oh no - has it been over a week that I haven't blogged? (my apologies Dr. Wu)
Wow - much has happened... um.... but I don't know where to begin...
JA and I were planning a trip to Montreal for our 1st anniversary - but it is has been postponed - we took our car intot he shop to get it checked out before we take our road trip to Boston - and we need new tires and new front brakes. They also told us we should get new rear brakes this summer... argh! So financially - that means like $500 worth or repairs... =( no ore Montreal for us - soe I guess we'll be planning a day trip sometime int he first two weeks of July. Too bad - we're poor... speaking of poor...
Last Sunday - we were so poor that we couldn't join out friends for dinner -we decided to go home and eat some ramen... but to our surprise - our dear friends - cha, jaime and soy - bought us dinner and brought it to our home.... but we weren't there! Ha! We were at my parent's house getting the ramen to eat for dinner. =) We happily ate and realized the many blessings we have... this was just so cool...
what else... well - this past week - I went into my new school to fill out some paperwork - it amazes me how much I don't understand about paperwork - taxes, insurance, retirement plans - I'm just slow.... and that's ok - it's just that I have to read and reread and talk to it about people before any of the information gets stuck in my brain.... I have no idea - all I know is I have a nice chunk of
money for my retirement - but I have to wait another 35 or so years to see it... sometimes I wonder if it's all worth it - but then I look at my parents and think - wouldn't it be nice if they had more money to play around with?
speaking of parents... I went to my new school for an orientation for incoming 5th grade parents.... wow! was that an interesting sight! They are pushy - they ask A LOT of questions - they take copious notes and they are articulate.... i guess - the days of - "Whatsamattawitmachild?" are going to be a faint memory.... the staff seems really nice and helpful - and surprisingly - they all seems to really LOVE their jobs.... sadly - most people in the city are like - I teach because.... where as at my new school - people seems to be really positive...I hope they weren't putting on a show for me... b/c that would be sad...
so I'm supposed to go to some training over the summer - and I won't get paid - they quickly added - but who cares? I really can't stand when people say that so quickly - "you won't get paid" implies that that's all I care about - I know I know there are teachers that care ALL about getting paid...but I'm just not like that...
well - the day has just begun... there's much to be done- I'm off to run errand, get my tires changed, bake cookies and sing praise... ttyl
jkoahn
Wow - much has happened... um.... but I don't know where to begin...
JA and I were planning a trip to Montreal for our 1st anniversary - but it is has been postponed - we took our car intot he shop to get it checked out before we take our road trip to Boston - and we need new tires and new front brakes. They also told us we should get new rear brakes this summer... argh! So financially - that means like $500 worth or repairs... =( no ore Montreal for us - soe I guess we'll be planning a day trip sometime int he first two weeks of July. Too bad - we're poor... speaking of poor...
Last Sunday - we were so poor that we couldn't join out friends for dinner -we decided to go home and eat some ramen... but to our surprise - our dear friends - cha, jaime and soy - bought us dinner and brought it to our home.... but we weren't there! Ha! We were at my parent's house getting the ramen to eat for dinner. =) We happily ate and realized the many blessings we have... this was just so cool...
what else... well - this past week - I went into my new school to fill out some paperwork - it amazes me how much I don't understand about paperwork - taxes, insurance, retirement plans - I'm just slow.... and that's ok - it's just that I have to read and reread and talk to it about people before any of the information gets stuck in my brain.... I have no idea - all I know is I have a nice chunk of
money for my retirement - but I have to wait another 35 or so years to see it... sometimes I wonder if it's all worth it - but then I look at my parents and think - wouldn't it be nice if they had more money to play around with?
speaking of parents... I went to my new school for an orientation for incoming 5th grade parents.... wow! was that an interesting sight! They are pushy - they ask A LOT of questions - they take copious notes and they are articulate.... i guess - the days of - "Whatsamattawitmachild?" are going to be a faint memory.... the staff seems really nice and helpful - and surprisingly - they all seems to really LOVE their jobs.... sadly - most people in the city are like - I teach because.... where as at my new school - people seems to be really positive...I hope they weren't putting on a show for me... b/c that would be sad...
so I'm supposed to go to some training over the summer - and I won't get paid - they quickly added - but who cares? I really can't stand when people say that so quickly - "you won't get paid" implies that that's all I care about - I know I know there are teachers that care ALL about getting paid...but I'm just not like that...
well - the day has just begun... there's much to be done- I'm off to run errand, get my tires changed, bake cookies and sing praise... ttyl
jkoahn
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