Our Kids are (Still) Driving us Crazy

As I write this seemingly both Eva and Eli are teething. Neither one wants to sleep and the intermittent crying is driving us a bit nuts. Eva played until around 8 tonight. Sam managed to "accidentally" knock her over earlier and kept giving her slightly aggressive hugs. He balked at going to the cafeteria tonight and kept saying "no people." He eventually came around and even has a new auntie friend from it, but, wow, it has been a long day. On the other hand, everyone seems to be disease-free and thriving, so maybe I should not complain.

Other things are better. We got a book case for all of Sam's books. It's nice to have them in one place and Sam really loves being read to. Tonight I read "Knuffle Bunny." Other favorites are a book about baby owls waiting for their mom, anything zoo or animal related, and "ten monkeys." Ten Monkeys has a refrain that goes "Ten little monkeys jumping on the bed, one fell off and bumped his [or her] head. Momma called the doctor and the doctor said, 'No more monkeys jumping on the bed!'" Fun stuff.

Today was a full day for me. Three hours of teaching, teachers' meeting, lunch, language classes, talked to another teacher, went to dinner. I am feeling like I'm getting more into the flow of things. I no longer have the "what will I do with three hours?" feeling. Today I lectured for about half of the class, used an activity where students did some research, and then did small groups discussions. I am feeling like teaching is manageable. Some day I will get to preaching, seminar-ing, responding, and other forms of public speaking. This is also my first time with a class of thirty, which requires a different type of interaction than ten or fifteen. It's nice to make progress. Emily's also planning to talk to a group on campus soon, so that will be her first foray into public speaking.

That's the news from here. I've been posting less recently and will probably be slowing down here for a while.