spring madness....or is it "March Madness"

Regardless.....I feel like I can barely keep up with everything these days. It seems like the longer we're here, the more things we become involved with, and obviously, the more people we get to know. So our weeks seem full. Not to mention our accreditation this week!!! yikes! I didn't realize how long it's been since I wrote last. Almost 4 weeks! Sorry parents :) I'm not sure where the time has gone. We had a lovely Easter break, just realxing and enjoying some nice weather. I had a great birthday, celebrated with many co-workers as well who have birthdays the same day and two days later. Scott took me out to our favorite indian food restaurant. Such delicious food! And he picked out a fantastic new purse for me! Very bold of him to pick out a purse, and I am still really impressed with his choice! It's perfect for me! Wonderful husband I have :)

This past weekend was spent preparing for our accreditation. I spent far too long at the school on Saturday. We even had to go to work on Sunday afternoon (just for 1 hour) to meet the visiting team members. Just an informal Meet & Greet. Today they were walking around the halls and popping into our classrooms while we were teaching, or just to chat about our curriculum, etc. They have also been meeting with students and hanging out with them in the lunchroom :) My committee meets with them tomorrow. I look forward to the end of this week. We even have Friday off! Then we have to seriously plan for Enrichment Week.

There are lots of interesting things happening here in the city as we get closer to the olympics. Please remember to "lift up" those who are experiencing some difficulties because of pressure from the gov't. They are literally cleaning up the city of people they don't want causing trouble.

We're planning a trip for ourselves for the end of April to Sichuan province. Specifically to go see the Panda bears in Chengdu! Should be fun!

Well I hope the snow is gone now from southern ontario. Trees are in bloom here! We're excited for a hike we have planned outside of the city this weekend.

love to all,
SA