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Be it ever so humble...
I'm home! The flights weren't too bad... (on the flight from France I actually got one of those three-seat rows to myself) and I actually met some lovely people in the waiting rooms. I've been keeping busy with this-and-that, visiting professors and so on. I actually got roped into leading a tour for 8th graders on a science day tour at OU ( Read more... ) -
The Curtain Falls
So I'm done. Officially. My last class hours logged, my supplies returned to the superintendent's office. I'm mostly packed, but still have to take out the trash. I've got my train tickets, my plane tickets, and my hotel reserved (I have to stay in Paris a night because it'd be impossible for me to make it from St. Dié to CDG in time), my ( Read more... ) -
The Home Stretch
When I arrived in Saint Dié back in September I listened to a Brooks and Dunn song. Yes, I grew up in the country, and I like country music (or at least more so than many of my peers seem to). I can't remember which one it was exactly but it had the line "I ain't heard from you in a month of Sundays." I thought about it and realized that he ( Read more... ) -
8 Cities, 2 countries, 2 weeks, 1 post
It took me so much longer to get to this than I expected. Currently, I'm chilling in a Paris ho(s)tel. It says it's a Hotel, but it's set up like a hostel (on the English website... not the French one... I actually don't know the word hostel in French, since the ˆ in hôtel means they pulled out the 's', so it was originally hostel... oh the ( Read more... ) -
Final School Vacation Tomorrow
Today is probably my last day of actual "teaching" since my last week will probably be mostly a big series of going away parties. When the kids heard that I was leaving at the end of the month, I swore they were going to mutiny. I also had three kids tell me they already had passports so could they please come with me!!!!!!!! One girl was also ( Read more... ) -
Happy Easter!
It's the most wonderful time of the year! And no I'm not mixing my holidays. Tomorrow is Opening Day for the Cleveland Indians, who will be starting out against the White Sox (just like they seem to every other year) in Chicago. Ladies and Gentleman, get ready for the 162-game marathon that is the Major League Baseball regular season. For now ( ( Read more... ) -
In like a lion, out like a...
March 31st. As in the last day of the month of March. As in I have 2.5 weeks of teaching left and 5 weeks in Europe left.
It's pretty much a done deal that the Indians are going to suck this season (seriously, for me a good season is going to be if they break .500), but the thing that leaves me just the slightest bit optimistic is that Travis ( Read more... ) -
Karaoke
So I did karaoke at a bar for the first time last night. It was the first time I did karaoke in public, for that matter. I know, it's astonishing, since I'm almost always set on karaoke mode, but for whatever reason, I never went to do karaoke. Opened with "Nights in White Satin" by the Moody Blues, came back later for Gloria Gaynor's "I Will ( Read more... ) -
Spring is Here
Officially. Granted, about a week and a half ago, the city put up banners for the Spring/Easter festival... with snow still on the ground. I greatly enjoyed the discrepancy between the message and nature's level of cooperation. But for the past 3-5 days, it has been mid-70s, so I think we can call it Spring.
I'm at the halfway point of the 6- ( Read more... ) -
STAND UP AND CHEER!
To quote Yahoo! Sports: "America, your Cinderella wears Bobcat Green."
Ohio decided to explode with awesomeness and as a 14-seed beat 3-seeded Georgetown 97-83. Even if the 'Cats lose their next game, they have officially become amazing. Now if only they could stay this good next season...