The students and everyone else were very happy to finish baling straw, stacking bales on the wagons, unloading them off and restacking them. The last few days they've been going upstairs in the barn here. On Thursday night there were nine wagons (they borrowed several) lined up behind the house by the barn, waiting to be unloaded. Friday they finally finished baling and today there were just three wagons to unload.
I think I heard they were baling for someone else today though. The students that worked so hard were excited to get paid bonuses and tonight when they made the weekly trip to the mall, Vika was excited to replace her broken cell phone with a new one.
Garry and I spent a second Saturday (Garry actually swam in the river, too) on Monastery Island in Dnepro picnicking with Summer English Institute folks. Last week we had about 12-15 people show up but today there must have been 35-40, with a number of kids in attendance. The Crawfords finished their quarantine and were able to join us. It was nice to reconnect with people, even though we aren't doing three weeks of teaching this July because of the virus. We decided that meeting outdoors was the best option for 2020. You can sere the difference in the group photos (although both times not everyone was in the picture).
We will drive down to the sea (of Azov) tomorrow to find a place we can take the students for their promised trip to the sea after the straw is done... before third cut hay is ready to bale in a week!
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