Sweeter Gets the Journey

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These last few weeks have gone by quickly. What is new since I last wrote?

School is out for the Holidays as of Friday. I think the first month went really well.

I need to get more sleep. Sometimes you just can't turn your brain off when you want to, and sometimes you just really want to talk to someone from back home and the time difference is difficult.

Carly and I venturing out more. We've walked around our town in the past few days. Some parts are really pretty and we hope to have a photo shoot soon. Other places,...you aren't sure where the smell is coming from and you wonder if its toxic. haha kidding about the toxic part...

Carly and I are getting better at cooking. She tends to cook more often then i do, since I normally don't get back from school until about 5. I hope to do more over Christmas break.

The study of the language...it is a constant battle for me. Every time I've studied a language I have had a curriculum with work books, lectures, and CD's to listen too and practice hearing and repeating. Plus, everything had an answer key. This immersion thing is hard. It is not quite my learning style. Plus, I teach American kids (whom I love), and I end up spending most of my time speaking English (which I love); however it makes learning a language a slow process.

It's also a pride issue. I don't like to speak it because it doesn't sound good when I say it, and I don't like to say it wrong. I keep telling myself to get over it and just try...but that it is really hard for me. I like to pretend I have it all together,...I need to stop pretending.....

My Grandmother passed away last week. That was really hard for me. I loved my Grandma, but she lived very far away and didn't see her very often. It made me more sad that my mom was really sad, and that I couldn't be with the family at the funeral. It's hard to get news and then feel stuck...

My mom said the service was beautiful and she will send me a copy. So that will be nice. My grandmother really left a legacy. She loved the Lord until the end, and had 7 kids and.....something like 40 grandchildren. :)

Well,...more later.