A semi-productive existence

There are a lot of things in life that I enjoy having done, rather than doing.  Work for one, and exercise.  In the past two weeks I've done a lot more avoiding of aforementioned items than actually doing them, but yesterday I finally buckled down, and am very happy I did.  I am now caught up with my lesson reviews (supposed to be a weekly report of how each lesson went etc), and have planned my lessons up to the middle of March...Yay!!! There possibly was a victory dance involved.  I have also started taking walks on the farm- rain or shine they are surprisingly enjoyable :)

I also got caught up with organizing my photos.  If you haven't yet seen the rest of my trip photos (I even captioned them on Facebook) these are a few from Alaska:

Lara's birthday dinner- A scrumptious prime rib roast

Special meetings are over now, and I had the privilege of getting to three- Lebanon, West Albany, and Medford.  I am especially appreciative of the Nelsons and the Garretts who gave me rides and house-room so that I could get to more special meetings, and to a workers lunch :).  It's been a very special two weeks.

Right before winter break, I finally got a library card, and it came while I was gone.  I checked out a bunch of books online the very first day, and then promptly lost my card.  I was so disappointed that I even cleaned my room twice in an effort to find it.  Imagine my excitement when I moved my bed on Monday, and realized it had merely fallen behind the dresser- I even had the day off! I was about to go rushing off to the library when I remembered... I had the day off because it was MLK day, MLK day is a national holiday, ergo, the library wasn't open... sigh.  I have to admit I moped for awhile, but then remembered that I had something fun to do after all.  While I was in Medford last weekend, Shelley and I went shopping and I found the awesomest 3-D puzzle of the Tower Bridge in London.  So I spend an enjoyable day putting it together, and finishing a book I bought the weekend before in Corvallis.

The finished product

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And as reward for my productivity this week, I've promised myself a trip to the library on Friday! Yippee!!! :D

Havaii

No, that's not a spelling error, that's the traditional pronunciation of "Hawaii." Due to a pronounced lack of letters in the original alphabet taught to Hawaiians, however, it is spelled with a w not a v.  You learn something new every day- including that if you want to teach 7-12 year-olds to hula, it's best to start with the hand motions, and forget about the feet.  Today was my first day back-to-work after an amazing two week vacation, and I discovered something.  Teachers don't want to come back anymore than the students do! Seriously, waking up at 6 this morning was brutal.  I still love my job, it'll just take me a little while to get my act together again :)
  Speaking of vacation, Hawaii was AMAZING.  I could happily move there, just give me a reason :).  It was warm, and sunny, and I even got used to the humidity.  It was also beautiful, and relaxing, and beautiful, and sunny, and warm, and... sigh, I miss it dreadfully already.  To keep this from becoming a blow-by-blow account of my incredible trip, I shall instead post a plethora of pictures