Long time, no post.

Don't worry - Jessika is still alive in Spain. 

I haven't been able to upload my photos to my computer - hence the lack of posting. I felt like posts with all words and no photos would not be very enjoyable.

I'm working on trying to figure out the problem (personally I blame Air Canada - ever since they dropped my laptop the USB ports have been pretty wonky). As soon as I can upload my pictures I'll have some photo filled blog posts. 

What I've been up to..

Last weekend I went to Toledo for a day. It was marvelous! Toledo is where I studied abroad many a year ago so it was fun to walk around and remember a ton of things. There were also plenty of new things to see and I ate my fill or marzipan. 

At school my students "wrote" letters to Santa saying what they wanted for Christmas. I put wrote in quotes because the kids are in second grade so their letters consisted of pictures with a few words.

I also taught the kids about being thankful for things on Thanksgiving and had them write what they are thankful for. Some kids didn't really get it and wrote things like "my brother was a skeleton for Halloween" and some kids tried to just copy mine and wrote that they were thankful for "my husband"...but most kids got it.

I've been hanging out with some great people from the UK and learning all sorts of new words and phrases. Apparently in the UK "fortnight" is used often. When I first heard it I was like "so...every other day" and was laughed at. I guess it means two weeks and is used quite frequently. Also, when someone says "let's meet at half 8" they mean 8:30. At first I wasn't sure if this meant half after 8...or half to 8. Now I know. 

I joined a gym. (say what?!?). Yes. Jessika has joined a gym. The first day there I was awkwardly using the elliptical wrong (which I wasn't aware was possible...) so that just goes to show you how Jessika and the gym don't mix. BUT...I have a two hour lunch break at school and needed something to fill my time with. I now know how to use the elliptical and have yet to die whilst on it. 

Reading. I've been reading a ton. I read on my way to and from work and when I'm on the elliptical. Books I've read since I've been here: One Day, The Help, Bossy Pants, A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. I'm currently reading A Feast for Crows and next will read Committed. If anyone has book suggestions - feel free to send them my way. 

It's been getting colder - though not near as cold as good old Minnesota y North Dakota. It's usually about 65 degrees in my apartment, colder in the morning. Luckily I received some super warm flannel sheets in the mail (thanks again Terese y Ken!) so I've been cozy warm in bed.

Aahhh. See how boring this is with no pictures? Pretty boring.