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School is starting!

Well, here we go. On Monday I get to be a student again. The end of this week I have had orientation activities at DTS – a chance to get acquainted with the campus, the professors, and the policies I should be following over the next 4 (hopefully) years.

I also had to take some entrance tests. I took a test to find out if I’m crazy or not. Sarah and I took the same exam 3 years ago before heading to China. Unfortunately the results don’t count after two years - who knows what happened in that time – so I took it again. This test was written by people “as dry as sawdust,” according to the proctor, so us spiritual types may have some answers that differ from the rest of the population. (e.g, Do you feel like you are being watched? Is someone out to get you?) But that’s okay. The proctor told us incoming students that our coming to DTS already told him we weren’t normal.

I also took an incoming knowledge test, and will take the same test again before I graduate. This is to 1) see if I learned anything after four years of schooling and 2) to show me how little I actually know right now. It worked. I’m ready to jump in on Monday evening.

We’re feeling very fortunate with the job openings that keep showing up for Sarah and me. Well, for Sarah, at least – she’s doing all the work, and I’m filling out applications and waiting on phone calls. We appreciate your thoughts as we determine what our working situations should be for the foreseeable future.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Becoming Texan

It’s been a while. The last post contained the weather report for the Dallas area; fortunately we did not melt. We’re alive and well.

Sarah and I are slowly becoming Texan. At least, our car and id’s are – I can’t say much about the accents and cowboy hats. Yet. But we have jumped through the hurdles of getting new plates for our car and driver’s licenses for us, so when we need to show ID we won’t have to pull out our NY and CA cards anymore. Considering the pictures on the licenses, we won’t miss them much! Our stuff is also becoming Texan, as two weekends ago we travelled to Houston to get our shipment from China signed in from customs and picked up from the warehouse. Everything went smoothly there, and it’s good to have couches again.

Before the craziness of the school year starts, Sarah and I decided to take a break. My family had a yearly tradition of heading to Holden Beach for a week, though the last 8 years have kept everyone busy with college schedules and weddings and such. We couldn’t book flights due to the unpredictable nature of our shipment from China, so we ended up taking a 19-hour car ride instead. It was a relaxing time as we could build some sand castles, play some heated games of Catan and get some free reading in. (I’m calling it free reading even though I haven’t started full time at DTS – but I’ll have tons of required reading to do soon enough!) We saw some beautiful sights on the beach. I also saw the Dolorian and a beached whale.

We saw some sea turtles coming out of their eggs and heading to the ocean, but no pictures. We wouldn’t want them to head toward false moons – even a flash from a camera could confuse them.

We’re also enjoying the Olympics, watching it when we can. I saw this historical map of Olympic medals and thought it was pretty cool.

Sarah has started work, and I’m talking with places in the area and getting ready to head back to school on Thursday, this time as a student. A shout out to all the CDISers – we miss you guys! Hope the year is going well!

That’s all for now… I have to go find my cowboy hat and work on my accent.

Dallas Weather

 It will take some time to get used to this. We are very thankful for air conditioning.