Little events during the last few days

Thursday evening I went to the Bible Institute again...on the right tram. On the way home there was a man with his little boy on the tram. The man seemed to want people to notice that he was a good dad, trying to get someone to appreciate his son. I fell for it as they were getting off the tram. I smiled at the boy, he promptly turned away from his dad and spit at me! That didn't stop me from trying to be friendly, well, I did ignore the boy. But when I got off the tram there were a couple men trying to get directions. They spoke English so I asked if they understood what they had been told. We walked and talked for a couple of blocks when one of them said 'Your English is quite good.' DUH...my polite reply was that I was American. I don't know if I should be offended that he thought English was my second language or glad that he thought I was a native Latvian! I woke up at 3 a.m. that night thinking about how to train Lieutenants. My life is definitely out of control. When I got up in the morning I panicked because I realized I hadn't studied for my Latvian class. I decided confession was the best option, so I called Dace. She had too much to do and was glad to cancel. So, it was to be a day at home getting my house together and my work. I went to coffee break, put a carmel in my mouth and pulled out a cap from my tooth! AUGH! No worry - I just popped it back on and am trying to eat carefully. I suppose someday I will have to face a dentist but not yet. In the mddle of that our accountant started asking me budget questions. Once again the panicked feeling - I wanted to run away! I'm afraid I was a bit rude to him. After a few hours of just being alone, I went to see Zoe who was having a bad day. We talked and played with Sian for a while and later that evening went for a walk and to my new favorite coffee shop. Good cafe au lait and even, pecan pie! That is not a typical Latvian treat. We walked to the president's castle where there were hundreds of people and hundreds of candles lit for Lacplesa Day (like Veteran's day.) It was nice. Today is a leadership training day, which I'm responsible for. I managed to arrange it so that I'm not teaching workshops but had the first session. I had a power point ready and when I turned on my computer ------it died. I mean dead, no screen, nothing. Can I say - another panicked moment. I'm not good at backing up and with traveling between offices don't save on the network. But, life will go on - somehow. No boring days in my life! I'd like just one...