Well, we're now in the beautiful southern state of Oklahoma. The locals (i.e. family) keep trying to convince us that 30 degrees is cold, and we keep telling them that it is a heat wave for us. Maybe we'll start listening to them though as we're both starting to feel the colds that are going around. I've been having trouble with congestion for about a week, while Chris seems to have it starting. Oh joy.
We made it down to OK with relatively little problems. We had the typical construction zones and the Illinois State Police shut down the highway right outside of the Joliet refinery. Who knew that a tandem trailer dropping the second trailer in front of an oil refinery could cause such havoq? I mean, they had the bomb squad out, about every highway patrol there, the hazmat team...and we got diverted around a really neat lake. We got to watch a very pretty sunset at 4:15 pm as the sun came through the clouds and washed over the snow. I've got a few pics on my phone that I'll add once we get back to Chicago later this week.
Since it has been a few weeks I'll catch everyone up --
the term ended well for me at Westwood. I successfully managed to get most of my students through earth science despite their best efforts of not passing. I also managed to successfully get everyone through my physical science course, though those students honestly tried to fail. I had one student go on and on about how I needed to give everyone the 10% of the grade from the quizzes that everyone (save one student who actually did the homework) failed. I figured that since I let them use the homework they did on the quizzes taken directly from the homework that it was their choice to fail that 10% because I honestly couldn't have made it any easier. They have asked me to teach there again, and at this point it looks like I'll be teaching a section of Earth Science and a section of Physical Science starting in January. Hopefully though I'll get a new job and be able to quit both the cafe and Westwood. Keep praying that it happens because I have an interview on January 4. Hopefully I'll get a second interview and then offered a position. :)
Chris finished up the term well. He managed to get all of his stuff done in a timely manner, which is good seeing as the university is starting a remodel of one of his rooms. He then had all of last week off (yay! for not having to be at the train station at 430am) and has all of this week off. They have closed the campus in all reality for this week, so he really couldn't go to work if he wanted to.
Christmas has been good for us. It is nice to see family, though everyone seems a bit disappointed that I'm not quite sporting a sizable baby bump yet. As opposed to looking incredibly skinny I just look like I've put on a few pounds. I've got a few pounds yet to put on, that the doctors and us are trying to work on putting on. We did go to the OB on Tuesday last, and the heartbeat was nice and strong. We go for the ultrasound this coming Thursday, so we'll see what comes of that. We're really looking for a healthy baby, not sure about the gender thing yet. Back to family though, everyone is quite excited for us, which is fun. Having not seen everyone for about a year though makes this time here sweet. We miss those we've lost this past year (or two) and are excited about the new additions to the families through marriages and babies. Families are truly amazing units of people, and ours are definitely blessings. Anyway, we're now ready to start our day with more family and maybe do some baking and cooking (like that's unusual for us). Yay Braums!!
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