Whoops. Been awhile since i've updated =/ haha I'm not positive where I left off? but life has been moving pretty fast the past couple of weeks...
Spring Break: Italy.
I won't give a huge long post about it because I could write forever... basically, i want to go back to Italy. Primarily Cinque Terre. One of, if not the, most gorgeous places. Completely local and authentic. 5 villages connected by a hiking trail and/or a train. Right on the Med Coast... I fell in love with all of the villages and could have easily spent a day in each! Luckily I got to spend 2 1/2, but I will have to return there some day! We also went to Florence and Rome. of the two, Florence was my favorite. Nikki had lived there about a year ago, so she knew all the 'local' areas and places to go which made it even more fun! By the end of our time there we had our own "dried fruit guy" and "meat and cheese" guys at the market. I was also able to check an item off my bucket list (kiss an Italian man)! However, i added an item... climb the Great Wall of China. I met some people in Florence who said that is a "must"... so it's on the list! some day =) Rome was fantastic just because of the rich history! I read Romans before we left on Spring Break, and then I read it on the train into Rome. So walking Ancient Rome and seeing the Vatican was overwhelming. Walking places the Peter walked and seeing the exact spot Peter was crucified upside down was an experience i will never forget. Rome was just beautiful. We attempted to find the Appian Way (where Nero lined the streets with crucified christians) and that was an adventure! haha which is a daily routine in our lives here. we walked nothing short of 7 miles a day while in Rome. and the longest was the day we tried to find this "Way"... we walked from one end of the map to the other... and beyond. we found ourselves on the sides of highways, in a tiny little side street, under bridges. and had to put our extremely NON fluent Italian to the test! we found the Appian Way street, but it was getting dark and we didn't find the actual monument/park... oh well i guess. but overall, Italy has by far been one of the greatest trips!
I have to say, as this experience is coming to a close, I have loved and appreciated every aspect. There have been struggles at times- but God is faithful and these struggles have only made me and my walk with Him stronger. I love when the lessons in the Bible come to life. I have experienced so many of these lessons and would not trade them for the world. I have learned to remain joyful through trials or struggles and realize that God doesn't give us more than we can handle... and I have learned more in these 3 months on how to lean on Him for the strength to stay joyful even when I don't "feel like it" or im tired. My reliance and love for God has only grown this semester, and He has proven himself faithful time and again. Approaching Easter this weekend I'm severely missing COTM. I have all semester, but especially this weekend. Alongside that, I'll be missing the family and keeping you in my prayers as you all are having a blast in FL!
I think another one of the greatest blessings of this experience has been the people. the 8 of us from OSU and Kayla from Delaware have grown so close. I was curious how it would all work out when we first got here... but it has been one of the most remarkable experiences to watch all of us grow close and enjoy each other so much. we are all so different, yet our travels and stories have all taken place together. it has made this whole thing that much more fun! i know we are all going to have extreme culture shock when we go home and separation anxiety, because i have eaten, slept and taught with these people for the past 3 and 1/2 solid months. i don't know that i'm ready for it to end... but i do know that im excited to return home and see family and friends! so much to catch up on in everyone's lives =)
I'm off to Dublin this weekend as a "last hoorah"/happy birthday to myself! (gotta visit my home land) so i'm praying for safe travels and a fun time. I will be putting together a video for our final presentation we are required to give... so i'm gonna need to channel Grant's expert video making skills. lol i miss you all tons and am excited to see everyone so soon!!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
"Incandescently happy..."
Hello Blog-o-sphere.
first off: HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY REAGAN!!!!!! Love you =)
It’s been awhile since I’ve updated. And I can happily say, life has been interesting. Haha I updated you on the Post Office boy in my last post… and well, we have hung out a couple more times. Yea, and I feel he thinks this is ‘going somewhere’ when I know the only somewhere it is going… is back to OK for me. Oops? Haha so im currently avoiding the inevitable of having to inform him that “it’s been fun, but im not interested” Until that day, I will enjoy interacting with someone outside of the 8 of us girls and my students… and watching a real tv, with Lost. Haha! No, im not using him.
Let’s see… we will do a classroom update first. I told mom and dad this story and about cried I was laughing so hard. Let me set the scene:
It’s is my small (9 students) AP class, except im missing 4 students. So im down to 5. I don’t want to start something new, so I tell them we are going to do a practice AP multiple choice question. My teacher has no objections… and continues to happily fill out his crossword puzzle. This is a timed test (55 minutes), no talking… ready, set, go…
Fast Forward 20 minutes:
My teacher has taken it upon himself to try and talk to different students in the class (yes, DURING the timed test that is suppose to be a MOCK AP test) regarding their grades, missed assignments, blah blah blah… naturally, I suppress my frustration. Debating on whether or not to say anything (he still has to do my final eval for OSU) I allow him to interrupt a couple of times, but “shh” the class in an attempt to help him GET THE POINT. Fail. Then… all of the sudden…
I hear this AWFUL gagging/choking/throwing up sound. Anyone who knows me, knows that I can NOT hide my facial expression very well, so im trying SO hard not to have a disgusted look on my face until I figure out what is going on. Well… I look over, and my teacher is making the WORST gagging, vomiting sound ever. I wish I could put on audio clip on here because it sounded like he was choking up a lung. His first reaction?? BLARE his ipod… why? Oh, to drown out the awful sound of him gagging. So, not only is he gagging, he is blaring Steven Curtis Chapman and Micheal W Smith Christmas. Also, he has removed himself to the side of the classroom by the sink… and has proceeded to HACK UP/GAG himself of anything and everything in his stomach. This charade goes on for about 30 seconds to a minute. Longest minute of my life. All the while, my students are looking at me like, what the heck is happening?! Haha and I have no defense… my head is in my hands, and im silent laughing (but with no fear of being heard, MWS is still blaring on the stereo)
He finally turns around… wipes down his mouth of who knows what remnants. Obviously I want to vomit. But he turns around and announces (keep in mind… STILL timed test happening here) “it’s ok class, im fine. You see, I have this really bad gag reflex. And any time it kicks in, it doesn’t matter how little or how much is in my stomach, it all comes up” this man proceeds to DESCRIBE IN DETAIL his gag reflex for the next 2 minutes. I wanted to vomit.
Hahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha come on, just laugh. It’s funny… and was PRICEless.
On another note… This past weekend we went on a “Finding Mr Darcy” tour. Wow, it was phenomenal. I can’t say I found my Darcy, but I definitely found myself falling in love with Chawtown and Lacock… both towns have been used in Harry Potter films and Pride and Prejudice. We stayed at a little hotel that provided an “all you would ever want to eat” breakfast. Don’t worry, Merideth Emily and I DEFINITELY took part in ordering everything we wanted. I mean, we paid for it, right? Haha Then we met up with Emily’s aunt and cousin in Bath. They came to England for vaca and we got to just explore Bath on our own with them. Incredible. The Roman Baths were gorgeous… and they gave Sarah and Kalyn a sample cup of water from the Bath… ew. That’s all I have to say. It was warm, and disgusting. Hahaha but we got to have Tea in the Pump Room and wander through the streets of Bath. Such a fun weekend!!
I do have to say though, the countdown is on… this time in 11 DAYS I will be walking the streets of Cinque Terre on the coast of the Mediterranean for my SB. I cannot even tell you how excited I am. This is by far going to be the hardest 10 days to get through, because I am SO over teaching and ready to be in Italy =) still can’t believe this is coming to a close, it’s been the most incredible experience so far… and im soaking it ALL in!! Miss you all and love you!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Pro Bowlers.
I do not normally do a mid week update... but this event called for a blog. But i must give the background so all of you can fully appreciate the story...
So, as i have relayed multiple times- our location and situation is not prime for "social interaction" like we are use to... as in: we have NO car, NO social life, and NO way to really meet people. We teach all day, then are stuck on Feltwell, alone. With each other to keep company. We have dont well so far- but by week 5... we were ready to meet someone. This next part of the background involves Merideth, Emily, Kalyn and myself. We all teach on the main (Lakenheath) base which is where the post office is... Well after we went to Belgium we had multiple packages of chocolate to send home. haha and we were gathering boxes/addresses randomly for the week after. so during our lunch time for about 2 weeks after Belgium, we were going to the post office about 3 times a week. And when we went to the post office, there were a couple young lieutenants working. And yes, they were attractive. so naturally, we are socially deprived and hit typical HS girl mood... Kalyn decided she was 'in love' with Officer Kelly on the far left window. And so the romance began... for the next two weeks we saw our 2 new friends often, and they did recognize us, so that's a good sign.
Next part of the background: we have been catching rides with a woman, Janis, who works at the HS. She has a freshman son and is married to a man who is in the Air Force and works at a shop. He is in charge of a handful of young officers. Well, we love Janis! She is super and takes us everywhere. I think she loves having a group of young girls to spend time with since she doesn't have girls...
And here the story begins: about 10/12 days ago we were relaying to Janis our deprivation of male interaction. Joking, kind of. and Janis proceeded to say that "we need to fix that!" And said she would talk to her husband since he works with a bunch of young single officers. We laughed, and said please do! not thinking too much about it... well, she came back a couple days later and suggested a dinner or bowling night to meet the boys, to which we whole heartedly agreed! So last Tuesday she checked with us and we told her let's do it in a week (this past tuesday night)... Well, on last Thursday we had gone to the post office for about the 3rd time that week... and Kalyn was falling more and more in love with Officer Kelly (we didn't know his first name) So of course, we tell Janis! Cause we tell her everything... haha and she just laughed and thought it was the greatest! Then she suggested that we invite them to go bowling with us... well we agreed that they should come! all so Kalyn could REALLY meet officer kelly, of course. But we didn't wanna seem creepy or desperate. So Janis proceeds to say that she should just march right in the post office and walk up to the window and say "Kelly, show yourself! We are going bowling next week and you are invited. Show up in your civilian clothes and bring your friends!" We laughed and laughed thinking nothing of it... Fast forward to Tuesday night of this week. We are going bowling... Janis picks us up at our dorms and tells us that her husband has invited "the boys" from the shop... so we laugh and say we are excited to just meet some people! Then she stops, looks at us... and says "i have to tell you what i did..." to which we didn't know how to respond. She then informs us that she DID go to the post office. with NO box, NO reason to be there, and cut everyone in line and went to Kelly's window. She then said "excuse me, Kelly, do you have a significant other? or attached to anyone in any way?" hahahhaa he said no, with an obvious questioning tone... and she said "great, i have a group of young, single student teachers and we are going bowling tonight... you are welcome to join, and bring your friends!" hahahahahaha so she tells us this and says he agreed to come! well you can imagine how kalyn reacted when Janis said this... she about ran back upstairs to change outfits...
so we get to the bowling alley... and Janis is good, she staggered the arrival of the boys. the Shop boys were to arrive at 630, and the Post Office boys at 7. So we meet the Shop boys and bowl with them for about 30 minutes... and they were sweet and nice! loved em. then out of the corner of our eyes, we see Kelly and the post office boys! kalyn's eyes go wide and we flag Janis down to tell her who has arrived. they are doing the whole, 6th grade dance maneuver where they aren't coming over... so Janis sends her husband to break the ice! he invites them over, and once they get their shoes, they come over and we make our "official" acquaintances. im dying laughing inside, obviously. well the night goes on... emily is talking to the shop boys, merideth and i are talking to the post office boys, and kalyn is talking to officer kelly (his name is josh)... so it's great!! we are having a blast. and they weren't creepily hitting on us, legitimately just enjoying a night of bowling. hahaha and the post office boys bring up the janis thing at the post office and are reference how 'random' it was that janis invited them... to which we obviously agree!! i mean, how strange and unexpected!! not. haha but they don't need to know that they were they source of 85 percent of our convos with janis after school.
Since we are teachers, we decided to call it a night at 830... as we are leaving, the shop boys get emily's number because they want to hang out again since they had a blast and the post office boys get my number because they want to take us out on saturday to hang out! naturally we are ECSTATIC because we have friends!! we say our goodbyes and get in the car with Janis... we are recapping on the evening when, all of the sudden, my phone vibrates. it's officer kelly's friend matt (the post office boy who got my phone number) he was just texting me so i could have his number saved. i responded and said we had a blast! to which he responded and agreed... then... he said "so my friend josh (officer kelly, kalyn's crush) was wondering if your friend kalyn has an email since she doesn't have a phone" OH MY GOSH i wish i could have video tapped my reaction... you would have thought the boy was asking for MY phone number.... i just started squealing and yelling!!! so i told the car what the text said and we ALL (janis included) erupted into squeals of joy and kalyn is yelling at me to text him back and say she DOES have a phone, it was just dead, and give him her number. so i passed along the number to matt, to give to josh. josh then apologizes for making me the 'middle man' but knows his friend josh really appreciates it... so of course i respond that it is no problem at all, and i KNOW my friend kalyn ALSO really appreciates it! hahahaha
so that was our tuesday evening... and the boys (both shop and post office) have text us multiple times since tuesday wanting to hang out. i have to say... our social life, thanks to janis, is picking up!! hahaha we have a hang out date with the post office boys saturday... and it should be interesting. I'm sure it will be blog worthy after this weekend. Keep ya posted.
So, as i have relayed multiple times- our location and situation is not prime for "social interaction" like we are use to... as in: we have NO car, NO social life, and NO way to really meet people. We teach all day, then are stuck on Feltwell, alone. With each other to keep company. We have dont well so far- but by week 5... we were ready to meet someone. This next part of the background involves Merideth, Emily, Kalyn and myself. We all teach on the main (Lakenheath) base which is where the post office is... Well after we went to Belgium we had multiple packages of chocolate to send home. haha and we were gathering boxes/addresses randomly for the week after. so during our lunch time for about 2 weeks after Belgium, we were going to the post office about 3 times a week. And when we went to the post office, there were a couple young lieutenants working. And yes, they were attractive. so naturally, we are socially deprived and hit typical HS girl mood... Kalyn decided she was 'in love' with Officer Kelly on the far left window. And so the romance began... for the next two weeks we saw our 2 new friends often, and they did recognize us, so that's a good sign.
Next part of the background: we have been catching rides with a woman, Janis, who works at the HS. She has a freshman son and is married to a man who is in the Air Force and works at a shop. He is in charge of a handful of young officers. Well, we love Janis! She is super and takes us everywhere. I think she loves having a group of young girls to spend time with since she doesn't have girls...
And here the story begins: about 10/12 days ago we were relaying to Janis our deprivation of male interaction. Joking, kind of. and Janis proceeded to say that "we need to fix that!" And said she would talk to her husband since he works with a bunch of young single officers. We laughed, and said please do! not thinking too much about it... well, she came back a couple days later and suggested a dinner or bowling night to meet the boys, to which we whole heartedly agreed! So last Tuesday she checked with us and we told her let's do it in a week (this past tuesday night)... Well, on last Thursday we had gone to the post office for about the 3rd time that week... and Kalyn was falling more and more in love with Officer Kelly (we didn't know his first name) So of course, we tell Janis! Cause we tell her everything... haha and she just laughed and thought it was the greatest! Then she suggested that we invite them to go bowling with us... well we agreed that they should come! all so Kalyn could REALLY meet officer kelly, of course. But we didn't wanna seem creepy or desperate. So Janis proceeds to say that she should just march right in the post office and walk up to the window and say "Kelly, show yourself! We are going bowling next week and you are invited. Show up in your civilian clothes and bring your friends!" We laughed and laughed thinking nothing of it... Fast forward to Tuesday night of this week. We are going bowling... Janis picks us up at our dorms and tells us that her husband has invited "the boys" from the shop... so we laugh and say we are excited to just meet some people! Then she stops, looks at us... and says "i have to tell you what i did..." to which we didn't know how to respond. She then informs us that she DID go to the post office. with NO box, NO reason to be there, and cut everyone in line and went to Kelly's window. She then said "excuse me, Kelly, do you have a significant other? or attached to anyone in any way?" hahahhaa he said no, with an obvious questioning tone... and she said "great, i have a group of young, single student teachers and we are going bowling tonight... you are welcome to join, and bring your friends!" hahahahahaha so she tells us this and says he agreed to come! well you can imagine how kalyn reacted when Janis said this... she about ran back upstairs to change outfits...
so we get to the bowling alley... and Janis is good, she staggered the arrival of the boys. the Shop boys were to arrive at 630, and the Post Office boys at 7. So we meet the Shop boys and bowl with them for about 30 minutes... and they were sweet and nice! loved em. then out of the corner of our eyes, we see Kelly and the post office boys! kalyn's eyes go wide and we flag Janis down to tell her who has arrived. they are doing the whole, 6th grade dance maneuver where they aren't coming over... so Janis sends her husband to break the ice! he invites them over, and once they get their shoes, they come over and we make our "official" acquaintances. im dying laughing inside, obviously. well the night goes on... emily is talking to the shop boys, merideth and i are talking to the post office boys, and kalyn is talking to officer kelly (his name is josh)... so it's great!! we are having a blast. and they weren't creepily hitting on us, legitimately just enjoying a night of bowling. hahaha and the post office boys bring up the janis thing at the post office and are reference how 'random' it was that janis invited them... to which we obviously agree!! i mean, how strange and unexpected!! not. haha but they don't need to know that they were they source of 85 percent of our convos with janis after school.
Since we are teachers, we decided to call it a night at 830... as we are leaving, the shop boys get emily's number because they want to hang out again since they had a blast and the post office boys get my number because they want to take us out on saturday to hang out! naturally we are ECSTATIC because we have friends!! we say our goodbyes and get in the car with Janis... we are recapping on the evening when, all of the sudden, my phone vibrates. it's officer kelly's friend matt (the post office boy who got my phone number) he was just texting me so i could have his number saved. i responded and said we had a blast! to which he responded and agreed... then... he said "so my friend josh (officer kelly, kalyn's crush) was wondering if your friend kalyn has an email since she doesn't have a phone" OH MY GOSH i wish i could have video tapped my reaction... you would have thought the boy was asking for MY phone number.... i just started squealing and yelling!!! so i told the car what the text said and we ALL (janis included) erupted into squeals of joy and kalyn is yelling at me to text him back and say she DOES have a phone, it was just dead, and give him her number. so i passed along the number to matt, to give to josh. josh then apologizes for making me the 'middle man' but knows his friend josh really appreciates it... so of course i respond that it is no problem at all, and i KNOW my friend kalyn ALSO really appreciates it! hahahaha
so that was our tuesday evening... and the boys (both shop and post office) have text us multiple times since tuesday wanting to hang out. i have to say... our social life, thanks to janis, is picking up!! hahaha we have a hang out date with the post office boys saturday... and it should be interesting. I'm sure it will be blog worthy after this weekend. Keep ya posted.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Defying... Gravity....
Another weekend... another set of memories I will never forget. I'll start from the beginning before I get ahead of myself! Last week for some reason I was struggle with really WANTING to teach... haha idk why, but I just got in a funk on Wednesday. And i didn't even have to teach Friday, so i had a short week! anyways, i was getting annoyed with the lack of enthusiasm i had while talking to my students. so towards the middle of my lecture/discussion i just stopped. i told them that i "wasn't feeling it"... to which they all looked at me weird. naturally. and i explained- if i wasn't really enthusiastic about what i was telling them, how was i suppose to expect them to want to listen to anything i had to say. so we stopped lecturing... and played a game. haha don't worry, i made it educational! of course. In the AP class that this happened during, i was working with the students on writing Document Based Question essays (it's a pretty thorough process... and they have never practiced) so i asked them what game they wanted to play, and i would modify it to fit an educational purpose. So what did they come up with? Head up 7 up! hahaha i told them i hadn't played that since FOURTH grade! i loved it. so what did we do? we played HU7U... and the loser had to read a body paragraph from their essay. well, we played that for about 15 minutes, which they really enjoyed for being juniors in high school... next game? Catch Phrase! and they had NEVER heard of it! i was shocked. so i wow'ed them and explained the rules... and we made it educational by using the AP US History study note cards that Dr P has in his classroom. guys versus girls. hysterical. i've never seen kids get SO excited to play a history game! haha then i had my regular US history class... and i again just felt rejuvenated with playing this game... and the class LOVED it, just as much as the other class. it was a hit! needless to say, the week ended very successfully, and the students are already asking when they will get to play again!
So Friday Dr P gave me the day off because students didn't have to come to school and he said it would be pointless for me to be there... score. i watched a ridiculous amount of OTH (thanks mom!) while lesson planning all friday morning/early afternoon. Then, that afternoon Emily's teacher Lisa took us to Cambridge... she and her husband live about a stone's throw from the Cambridge Uni campus... So we went home with her, because she offered to take us into london on saturday and stonehenge on sunday! friday night we got to hang out with lisa and her husband, kyle... they took us to an incredible sushi place (thanks for teaching me how to use chop stix dad!) on campus... we just walked there, and i fell in love with the campus all over again! we stayed the night at their apartment, which was amazingly nice and beautiful. Saturday morning emily merideth and i were up and ready to go to london probably 20 minutes before we had told them we wanted to leave... we were a lil anxious to get going! haha and we finally took off for london around 845... took the underground into the main area of london and ate at Hard Rock. Fun Fact: the Hard Rock in London is the original! so we got to see some really cool John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Jimmi Hendrix and really famous artist's paraphernalia. Also, got to enjoy a tasty burger in fries! never tasted so good... Then off we were, on our way to Harrod's! The "original" department store is what i hear. Well, OVERWHELMING! good grief. i've been inside the Macy's in NYC, but Harrod's blows it out of the water. That place is huge, and CRAZY. very nice... but i just didn't enjoy it too much. haha but i'm glad we got to see inside it! But our next stop was the highlight of the weekend... WICKED!!!!! defying gravity, unlimited, for good... ahhhh words don't express. but i'm getting ahead of myself... i have to first point out that i did not have a ticket for Wicked as of an hour before the show started. but kyle and lisa said that i should go up to the ticked off 45 minutes before with my student id and say i wanted to cheapest ticket... so i did. and i scored a ticket for only 25 pounds, which in American dollars is a STEAL! AND i got to sit with emily and merideth!! so it was already off to a great start. emily and merideth both had not seen the show ever, so i loved getting to see their reaction to everything and talk to them after. ohhhh it was soooo good!!! Wicked WITH english accents... man, i saw it on Broadway about 5/6 months ago, and it was incredible, but i don't know, something about english accents, i dare say it was better! but who knows. Wicked is incredible WHERE EVER you see it! I could go on and on, but ill spare you guys the monotony of that... haha basically- LIFE. CHANGING. where did we go after? haha back to Harrod's for a key chain and some chocolate. but believe me, that trip was in and out... and off to meet up with K&L for dinner! we grabbed some sandwiches, hopped on the tube, and headed to our hotel... which was also top notch, because it was new! definitely the nicest place we have stayed yet.
Sunday our adventure consisted of a breakfast provided by our friends at the Holiday Inn Express! and then it was off to Stonehenge... and there isn't much to say about stonehenge... haha in the words of Merideth "really, it's just a bunch of rocks" hahaha i couldn't agree more! i think it's one of those things that you are 'suppose to see' when you go to london, but i'd advise all of the world travelers, if you have other things you want to see... see those, skip stonehenge! i'm glad we got a couple really cool pix, but i don't think you would miss out if you skipped it. after stonehenge, our weekend was coming to an end and K&L began the 2.5 hour drive back to Feltwell... it was sad to go, but really this past weekend has been one of my favorites. probably because it was the most laid back. i didn't have to plan anything and was able to stay at a hotel, drive in a car... luxurious from where we were the past couple of weekends! haha but seriously, so much fun... and K&L are definitely one of my favorite DoDDS couples. I think Kyle may have seriously talked me back into considering teaching for DoDDS... but that is a little ways in the future! too much traveling to think about that now!
Let's see... today, i have worked on my Paris Vid for about 2 hours, haha so get ready for that on FB! I'm adding still shots to it now, so im taking baby steps and moving up in the digi world. Um, today Early discussed with me one of the main causes of sickness/bacteria issues/health concerns or SOMETHING like that (i tend to try and tune him out) is because people do not put the lid down on the toilet when they flush? leading to the spread of germs? hahahaha idk... i just said, "ok, good to know"... i really have come to a loss for what to say to that guy. the other day he indirectly said he wanted me to give him a foot massage?! hahaha ew. that's all. jackie had to leave the room because she couldn't contain her laughter. We all get observed (yes, we are still here to 'teach' or something) next monday!! i'm SO ready to get that over with, because then it is smooth sailing from then on... and i can focus on the important things... ITALY FOR SB!! we have the tix booked for there and back, now we just have to find places to sleep... haha minor details. oh the college life of traveling, gotta love when 21-24 year olds plan their own world adventures just STEPS at a time, but don't worry mom, this time i'll go to Italy with plenty of Euros BEFORE i get off the plane. hahaha learned my lesson, i swear. I'm going to upload some pix from Paris below, because i didn't get a chance to with the other blog... ENJOY!
Arc de Triomphe
So Friday Dr P gave me the day off because students didn't have to come to school and he said it would be pointless for me to be there... score. i watched a ridiculous amount of OTH (thanks mom!) while lesson planning all friday morning/early afternoon. Then, that afternoon Emily's teacher Lisa took us to Cambridge... she and her husband live about a stone's throw from the Cambridge Uni campus... So we went home with her, because she offered to take us into london on saturday and stonehenge on sunday! friday night we got to hang out with lisa and her husband, kyle... they took us to an incredible sushi place (thanks for teaching me how to use chop stix dad!) on campus... we just walked there, and i fell in love with the campus all over again! we stayed the night at their apartment, which was amazingly nice and beautiful. Saturday morning emily merideth and i were up and ready to go to london probably 20 minutes before we had told them we wanted to leave... we were a lil anxious to get going! haha and we finally took off for london around 845... took the underground into the main area of london and ate at Hard Rock. Fun Fact: the Hard Rock in London is the original! so we got to see some really cool John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Jimmi Hendrix and really famous artist's paraphernalia. Also, got to enjoy a tasty burger in fries! never tasted so good... Then off we were, on our way to Harrod's! The "original" department store is what i hear. Well, OVERWHELMING! good grief. i've been inside the Macy's in NYC, but Harrod's blows it out of the water. That place is huge, and CRAZY. very nice... but i just didn't enjoy it too much. haha but i'm glad we got to see inside it! But our next stop was the highlight of the weekend... WICKED!!!!! defying gravity, unlimited, for good... ahhhh words don't express. but i'm getting ahead of myself... i have to first point out that i did not have a ticket for Wicked as of an hour before the show started. but kyle and lisa said that i should go up to the ticked off 45 minutes before with my student id and say i wanted to cheapest ticket... so i did. and i scored a ticket for only 25 pounds, which in American dollars is a STEAL! AND i got to sit with emily and merideth!! so it was already off to a great start. emily and merideth both had not seen the show ever, so i loved getting to see their reaction to everything and talk to them after. ohhhh it was soooo good!!! Wicked WITH english accents... man, i saw it on Broadway about 5/6 months ago, and it was incredible, but i don't know, something about english accents, i dare say it was better! but who knows. Wicked is incredible WHERE EVER you see it! I could go on and on, but ill spare you guys the monotony of that... haha basically- LIFE. CHANGING. where did we go after? haha back to Harrod's for a key chain and some chocolate. but believe me, that trip was in and out... and off to meet up with K&L for dinner! we grabbed some sandwiches, hopped on the tube, and headed to our hotel... which was also top notch, because it was new! definitely the nicest place we have stayed yet.
Sunday our adventure consisted of a breakfast provided by our friends at the Holiday Inn Express! and then it was off to Stonehenge... and there isn't much to say about stonehenge... haha in the words of Merideth "really, it's just a bunch of rocks" hahaha i couldn't agree more! i think it's one of those things that you are 'suppose to see' when you go to london, but i'd advise all of the world travelers, if you have other things you want to see... see those, skip stonehenge! i'm glad we got a couple really cool pix, but i don't think you would miss out if you skipped it. after stonehenge, our weekend was coming to an end and K&L began the 2.5 hour drive back to Feltwell... it was sad to go, but really this past weekend has been one of my favorites. probably because it was the most laid back. i didn't have to plan anything and was able to stay at a hotel, drive in a car... luxurious from where we were the past couple of weekends! haha but seriously, so much fun... and K&L are definitely one of my favorite DoDDS couples. I think Kyle may have seriously talked me back into considering teaching for DoDDS... but that is a little ways in the future! too much traveling to think about that now!
Let's see... today, i have worked on my Paris Vid for about 2 hours, haha so get ready for that on FB! I'm adding still shots to it now, so im taking baby steps and moving up in the digi world. Um, today Early discussed with me one of the main causes of sickness/bacteria issues/health concerns or SOMETHING like that (i tend to try and tune him out) is because people do not put the lid down on the toilet when they flush? leading to the spread of germs? hahahaha idk... i just said, "ok, good to know"... i really have come to a loss for what to say to that guy. the other day he indirectly said he wanted me to give him a foot massage?! hahaha ew. that's all. jackie had to leave the room because she couldn't contain her laughter. We all get observed (yes, we are still here to 'teach' or something) next monday!! i'm SO ready to get that over with, because then it is smooth sailing from then on... and i can focus on the important things... ITALY FOR SB!! we have the tix booked for there and back, now we just have to find places to sleep... haha minor details. oh the college life of traveling, gotta love when 21-24 year olds plan their own world adventures just STEPS at a time, but don't worry mom, this time i'll go to Italy with plenty of Euros BEFORE i get off the plane. hahaha learned my lesson, i swear. I'm going to upload some pix from Paris below, because i didn't get a chance to with the other blog... ENJOY!
Arc de Triomphe
Eiffel Tower
Our attempt at a "jumping picture"
Tower at night!!
It SPARKLES at night!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
"If they are going to steal my stuff... I don't wanna be a witness"
From Belgium to Paris... in 7 days! Well, it's been a pretty packed 3 weekends. Scotland, Belgium AND Paris. But, we made it. We lasted through all of it and definitely want to go back! Let's start from where I left off...
Belgium:
Brugge, to be exact. This was the quaintest little village/town we have been to yet. It was great... except for, the rain. Ugh. it was rainy the whole time. but, that didn't stop us from making the best of it! we enjoyed Belgium Chocolates and waffles... one word: AMAZING. The chocolate was just the beginning, because then we moved on to the WAFFLES! oh, my gosh. I had strawberry and whip cream and it tasted like heaven in my mouth! We saw a really great cathedral (Church of the Lady) in Brugge that houses the Madonna and Child statue created by Michelangelo. it's one of the only places outside of Italy that has any work by him. Seeing that statue was absolutely incredible! And other than that, we just enjoyed the little side streets and shope... Really, we were only there for about 9 hours haha because we left at 2 IN THE MORNING on saturday and drove a couple hours to a ferry... then we drove another hour and a half-ish to Belgium! Short and sweet... literally. and totally worth it!
Now, PARIS:
First off- we rode the Eurostar. Which is the coolest train in Europe! It's one of, if not the, fastest trains in Europe... and another perk- it goes UNDER the chunnel from England to Paris!! It took about 2 and a half hours... and we didn't get into Paris until 1130ish Friday night. So, getting to the hotel that late... was an experience. haha we went to THREE different taxis and TWO different hotels to figure out if they could help us. Well the third taxi finally told us he could find it... so we got in, and man, this guy could give NYC cab drivers a run for their money. haha i think we made it there and record time... Emily was checking for this guy's "credentials" the whole way! But we made it... only to be greeted by a large sign "HOTEL BERTHA" doesn't that just scream hospitality?? another hitch in our evening plans... there were 3 of us, and we booked a TWO person room. so yes, we attempted to 'sneak in' the third. Success. The guy wasn't really paying attention... So we slept short ways on a double bed and made it work! The room itself was one of the more entertaining things i've experienced. Let's see, the shower curtain actually would clog our shower drain if we did not monitor it haha and we barricaded our door with a chair and dresser... just in case. No big deal, haha we were totally fine!
The next morning we were up early and on the move! We braved the Metro Station and took on Paris. Our first stop: Champs-Elysees! Emily was in heaven... she is an avid Tour de France watcher, so she was drooling, and i was in awe. it was gorgeous! especially at 830 in the morning with little traffic and the sun shining! We started walking down the Champs toward the Louvre... We were on a mission to see Mona Lisa. All 8x10 of her. haha it was a tad smaller than we had imagined, but we had kind of been warned! We saw various statues/paintings on our way- my fav was probably the Winged Victory! After the Louvre we traveled to Notre Dame checking out the street vendors/paintings on our way... When we got inside, we got to watch the last 10/15 minutes of Mass! It was so cool to see an actual service... we didn't understand a thing, but Merideth was able to fill in the blanks! After Notre Dame, we went on our search of the Paris Opera House that Phantom of the Opera was filmed at! Well... sadly, we failed. epically. we had NO idea where it was. but we enjoyed seeing a lot of Paris on our adventure... Next stop on our list was the Arch de Triomphe! We made it there with no problem, but when we came up from the Met, we realized the Arch was surrounded by a round-about with CRAZY traffic. haha so, we contemplated running across (like a couple other people...) but immediately decided against it when those couple people were almost road kill! Haha there was lots of honking and yelling, but they made it to the other side. We kept seeing signs for going under the road and coming up under the arch, but every route we took, we ended up just about 20 yards to the left of where we started! hahaha it got rather humorous to say the least, so we decided to carry on our journey... to the Eiffel Tower!
Oh, the Tower... that is when i felt like i was REALLY in Paris. However, i thought the tower was black, so you can imagine my surprise when i showed up and it was in fact a rusty brown... haha and in the words of Gwen "i thought it would be bigger..." but it was incredible, nonetheless! We enjoyed a lovely picnic on the lawn right in front of the Tower. While watching a group of 15 orange "root suits" these are those head to toe spandex suits... there are a couple at the bball/fball games for OSU! they come in all different colors. So anyways, these 15 orange people were making human designs on the lawn and then would randomly jump up and start hugging people in the crowd! They also at one point lined up and took off SPRINTING across the lawn! haha it was soooo random, and awesome. don't worry... i took video. The next sequence of events kind of run together- first, we wanted to take LOTS of pictures, then we were freezing because it dropped about 10/15 degrees, then we were in desperate need for a CREPE! haha all of these events lasted about 3 hours and took place ALL over Paris... we got to walk all around the little streets around the Tower and loved taking in the atmosphere. When we ran into Callie and Sarah we got Crepes under the Tower! This was by far one of the greatest treats i've ever eaten... Banana and Nutella, yum! We ate this on our way to a coffee shop down the street from the Tower until Merideth and Emily went to Mass and me, Callie, and Sarah traveled back to their hotel to meet up with Nikki... We next found ourselves at an incredible place for dinner with Nikki and her parents! I shared a plate with Sarah... mushrooms and chicken. and a LARGE portion, so definitely a good thing we split it! And then the greatest event of the trip (in my opinion)...
The Eiffel Tower at NIGHT! oh wow... we went around 1030 and saw the most beautiful scene ever. We took a lot of pictures and just stared. And as we were walking away... it lit up and started SPARKLING!! I can't believe we almost missed it, i would have been SO sad... but we ran back to get as many pictures as we could =) That was the point we all decided we were NOT ready to go back to Feltwell. Haha but it was the perfect ending to a great day!
We got up in the morning and walked around our little block that our hotel sat on and got yet another Crepe... i dare say, this one was better than the first! We got to take it easy until we headed back to the station for our Eurostar train. Sadly to leave Paris... but singing "Paris holds the key to our heart..."
Belgium:
Brugge, to be exact. This was the quaintest little village/town we have been to yet. It was great... except for, the rain. Ugh. it was rainy the whole time. but, that didn't stop us from making the best of it! we enjoyed Belgium Chocolates and waffles... one word: AMAZING. The chocolate was just the beginning, because then we moved on to the WAFFLES! oh, my gosh. I had strawberry and whip cream and it tasted like heaven in my mouth! We saw a really great cathedral (Church of the Lady) in Brugge that houses the Madonna and Child statue created by Michelangelo. it's one of the only places outside of Italy that has any work by him. Seeing that statue was absolutely incredible! And other than that, we just enjoyed the little side streets and shope... Really, we were only there for about 9 hours haha because we left at 2 IN THE MORNING on saturday and drove a couple hours to a ferry... then we drove another hour and a half-ish to Belgium! Short and sweet... literally. and totally worth it!
Now, PARIS:
First off- we rode the Eurostar. Which is the coolest train in Europe! It's one of, if not the, fastest trains in Europe... and another perk- it goes UNDER the chunnel from England to Paris!! It took about 2 and a half hours... and we didn't get into Paris until 1130ish Friday night. So, getting to the hotel that late... was an experience. haha we went to THREE different taxis and TWO different hotels to figure out if they could help us. Well the third taxi finally told us he could find it... so we got in, and man, this guy could give NYC cab drivers a run for their money. haha i think we made it there and record time... Emily was checking for this guy's "credentials" the whole way! But we made it... only to be greeted by a large sign "HOTEL BERTHA" doesn't that just scream hospitality?? another hitch in our evening plans... there were 3 of us, and we booked a TWO person room. so yes, we attempted to 'sneak in' the third. Success. The guy wasn't really paying attention... So we slept short ways on a double bed and made it work! The room itself was one of the more entertaining things i've experienced. Let's see, the shower curtain actually would clog our shower drain if we did not monitor it haha and we barricaded our door with a chair and dresser... just in case. No big deal, haha we were totally fine!
The next morning we were up early and on the move! We braved the Metro Station and took on Paris. Our first stop: Champs-Elysees! Emily was in heaven... she is an avid Tour de France watcher, so she was drooling, and i was in awe. it was gorgeous! especially at 830 in the morning with little traffic and the sun shining! We started walking down the Champs toward the Louvre... We were on a mission to see Mona Lisa. All 8x10 of her. haha it was a tad smaller than we had imagined, but we had kind of been warned! We saw various statues/paintings on our way- my fav was probably the Winged Victory! After the Louvre we traveled to Notre Dame checking out the street vendors/paintings on our way... When we got inside, we got to watch the last 10/15 minutes of Mass! It was so cool to see an actual service... we didn't understand a thing, but Merideth was able to fill in the blanks! After Notre Dame, we went on our search of the Paris Opera House that Phantom of the Opera was filmed at! Well... sadly, we failed. epically. we had NO idea where it was. but we enjoyed seeing a lot of Paris on our adventure... Next stop on our list was the Arch de Triomphe! We made it there with no problem, but when we came up from the Met, we realized the Arch was surrounded by a round-about with CRAZY traffic. haha so, we contemplated running across (like a couple other people...) but immediately decided against it when those couple people were almost road kill! Haha there was lots of honking and yelling, but they made it to the other side. We kept seeing signs for going under the road and coming up under the arch, but every route we took, we ended up just about 20 yards to the left of where we started! hahaha it got rather humorous to say the least, so we decided to carry on our journey... to the Eiffel Tower!
Oh, the Tower... that is when i felt like i was REALLY in Paris. However, i thought the tower was black, so you can imagine my surprise when i showed up and it was in fact a rusty brown... haha and in the words of Gwen "i thought it would be bigger..." but it was incredible, nonetheless! We enjoyed a lovely picnic on the lawn right in front of the Tower. While watching a group of 15 orange "root suits" these are those head to toe spandex suits... there are a couple at the bball/fball games for OSU! they come in all different colors. So anyways, these 15 orange people were making human designs on the lawn and then would randomly jump up and start hugging people in the crowd! They also at one point lined up and took off SPRINTING across the lawn! haha it was soooo random, and awesome. don't worry... i took video. The next sequence of events kind of run together- first, we wanted to take LOTS of pictures, then we were freezing because it dropped about 10/15 degrees, then we were in desperate need for a CREPE! haha all of these events lasted about 3 hours and took place ALL over Paris... we got to walk all around the little streets around the Tower and loved taking in the atmosphere. When we ran into Callie and Sarah we got Crepes under the Tower! This was by far one of the greatest treats i've ever eaten... Banana and Nutella, yum! We ate this on our way to a coffee shop down the street from the Tower until Merideth and Emily went to Mass and me, Callie, and Sarah traveled back to their hotel to meet up with Nikki... We next found ourselves at an incredible place for dinner with Nikki and her parents! I shared a plate with Sarah... mushrooms and chicken. and a LARGE portion, so definitely a good thing we split it! And then the greatest event of the trip (in my opinion)...
The Eiffel Tower at NIGHT! oh wow... we went around 1030 and saw the most beautiful scene ever. We took a lot of pictures and just stared. And as we were walking away... it lit up and started SPARKLING!! I can't believe we almost missed it, i would have been SO sad... but we ran back to get as many pictures as we could =) That was the point we all decided we were NOT ready to go back to Feltwell. Haha but it was the perfect ending to a great day!
We got up in the morning and walked around our little block that our hotel sat on and got yet another Crepe... i dare say, this one was better than the first! We got to take it easy until we headed back to the station for our Eurostar train. Sadly to leave Paris... but singing "Paris holds the key to our heart..."
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Scottish Wanderings
Hello Blog-sphere... been a long. 10 days. A lot can happen in 10 days! This past weekend we went to Scotland: what. an. adventure. Words cannot describe all of it (so i obviously made a vid, check out my FB) Train delays/terminations, long hikes, random pub friends lighting each other on fire... the usual, right? Oh, it was an adventure of many sorts! I have to say, other than the fire show in the pub obviously, the hike up to Arthur's Seat was one of the coolest things we have done yet! It took a round trip 3 hours up and down. And i don't think we had quite prepared ourselves for the intensity. Within the first 30 seconds i was panting and de-layering... haha and once we went up one side of the mountain, there was ANOTHER... it never seemed to end, but the view was worth it. Definitely a memory to last a life time. Now, for those that have watched the video... those random guys? the ones who look in their mid-30s? yea... those. here's the story:
We are sitting in this pub on Sunday night, minding our own business. There is hardly anyone in there because no one else has Monday off (it's President's Day for teachers... thus our vaca) So we had been sitting there for about 30 minutes when these gentlemen walked up. Two of them were excessively chatty/friendly. We humored them and chatted it up... 30 minutes later, their group of 5/6 were sitting at our table picking at our accents and commenting on life in England. Haha these guys were hysterical. And as my video showed... one of the guys asked "would you like to see me light this fellow on fire?" Obviously i answered with a resounding, YES! After that show... we took a quick exit to another pub. We found another friend there... but he wasn't as eccentric or a pyro. But he was very kind! Our adventure was unique, to say the least.
Now to the teach...
I've been gradually taking over more and more responsibilities. My students are going with the flow very well! They are use to using computers whenever they want, make hot cocoa when they please, and up and leave randomly! It's crazy. But they are transitioning to a more "traditional" style alright. My main issue is my teacher wanting to randomly jump in on my discussion! I don't think he is use to seeing his students so engaged, so he wants to capitalize on it. haha oh well, I'm going with it... But i'm loving teaching! The students are really great and i'm trying out new techniques/activities and they seem to enjoy the change.
This weekend...
BELGIUM! Why you ask? oh, a chocolate factory!! We are touring a chocolate factory... this is a day tour, so we are going to cram it all in, chocolate and all =) I'm sure I will make another 'highlight' reel... So keep your eyes peeled. Blog ya later.
We are sitting in this pub on Sunday night, minding our own business. There is hardly anyone in there because no one else has Monday off (it's President's Day for teachers... thus our vaca) So we had been sitting there for about 30 minutes when these gentlemen walked up. Two of them were excessively chatty/friendly. We humored them and chatted it up... 30 minutes later, their group of 5/6 were sitting at our table picking at our accents and commenting on life in England. Haha these guys were hysterical. And as my video showed... one of the guys asked "would you like to see me light this fellow on fire?" Obviously i answered with a resounding, YES! After that show... we took a quick exit to another pub. We found another friend there... but he wasn't as eccentric or a pyro. But he was very kind! Our adventure was unique, to say the least.
Now to the teach...
I've been gradually taking over more and more responsibilities. My students are going with the flow very well! They are use to using computers whenever they want, make hot cocoa when they please, and up and leave randomly! It's crazy. But they are transitioning to a more "traditional" style alright. My main issue is my teacher wanting to randomly jump in on my discussion! I don't think he is use to seeing his students so engaged, so he wants to capitalize on it. haha oh well, I'm going with it... But i'm loving teaching! The students are really great and i'm trying out new techniques/activities and they seem to enjoy the change.
This weekend...
BELGIUM! Why you ask? oh, a chocolate factory!! We are touring a chocolate factory... this is a day tour, so we are going to cram it all in, chocolate and all =) I'm sure I will make another 'highlight' reel... So keep your eyes peeled. Blog ya later.
Monday, February 14, 2011
S.A.D. aka Singles Awareness Day
Valentine's Day... what a treat. From beginning to end- memorable, to say the least. Let's have a quick recap, because the mental images you are going to have will make you laugh...
So for those that don't know, I have to ride the 'school bus' (over here, that's code for Charter bus... no messin around) to get to the school i teach at. Well, to get on the bus I have to have a bus pass, and then to get on the base I have to have a Base Entry ID. All very official, and all VERY cool. So we arrive at our 'bus spot'... a parking lot... which is approximately 2 football fields away from our dorms. As we are huddled together to hide from the wind, i just happen to look in my wallet for my IDs... standard check. Uh... well, Happy VDay to me, i LEFT THEM in my room. So we have TWO problems: 1. i cannot board the bus or enter the base and 2. the bus is about 3 minutes away. This is where the mental images come in. I'm dressed in my "I hate VDay, but don't want to be emo" outfit... gray slacks, black top, pink sweater. Subtle, but not inviting. Once I realized my predicament, I thrust all of my belongings onto Merideth, grab my dorm key and take off SPRINTING... im not kidding... SPRINTING to our dorm, while yelling "stall as long as you can!" So, here i am, obviously dressed for work, running down the main road of our base like a crazy person. I make it to our dorm in under 90 seconds, fling open the doors grab my IDs and proceed outside again... sprinting... and i look down the street and of course, the bus has arrived. Super. this means all of my 'students' can see me, in all my glory, frantic like a crazy person. i near run into the bus because, among everything else, the bus doors are on the OPPOSITE side. strike two. luckily, i stopped my momentum in time. The bus driver was very gracious and i believe said i had 'good form' hahaha he actually has befriended all of us and is really nice. So he got a kick out of it... So there i am, panting... sweating... taking my jacket and sweater off... wide awake. haha but our adventure didn't end there. On our ridiculously long ride to school, we hit traffic. And this was not some minor stop. nope, we were on that stinking bus for 45 MINUTES! School starts at 805, i didn't arrive until 845. I put that time to good use those and finished a lesson plan/pre test i needed to make. The surprises kept coming, though. The class that was suppose to be in session was the "seminar" hour. It's basically a study hall. So i just bound into class, expecting kids to be chatty and not pay attention. WRONG. It's not seminar... it's the class im suppose to be TEACHING! Talk about having the hits keep coming. So then im just annoyed. Because the schedule said one thing, but that morning they switched it. So my lesson i had got put on the back burner for Thursday. The rest of the day was just in shambles as far as a 'routine' haha there was no chance of recovery. don't get me wrong, it was a great day... just NOT what i had planned. I was presently surprised by an anonymous cookie and flower i received?? i have NO idea. and im not sure i want to find out. haha! but i guess that was a good 'pick me up' So basically, the day's end found Merideth and i, alone in the teacher's lounge, reminiscing about our very similar days while eating all of the chocolate in sight left for VDay... when Merideth looks at me and says "And It's VALENTINE'S Day" we dropped to our knees in gut laughter while pathetic feelings ensued. Goodness i love this Hallmark Holiday! Great for a laugh!
So for those that don't know, I have to ride the 'school bus' (over here, that's code for Charter bus... no messin around) to get to the school i teach at. Well, to get on the bus I have to have a bus pass, and then to get on the base I have to have a Base Entry ID. All very official, and all VERY cool. So we arrive at our 'bus spot'... a parking lot... which is approximately 2 football fields away from our dorms. As we are huddled together to hide from the wind, i just happen to look in my wallet for my IDs... standard check. Uh... well, Happy VDay to me, i LEFT THEM in my room. So we have TWO problems: 1. i cannot board the bus or enter the base and 2. the bus is about 3 minutes away. This is where the mental images come in. I'm dressed in my "I hate VDay, but don't want to be emo" outfit... gray slacks, black top, pink sweater. Subtle, but not inviting. Once I realized my predicament, I thrust all of my belongings onto Merideth, grab my dorm key and take off SPRINTING... im not kidding... SPRINTING to our dorm, while yelling "stall as long as you can!" So, here i am, obviously dressed for work, running down the main road of our base like a crazy person. I make it to our dorm in under 90 seconds, fling open the doors grab my IDs and proceed outside again... sprinting... and i look down the street and of course, the bus has arrived. Super. this means all of my 'students' can see me, in all my glory, frantic like a crazy person. i near run into the bus because, among everything else, the bus doors are on the OPPOSITE side. strike two. luckily, i stopped my momentum in time. The bus driver was very gracious and i believe said i had 'good form' hahaha he actually has befriended all of us and is really nice. So he got a kick out of it... So there i am, panting... sweating... taking my jacket and sweater off... wide awake. haha but our adventure didn't end there. On our ridiculously long ride to school, we hit traffic. And this was not some minor stop. nope, we were on that stinking bus for 45 MINUTES! School starts at 805, i didn't arrive until 845. I put that time to good use those and finished a lesson plan/pre test i needed to make. The surprises kept coming, though. The class that was suppose to be in session was the "seminar" hour. It's basically a study hall. So i just bound into class, expecting kids to be chatty and not pay attention. WRONG. It's not seminar... it's the class im suppose to be TEACHING! Talk about having the hits keep coming. So then im just annoyed. Because the schedule said one thing, but that morning they switched it. So my lesson i had got put on the back burner for Thursday. The rest of the day was just in shambles as far as a 'routine' haha there was no chance of recovery. don't get me wrong, it was a great day... just NOT what i had planned. I was presently surprised by an anonymous cookie and flower i received?? i have NO idea. and im not sure i want to find out. haha! but i guess that was a good 'pick me up' So basically, the day's end found Merideth and i, alone in the teacher's lounge, reminiscing about our very similar days while eating all of the chocolate in sight left for VDay... when Merideth looks at me and says "And It's VALENTINE'S Day" we dropped to our knees in gut laughter while pathetic feelings ensued. Goodness i love this Hallmark Holiday! Great for a laugh!
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