1. Eating hummus out of the container
2. Putting my feet up on the coffee table, which we didn't have before
3. Staying up way too late for the 5:30am alarm
4. Buying Diet Coke instead of water
5. Waiting until the end of the week to submit my grades
I feel like I'm becoming more like Chris everyday.
This skit from the Muppet Show has recently been resurrected in a commercial; I don't exactly recall how it's used or what the product is, but all day today I felt like the little guy with orange hair and kept thinking of the tune. Thanks, Kenny, for singing this over and over and over again.
Here's a video showing our hunt for desert creatures, which one of my friends posted recently. I can't actually tell who took it based on the video, but you can hear me in it and can see the mouse crawling on Chris' foot! Come to think of it, I might have actually taken this video...
Note: No mice were hurt in the filming of this project.
We are finished with our first week of school with students, and boy, it was a doozy. Having a bit more experience than some of the other teachers (I know, right?), I think it went a bit more smoothly for me than some; however, I've learned that I need to get on my organization game. These Kuwaiti kids do not like to be idle, which is the prime reason for misbehavior with most students anyway. Starting next week, you can bet I'll be over-planning for each of my classes and taking care to include a variety of activities.
At the end of Week 1 of teaching and Week 8 of living in Kuwait, I would say I love it! Even though the first week of school was completely nuts-o (as most first weeks are with assemblies, establishing routines, etc.), I feel reassured that this is where we are supposed to be for the time being. We have met a lot of wonderful people and have begun to build relationships which I hope will prove long lasting. All we need now is a bread maker, and we'll be set.
I finally have some pictures up and ready! If you go to http://picasaweb.google.com/thecsfreemans , you can see the first two albums, as well as some older photos from the summer. Be sure to bookmark it.
