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I left the Austin College campus today. I'm so glad that I met so many amazing people that I can't wait to continue to keep in touch with. I now have a reason to visit North Carolina and Ohio! Now I'm going to spend a week in Plano, hopefully spending my days watching the Olympics, filling out job applications, and taking my teacher certification class. It's pretty exciting.

Bug Trip

I volunteered to drive for the Anthropology class yesterday as they attended a field trip with the bugs class. Sure, I didn't end up catching or touching anything too scary but just the fact that I would go out to somewhere I wasn't comfortable with was enough for me. It was fun to see how brave the kids were and how much they knew about bug catching and different insects. Scariest part? When we were nearly ready to head back to campus, I saw a little red insect in the grass I was sitting next to. Thinking it was a lady bug, I took a closer look and saw that it was a black and red striped ant that was almost an inch long! One of the students said it was a red velvet ant and told us that it was extremely poisonous. An Anthropology kid was brave enough to catch it in her killing jar.

Wait, update: I just read up on the "ant" and it's actually not an ant but instead it's a wingless wasp. Maybe it's not poisonous but it looks like it'd still hurt a lot if you got stung. I would not be a happy camper if yesterday was my second wasp attack :(

I had a great day off yesterday! On Friday night, we went out to J Black for Tim's birthday. To no surprise, I was so exhausted after I passed out in the car and immediately when we got home too. The next day we went to get a replacement bulb since my brake lights went out. Thanks to Alex's dad, we (or he more than I) now know how to switch brake lights on our own. Then we went to watch the Amazing Spiderman with his parents. Afterwards, we cooked chicken lettuce wraps and spring rolls. Cooking is pretty exhausting but it was still fun and delicious. I think we're on a roll.

Job update: I've applied to about five jobs outside of Education in both Houston and Dallas. Still playing the waiting game.

August

I'm so thankful that I have something steady during the month of July. I'm currently waiting for a phone call from the district to see if I'll have a contract to sign soon or if they haven't even put in my paperwork. So far no word.

I would be okay moving to Dallas soon. We'll see how everything works out. So glad that I get the next couple days off from work but working this summer in Sherman really isn't bad. It's actually pretty fun and everyone is so chill!