Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Great Advice and Good Intentions
We are blessed to have people around us who are very knowledgeable about teaching overseas. We are also blessed by people offering advice with the best of intentions. For instance, the old Vietnam veteran who let us know that traffic is horrible in Vietnam. Thank you sir, but I already knew that. It seems that when you embark on something "unusual" people are inclined to offer their two cents. So far, the best advice I have gotten was to settle in and concentrate on teaching. It may seem like common sense. If I hadn't already *ahem* been planning at least five different treks through various jungles; I would have realized this advice was probably far from common for new teachers in a new country. Focusing in on what is important (teaching) and doing our very best job is key. Jeff and I have talked about our job goals quite a lot lately. We both agree that our jobs are our primary focus. We can't wait to get settled in and start teaching!
Friday, July 20, 2012
Cinderelli! Cinderelli! Night and Day I'm Cinderelli!
It seems like all I do lately is clean. I feel like Cinderella. I smell like Pledge and all of my clothes have bleach stains. I did get a quote from a home cleaning service to see how much it would cost for them to clean. It was $400! Can you believe it? I could not! Outrageous pricing. I decided to save the family $400 and do it myself. I'm kind of regretting it right now.....
Friday, July 13, 2012
What not to do when you are bored
Do not cut the hair on your head! I always forget this and decide to cut my own hair. Why? Why do I do this? Great question! The reason is that I always feel that I can cut my own bangs better than the person cutting my hair. I got my hair cut and then I got the idea to cut bangs. I asked the lady to cut my bangs shorter. She didn't. Probably for good reason. If I get bored, I always think of something to alleviate my boredom. Today it was sculpting my bangs.
It did not so well. I cut, I cut, and I cut.
I have a giant forehead.
My bangs are now mini.
How do you think it looks?
GAHHHH!!!!!!!!
It looks terrible and I can't document this because Jeff has the camera in his car (at camp two hours away). Although, my new computer takes pictures they are terrible and I didn't think they properly document the HORROR of my bangs. Plus,I already twirled them into a twist on the front of my head. HORRIBLE!!!!!!! There are not enough exclamation marks to document my horror/terror of how I look.
Why,why Janet, WHY??
When they grow out, they will be cute (maybe???). However, with the size of my forehead and the length of my bangs looks terrible right now. How long does it take to grow out bangs? Who knows how I will cultivate respect? What second grader will respect someone who looks like they cut their own bangs? And I do cut my own bangs!!!!! They will know!!!
Put down the scissors. Walk away.
REPEAT put down the scissors.....put them down Janet Marie. DO NOT try to fix this! I don't think I could look any worse. My hair style needs to be in a pony tail every day because how terrible it looks in a short layered style and now my bangs need to be styled every day. I cannot wait until everything grows out!
No more scissors!!!!!
I think I may just let everything grow out in Vietnam and be the crazy person who never gets their hair cut.
We shall see......
It did not so well. I cut, I cut, and I cut.
I have a giant forehead.
My bangs are now mini.
How do you think it looks?
GAHHHH!!!!!!!!
It looks terrible and I can't document this because Jeff has the camera in his car (at camp two hours away). Although, my new computer takes pictures they are terrible and I didn't think they properly document the HORROR of my bangs. Plus,I already twirled them into a twist on the front of my head. HORRIBLE!!!!!!! There are not enough exclamation marks to document my horror/terror of how I look.
Why,why Janet, WHY??
When they grow out, they will be cute (maybe???). However, with the size of my forehead and the length of my bangs looks terrible right now. How long does it take to grow out bangs? Who knows how I will cultivate respect? What second grader will respect someone who looks like they cut their own bangs? And I do cut my own bangs!!!!! They will know!!!
Put down the scissors. Walk away.
REPEAT put down the scissors.....put them down Janet Marie. DO NOT try to fix this! I don't think I could look any worse. My hair style needs to be in a pony tail every day because how terrible it looks in a short layered style and now my bangs need to be styled every day. I cannot wait until everything grows out!
No more scissors!!!!!
I think I may just let everything grow out in Vietnam and be the crazy person who never gets their hair cut.
We shall see......
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The Things I Won't Miss
There are too many things that I will miss. It is easier to list the things that I won't.
1. Mowing the yard. Every week, the 40+ minutes it takes me makes me insane.
2. Pulling weeds. Not factored into the 40+ minutes of just mowing the yard. This is what makes me crave a house without landscaping responsibilities.
That it just about it. I pretty much loathe yard work. You may be asking yourself why we bought a house with a front and a back yard? Oh, first world problems. I thought I could overcome my hatred of mowing the yard. I also thought Jeff would help. What we hadn't realized was the fact that Jeff is pretty much gone for the summer, EVERY summer. Never fails. Well, I am counting down my days of lawn mowing and remembering how much I love the rest of my house as I clean it out. I do love this house and I will be sad to leave it.
1. Mowing the yard. Every week, the 40+ minutes it takes me makes me insane.
2. Pulling weeds. Not factored into the 40+ minutes of just mowing the yard. This is what makes me crave a house without landscaping responsibilities.
That it just about it. I pretty much loathe yard work. You may be asking yourself why we bought a house with a front and a back yard? Oh, first world problems. I thought I could overcome my hatred of mowing the yard. I also thought Jeff would help. What we hadn't realized was the fact that Jeff is pretty much gone for the summer, EVERY summer. Never fails. Well, I am counting down my days of lawn mowing and remembering how much I love the rest of my house as I clean it out. I do love this house and I will be sad to leave it.
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