food for the weekend and they are all going to think I eat it for one meal, but well, that is on them. I will enter my apartment Friday evening and not emerge until Monday morning. Maybe I will do some reading on the balcony. I mean there aren't really any more bugs there than there are in my apartment.....lol. The only thing I wish is that the internet was slightly better so I could stream some television shows but books and online people will be my company and that pleases me just fine. Hope everyone else has a good weekend :-)
Had to make a revision: I got my first package from the states 3 minutes before my last class. There is nothing like teddy grahams, chocolate peanut butter and blow pops to make you get through your last class of 8 year olds. Yaaaaaay! It only took 17 days!