We both hope that you all had a wonderful week. We had a pretty nice week here in Boulsa. The temperature on average here all week was around 113oF. Most of the time we really don't notice the heat anymore. The only time we really do “feel” the heat is when there is no wind and the air just hangs. That is about the time that Tim and I will be sitting in the house reading a book and just sweating buckets. Its also the same time that we start to reminisce about Illinois winters. We miss ice so much now. We used to be able to it in village, but with the hot season in full swing, we are lucky to by cold water now. You just got to love African spring time :)
School News:
Tim has unofficially received his confirmation from Censeur that his lab is not getting any money from the school to fix the a/c. This means that Tim is completely done with his IT teaching. Now he is having to find something else to fill his time. He is trying to get the ok from the school to help the 3éme and terminal students study for there oral exams in English. It makes since to us that having your students practice speaking English with native speakers is a huge benefit to the students, but by doing that we might be stepping on the English professor's toes.
Otherwise Tim has been filling his days studying for his CCNA. He only has four chapters left to study out of one book and then he has another 1000 or so page book that he wants to read before we come home. I have never seen him study so much in my life. He is studying as much as I did in college. There have been a couple of times when he has studied for 4-5 hours at a time and I have had to ask him, “Who are you and what have you done with my husband?” His response is to smile and say that he really wants to get certified.
School went really well for me this week.
Both of my classes were absolute angels. I gave each class a little speech for their first day of the new trimester. It pretty much told them that they only have two more chapters in the book. They have one more regular exam and then the final exam. I also told them that if everyone was really well behaved for the next three weeks that they would have a huge surprise after the final exams. They all seemed really excited by this news. I have planned two full weeks of math and critical thinking games for the kids. I'm also planning on giving them bonus points if they all work in earnest on the games for the two weeks.
Funny story time: Four days out of the week, I have one class for two hours a day.
Some days, especially around 10, the kids get pretty tired. This whole year, when the kids get that way I make everyone stand up and dance with me. I did this one Wednesday for about 5 minutes. The students absolutely love this and think that I am completely insane. Anyway, when I was getting finished and told them to all sit down, half the class said, “What about walking like an Egyptian.” I could not believe my kids. They all love that move. So of course I obliged them and we all walked like Egyptians. If another professor was to ever walk by my class when we are dancing, there are going to be ton of questions.
Surreal has been pretty cute this week. She has this fetish with digging massive holes in our courtyard. Tim decided to fill them all in one afternoon and during that same night, Surreal dug them all back out and dug a new one too. When we saw this the next morning we both just laughed. We have joke that the holes are booby traps for the thieves. We have also come home and found her toys and our cannery bottles in these holes.
Other than her digging, she has been up to the usually stuff. She chases flies all around the house. She absolutely refuses to come out from under our bed between 1 p.m. and 3-4 p.m. She has the opinion that repo is not only for humans, but her as well. She and I also have squirt bottle fights every night. She loves getting squirted with water. If she hears use using it without her, she sprints into the house and gets right in our faces.
