Cinderella!

I used to absolutely hate taking piano! I was one of those people who would play through half a song, get frustrated, bang the piano and say "I am NEVER playing piano again! I hate it, hate it, hate it!" My parents forced me to go up to grade 8 piano. I can't say I was grateful back when I was taking piano, but now that I am teaching it I am very grateful i was pushed....and prodded...and FORCED : D I absolutely love my piano students! Last night at work I had my hair up and my student looked at me and said "ok you REALLY look like cinderella!" Ha ha I wasn't too sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing, so I asked her. She said "IT'S A GOOD THING OF COURSE!" So for the rest of the night last night i walked around feeling like cinderella :). Teaching piano last Monday was not pleasant at ALL for me. I had student after student who either tried to be the teacher ("no, I didn't play that note wrong! NO I DIDN'T!!!) ,who didn't practice, or who complained because they didn't like the kind of candy I had. I never ever ever get mad at my students but last monday was probably the closest I have ever come, I may have given a few lectures on
"Oh you had time to watch your favourite shows? Then I know you can find time to practice!"
"If you don't like the candy, you don't have to take it!"
"Can I be the teacher and tell you when your playing a note wrong?"
Definitely not one of the happiest nights for me. It didn't help that on the way home someone continually flashed their highbeams at me (The lights on my car are very bright and people sometimes think I have my high beams on) So I flashed my highbeams back to show that they weren't on. Then the other person flashed theirs again! So I may or may not have flashed mine about ten times... but the other car did it right back to me....unfortunately for them I had pretty much driven past them when they decided to flash theirs back. In my mind I was thinking "REVENGE! SWEET REVENGE!!!!!!!!!!" Dangerous and silly I know, but it made me feel better about my night...and then I laughed the whole way home realizing how silly I was. I went to sleep that night thinking "hopefully my students will be angels next week!" All that to say, last night...my students were ANGELS : D. I left work feeling happy. I was driving Alyssa home, talking away, and suddenly I'M BLINDED BY SOMEONE FLASHING THEIR HIGHBEAMS AT ME! "MY HIGHBEAMS ARE NOT ON PEOPLE!" Because I was not feeling the need for revenge, I only flashed mine back once to show that my highbeams weren't on! I think that is DEFINITE progress!