My Sister's Keeper

Well book #3 is finished! I just finished My Sister's Keeper this past week. The only thing I new about this story was from the trailer of the movie which doesn't say much. I really did like it though. It is a sad book. I didn't cry though! I have never cried while reading a book....quite a shocker, huh?!

Book #4: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ I read this book when I was in middle school and absolutely loved it. I am obsessed with anything OZ so I am excited to read it again!

Funny Story:

Today one of my girls gave me a present! Please Enjoy!!!

I'm sorry the picture quality isn't that great.. I am not a photographer. But yes, it says "I heart Beer"

My Next Step

First of all, I almost forgot to blog this week. I am having Monday be the start of my week and Sunday is the end of it. I am cutting it very close but I am still getting it in!

I just got done reading the 1st Chapter in my GRE Study book. I will be taking it in Tokyo. I need to look at dates to make sure I don't have to work but I am hoping to take it at the end of October or the beginning of November. I am taking it now so that I can hopefully go to Grad School in the Fall. Right now I don't know where I want to go but I have looked at a couple of schools. I think that I would like to get my Masters in either Reading Ed or Special Ed. At the moment, I am leaning more towards Special Ed. I am getting more and more excited to come home but I am still living every day to it's fullest here.

Here are some other little things about my life this past week:

1. I ran 5 miles today!

2. I was sick and had a sore throat all week long. (it is slowly going away now though!)

3. I went to Oktoberfest.

4. I received my information packet for the child I am sponsoring through Compassion International. I am sending him my first letter tomorrow!

5. I am going through withdrawals from Facebook....1 more week!

March 2011, Vacation, and MORE

I have made my decision: I am moving back to the States in March! It was a tough one to make but I do believe it is the right one. I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience over here but I think America needs me, and I need her! So what's my next step? GRAD SCHOOL! Now I am on the hunt for what I will be doing when I move back!

Logan, Melanie, Ally, and I will be traveling in Europe for our Christmas Break. Our plans aren't set yet but we have our tickets to and from Germany!!! That is a start! So if you have suggestions on what was great to see in Germany, let me know. We also plan on going to Austria so that we could do the Sound of Music tour....definitely a must!

I go to the ocean tomorrow with my kids! We will wade in the water and hunt for seashells! It is going to be soo much fun! I am excited! My kids really are the cutest kids EVER! Then after tomorrow we have a 3 day weekend, class on Tuesday & Wednesday, a day off on Thursday and then class on Friday. So these next few days off will be spent w/ friends and filled with relaxation! It isn't even 9:00pm here and I am like falling asleep typing this!

So really what I am getting at is that these next few days are gonna be filled with excitement, awkwardness, and laughs! I will do my best to fill you in on what happens!

Well peace out my reader(s).

Field Day

Brief Update of The List:

My picture of the Day has been put on a hold. I will plan on jumping back into that in October!

I prob won't be snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef anytime this year because tickets for Australia are super expensive!

I am in the process of working on my trip to a different country. That will be settled tonight

Ok now for what this blog is all about: FIELD DAY!

Today was a fun day. Field Day consists of organized relays, dances, and activities for the entire family to enjoy. The kids have been practicing for this day for the past couple of weeks. They learned an exercise dance, a baton relay, a maypole, and a pom pom dance. These past couple of weeks have been filled w/ much stress and frustration but we somehow got through. TODAY WAS WONDERFUL! My class did soo good! My kids won the K5 Relay! We got 1st Place! They were so excited. My class also won the mother's relay as well. The moms of my kids stood in a line and past a hula hoop from the front to the back then back to the front again! We had fun. All the parents of my kids are very competitive so they worked hard in every event!

The teachers and parents also ran a baton relay. Us teachers won!!! It was great! Well I didn't have much time for this post but I had to get this weekly one in. I hope this one works. Next week will be better, I promise!

Oh, and lately I have become addicted to Army Wives! I cry at every episode but it is just a beautiful show!

4 Miles

I just completed week 3 of my 10K training. I ran 4 miles tonight! This is the longest/farthest that I have ever ran in my entire life. I have never been a runner so I would say that this is a good accomplishment for myself. Let's also take into consideration that my left foot is retarded... I feel very good about my run tonight!

I think one thing that kept my feet moving throughout these 4 miles were my thoughts. I have had a lot on my mind lately and tonight I was able to use those thoughts as my fuel to run. Here are my thoughts:

1. In a month and a half I tell my boss if I will be signing on for another school year at MeySen or not. This would mean that I would commit to another year & a half in Japan. So my move home date would then be in March of 2012. What should I do? Should I stay or should I go? March 2011 or March 2012?? I just don't know right now. Ginger, oh wise one, what should I do?

2. Logan, Melanie, Ally, and I are planning a trip for Christmas this year. We have about 2 weeks off from work so we thought it would be fun to go somewhere together. Our first choice was Australia. We looked at tickets.....too dang expensive! Alright, 2nd choice (which now is our 1st choice) the Philippines. We got our plan figured out, found tickets at a decent price but when pushed to book the flight the dang website kept saying that it couldn't make our request....LAME! Needless to say, we all got very frustrated!!! Why is it soo complicated and sooo dang expensive to travel ANYWHERE! So we decided that because of our frustration that this week we would look at tickets and places to go because, WE ARE NOT STAYING IN JAPAN FOR CHRISTMAS! Europe is now in the cards. Next Sunday we are getting together to for sure book our flights. Wish us luck!

So that is what made my 4 mile run such a success tonight! I think for the day of my race, October 10th, I will have to make sure that I will have some built up frustration so that I will have the motivation to keep on keepin on! ha I just wanted to say that phrase... Thank you Joe Dirt!

I finished Never Let Me Go. In my last post I bashed it. It wasn't that bad when I finished it, but I wouldn't ever recommend it to anyone. The whole time I was reading it I just felt like I had to read it even though I didn't want to. They are making a movie about it and I will probably watch it. I wouldn't be shocked if I liked the movie, but I still don't really see the point of the book. I started book #3, My Sister's Keeper. I've read 1 chapter and I like it already!