A job someone should give me

Here’s something no one told me while I was overseas: Torii Hunter (the longtime center fielder for the MN Twins) was traded to the Angels.  Umm…thanks for keeping me updated guys.  Imagine my surprise tonight to watch the game and see him come up to bat…in an Angels uniform!  In any case, because he was traded that [...]

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What I miss the most about Ethiopia…

…seeing beautiful little people like this everyday.        

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Working out

I love my physical therapist, Andrea.  She is so great about letting me do “active” things and push myself.  On Tuesday, she had me sit on a recumbent bike.  I biked a mile and it felt AMAZING to actually do some concentrated physical activity.  Today, she put me on the elliptical machine and again it [...]

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Melting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I am still supposed to be overseas for another month—meaning, I should not have had to see snow this winter.  And, even though I have only had to deal with snow for a little less than four weeks, I am good and READY for it to be gone.  So, that is why I am [...]

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visitors

I’m sure that many of you heard that George Clooney and Renee Zellweger were in Duluth today to support their new film, Leatherheads, which is based upon a football team from Duluth.  No, I unfortunately didn’t have the chance to go downtown and see them…I still can’t drive, so, I was home-bound without a ride [...]

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article

Hello and Happy Easter!  I wanted to pass on the link to the article about me that was in today’s paper here in Duluth.  Enjoy!
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=62778&section=homepage 
If that link doesn’t get you there, you could go to http://www.duluthnewstribune.com and do a little search. 
Also, can I just say how CUTE it is to see little boys dressed up [...]

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You do the math

You know those commercials where they say something like “just one spoonful of this _________ is equal to the strength of ten _________.”  Well, have I got an example for you. 
So, the prescription they gave me in Israel ran out about two weeks ago.  In order for me to have something to kill the pain, [...]

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Busy days

The past two days have been rather active for me. I had my first physical therapy appointment yesterday.  My therapist, Andrea, seems wonderful.  She is about my age and is sweet as can be.  And, I think it is meant to be because her schedule is the EXACT same schedule of when I can come.  I [...]

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Cute!

We all know that teaching, like many other “service” professions, is often thankless.  For every compliment you recieve, you usually receive nine criticisms.  So, when compliments come it it best to enjoy them and breathe them in.  I just received an email from one of my students in Addis.  She is a woman from Moldova who I [...]

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in retrospect…

First of all, I just have to comment on the fact that Snoop Dogg just performed on The View.  What?!?!?  That is just unexpected in my book.
Ok, back on track.  For those of you who have been reading my blog since before my accident occurred, you’ll know that just three days before this all happened (Ash Wednesday) [...]

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