January 23- The End of Midterm Week

We are finishing up midterm week here at ICA. It's a very stressful week full of deadlines, grading, proctoring, and more grading. Pretty sure I speak for every teacher here when I say the end of midterm week cannot come fast enough.

Even though we're exhausted, Aaron and I have still found time to spend with one another. Yes, instead of cuddling under a blanket, we're buried in papers to grade and instead of holding each other's hands, we're holding red pens, but nevertheless, we are together. We recently purchased Friends in iTunes so we have been watching those episodes while getting things done. We've also had many laughs that weren't related to the TV show :)

We also got to spend time with our friends on Wednesday night and had a 'grading party'! Grading in groups always makes it more bearable (even if not as much gets done- it's worth it). We had tea and dumplings and watched The Princess Bride and Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail. We got to know each other better than we already do and it was so much fun!

Another piece of exciting news- all the girls in our wedding party have received their gifts and have all agreed to be a part of our special day! And the presents Aaron ordered for his guys have shipped so they will be getting those very shortly :)

Tomorrow will be the first Saturday this year when neither of us have anything going on. This means we get to sleep in!! What's that like? We'll find out tomorrow!

I'm already looking forward to next week. The start of a new term is always exciting. In term 3 we will be reading the Odyssey and starting our research unit in Language Arts.

But mostly I'm looking forward for this weekend to spend quality time with my fiancé <3