On Friday, I went fishing for the first time. It was NOTHING like fishing in the Mystic!! HAHA I caught nothing though, but the people I was with caught a bunch and they shared with me :) I have to "put up fish" for the winter my friend Jeff says. "Putting up fish" consists of catching and "clubbing" (knocking it with a rock or piece of wood until it is dead) then cutting out the guts and stuff...Can you see me doing ANY of this...hahaha. I think I might starve this winter! No - I will be FINE. Everyone here is sooo nice and helpful I am sure someone will help me "club" a fish if I ever actually catch one!
This is Carla the English teacher. Her and I shared a pole b/c of course I don't own one!
This is the view up river on our way to go fishing.
This is the view down river on our way home from fishing. Isn't the Sky AMAZING?
We even saw bear prints while we we're fishing!! No worries we had a gun (and someone who actually knew how to use it) with us :o
On Saturday, I did want all good teachers do - LESSON PLANS!! Grrrr - they are NOT fun, but they are actually really helpful to have a plan of where I am going and where I want to end up for the week. So far I am really liking teaching though! My only gripe is I have 6 periods a day and 6 Different classes to prep for and NO prep period! I even have two different classes in the same room sometimes (ie. Pre-Algebra and Pre-Calc) so it can be a bit trying! The kids are really great and I have NO problem with any of them, but they are NOT the homework types. I usually have only one or two kids who actually DO the homework :( Since it is still so light up here at night, they are always out. No one ever goes home so I guess that doesn't really leave in room for HOMEwork! But, I think they will get better...we'll see.
On Sunday, some of the others teachers here in New Stu and I got together and we all had diner. I made macaroni...ever the Italian :) It was really nice. The three girls I went fishing with framed my first "catch"...it was a plastic lure! But it was VERY thoughtful and is hanging on my wall :) After diner, I went out berry picking and got about a gallon of really great blueberries. I eat them in my Cream of Wheat for breakfast. Next month is Cranberry season so I am really looking forward to that.
This is where I went Berry picking...
I also got to talk to my aunt's and my mom and Debbie on Sunday so that was very nice. They were having a cookout in my honar (and John was teasing me about the good steak tips!)...my salmon is good too! hahaha
Other than that I have been Reading a ton! I just finished A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving. It was AWESOME! It is about a kid from NH who thinks God has put him on earth for a special reason. It really was a great book (thanks Debbie!) - I totally recommend it!!
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