April to Present Day

April was a bit of a transition month for me, as I traded in my 25-30 hr work week tutoring for a 60+ hrs/wk combination of tutoring part time and working the new job full time. Here's a taste of the crazy schedule: M-F we're out the door by 7:10, home by 6:30, and TR I'm home at 8:00.

It's been a handful but I'm enjoying the work and the tighter schedule helps kick me into efficiency mode. The school year ends the middle of June, so I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Definitely looking forward to our 5+ weeks off for the summer. Golf anyone?

Work took me to Washington D.C. from the 18th to the 24th, which meant good U.S. food (Taco Bell especially), cool sights in our nation's capitol, as well as a Nationals baseball game against the Rockies. Colorado stomped the home team 10-4, but the highlight was the hot dog and cheese fries.

Sadly, tragedy hit on the 20th, as Olivia's dear grammie passed away. She was 88 and a very special lady that I'm glad I had the chance to get to know from our too few trips to San Antonio. It was her time, but Olivia had a whirlind tour getting to San Antonio to be with family during it all.

She got back on a Wednesday, and the following Monday she left for her OWN Washington D.C. trip with 80, yes...80 8th grade students for the week. Her days started with a wake up call for the students at 6:45 and ended with bed checks at 10:30...so needless to say she's still recovering from all the action lately!

What else can I say? I've still got a guitar that hasn't seen much use, and I've yet to master my salsa dancing moves, but they're still on my to do list. Maybe even get in some sky diving, some friends of ours had a great experience with it.

Been getting basketball games with some other teachers at the American School Foundation (ASF) gym on Wednesdays, and hoping to keep that going until the end of June. Not to be confused with the rough and tumble streetball games. There are civilized contests with fouls called and no fighting. Actually, a few teachers and I scrimmaged the HS boys varsity team here and took them down by 20+ points. Olivia was shocked we beat them, but the level of competition isn't quite what it is in a typical U.S. team. Still, a victory for the soon to be 30 year old. Baller. Shot caller.

Alright Laura, now you've got to get off my back about updating this blog. I hope everyone enjoys the latest info, looking forward to any comments!