Jayma's Debriefing

John thinks he needs to write a book! For those of you who do not have time to read his very detailed blogs I am going to be debriefing you on our trip.

Trip Down South
Thanks to John we got an extra day with friends and family because his car broke down. Our cars were packed to the max! Who knew how hard it was going to be packing our lives in our cars? Humbling to say the least. The trip down to San Antonio was long, but we both rocked some great tunes out on the way and felt that we made great time. Contrary to what some may think, the Action Figure Museum was very cool! I was so thankful that we took a wrong turn in St. Louis and drove towards Oklahoma. We were able to stop at the Oklahoma City Memorial, which was very moving and a great educational experience. The terrential down poor was not expected in Austin at all, and the roads were flooded so bad that cars had to get over into other lanes to prevent floating away...

All in all, we made great time and only ran into traffic in Austin for obvious reasons. We were then graciously greated by my Mom's cousins with drinks and dinner! Yummo! I must appologize because I thought John was being a baby when he said he was getting bitten by ants at our apartment. The next day he had welts on his feet....poor guy! I eventually felt bad for him.

First Few Weeks in San Antonio
As John stated, I did have my room completely organized in the first 24 hours. He continually lolly gagged for about a week before he was all moved in. In his defense, he helped his teacher literally the day after we arrived, while I relaxed at the pool. Sorry John! Let me just say that John has been the best roommate thus far. He is always finding great places to visit (ie: Action Figure Museum, Memorial in Oklahoma City, Missions baseball game, Corpus Christi for some fabulous beach time, and the Sugar Ray concert!!) He is also the most clean and organized roommate a girl could ask for!!

We have both been able to relax at our pool a few times since arriving....Myself getting tan and John burning! We are trying to get John a base tan to prevent this from happening in the future, but as of right now he is still sporting the farmers tan. OwOw

Tomorrow is a day we have anxiously been waiting for. We have both been participaing in meetings, organizing our classrooms, and compiling our curriculum the past week. We have met the parents and some of the students during our "Meet the Teacher Nights" and feel that it is going to be a great semester. My teacher moved up with her students from 2nd grade and will have them again this year in 3rd. For me, this will be a huge benefit because the students will know exactly what we expect from them. For myself it will be a great learning experience because the class has a wide variety of students ranging from special needs to gifted and talented. It will be a great way to put to practice "differentiated instruction", which we have learned so much about at ISU.