Kate’s Quests

I’m working with students again, although this time they are a bit older and American.  I’m also helping them with a variety of subjects and my group today is taking their first exam of the year.  I think they’re a bit nervous, but the first test of the class is always more difficult since you [...]

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I’m getting it.  I’m stuck wearing my glasses until then which has been torture since my glasses are a prescription behind.  So all day I spend my time squinting and straining to see things.  I’ve had a headache since taking my contacts out, but it’ll all be worth it this 4th of July weekend!  I [...]

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Thank god for hotels that allow them, really.  When we arrived in Japan we had to kennel the boys together for three weeks and it was horrible.  They were in a tiny box and got hardly any exercise.  I pretty much cried every day that we were seperated.  But here we get to keep them [...]

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Sorry my posting has been so spotty lately.  We’ve just moved overseas!  We are now back stateside in North Carolina and are looking for a place to live.  Living in a hotel definitely has it’s drawbacks, but I should be used to it by now.  I’ll try to keep this updated as I settle in.  [...]

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I’m taking care of a friends house while she’s deployed.  I had been over to the house right after she left and all was well.  About three weeks later I stopped by again to see how every thing was and I noticed that the power was out.  It was the dead of summer so I [...]

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This house should be in the middle of another stressful international move.  Instead we are waiting around for the military to get its act together.  Here’s the deal….there are three actors playing a part in this, (we’re the fourth and powerless actor) my husband’s current job (in Japan), the future job (in NC) and Bupers [...]

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In case your nipples don’t stand out on their own….you can buy them!

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I haven’t abandoned you, sweet internet.  I’ve just been extra busy lately as the summer session of school started, and that begins with some intensive courses for my students.  I’ve had students coming and going on vacation and I went on a vacation!  But, I’ll start with the past and in the next few days, [...]

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Sometimes you can get a better deal on base when it comes to food.  And they really try to stress that the commissary is MUCH cheaper than out in town, but it’s not always.  Last month button mushrooms were almost $8 a pint and were something like $2 off base.  I don’t know what the [...]

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I was walking home from class the other night and saw the most beautiful sunset. The sun was a gorgeous color red. It’s just what you think of when you picture the land of the rising sun. Nevermind the fact that it was setting. Later the moon was amazing. Sadly my cell phone doesn’t do [...]

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