To all of my Utah family: I am homesick!
I like it here, but I could really do without a few things. Namely, the excessive honking, rude strangers, excessive honking, expensive grocery stores that don't even sell bagged cereal or burritos in packages of more than one, teachers that believe every word must be shouted, excessive honking, streets with no signs, and most of all... the general LACK of persons belonging to my family.
Don't worry, we really are happy here. If you could peek inside our apartment, you would find us laughing and smiling on a daily basis. To make the transition a little smoother I am... growing tougher skin, planning better for shopping trips, learning how to navigate the roads, and using our webcam to communicate with family as much as possible.
My job is going pretty well. Most people at school have been very nice to me and I love the kids. About half of my caseload (currently 36 kids) are kids in general education classes who get resource services or just have articulation problems (S, R, etc.). The other half of my caseload are kids in special education classes and have moderate disabilities. The best news about work is that sometime this week I am leaving my closet office to share a temp/portable with the occupational therapist! Maybe I will take a picture once I'm moved in!
This week we had our first ever overnight visitor. One of my neighbors from Murray was interviewing for medical school at George Washington, so he had dinner with us and stayed the night. We haven't done anything social since we moved here, so it was really nice to see a familiar face. He and Stephen had a lot of fun chatting about education and health care. Then yesterday I met up with one of my BYU roommates at the Washington DC temple. She brought some family names and we acted as proxy for them for all of their ordinances. I've never brought a name to the temple to do ALL of their ordinances, so it was a really neat experience. Finally, today we invited a guy from Stephen's program over for dinner, as well as his wife and 4 month old baby. We had some delicious homemade cafe rio burritos and played some fun games. We are definitely happy to see familiar and friendly faces, but wish we could see our families more often.
I'm sorry my blog posts are so boring, but I've decided that they're more for us to look back on than to entertain our friends and family (although I wish I was more talented at that). Hopefully Stephen will make a post soon about his internship that he's starting tomorrow!
7 comments:
i totally understand the homesickness. although we have trav's family here, i am really missing all of the things i love about utah and idaho and of course, family and friends! hang in there - hopefully you'll meet some friends soon! (and hopefully we will too hehe). keep us updated on everything!
You are very brave, I do not think I could leave. Sounds like you are finding ways to stay upbeat and positive.
What an adventure! Eastern US drivers do honk way too much.
I envy your school caseload, and that you are moving out of the closet speech room :)
Sounds like you are finding lots of fun things to do!
Hey, no fair mentioning a cafe rio recipe and not handing over the goods!
We miss you too. I bottled peaches today and could have used your help! Anyone's help would have been welcome. They came from grandpa and were too ripe to wait for someone to be home to help me.
I hope you still miss home in 2 years when school is over so maybe you'll move a little closer!
Mom, I definitely wish I could be enjoying your canned peaches right now. I assure you we will still be missing you in 2 years. I wish I knew where we were going to end up, but we both agree it should be closer.
Hello Haskin family! I was on Ally's blog today and I saw your name and thought, I wonder what Heather and her husband are up to. Looks like you are staying busy in DC! I bet that has been an adventure. I hope everything is going well and that you are happy. It was good to get an update on your lives.
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