Year 2 begins....

We've made it through the first week of school successfully!  It was a bit crazy at times, but overall went well.  I personally love our new 7th graders.  They are excited to be "big kids" now and still enjoy learning.  For example, in my classroom the table tops are whiteboards.  If I want them to get excited about a lesson all I have to do it throw out markers and let them do math problems on their tables.  It's wonderful!  We also have a new principal.  So far, my impression is that he is a good guy who has our students' best interests at heart.  I can't ask for much more than that. 

I am going to complain a bit about the heat.  The highs since we've been back have been about 110 F and humid!  I can handle the heat, but the humidity is way worse than last year.  The windows of our house are almost always sweating.  If we have to go anywhere, we pretty much just run to the car and then from the car into whatever building we are going to.  Jamie and I tried swimming this morning which ended much earlier than anticipated.  We only got 10 laps in before we both decided that it was just too hot both in and out of the water. 

Lastly, we did get to celebrate my 26th birthday this week.  Jamie was an amazing husband and made sure it was a special day.  It started with a gift of diamond earrings :) and ended with a homemade meal (and I didn't even have to do the dishes!)  Since it was a school day, there wasn't much to do but Jamie let me pick everything that day and even let me go to bed super early which is what I wanted to do.  On Wednesday (Saudi Friday) we did have some people over for an Indian dinner and socializing.  It was fun having people over and chatting since we've all been pretty consumed with school for the past couple of weeks.  There are three of us on our compound who are pregnant right now which has been a lot of fun.  Below is a picture of us and two of the guys who decided that they felt left out not having a belly. 

Until next time,

Tara