Firstly, I know I promised photos for this blog but they're not here. This computer is a POS (sorry, Mom, but this isn't anything new to you) and the program that is supposed to download the photos from the camera onto the computer is not working and I can't figure it out so unfortunately the photos are going to have to wait for tomorrow. We're going to buy some stuff tomorrow that will allow me to easily download the photos onto the computer and get them on here for everyone to see. That being said, today was another long, but good day. We left around 7 this morning, drove about 675 miles from Goshen, Indiana to Alexandria, Minnesota and arrived here around 7:15 this evening. It was another long, flat, empty drive with the exception of ... read more

It's been quite a while since I used this, being I only created it to document my trip to Thailand last year, but my Dad suggested it would be a good idea to wipe the dust off and use it again for our road trip this summer. Tomorrow my father and I are leaving on a 12 (13?) day cross country road trip to a place I've been bugging him to take me for about 16 years now: Glacier National Park. While that is the highlight of the trip we'll also be making various stops at some other famous landmarks along the way. Don't expect too much commentary here but I am hoping to be able to post pictures from our trip almost daily while I'm away so keep checking back here for new photos.... read more

This past week was my last week at school, making it my last week in Thailand. It was an incredibly easy week being my classes were working on projects or beginning new projects, so in the 4 days I was in school last week I only had to teach 2 lessons. It was a nice way to finish off the first half of my student teaching. Plus, Jason got here on Monday so it gave me stuff to do in the evenings besides being bored. Unfortunately, he was sick as soon as he got to Bangkok (see a trend yet?) but he was still able to get out and do some stuff and more importantly, we were both able to get our suits, which look simply amazing. We didn't do too much over the course of ... read more

I'm down to 8 days left in Thailand. It seems surreal. Just like I couldn't believe it when I first came here, now I can't believe it that I am almost leaving. I think I'm ready to come home though. I've grown to like it here but obviously there are things about home that I miss and that I am craving. I especially can't believe that Jason is going to be here on Monday and that I'll get to be a sort of tour guide for a week. I'm really excited to have him here and to show him all the wonderful things I've gotten to see, as well as some of the not so wonderful things I've seen. I think with school I've really made some progress in a lot of different ways. I think ... read more

As a student, I never thought I'd say something like this, but I am working my ass off at school and thoroughly enjoying it. Maybe it's just because I'm in an exceptionally good mood right now but I just feel good about things at school. Sure, I still have WAY too many things that I am horrible at as a teacher but I think I've taken some important first steps since I've been here. I'll do my best to try and explain how things have been at school but my thoughts are probably just going to jump all over the place so I'm sorry if this is hard to follow, but hopefully you're used to it by now. This week a professor from TCNJ came to observe the four of us. She observed two different classes ... read more