Happy Birthday Blake!

Happy Birthday buddy! I can't believe that you are 7 years old already! STOP GROWING! I love you soooo much, and I am sorry that I am missing your birthday this year. I know that you will have a lot of fun skating with your friends. Just know that I love you and I wish that I could give you a big hug and go for a ride with you on your razor! Thanks for praying for me and sending me the great drawings. I love them. Keep playing the drums so that we can play together when I come home. Have a great day!

Awkward moment

I realize that I have been quite the slacker in updating my blog as of late. This is actually good news! It means that I have a life! :) It seems that when life gets too busy to accurately update the blog then I just shut down and decide that if people can't be accurately updated, then I will not update at all. I realize that this is not the correct attitude to have, but it is reality. HOWEVER, something quite funny happened today and so I thought that the blog was the perfect place to describe the situation in all its glory!

Once upon a time (today), in a land far far away (Jordan), there was a girl (me) who was calling on every dendrite and synapse within her brain to correctly conjugate her newly acquired verbs. In the midst of saying, "he left his big, green, new ball at home on the table" the arabic tutor stopped all aforementioned dendrite expansion when she said, "women in Jordan should shave their arms." All of this was said while pointing at said students hairy arms! The student sat quietly to take in every ounce of awkwardness in the small classroom and vowed to write a blog as soon as possible.

Good times! :)

I'm a Teacher

Just a quick note before I go to bed....

Tonight was my first night teaching English. I can not even explain to you how much fun I had! I used to think it was math that made me this excited, but now it is confirmed that I really just like being the center of attention.... I mean, I like teaching! There is something about being able to come up with fun examples on the spot to help students understand a concept that lights me up inside.

After class tonight I hung around for a while and ended up talking to three ladies. We chatted about life and cooking (don't laugh at me!). The were fighting over who was the better cook and who I should learn from. They are now determined to help me be successful in cooking Jordanian food. I've never been excited about cooking before, but this sounds fun.

Anyway, I am pretty sure that I am currently on Cloud 9 and I thought that I would let you in on it.

I Love High School Students!

Thursday was a great day! I met with a high school student to help her with English. We got into contact with each other through a mutual friend, so we had never actually met each other until yesterday. We hit it off straight away. I knew it was the beginning of a beautiful relationship when she told me that math was her favorite subject! :) The great thing is that she just wants me to talk with her. No need for lesson plans, just conversation. What could be better than that? I am very excited to get to know her, as well as her family better. I left after the first session with an arm full of home made Iraqi goodies!