Today was the first day of Winter Camp at the school. We had more kids than we originally thought we would, so we needed to use all six teachers instead of just five. Which means, TODAY WAS MY FIRST DAY TEACHING!! It wasn't as nerve-racking as I thought it would be. But, the kids at the camp aren't our normal ILP kids, and they seemed to be a lot more well behaved. Yay! In other good news, today was also the first day that I finished a whole meal!! Lunch was delicious! I normally just eat about 1/4-1/2 of the meal, and then eat a small bowl of rice. But, today was another story entirely. Not a single piece of food remained on my tray for the sweet lunch lady to throw away!
Tonight we had our first family night. We played "Pee Speed Scrabble." Also another first. Whoever makes a word out of the first six yells "draw" and then everyone draws another piece. This goes on until all of the pieces are used. Everyone then gulps down a glass of water except for the winner. If you get up to pee, then you're out. This keeps going until there is one person left. Quite hilarious if you ask me. I usually have a pretty strong bladder (TMI.. sorry) but I was the third person out. Not because I had to pee but because I thought I was going to throw up from drinking so much water! And, some of you may be offended by my Scrabble word, but I obviously found it humorous and wanted to share it with you. Anyway, moving on to a different subject..
Another first! Sarah, Brianna, and I started our six week walking/running program. I just realized that this blog is not only full of firsts, but the number six has come up a lot as well. Anyway, I'm hoping that this program will actually enable me to run for more than 2 minutes straight before feeling as if I'll collapse if I don't just walk instead. A marathon is on my bucket list, so maybe this will get the ball rolling on that goal.
I don't have much else to tell about the day. Although, a lot of really funny things were said today. I will share them with you now.
"I woke up and thought there was an Asian in my bed. But upon further inspection I realized.. it was just me."
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! I'll put this in the dryer. Wait.. we don't have a dryer." (no one has dryers here, everyone hangs their clothes out the windows)
"Oh! I just got the pee shivers!"
"That candy tasted like vomit!"
I'm sure that there were more, but I've forgotten them by now.
I was going to try to take pictures of the beautiful scenery today, but it was super foggy and a tad bit cold. I will attempt it tomorrow, but I don't think it is supposed to get warmer until later in the week.
Happy Monday!
PS- the other pictures are of our delicious ice cream from dinner at Amethyst (a super good restaurant where we had a lot of .. fun not knowing Chinese) and our second adventure to Walking Street this past Saturday.
Tonight we had our first family night. We played "Pee Speed Scrabble." Also another first. Whoever makes a word out of the first six yells "draw" and then everyone draws another piece. This goes on until all of the pieces are used. Everyone then gulps down a glass of water except for the winner. If you get up to pee, then you're out. This keeps going until there is one person left. Quite hilarious if you ask me. I usually have a pretty strong bladder (TMI.. sorry) but I was the third person out. Not because I had to pee but because I thought I was going to throw up from drinking so much water! And, some of you may be offended by my Scrabble word, but I obviously found it humorous and wanted to share it with you. Anyway, moving on to a different subject..
Another first! Sarah, Brianna, and I started our six week walking/running program. I just realized that this blog is not only full of firsts, but the number six has come up a lot as well. Anyway, I'm hoping that this program will actually enable me to run for more than 2 minutes straight before feeling as if I'll collapse if I don't just walk instead. A marathon is on my bucket list, so maybe this will get the ball rolling on that goal.
I don't have much else to tell about the day. Although, a lot of really funny things were said today. I will share them with you now.
"I woke up and thought there was an Asian in my bed. But upon further inspection I realized.. it was just me."
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! I'll put this in the dryer. Wait.. we don't have a dryer." (no one has dryers here, everyone hangs their clothes out the windows)
"Oh! I just got the pee shivers!"
"That candy tasted like vomit!"
I'm sure that there were more, but I've forgotten them by now.
I was going to try to take pictures of the beautiful scenery today, but it was super foggy and a tad bit cold. I will attempt it tomorrow, but I don't think it is supposed to get warmer until later in the week.
Happy Monday!
PS- the other pictures are of our delicious ice cream from dinner at Amethyst (a super good restaurant where we had a lot of .. fun not knowing Chinese) and our second adventure to Walking Street this past Saturday.
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