Whew… the past few weeks have been a bit crazy. I’m a student again, and that, uh, well, takes some adjusting to. This is good for me to remember what it’s like for when I’m back to being a teacher in the future. My classes this summer have been about teaching methods, classroom management, professional issues, etc. They’ve been more interesting than I thought they’d be, and that’s a good thing (I was expecting extreme boredom). I’m still just not used to coming home and having this much homework though (and it’s so gorgeous in Seattle in the summer, it’s terribly difficult to be inside doing papers…).
I’ve also had a wonderful string of visitors the last few weeks, and there’s been bridging of all sorts of my various “worlds”. So far I’ve seen Pete, Heidi and Zannah from my Indonesian world, Laura from my ESI world, Jennifer from my early-childhood world, Marta from my Mexican world, almost all my Ellingson family (not my sister yet though!), and lots of people from my Friday Harbor world. Now, I’m still missing some pivotal Trinity Western people (soon to be remedied) and MESP (Brook-I know I need to call you!) and Japan. So, with all this said… I’m getting good practice at hosting people, so come on over-I’d love to see you. And it has been too long… trust me.
Thanks to my new set of wheels, and said guests… I’ve been learning more about my lovely new home city-Seattle. Did you know that when Seattle was first built, it was on a tide flat and the toilets would explode if you tried flushing them at the wrong tide? I bet you didn’t…. Happily, this is no longer an issue.
Well, even though I’ve been horrible at returning emails… please don’t give up on me! I love hearing from you.
talk to you later…
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