Rowdy

I had several things to do today:
1. Go to school and teach rowdy seniors and distracted juniors: check
2. Get frustrated with kids who won't just behave: check
3. See several old students from student teaching days: check!

4. Come home and have lunch with Amos: check! :D

5. Finish with the last period of rowdy seniors: check

6. Cancel my bank account: check
7. Meet a teller who knows several of my friends and goes to a local church: check

Next up:
8. Go to Lens Crafters to get some contacts that I can actually SEE out of

9. Go to the grocery store for something (hopefully I'll remember it before I get there...)

10. Call in to Ross or Audra to listen when they find out what they will be having next February (I'm guessing a boy)

11. Wait for Amos to come home from work

Stream of consciousness

[Disclaimer: I've never studied the art of writing in the stream of consciousness style, so you can just think of this as rambling if you know what stream of consciousness is really supposed to be like. ;) ]


I have four more days of CELDT testing...so glad!  I talked to one of the other testers today at lunch, and it turns out he's been a lot of the same places I've been.  He started out in Malawi, traveled up through Africa into Egypt, Jordan, and Israel before hitting up Italy and Germany.  Crazy.  $10,000.00, eleven months, and some teaching in order to get a ticket back home.  hmmmmm...How can Amos and I get $25,000.00, just to be safe?  Haha, that's more money than I've EVER made in a year.  Below the poverty line?  Yes.  Do I need to be above the poverty line?  It would be nice, especially for paying off our loans, but no, it's not absolutely necessary.
I told the tester, Sergio, that I wanted to live overseas.  He asked if my husband did, too.  I said yes, I wouldn't have married him otherwise.  You should have the same goals if you are going to get married, at least that's what I think.  He had no comment.  Weird.  Makes sense to me.  You need more than just "chemistry."
I have some ideas for teaching, but I have no students. :P  I think I might start asking kids when I sub what they like in a substitute.  I'm not talking about watching movies in class or letting kids do whatever they want.  I know that I don't have classroom management down.  Maybe the kids themselves can give me some pointers. ;)
Katie, Amos' sister and my sister-in-law, had a baby!  His name is Oliver Ryder and he is so cute.  I'm glad he finally arrived. :)  I don't know when we'll be able to visit, but maybe Katie and Seth will put up more pictures. ;)
I guess that's all for now.  I might take out my new contacts and read a book.  Amos will be home in an hour! :D

Brunch

Amos and I went to brunch on Tuesday because Amos said we'd been married two months already and he is really happy. :D  Awwwwww!!!

We went to Egg Plantation, a place just around the corner.  The menu lists at least 100 different kinds of omelets in addition to other breakfast and lunch choices (though I think I've always picked an omelet).  Amos agreed to sit outside  where we watched a server nearly fall off the steps into a potted palm tree (it was a small tree but a big pot!).  I later tripped on the same pot, but that is beside the point. ;)  Amos had orange juice and I had a mocha, which was awesome.  I don't think I'll get one at Starbucks again after that one.  Amos and I both ordered hash browns and a biscuit as sides for our omelets, without talking to each other. ;)

I just love Amos.  He listens to me when I'm tired, is calm when I get upset, laughs at the silly things I do on purpose and on accident, and gives me lots of hugs.  I like talking to him.  We talk about silly things and serious things, like church, financial decisions, dreams, plans, decisions, opinions, how to impact others, etc.

In other news, Amos and I started dating three years ago yesterday.

Lacking in the photo department...

Heather mentioned that she wanted to see our house...well, this is our house before we got it all put together.  I'm hoping to take new pictures of the little place when our prints show up and we can put them on the wall.

This is what we saw when we came back from our wedding reception and then our honeymoon.

Presents everywhere!  From the doorway, looking straight ahead...

More presents!  Taken from the doorway, looking to the right...

From the hallway, looking at the front door...

Having salad, tri-tip, and cheese bread on our first night at home!

Being silly while opening presents...

Aaaaaaaaaahhh!  Don't look! ;)  :)

Intentions

So, I really thought I would have more posts in August...and now August is gone...oooops...
Ummmm, what have I been up to...

1. I worked five days last week. :)  I'm a CELDT proctor again.  This means I administer tests to junior high and high school kids in the local district.  It's not very exciting even at first, and after a week or two it's downright boring.  HOWEVER, I am getting paid and I am very thankful for that. :)
Last week I was at one of my favorite schools.  I had to test nine kids over the course of two days.  I basically read for three hours each day, tested kids for the other three hours, and got paid for all of it.  Not too bad. :)

2. I finally finished The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday by Neil MacFarquhar.  The narrative picked up after I went back to it, so it didn't take too long to read.  Now I'm reading Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome.  It is supposed to be really funny...we shall see.

3. Amos and I have friends in China, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Jordan, and New Zealand, and soon to be Turkey, Czech Republic, and England.  This is getting crazy.  I want to go.

4. We finally got around to picking out wedding pictures to put on our walls.  I will take pictures of our little house one of these days and will put them up on-line.  I think it looks very nice. :)

5. Yesterday I made Korean barbecue.  It was really good. :)  I also made little personal pizzas using some very flat and dry pita bread ($0.65 for six pieces!) from a local grocery store.  They came out very well and don't take too long to make.  Another creation was a white cake with coconut frosting.  A few weeks ago I made coconut rice, butter chicken, and saag aloo (potatoes in a spinach sauce).  It's been fun. :)

Sometime I will have to write about the spiders and the tiny red ants...but not today!  Happy Labor Day! :)