I've come the realization that I have a severely limited repertoire of meals that I can cook. My first week here I ate a lot of variations of eggs. sick. In light of that I am going to try and spend each Sunday creating a weekly dinner. Hopefully, this will guide my grocery shopping as well and avoid the blank stare into the fridge that leads to another egg entree.
The inaugural list:
Sunday Aug. 16: Chicken and orzo with orange peppers and onions
Monday Aug. 17: Spaghetti with marina sauce
Tuesday Aug. 18: Leftover Jambalaya
Wednesday Aug. 19: chicken fajitas
Thursday Aug. 20: Linguini in pesto sauce with cherry tomatoes
Friday Aug 21: going to the ball game microwave meal :0)
Saturday Aug 22: Chef salad
Here's to expanding my horizons!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The First day...
Today was my first official day of big girl work. Woot!
This week is pretty chill...I have a 10 minute-ish commute to a science center and then we have new teacher professional development from 8 to 4. A bit long...and it may be interesting when it comes to the curriculum. I'm having a really hard time picturing if we even to get to lesson plan or create our own classes. It seems as though things are really planned and scripted. I'm sure there will be more to come on that.
On the plus side there seem to be plenty of people my age. Including one girl who will be working in the same school as I am. Hopefully we'll be able to have some fun times in the city.
As for the apartment...it still needs some work, but my Dad and Uncle were of AMAZING assistance. They fixed things I didn't even know were broken..lol. Not to mention fully equipping me with the basic but annoying to spend money on things like mops, dish racks, and shower curtains. We had some good times eating out and drinking beer while eating pizza surrounded by boxes. They may also have bribed the cable man so that I can watch television from my bedroom. Which is a little bit hilarious. Here are some pics of the new place:
A view from the porch:
The kitchen
Tomorrow I plan to adventure towards the pool and squeeze in a run. Time to start owning this town, right?
This week is pretty chill...I have a 10 minute-ish commute to a science center and then we have new teacher professional development from 8 to 4. A bit long...and it may be interesting when it comes to the curriculum. I'm having a really hard time picturing if we even to get to lesson plan or create our own classes. It seems as though things are really planned and scripted. I'm sure there will be more to come on that.
On the plus side there seem to be plenty of people my age. Including one girl who will be working in the same school as I am. Hopefully we'll be able to have some fun times in the city.
As for the apartment...it still needs some work, but my Dad and Uncle were of AMAZING assistance. They fixed things I didn't even know were broken..lol. Not to mention fully equipping me with the basic but annoying to spend money on things like mops, dish racks, and shower curtains. We had some good times eating out and drinking beer while eating pizza surrounded by boxes. They may also have bribed the cable man so that I can watch television from my bedroom. Which is a little bit hilarious. Here are some pics of the new place:
A view from the porch:
The kitchen
Tomorrow I plan to adventure towards the pool and squeeze in a run. Time to start owning this town, right?
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