3rd Quarter Midterm

So it's officially long weekend and I just finished eating fried tofu and some fried gluten!! So delicious! I really like cooking and baking..pretty sure it's my favorite pastime. (BUT NOT doing the dishes)

Anyway, I finished updating grades last night and taking care of school things and it's nice to be off. NOW, don't get me wrong..me being "off" doesn't mean too much. I still had a meeting with a parent about her son's grades and missing work. I'm going to be supervising this weekend through the form of being a dean. I get to do all that fun stuff like turning off the power, unlocking doors, and getting girls ready for church. And, since I'm the only one left from Spiritual Committee I get to run the videos for church/verspers--set up board games Saturday afternoon and who knows what else. BUT, it will be nice to get a little extra sleep and not have to teach classes.

I'm here taking on these responsibilities because I decided not to go on the famous school trip to Mt. Kenya. I decided this for a couple reasons, but there is a part of me that wishes I would have forced myself to go anyway. I decided I wouldn't go so that I could save time on Thursday afternoons when we would have the meetings and Sundays during the prep hikes. (I was able to sleep in and get LP's taken care of) I also decided that I would save money. Not only would I get some money back from the Mara trip, but I wouldn't have to spend money buying all the necessary items for my trip. It started to boil down to the fact that not going outweighed going. While I stay back on campus, I also told Hadassah I would help her with Zivah and Zahra since Richard will be gone. Those girls are just so adorable and I really miss being with little kids. (Like Logan and Connor!!!!)

In other news, I've been trying to take care of some things for Southern, like who I will room/house with..where I will work, ect.  We'll see what turns out of it!!

Anyway, I'm hoping to get more sleep..and I think I should start that tonight.

Sunday afternoons

Sunday is my only day to sleep in and sometimes I'm so tired from the week that I don't wake up till noon!!! It's so nice to get this sleep but then I feel like I loose time that I could be using to get work done. I actually did pretty good this week about getting lesson plans turned in and updating all my grades by Friday..but I never feel like I'm done. Since the last week of break I haven't been able to feel like there isn't sometime hanging over my head that I need to do. I feel really busy here all the time.
Lately I've been having to create notes for each lesson in Social Studies, and while this should help the students improve their grade..I'm not sure it does. Sometimes it can take me up to 1 1/2 hours to create these and I don't even feel like they appreciate it. Besides, who wants to learn about "Reform in Industrial America" when you live in Kenya?! Thankfully there are only 2 more lessons after tomorrow..but that only means that I have to find some new material from online to buy and make a part of the curriculum!

I've got some new things to try this week and lessons should go smoothly. I go back and forth between feeling great about my lessons and then just okay about them sometimes. Can't wait for Friday and for that feeling of knowing the week is over! Time sure does fly here. Can't even think about going home yet....what a weird feeling it will be!

I'm excited about getting this week and next week over with and going on a camping trip to see "wild dogs" the weekend that we are off. I've even calculated and there should be a "new moon" meaning that it will be a great opportunity to see some stars! I just love seeing the stars in the night sky because it is so beautiful and brings me to far off places. Although I thought seeing the stars here would remind me of home...I think that because I've gotten into constellations and star gazing here that when I'm home seeing stars will remind me of being in Africa.

Learning that new song on the piano is going well. I'm doing more but I still need a lot more practice. I always enjoyed playing the piano and I forgot what a good feeling it is once you learn sometime new! Can't wait to have the song down, but until then I need to keep practicing!

Back to school

So, it's the second week back to school!! I can't believe it!! Nothing too eventful happened last week except I was off last weekend and it was nice to get a break and relax around campus!!! This week is already flying by as it is Wednesday night! Yesterday on our town day the SM's went to this Ostrich Farm and got to ride an Ostrich for 500 shillings!! (A little more than a dollar) Anyway, it was really nerve racking and really fun!! Before we left we had a goodbye meal for Frank and his wife and it was so nice to spend time with them. (He started sitting with us in the cafe and his wife and him work at the ECD)

Oh, i started learning how to play this beautiful song on the piano!! I just love it!! Here's the link to it...I'm probably about a minute into the song.. but enjoy http://youtu.be/GTkzyyv0DuA.


Today I taught PE and had the students do some races to practice their running..but I feel pretty tired out myself only doing 2 small races! Gotta get busy with school stuff...it feels like that's all I ever do these days!! :(

So, the documentary part 2 came out..it's really cool! I'll have to add links later!
I've been enjoying my hammock more lately and it's nice to relax in it!! :)

Gotta get busy..only 1 1/2 more days of teaching left till the weekend!