Angela

Last Friday I was at the grocery store near work picking up some candy for the kids, when I felt someone tugging at my basket. It was Angela, one of the 8 year olds. She doesn't speak very much English, but she likes to jump a lot and wave her arms. She is easily within the top three cutest students I teach, which is an extremely competitive category.

Angela's mom was surprised to see me too, and waved and said hello. I bought my stuff and was ready to leave when Angela ran up to me and said "Wait!", so I did. She brought me an ice cream bar, which her mom paid for. She had one too, and we ate them together.

After school I went for a run, and as I was walking into my building, who should I see bursting from the restaurant next door, and hitting the elevator button but Angela! Probably the last person I would ever expect to see. She saw me and did her jumping waving dance, without seeming the least bit surprised that I was there. She told me she was going to sing (the second floor of my building is a Nori-Bang - Karaoke room). Her mom came out of the restuarant a moment later, probably the most surprised of all. To her, it probably seems like I've been stalking her child, so I felt like I needed to explain that I live in the building.