On March 22, which was a Saturday, Cindy and I (along with some amazing friends from church) emptied our apartment in Chicago, loaded up a moving truck with all of our stuff, and headed to Indiana, where we unloaded all that stuff into our parents' garage and basement, and tried to wrap our heads around the fact that in 4 days we would be moving out of the COUNTRY.
wow. what a difference a year makes.
If you say that "a year ago today" is the actual DAY, meaning SUNDAY, then a year ago was Easter and we were spending it with the Leinbach clan at Granma and Grandpa's house, which they sold and moved out of about 6 months later. Happy memories of that day, playing games and chasing little girls around the house.
Strange to think that a year ago I had never met any of the children or staff that now make up my daily existence. It is VERY VERY nice, however, to start the school year WITH my class actually at the beginning of the school year! *grin*
We do still need a fifth grade teacher, and a Kindergarten teacher. These classes right now are more than adequately covered, but not ideally covered. They are sharing English teachers between two classes; this teaches adequately, but is not ideal for the students in each class as far as the relationship with the teacher, etc. So, we're praying for a fifth grade teacher (so our roommie Heidi can just be a fourth grade teacher instead of a language arts teacher for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade).
I need to go back to grading my math papers! Just thought I'd send a brief note about what we were doing last year! Thanks to all of you who helped us during that very stressful time of deadlines and goodbyes.
love to all,
emily
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