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Whither the weather?
Mar. 11th, 2009 08:57 amAh, I love the weather in the Midwest, it's never the same two days in a row. ;-)
Yesterday was rainy and grey and rather depressing-looking -- except that it was 55 degrees and sooo warm, it was hard not to think of spring. Today, it's barely 20 degrees, and it feels like less than that with the wind -- but the sun is shining so brightly and the sky is so blue, I just have to get out and go for a walk today!!
It was like that over the weekend, also, though we had a few days of sun and warm together. It rained a lot, too, and that means flooding in our area of Wisconsin. I was up there visiting my various family members, and got to see some lovely stretches of flooded fields and riverbanks as I drove to and fro. I am thankful our house up there is on a ridge and not near the river! Flooding is a real problem along that river, though -- the internet weather report has daily severe weather alerts for flooding rather than snow or thunderstorms!
It's always good to go up to Wisconsin to visit my DS, and this time I got over to where my dad lives and visited him, too -- which usually encompasses seeing the rest of my family, since they all live in the area. So it was a nice, nice weekend. It's also good to be back down in Chicago with the DH. It's really a blessing to be able to go to and fro so often and to be happy wherever I end up!
One of my main jobs down here in Chicago is to teach English to South Asian immigrants. I'm not really trained in ESL, though I seem to be able to manage to do all right, at least when it's one on one. It's a little more tricky in a classroom situation. I am going to an ESL seminar next month to learn a few tricks, and I am seriously considering taking some classes somewhere and getting some kind of certificate in the subject. Hope it's not too late for this old dog to learn some new tricks. ;-)
Yesterday was rainy and grey and rather depressing-looking -- except that it was 55 degrees and sooo warm, it was hard not to think of spring. Today, it's barely 20 degrees, and it feels like less than that with the wind -- but the sun is shining so brightly and the sky is so blue, I just have to get out and go for a walk today!!
It was like that over the weekend, also, though we had a few days of sun and warm together. It rained a lot, too, and that means flooding in our area of Wisconsin. I was up there visiting my various family members, and got to see some lovely stretches of flooded fields and riverbanks as I drove to and fro. I am thankful our house up there is on a ridge and not near the river! Flooding is a real problem along that river, though -- the internet weather report has daily severe weather alerts for flooding rather than snow or thunderstorms!
It's always good to go up to Wisconsin to visit my DS, and this time I got over to where my dad lives and visited him, too -- which usually encompasses seeing the rest of my family, since they all live in the area. So it was a nice, nice weekend. It's also good to be back down in Chicago with the DH. It's really a blessing to be able to go to and fro so often and to be happy wherever I end up!
One of my main jobs down here in Chicago is to teach English to South Asian immigrants. I'm not really trained in ESL, though I seem to be able to manage to do all right, at least when it's one on one. It's a little more tricky in a classroom situation. I am going to an ESL seminar next month to learn a few tricks, and I am seriously considering taking some classes somewhere and getting some kind of certificate in the subject. Hope it's not too late for this old dog to learn some new tricks. ;-)
