We have begun our adventure! Will has a great window seat with a view of the engine turbine. He is actually impressed. We have wrapped up Maggie’s broken arm…mostly so people notice it and steer clear. She wiggles out of it all the time so I don’t know that it is doing a lot of stabilization. Mom and dad came to see us off (and drive home our car). They had the presence of mind to take a picture. Dan…
Initially, after reading all the suggestion blogs and in talking to friends, we had intended on packing 1-2 weeks before we left. However, in reality, we don’t own enough clothes to do that. So we set aside the things that we intended on packing and have them stacked on top of the suitcases and in the corners. Did I mention that it is really hard to pack for winter in August? We did accomplish: Buying new suitcases – Our old…
After attending orientation, I had a couple of hours to kill while I waited until time to go to the airport. Hmmm…I’m in DC a couple of blocks from the White House. What should I do for the afternoon? Taking a picture of the White House is serious business! The security must have been heightened due to Delta’s snafu with the computers. On either side of the photo there were Secret Service members in bulletproof vests yelling at anyone that stepped…
In less than 4 weeks, my family and I will be in the Palestinian Territories. We will fly into Tel Aviv and then go to Jerusalem for meetings with the consulate before we head to Ramallah. We have found schools for the kids, have some leads on apartments and have made connections for my research. Everything is falling into place. It still seems unreal. This week I headed to DC (sans children) to orient myself to the Fulbright experience. Met…
Monday marked the first day back for teachers. Students will return on Thursday. In the meantime, I am frantically trying to merge multiple to-do lists so that nothing gets left behind. First we have the normal back to school things: checking schedules to make sure students are in the right classes, sorting students by teacher so that I can pass out accommodations in a timely manner, and keeping track of new enrollees so that they can be screened for English…