Texas

I cut my own hair in the bathroom this morning. My bangs are just getting so long and I couldn't take it. I had my Canadian roommate hold a trash bag in front of me while I did it. Luckily, no one was hurt and I can see now. :-)

It hit me this week that I am ACTUALLY teaching. I have gone from being a hairstylist for 8ish years to teaching a 10 yr old boy Science, History, Health and Vocabulary. I wouldn't say this of myself but I am sure all my friends would say that I am doing an amazing job. (right Dad) Luckily vocabulary is one of my favorite things in the world. The older girl, Jessica, is doing 9th grade and her words are crazy. I mean really, who uses the word ethereal, REALLY? What's really sad is that the book couldn't even make up their own sentence, they had to use a quote from Shakespeare. That's when you know it's a hard word. We pulled through it but I don't know if she will ever in her life use that word.

We went ice skating last night. It was super fantastic fun! Joseph told me he was skating fast be/c you know why.......... to burn off some of the fat. See!!! See!!!! He is learning. We covered calories and metabolism in health. (hahahaha) There was a group of teenage boys that heard us speaking English and then decided to harrass us through out the night. We would skate and link hands (all 5 of us) and a couple of the boys would get in front of us and go slow. Finally I just skated right into him. hahahaha Of course, it looked like an accident be/c I almost fell but he got the point. He didn't get in front of us again. :-) I KNOW I KNOW! I am the adult and I should rise above but ya know.................

It's starting to get cold here. It's probably the same temperature as our Christmas time. I only know this be/c there are very few times a year when we see our breath. Ilya asked me if it was cold outside one morning and I said "well, you can see your breath." He laughed and asked if that's how Texans know it's cold. WEll, duh! :-)

Public transportation is fun! I don't get annoyed with it yet at all be/c we drive so much at home. I do love the people watching on there and of course, we get looks when we speak English.

Well, it's time for me to go to church. Bye Y'ALL! Jessica loves saying that now. Y'ALL. :-)