September 1, 2007

• [mood | busy ]
  [music| 五月天-志明與春嬌]
  

  Moving Update

  I have finally settled in to my new apartment. What a nightmare! First there was that whole moving-not-moving-I don’t know where the hell we’re moving to- fiasco and then there were little things during the move.

  -The move took longer than expected= we spent more $ on movers than intended.

  -Dish does not work in this apartment (despite what the rental office told us). Trees do block the satellite. Result= no more Chinese Satellites. I now have ONE channel on cable.  But I did get tivo, on demand and I think the picture looks better on a 1080P tv with cable!

  Other than that, we’re pretty much unpacked, furniture is in place, etc. My closet is a disaster, but that’s because I am packing and storing most of my clothes as I am way too fat now to fit them  I guess this is an excuse to go shopping now…

  My mom is out here visiting, so I am making her paint while I am at work. She’s painting the baby room light green and snoopy (Elaine, I know you’d love it!), my bedroom teal (just one accent wall–I was shocked at the bold color, especially since my sheets and blanket colors are red, black and ivory–we’ll see how it turns out) and the living room orange (also just an accent wall). So, we’re slowly getting decorated.

  五月天 (MayDay) Concert

  
  I went to the Mayday Jump Concert in LA last Sunday (yeah, yeah, I know, I am getting baby started on Taiwanese things early ). It was pretty fun, although it wasn’t as re nao as their concerts in Taiwan are. I was shocked that you couldn’t bring in a camera (my cell phone took crappy pics!) and that it was ‘sit down’, but in the end it worked out better (but it didn’t stop me from getting up and jumping and dancing around…hehe). I did get some pretty weird looks from people there, especially while I was singing along (especially the Taiwanese song志明與春嬌 ) and of course, I was the only white person there…

  Here’s more info on Mayday  http://www.imayday.com/index.htm

  I can’t wait for the Jay Chou concert on  Dec 24.…anyone want to come with?

  

  Did I mention that I totally love living in SoCal?

  SchoolS Update

  I have spent the past week getting my 2 classrooms together. I hate the fact that I am again being split between 2 schools. But, it’s more pay this way because I end up being 6/5 and still in some way have a prep period (even though I am not supposed to) so I can’t complain! My middle school classroom looks awesome, as always and my elementary is coming along. I need the grant to buy me more stuff to make that room look better–they’re saying they’ll give $500 but I’m asking for $1000. I think part of the reason it sucks is that I didn’t spend 16 hours on drawing the Great Wall and making a pagoda. Oh well. I don’t plan on  being there more than this year, so the middle school is still my priority. I will take pics and post later. I made thousands of books this weekend for character writing, and needless to say I am burnt out before it’s even started

  I am kind of looking forward to meeting those new little kids though (teaching 2-3 &5th grades)  and I am pleased w/ my 7th and (for the most part) my 8th grade classes. I have no idea how my 6th graders will be like….better whip them into shape that first day  jk!

  Happy Labor Day Weekend Everyone!!!!!

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