Thursday, May 17, 2007

Few and Far Between

I apologize for the infrequent posting. Bible School has been really busy and I've been exhausted. I've actually been struggling with a vitamin deficiency and have been sleeping a lot in the afternoons. I think I'm starting to get better. I've been taking supplements to help. Unfortunately I've had to slow down a bit lately. You all know how hard that is for me. :) I tried to go running last week and actually got dizzy. Not happy about that. Oh well. I'll take it easy for a bit longer. I'll keep it down to hiking and climbing instead. :) Last week Wednesday I went on a hike that took me 6 and a half hours to walk. It was beautiful! Elizabeth and I had decided that we wanted to go and see a waterfall that the students had gone to. It was raining, but we decided to go anyway. It was a tiring day, but well worth the walk. I will post some pictures yet today. Yesterday I went climbing at the local climbing wall. It's a free outdoor climbing wall and it was part of the activities for the students' sports afternoon. Had tons of fun and even did some racing up the wall and belaying for some racers. Good times! I am a bit sore today. Some of the rocks on the wall are loose and for my race I got the part of the wall that had the loose rocks. I managed to slip and scrape up my hands and bruise my knees. Oh well, all part of the competition and fun. Today I've done some cleaning and cooking and now am taking it easy for the afternoon. I also made a Strawberry pie yesterday. yummy! The fruit is so cheap here! The students are getting ready for travel weekend this weekend. Already halfway through the school! Amazing! Time is getting shorter. God has been teaching me to enjoy each minute of everyday. I try not to look ahead too much since it makes the days seem to go faster. Life is still fun here and I'm enjoying the people I work with and even the crazy students. I have a reputation for being strict here, but all in good fun. I caught a few of the boys setting off firecrackers out their window after lock up time. I of course reported them to the principal and since then I am teased constantly. Oh well..So life goes. I do have fun as well and enjoyed outclimbing some of the guys yesterday. I forgot how much fun it is to be around a bunch of teenage guys. They are crazy! I miss you and your friends Tim! Anyway..that's how it's going here. ttfn

2 comments:

Heather said...

Your mom was telling me that you were low on iron. I told her it must be because you aren't eating rhubarb:) Supposedly there's iron in rhubarb. Nice pics too, though the one with the skulls is a little weird:)

H. said...

Hey Beth, I was beginning to think you had abandoned the blog for more exciting things to do in Austria... sounds like things are going good (except for getting sick all the time it seems)... I love the pictures... I'm definitly living vicariously through people who are in more exciting places...lol... have a great day.