I made
cookies for the first time here last weekend, I was very proud of myself
because the oven has 5 temperatures: 1,2,3,4, or 5! I don’t know how that
correlates to 350, but somehow the cookies came out and tasted yummy! I just had to share my accomplishment with
you all! : )
Today I was
able to eat a carrot stick, which I also think is a great accomplishment..
after I finished it I noticed I didn’t even remember that my esophagus was
there. It’s funny how much I can take
for granted each day… I guess funny isn’t the right word.. more like sad. Somebody was talking about how God can use
seemingly insignificant events to grow us spiritually… I think it was staff
devotions! Okay so anyway, this whole
thing with my esophagus has reminded me that I need to be thankful EVERY day for
my health and all the other things I take for granted, because anything could
be taken away in an instant! Another
example is the electricity and water.. the water has been out just about every
night this week.. something about the tank on the bottom being smaller than the
tank on the top? I don’t really
understand WHY, I just know that it would be nice to be able to take a shower
when I want to! I hear that the electric
cuts are much better this year, and I believe it! It really hasn’t gone out as much as I
expected it to, and I have come to the conclusion that I would much rather be
without electricity than running water.
Flashlights work wonders. So, I’m
working on being thankful for the small things and not taking anything for granted. I know it’s a pretty elementary principle,
buuuuuuut I guess that’s why I am an elementary teacher.. I don’t know enough
to go any higher! : )
I was also
reminded this week of what a huge blessing my little class of 10 kids are. I had to go to the “Stranger Police” (I think
it is so funny that it is called that) to do some work on my recipisee..
basically my visa. So, I had to get a
sub and when I came back she said “They are such a good class!” and kept going
on and on about them.. I take them for granted much too often. They really are a super great class!
My birthday
was really great! On Sunday night I had a little game night for a pre-birthday
celebration and then on Monday.. THEE day, I got lots of birthday wishes on
facebook, cards in the mail, and came back to a decorated apartment and tacos
and a yummy birthday cake! We played
games again and it was just a grand old time!
Lambchop
has been relocated.. to my stomach. Just
kidding! Truly though, what am I going
to do with a sheep? It would take 6
months to fatten him up.. just think of all the money and time that would
take!! He was a PRIZE.. prizes should not take manual labor. They should have just given me a sheep’s
worth of meat. Much more useful. That’s what I think, anyway. On top of all that, I found out he has
worms. Some prize. I gave him to one of the guards at the school
who already has a sheep, so Lambchop will have a friend! The guard told me he would take pictures for
me, which I very much appreciate.
This
weekend is the Ladies’ Retreat, which I am very much looking forward to! We will be staying at a hotel right next to
the ocean in the same place that the staff retreat was! I looked at the reviews
for this hotel and one of them said “bad hotel with fantastic staff”… but the
pictures look fine! I am just hoping for a flushing toilet. At the staff retreat, our toilet wouldn’t flush
the toilet paper! So annoying. : )
I think
those are all the updates I have for now... Can't believe i will be home in just a little over a month!!!
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