A Special Gift

Hey :) Just a little update from Wisco-Land. I just got a really sweet gift yesterday evening. My good girlfriends Gabrielle, Rylin, and Lindsey sent Mark and I a photo album in the mail. They put it together and dug up a lot of old photos from college and beyond. They also wrote great affirmations and words of love and wisdom to Mark and I. It was so special to get and made me feel so good, as I have been missing home and all of you. It really was one of the sweetest gifts I have ever received.

In other news, I started my training for substitute teaching at the Creative Learning Preschool. Just filling out a lot of paper work and watching videos on the High/Scope philosophy. I also observed one of the 2 year old rooms for an hour and a half yesterday. It was really fun actually. I got to play with the kids and observe the teachers with the students to see how to manage conflict and structure the day. Over all, I'm really happy to be working for the preschool, even if it is on a sub basis. It just seems like a great place to work and I hope to make friends with some of the teachers. Actually, yesterday when I went in for my second day of training I was asked by the director of the school if I would like a teachers assistant position for Tuesdays and Thursdays for the afternoons. It wasn't much, but I said yes, so that's good news. I am still sending in some applications and picking around Madison for education jobs. But it's coming along.

Tonight we are going here:
The Memorial Union Terrace. It's this bar on campus (yes, they have a bar on campus.) So Mark and I are meeting some of the new AOS students there tonight for drinks and hanging out. It should be fun and a nice way to meet some people.

And, I just applied for health insurance today. SOOO complicated and frustrating. I didn't have an agent, so I just had to shop for it myself and get a lot of advice from the companies websites and people over the phone. But, now it's done so lets hope I get approved!

This weekend I'm gonna relax and un-pack some more. Mark and I are gonna get a couch for the living room too.

Love,

Sarah