our lives in small town, East Africa

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

school

By the way, both Juma and I started school last week, so we've been busy. (Justin is very busy applying for jobs and getting the house unpacked and in order.)

Juma is thoroughly enjoying first grade (yes, first grade already!) and has kids in his class he already knew from before, so that helped a lot. We got him into the school we wanted him in (it's not just a matter of going to the local neighborhood school here), and it's within walking/biking distance, so we've been getting lots of exercise.

As for me, I write my first paper tomorrow, and am trying to find time to learn Arabic, read two scholarly books a week, write the occasional paper, work on my thesis, and still be a good mommy and wife. And not go insane through all of that. So far, so good. But it hasn't even been a week yet.

3 comments:

malia said...

wow, sarah! good luck with all of that. i think you are awesome! :)

Ashli said...

doesn't sound all that fun. Good luck with that! Glad Juma is liking school.

Monica Rich said...

I think it sounds like fun! Hard and very ambitious, but fun. You'll have to let us know how it goes.