29 May 2010
Cat Flyer
Here's a link to the flyer we are using to try and find a foster family for our cats. Surely we'll find something suitable...who couldn't fall for these adorable little creatures?!
25 May 2010
Lining up those unwieldy ducks!
We've taken some big steps moving forward. I (Jay) just finished up the ETEP program and, the American International School of Lesotho will be glad to hear, am now a certified teacher -- pending state of Maine processing of course!
With my new free time, I've set about trying to get us ready for the big move. We've decided to ship our books to Africa in order to compliment the school library and have a diverse collection in our classroom as well. I volunteered to develop a catalog of our books and discovered that we have WAY more than I ever imagined (Sarah was hiding a lot in her classroom). 225 books into the catalog and I wonder if I've even scratched the surface. Maybe we will be storing some volumes after all...
We've also been trying to get ourselves as healthy as possible before we go. Sarah had a minor eye surgery to make sure her retina stays right where it belongs. We gave our last donations at the American Red Cross for probably a very long time. Tomorrow, we're getting our second round of immunizations (polio, yellow fever, Hep A #2, & Hep B #2). We're sure to be the most invulnerable people in Maseru by the time we arrive! Oh, and Thursday, I'm getting a tooth pulled. Does the tooth fairy visit 32-year-olds?
We're also trying to digitize as much of our lives a possible. Two 1TB hard-drives are humming away as I type and we'll probably subscribe to an online storage service as well -- you can never have enough back-ups of your back-ups -- plus, the homesick moments in Africa would be amplified if we didn't have some photos, music, and movies to remind us of home.
On the horizon, we'll be trying to balance between packing up our lives here and prepping for our lives at AISL. I'm really looking forward to diving into designing our curriculum for the year and hopeful that we'll soon find a nice, peaceful home for our two cats.
Well, that's enough rambling for now. 'Til next time...
With my new free time, I've set about trying to get us ready for the big move. We've decided to ship our books to Africa in order to compliment the school library and have a diverse collection in our classroom as well. I volunteered to develop a catalog of our books and discovered that we have WAY more than I ever imagined (Sarah was hiding a lot in her classroom). 225 books into the catalog and I wonder if I've even scratched the surface. Maybe we will be storing some volumes after all...
We've also been trying to get ourselves as healthy as possible before we go. Sarah had a minor eye surgery to make sure her retina stays right where it belongs. We gave our last donations at the American Red Cross for probably a very long time. Tomorrow, we're getting our second round of immunizations (polio, yellow fever, Hep A #2, & Hep B #2). We're sure to be the most invulnerable people in Maseru by the time we arrive! Oh, and Thursday, I'm getting a tooth pulled. Does the tooth fairy visit 32-year-olds?
We're also trying to digitize as much of our lives a possible. Two 1TB hard-drives are humming away as I type and we'll probably subscribe to an online storage service as well -- you can never have enough back-ups of your back-ups -- plus, the homesick moments in Africa would be amplified if we didn't have some photos, music, and movies to remind us of home.
On the horizon, we'll be trying to balance between packing up our lives here and prepping for our lives at AISL. I'm really looking forward to diving into designing our curriculum for the year and hopeful that we'll soon find a nice, peaceful home for our two cats.
Well, that's enough rambling for now. 'Til next time...
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