The Jensen Connection
November 2001
Dear family and friends,
Just 8 weeks left! I have already gained almost 40
pounds. I feel really big, and it seems like I am farther along
than I am.J Natalie Ann will be here before we know it.
Today is our stake conference, then in 2 weeks is
the primary program. I wish my girls were more active. I have 5,
one of which is already 12. Of the 4 who are still 10 or 11, I average
1 or 2 a week attendance! So I hesitate to let them have parts in
the program, because I don’t know if they will really show
up!
There sure have been a lot of “parties”
lately (Mary Kay, Scrapbook, Stamping, etc. type parties that women
host for each other). I like to go, but it is hard to want to buy
anything when everything is so expensive! Plus they always plug
for you to “become a consultant” and sell the stuff
yourself, too. (Which wouldn’t be so bad if you weren’t
all competing for the same customers!) Oh, well.
I have one more week of school, then I go off-track.
The bad thing is, next week is PACKED: report cards are due, SEP
parent conferences on Wednesday and Thursday, being observed by
other teachers for Literacy strategies, Technology class after school
on Tuesday, interviewing possible long-term subs for January on
Thursday, AND moving everything for going off-track. (This is not
to mention the regular planning and teaching that will of course
still go on for my students the whole week.) I will definitely be
glad for the 3 week break.
Well, when I go back on-track, I will only have 3
weeks till Christmas break, and NATALIE! Time is going SO fast.
Dave only has 5 weeks left of school for the term.
Not much new for him: just the regular studying and working at his
internship. He sure loves to learn new things on our computer: I
think he could learn anything just by playing with it till he figures
it out! He has made websites, presentations, and publications and
never took a class or anything! I am learning how to do the same
things, but I am learning at a technology class with lots of good
type-written instructions. J
I am excited for the holidays. Can’t wait to
see Greg and Nicole (Dave’s Bro & Sis-In-Law) at Thanksgiving,
and my mom at Christmas-time. Hope everyone is happy and doing well
wherever they may be!
Love,
Dave and Rachel
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