Time's a flyin'

Wow, time sure has been flying by.  We spent this weekend researching flight prices and finally booked our flight back to the States for the summer.  Never thought I would spend so much money on airline tickets, but we were pretty proud of our bargain hunting skills.  Then we realized that we are going to be using these tickets in less than 4 months!  As much as we love it here, we are very excited to get back to the good ole USA for some pork, changing rooms in clothing stores, and visiting everyone we miss so dearly.  So you know, we will be flying back into Chicago on June 23rd and then we leave again on August 10th. 

Other than that school is still keeping us busy.  I'm still tutoring 4 days a week after school, plus Jamie's origami after school activity started well today.  He made a fleet of spaceships that are proudly displayed in his room.  We have three big events coming up in the next few weeks.  Math day is a day devoted to doing mathy things, the Science Fair is exactly what it sounds like, and the Gala is a huge family-oriented fund raiser for Habitat for Humanity trip our school takes every year.  I'm crossing my fingers that they have camel rides at the Gala like they did last year; it would make me very happy. 

I'll leave you with a new word I learned a few weeks ago.  Jamie has mentioned how crazy the drivers are here, so a fellow expat has come up with a word to describe someone who either passes you on the shoulder or squeezes between you and another car where there really isn't the space: passhole.  Not entirely appropriate, but awfully funny at the same time. 

Tara