It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas?...So this will be my first Christmas without seeing any snow or cold weather to speak of. It is strange being able to wear shorts and flip flops in December. Granted we have not had the best weather ever. Australia tied and set more records this month for rain fall. The past few days we have had major thunderstorms and even some hail. I still think I would take it over snow though. It has been nice to go to the beach after work on hot sweaty days and take a dip. The last month has seen Kieran and I add some more additions to our place including a brand new bed and a Christmas tree! Holding true to some of my family traditions, we had a cookie bake at our apartment the first weekend of December. It was just the two of us and we only successfully made three types but it still was nice. No Thanksgiving turkey this year however. It fell during a busy week for us but next year we DEFINATELY are celebrating somehow because I feel like a bad American. :)
One other change this month is that I have taken yet ANOTHER job! I feel like such a quitter, but the department of education will not grant me a teaching license (to teach in state schools) until I take two more course which I would have to go over an hour away to take and pay way too much money. It is not realistic right now and the job I currently have is j
ust not able to give me full time work. I was looking on the web for teaching positions at private schools and could not find any full time PE jobs either. I did however find a position as an aide working in classrooms with special needs children. I have always loved working with children like this and it is at a Catholic school only 15 min from where we live so I figured I would jump on it and see if maybe it would lead to a "teaching" job down the road. Plus it will be better than what I am doing now because I won't be bouncing from school to school and I will actually get to know the people I work with. Fingers crossed!
I am still doing my dog walking/pet care job a few afternoons a week and posted some photos of my regulars. Fred is the lab mix who is 11 but thinks he is about 3 - he is my favorite. Smokey and Bandit are the two crazy girls below him. They are sort of a pain in the butt and are very much still puppies. All muscle and they walk me more than I walk them sometimes I think!
ust not able to give me full time work. I was looking on the web for teaching positions at private schools and could not find any full time PE jobs either. I did however find a position as an aide working in classrooms with special needs children. I have always loved working with children like this and it is at a Catholic school only 15 min from where we live so I figured I would jump on it and see if maybe it would lead to a "teaching" job down the road. Plus it will be better than what I am doing now because I won't be bouncing from school to school and I will actually get to know the people I work with. Fingers crossed!I am still doing my dog walking/pet care job a few afternoons a week and posted some photos of my regulars. Fred is the lab mix who is 11 but thinks he is about 3 - he is my favorite. Smokey and Bandit are the two crazy girls below him. They are sort of a pain in the butt and are very much still puppies. All muscle and they walk me more than I walk them sometimes I think!
Kieran is well and his work is pretty slow at the moment. This is good because we can spend quite a bit of time together. He is playing soccer with some friends on Wednesday nights when I play basketball. He is a bit dissapointed in th eelection outcome as of a few weeks ago. Australia has a new Prime Minister and everyone is worried intrest rates will sore even higher. His grandmother is in a nursing home at the moment after having a bit of a stroke. We have gone to visit her a few times. Hopefully she will be able to come spend time with us on Christmas. All in all life is pretty good. We are thinking of all of you during this holiday season. Not sure when I will be able to get back home to see everyone but hopefully it will be in the next 12 to 18 months. You can always come see us.....
