Nothing of Incredible Interest

Life chugs along here. Nothing earth-shattering has happened lately. I guess I have to save that for Monday when my sisters arrive. I am so excited for them to get here! In the meantime, here are a few things that have been happening recently (in reverse order).

1. All-Staff Christmas Banquet - the theme was "Christmas Down Under." We had to answer Aussie/Kiwi trivia questions. Had a wonderful dessert that I can't quite remember the name of. Sang a Aussie Christmas song. Good fun.

2. Grading - I've been grading like a mad-woman for the past few days. This is evidenced by the picture to the right. Yup, that's right, folks. No more purple ink in the pen. It is all on the students' papers. There is more grading in my future. I am still working on 2nd quarter projects, reading response journals, and starting to mark 83 exams. All of this must be done by Friday. Please pray that I am able to focus and give good feedback to my students.


3. The Brother - Tim broke his collarbone playing rugby. He had a nice tackle on his competition but it didn't work out so nicely for his collarbone. Thankfully it was not a full break and it was close enough to his breastbone that it shouldn't take too long to heal. That meant that last Saturday was a fun day of bringing him to get an x-ray. He's not really in pain. In fact, he actually played for a good 20 minutes with a broken collarbone. A rolled ankle finally pushed him out of the game.


4. Extended Homerooms - I meet with these 9 freshmen girls each week after chapel. That particular week, we did not have chapel and instead headed to the mall for lunch at a quickie Mongolian Barbeque place followed by sundaes at McDonald's. It was a nice time to get off campus and to enjoy each other's company.

5. Plumbing - Even as I speak, one month after moving into our new house, the plumbing is not quite up-to-par. In fact, my toilet is sitting in multiple pieces in my bathroom. Not really sure what the plumber is up to now but it would've been really nice for all of this to get fixed before my sisters came. Just have to remember that not everyone is on the same time schedule as me. There are some very interesting plumbing choices within our house though. Follow the picture diary below.

The bright blue pipe comes into my bathroom through the hole that has been cut in the screen.

It heads straight down the yellow wall and separates to go three directions -
the sink, the shower, and the toilet.

Nope, your mind is not playing tricks on you.
The pipe just doesn't connect to the showerhead. Now it does.