This weekend we had the school's 50th anniversary celebration. Make sure you check out Shutterfly to see all the pictures. Now that I am able to download onto my computer, I hope to get a little video made to put on my blog.
This weekend I spent 8 hours moving to a new classroom, so the classroom picture is of my old class. Needless to say, I was very upset about being called at home at 10 o'clock on my Sunday to come pack boxes of books. Of course, being the shy person that I am, I barely said a word! OK, so I didn't throw things. Well, maybe I tossed a few books into boxes with excess force, but whatever!
The weather is finally starting to cool down! I actually opened my doors to let the breeze in. Of course, the weird, walleyed cat thought it should come in too. It has one eye that looks up. I can't decide if it's cute or really creepy!
Today is my one month anniversary of being in Syria. I think I've learned about one Arabic word/phrase a day. If I keep it up, I may be able to speak to 3 year olds by the end of the school year. The men at the taxi "store" next to my house always greet me, so I learned to say, "good morning" and "good evening". The one guy was so excited he gave me a big high 5! Yea, I'm cool.
Tonight was our elementary school open house. No parents came to my table. I felt like the little kid trying to sell lemonade when nobody wants to buy. One of the teachers sat down and chatted with me so I didn't feel like quite a loser.
Don't forget...3 days until Ramadan!
