Sunday, August 17, 2008
Back to School!
Tomorrow I officially begin my career as a teacher. Yikes...
We had open house on Friday, and the question I was dreading all week long came from the very first mother who showed up in my room: "How long have you been teaching?" She asked me this as she got out a notebook to take notes!!! I had prepared an answer that was hopefully going to deter any further probing, but no, it did not work. So, she knows that I am a very new teacher and I think she is scared for her child. Other than that, the day was great! And, I was able to use my Spanish to comfort a few parents. I think I definitely earned points in their eyes, so that was a bonus.
Anyway, look forward to more reports from the front row!!!
We had open house on Friday, and the question I was dreading all week long came from the very first mother who showed up in my room: "How long have you been teaching?" She asked me this as she got out a notebook to take notes!!! I had prepared an answer that was hopefully going to deter any further probing, but no, it did not work. So, she knows that I am a very new teacher and I think she is scared for her child. Other than that, the day was great! And, I was able to use my Spanish to comfort a few parents. I think I definitely earned points in their eyes, so that was a bonus.
Anyway, look forward to more reports from the front row!!!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
The One Where We Got Married
I know this is ridiculously out-of-date, but again, better late than never. It seems to be just a collection of milestones. Maybe I will try to do better?!?! I don't even know if anyone reads this anymore. Oh well, this is one of our wedding pictures, obviously. We have been married for two months now! Time is just whizzing by us. Okay, enough for now. Tal vez en un ano, voy a anadir mas a esta pagina del web. Friday, September 14, 2007
Dia de la Independencia
Tomorrow, September 15th, is Costa Rica's independence day. Today at school, during our morning break, the little kids had a desfile (parade) and the adults walked in it too. Heath and I bought the wrong thing because they had run out of what we needed. We looked super cool.
Also, this morning, we experienced our first tremor of an earthquake. Heath didn't really notice it because of the construction at his house, but I was snoozing with my alarm clock and was certain that someone had come in and jumped on my bed. It was very cool.
Hope you are all doing well!
Monday, September 03, 2007
Buenos Tardes de Costa Rica!
We are thoroughly enjoying the rainy season here in San Jose, Costa Rica. We arrived last Monday and have finished our orientation at the language school. We begin classes tomorrow morning at 7:30. We are looking forward to learning and studying here with our new friends and our Tican families. It is going well so far. We will keep you posted as things progress.
Speaking of things progressing...Heath proposed on Saturday night and we are engaged! Here is a picture for you to enjoy :)
Friday, July 06, 2007
Better Late than Never
I realize this is late, but here is my graduation photo. Lots of exciting things going on here. Going to Costa Rica in August to attend Spanish language school. Be back in December. I will probably try to stay up to date with the blog because I won't have a phone for 4 months. Hope all is well in your corner of the world.Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Wicked
New York Baby!
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Violated Again
My poor Black Beauty. She was violated again this past weekend while I was in New York. I got back to her on Monday night around 12:15 am. I went to charge my cell phone and noticed that my charger was gone. So was the face to my practically brand new CD player. Awesome. And my favorite brown sunglasses. Yes, those are gone too. And they made off with some Post-It notes as well. I mean seriously, who needs Post-Its besides me??? Absolutely ridiculous.
Pictures from the Big Apple to follow shortly...
Pictures from the Big Apple to follow shortly...
