Oh my goodness I have been waiting for Friday for ages!! I'm kind of surprised I actually made it through this week, to be honest with you...
Every day this week I had at least 2 teaching gigs at at least 2 different places in the city. Each day I woke up at around 4:30am to go walking with a friend, then I would come home and get a shower and run out the door again to go teach at SMA5 for 2.5 hours. After walking to school, walking home, and getting another shower because I was disgusting, I would run out the door and catch a minibus to go to the middle of the city to SMA4 to teach for 2.5 hours. Then I would hop back on the minibus and be home by 3:00 pm, exhausted and feeling gross.
Then on Wednesday I had promised to teach the little neighborhood kids again. What I had forgotten about was that last time there were two of us (Ainsley and myself) to handle about 25 kids. Yea...this time I was alone and there were 32 little kids, all between the ages of 4-9!!!! If I never have to dance the chicken dance again, I will die a happy person!
Needless to say I've been sleeping like a rock this past week...granted, I only sleep like a rock for about 6 hours a night, but that's better than nothing!!
It's been a wild ride this week - trying to memorize my students names and grading papers and making appointments all over the place. At SMA 4 I had 2 classes with 39 students each, and at SMA 5 I've got 4 classes - one with 34, two with 29, and one with 22. Luckily the gig at SMA 4 is over and I can...relax?
Except not. This is actually kind of exciting news - I just got a call from Bu Yudy, a woman I met at Ma Chung University (the uni where Prido goes and where Brandon wants to take classes Spring Semester). She wants to talk to me about teaching there. Professor Tori...haha, sounds like fun to me!! We'll see how it goes, though. We're going to sit down and talk logistics on Sunday, so I'll keep you updated.
I've got exciting news - I don't have to go to Singapore anymore! I met with an Immigration Officer this week, and he's going to extend my Visa for me. Once I get going at uni, I can talk to the Dean and get sponsored for a Student Visa. I'm SO happy! I'll save loads of money, too, so that's good.
I've also finally made it back to church this week for English Fellowship & the weekly radio show. Last week I was MIA from both for different reasons. So when I finally made it back, everyone was really glad to see me. I feel like such a nerd, hanging out at church, but I've made some really good friends there, so I'm happy.
Okay, I think that's about all I've got for you. This is probably how most of my entries will be from now on - fairly boring and uneventful. Now that I'm finally settling down into a good routine without other "bules" (white people) to distract me and get me into trouble, my life is much less hectic. Of course, my schedule is absolutely packed, but that's okay!
I love you all and miss you all lots and lots!! Thanks for the messages, everyone! Oh, Aunt Becki and Uncle Larry, if you read this at all, congratulations on getting an exchange student. That's really exciting!!! If you want to give her my e-mail address, please do. Tell her that I did the same thing as her in high school, so if she needs someone to talk to she can e-mail me! Muchas gracias!! Later gators.
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Hi Sweetheart! Glad everything is going well. Wonderful to read the newest blog entry. Aunt Becki and Uncle Larry's exchange student will be here in two days - they are picking her up at the airport. Her name is Melissa and she is from Germany and she is very excited - she and Aunt Becki have been emailing back and forth every day. She is 17 and will go to Lakota West. Aunt Becki went out and bought brand new furniture for her room. I asked her to adopt me, but she refused. J.T. and Tara are getting ready to go back to school!
Love and miss you soooooooo much!
Mum
hey sister! i miss you crazy a lot and it sounds like you're doing awesome. i send you a message on facebook but i thought i'd send you one here incase you don't check it. dad is doing fine. he had a really bad migrane and was throwing up so he went to the hospital for a few hours and they gave him some stuff and he was better for about a day. then he started throwing up again, so tammy called dr. fenton (the dr in charge of all his meds for his diabetes) and he prescribed dad some other stuff and he is doing so much better. he'll be off for the rest of the week just so he gets completely better. try calling him next week sometime cause he was really bummed that the first time you called him he could barely talk to you. but he's fine, really, i promise! :) HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! i hope you like your swedish fish and the magazine i sent you. i wanted to get you a bunch more stuff, but it would have been insanely expensive to send. you'll just have to wait until christmas or something hehe. alyse is doing awesome, she'll be starting cosmetology school at Aveda soon. I'll be going back to OU in about a week and a half. Kyle is going great, working, playing tennis with uncle darren lol oh, mom, and her fam started a weight loss challenge today HAHA! but they're all motivated, its cute. kyle's doing it, brandon, mom, becki, gma, darren, larry, etc. paul got a job! yay! lola is doing great, as cute as ever. she's stopped jumping on ppl which is good. j.t. is fine, playing with his friends all the time. he's had an awesome summer (but missed you of course). tammy is great. she finished the harry potter book (kyle too). percy and nemo are fine. chunky, sweet, and happy. sorry this is long, but i thought i'd give you a quick update of everyone. we all miss you so much. continue to amazing things in the INDO, love you!!!
Hey tori!!! happy birthday!!! daddy and tammy talking - we sent you a birthday card but it will take a long time to get there, so it will definitely be belated. we hope that you're busy schedule with being a celebrity and all has slowed down. the halpin gang says hi (we spent the weekend at their lakehouse skiing, tubing, and boating). aunt karen made bbq ribs and made us happy. tara, kyle, alyse, and jenna are sore. alyse hit her head on the ceiling fan (it was on) and it started bleeding really bad but she's fine now. no stitches or anything. we'll explain more later. we hope that you have a great birthday!!! please contact us in some way on your birthday - email, phone, something. can you mail us some pretty pictures or email? we love you so much and miss you! dad hopes you get kicked out of the country real soon.
-love daddy and tammy
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