6 months!

1/2 of the year... How did it arrive so quickly?!? 3 months until I return to America...

Some highlights of the month:

-my birthday 

-yoga

-irooj funeral

-Chinese new year-made dumplings and spring rolls

-baseball game

-saw a turtle (dead one-more on that later)

-first time being sick here

I read 10 books this month, including "Gone Girl"... Still reeling from that book!

For the next month anniversary, Jenny will have come and left! Her visit is gettig closer and closer!

6 months! (And 5)

Today marks 6 months since I have arrived!  I didn't post anything for my 5th month here because Abby was here with me and we were busy delivering presents to my Early Intervention families and attending a Christmas party.

For my 5th month, some highlights include:

-Jasmi

-photo show

-doctor visit 

You guys already know about my Jasmi and doctor visit adventures from previous posts so I won't repeat them.  I submitted 11 photos to a photo contest. I didn't win but my photos were shown to the public in 3 by 5 pixs on a wall.  My first photo show!  I have been saving pictures for next year's show so I can enter again.

I read 7 books, lots of thick books so that is why it looks like I didn't read that many books. 

Now for 6 months...

Not many new things has happened.  I tried yoga for the first time and enjoyed it.  I hope to continue doing it.  I started being interested in yoga and wondering what it is like to try it. I didn't want to try it in a class in case I end up having a hard time following or not liking it.  A woman who is here to train Chinilla met this guy who will be doing yoga and asked me if I wanted to join. I was very busy that day and was trying to decide if I should join or not but at the last minute, I decided to join because when would I have this chance again so I did.  The guy was very easy to lip read and follow so I enjoyed it.  I am hoping to continue doing yoga.

I also fell and scraped my elbow while running. This is the first running injury in my 5 years of running!  It's healing nicely. 

I read so many books this month! 12!  Right now I am reading insurgent (part 2 of divergent)

I am also making general plans for my time back in America. My ticket to fly back will be booked soon, then I will have a better idea of my summer plans.

A selfie on the back of a pickup truck, taken yesterday!

4 months!

In the past month, I....

-celebrated a baby's first birthday (Kemen)

-Tried lobster, mussels, crab

-Forced myself to eat and swallow a sushi roll

-Tried stand up paddling (not as hard as I thought it would be)

-went on home visits alone

-had a home visit with naked baby (hilarious!)

-went to Eneko... Beautiful!

-First time I ordered tuna on my own (tuna salad) and loved it!

-saw Marshallese oven 

-watched women make Marshallese roof from pandanus and coconut leaves 

-read 10 books (total: 29 since I arrived)

Well, the fourth month anniversary has arrived.  By the time the fifth month rolls along, Abby will be here! 

2 months!

Happy 2 month anniversary (since arriving to Marshall Islands!)

In the past two months new things I have done/tried (other than teaching and meeting my awesome kids):

-hitchhiked

-ordered Wahoo taco on my own

-eaten seared tuna 

-moved 4 times

-watched two fishing tournaments 

-been chased (and nibbed on) by a dog

-taken a boat to another island

-seen a sunken plane 

-been on US embassy page three times 

-eaten a hermit crab

-eaten inside of a mature coconut

-watched sunsets (of course 😉)

-participated in a 5k 

-finished 11 books

-made my first handicraft! (Braided the bracelet, and punched a hole in the shell with a nail and rock.  It's HARD to punch the hole!)