I've not blogged in forever! Thanks to those of you who reminded me, I will try to be a bit more constant with it.
These past few months I've been teaching at two schools and it has kept me quite busy! I am loving my job (yay!), but teaching one less class next semester as maybe I bit off too much in teaching 6 college classes my first semester! So next term I plan on teaching only 5. I'm a bit sad semester is coming to an end, as I had many wonderful students that I will miss. But hopefully I will get a new batch of great students come January!
This week is finals at my second school and then it's a long break! Hmmm, maybe I should look for temp work while school is out.... :)
Even though I have a month off, there are no big travel plans. I think Dad and I will go to Des Moines to see family, but that's about it. And as for the future, I promise I have not made plans to leave the country again! Although wouldn't it be useful to learn Mandarin...... :)
So for those of you used to crazy adventures and fun pictures from other parts of the world, this blog may be slightly less exciting for awhile. But never fear, I have included some pictures of my regular U.S. life as of recent! The pics are not in order, but here you go!
Ashli and I making a gingerbread house. The roof kept falling off and I would seriously advise against eating the hard as a rock candy, but we were satisfied with the final product. Although, I'm not sure any house will ever come close to Emma's and mine with the Soviet Santa back in Hamburg (there are pics of it on my blog as well).
Around Halloween Ellen and I tried our hands at various sizes of pumpkins. On a side note, I randomly met Ellen in an airport in Barcelona as we were both working in the south of Spain, and since we've been back we do weekly Spanish practice. Me encanta!
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For Dad's birthday his sister surprised him by publishing a book he had written years ago. What a wonderful gift! If you want to look at it, you can find it on Amazon and Zulu. The title is hard to see here, but it's called Stolen Identity.
Ashli, Hannah and I attended Whitney's masquerade ballroom dance in a private airplane hangar. It was great fun! People all dressed up and in masks dancing around airplanes to a live band. Lovely!
Ashli also had a Halloween party at her place. She throws great parties!
Well that's life in Kansas for now. At the moment it's freezing cold, a little snowy and I've got grades and finals on the brain. I've been ballroom dancing again (love it!) and am ready for the holidays! I love all the lights and decorations, and Dad and I have even put up a few ourselves.
I hope everyone is doing well and happy holidays!
