Flying Out!

Well, an hour before we leave the apt... We are packed, things are ready to go. My classroom is all shut down. The lights are timed, presents have been swapped here. I'm ready to go to Seattle.

Barb and I were talking: "break" isn't as sweet without the sheer exhaustion of finals leading into it. I mean, it is still MORE than welcome, but really, there's NO comparison. I kind of feel like, "Oh, ok. We get a few days off."

Here's to hoping that I get home safe and on time. If EVERYTHING goes well, I'll be home at midnight PST. So, East-coasters: think of me as you role over in your beds at 3am. I'll be landing. (Hopefully).

Merry Christmas! (or, as my students told me on the way out the door: Meri Kurisumasu and Geseende Kursfees! - Which they learned from me for our Christmas Program!)

Concert and Snow!!!

It SNOWED. We made snow angels, a snowman, had a snowball fight, and then went for a walk in the snow. The NC-ites were looking at us like we were crazy, and we were trying to figure out why people weren't out doing the exact same thing as we were!!!!

I guess they don't get to enjoy the snow as much?

The concert went well. The decorations were awesome. The classes really did a great job. And we hung paper chains between the hoops. Then we hung stuff off the paper chains. It looked great! :)

The only thing was the audience. They needed to hush up! Next time we'll be going over concert etiquette with the audience, it'll be printed in the program, and it will be up on the powerpoint. None of that will happen again!

Well... Time to clean up and prep for our guests!

TOmorrow

Tomorrow is my concert. OUR concert, really.

We've been working hard. Its crazy that its here already. I can't believe it.

Pray for us. :)

Missing Snow

I miss the snow. And the cold.

Today it was all frozen over, and I thought to myself: look, Fall.

This afternoon during car duty, I was out there in my sweater, it seemed like it had warmed up quite a bit. The natives were bundled in puffy coats, scarves and gloves. They made fun of me. What can I say? I'm not from around here.

Updates? We went to a Christmas Sweater party last Sat. It was great. This weekend we have our TFA holiday party, this Friday I have my work's Christmas Dinner. Last Friday was Oxford's Christmas parade. I was with the Marching band. I saw a TON of my kids. They ALL said hi. It was great.

I have misplaced my camera. I hope it is at school. I also need a video camera. Maybe I'll borrow from some parent? Hm...

STILL haven't turned the heat on. I feel like we can't justify keeping the apt warm when we are never home. And when we are, we are asleep. OH! Bought AWESOME (aka plaid) flannel sheets. I didn't want to get outta bed this morning. It was SO WARM. House was 66 when I came home from work, now its 69. We just hang out under blankets all the time. You know, wearing sweatshirts over sweaters.