Checking in

Ben finished his 2nd and 3rd class of med school about a week ago. He is now working on anatomy. He is studying harder than he has had to so far in med school and he is learning a lot. He has come home smelling like the gross anatomy lab a couple of times which is pretty nasty. Also, they have taped people being dissected and Ben has left the videos up on the computer for me to see. I definitely don't appreciate that!

Work is going very well for me. I am enjoying BOTH my jobs a ton. I've been given many opportunities to teach and am enjoying not having the lesson planning and grading part that go along with it. Being in other teachers' classrooms makes me really wish I had my own but being with the kids is the part I love most about teaching so it's okay for now.

Life is Changing and We Like it.

We are feeling EXTREMELY blessed these days. On Monday I started a job as an instructional assistant at Fair Oaks Elementary. I get to work with kindergarten, 2nd, and 3rd grade students. I am loving it so far. This next Monday, I am starting another job as a a tutor for Sylvan Learning Center. I will head there after I work Monday through Thursday. I will be tutoring in 2 different elementary schools so between both jobs I will working at 3 different schools. I am hoping this is just what I need to get a teaching job next school year.

Highlights from the last 2 weeks...

• Chesterfield Berry Farm. It was decent but I went expecting it to be like Hunsader's Farm. I grew up going there every October with my family. It wasn't as fun and now I am missing Hunsader's big time. Some things we did there were shooting corn at a target. I was the closest. :) We looked at all the animals, looked at their small selection of Fall crafts, and ate some yummy BBQ food.
• We went to a Folk Festival that I was also a little disappointed in. Everyone had a beer, cigarette, or both in their hand. We decided those might have made it more fun for us...NOT!
• I finished another book. It was called Change of Heart and written by Jodi Picoult. It was about a man sentenced to death for killing a woman's husband and child. He wants to give his heart to the woman's other daughter because she needs a new one. The story has a cool twist to it that you can figure out on your own before the author tells you it but I really enjoyed it anyway.
• We got to watch Benson all day today! His parent's (Paige and Kurt) went to Busch Gardens to celebrate Paige's Birthday so we convinced them to let us have him. He's such an awesomely GOOD baby and we enjoyed it. We went to the store and two old ladies behind us were whispering that he looked like his mom for sure. I didn't have the heart to turn around and say, "Actually he isn't ours!" HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAIGE!
• I've been cooking/baking some more and am really starting to enjoy it. Some things I tried for the first time were chicken noodle soup, chicken enchiladas, and banana chocolate chip muffins. I'm going to be a pro before you know it!

We really like him :)