My schedule has recently become less labor intensive. Our organization does an excellent job at keeping our teaching hours at a reasonable number, not so much that we go crazy and not have time for students, and not so little that we go crazy and not look like teachers. In order to help our school, I agreed to tweak our schedule so that I could complete an entire semester of teaching in nine weeks. You see, the seniors begin internships in week 10 or 11 but they still need credit for a complete semester of class. So we doubled my load for 9 weeks. I’m grading their final exams now.
In about week 5 I decided to start a list of things that I wanted to do when I had completed teaching the seniors. Some of the things on the list are sleeping past 6, watching a couple episodes of Alias (okay fine, the entire series), listening to music, reading something other than resources for lesson planning, hanging out with teammates big and small, and cooking (there is a whole other list for that).
Life will indeed be different now. Good different or bad different depending on who you talk to and when. No longer will I have an excuse for why I don’t pick up my dirty clothes and immediately put them in the hamper. Good for K. Bad for me. I was K’s alarm clock and now that I’m sleeping, her routines are out of whack. Good for me. Bad for K. I’ll be cooking again. Good for both of us.
Excellent! More time to explore and take (and post) more random pictures of China. Good for us! ...I want to see more cats on leashes!! : )
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P.S. Dave says you tried a new coffee drink, and it was no good. How can this be?
Hmm... sounds like you guys are still having a good time there.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you knew it, but I've been living in St. Paul, MN... just working in a restaurant and learning about life in the inner city. I've decided to move though, to Portland, OR for school at Portland Bible College. I'll be starting next August and hopefully moving out there in the next few months to settle and find work. :)
Glad to hear that you guys are doing well! I was sad to realize that I wouldn't be able to make it for the wedding this summer. Any praer requests?
MAybe you should write a cookbook...Love you guys. If you can get to it, I have a facebook account with photos of the kids. I will try to get the address to you
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