Teaching and school

Now that I'm back in school and Tara is working, our posts have slacked off again. While I apologize for that, life out here on the East Coast has been great and, despite being busy, things just keep getting better.

One week into this new semester, I was offered a job that I had been hoping to get as an IA for the Graphics 217-218 class. I was pretty excited about it, because not only would it give me tuition credits for this semester and severely cut down on the amount of student loans I would have to borrow, it would also give me an opportunity to test my teaching skills: something that I'm interested in pursuing.

I have since taught two classes and have really, really enjoyed it. It's just as beneficial for me as it is for the students, as I just learned a lot of the graphic design software and theology over the summer. It's been a lot of fun though, and I could definitely see myself doing something like this in the future.

Outside of school and work, Tara and I have both been having a lot of fun. I got to cover thy home-opener for Syracuse football. It was really cool to see a football game in a dome, though I definitely missed Romney Stadium and Aggie football games. We've also been hanging out with our neighbor Terry and his girlfriend Lauren. Terry is from Barbados and is a grad student as well, and Lauren is from Syracuse and an undergrad. They are both in the Civil Engineering program, dedicated students and very smart. We had them over for dinner the other night though, played Wii and watched some Office.

There's been a whole lot more going on, such as pick-up football games, craigslist treasures and giving BYU fans a hard time, but I always seem to write a novel so I'll stop short there. Night!

Baby!

So today was our first official appointment with our chosen baby doctor. We didn't get to meet our doctor today but we did get to do an ultrasound and see our baby. It was so cool! It was nothing like I had expected, it was so much better. Right now we are about 10 weeks along so the baby had little arms and legs and we saw the heartbeat and saw our baby move and everything. I think the thing that surprised me the most is that it actually looked like a baby in there not just a weird little blob.

In the past I have always thought people were a little weird for posting ultrasound pictures when they are so little that they just look like a blob but I totally understand now. So yes I am posting the ultrasound picture but no I don't expect anyone to be as amazed and excited about it as I am because I understand that all you see is a blob when I see a baby with a heart and appendages!

Another struggle I am having lately is that I want to shop for baby stuff ALL THE TIME! The down side of this is that I don't know yet if its a boy or a girl and if I buy stuff now it is just going to take up space for the next seven months and in my small apartment I don't need that either. So if anyone needs to find anything online and you don't have time to do it just give me your email and I'll go wild!