life has been so busy, and updating my life on this blog has become second priority. brief updates, good and bad.

- my teaching job has been good. i teach DC inner city kids with special needs. it's a public charter art school, where we use art-infused learning methods to help teach students. 90% of our students are special ed kids. i teach 3/4th graders, and my favorite student calls me "ms. jimmy".

- 3 weeks ago, one of our students, erik, along with his mother and little brother, were stabbed to death by the mom's boyfriend. the entire school experienced a very heavy-hearted week, and this along with some other incidents that happened in recent weeks have made me realize that life is precious, that life is unpredictable, and that i need to remember that every day is a gift of life from God. i also realized how much love my students need. please lift up a prayer for this case.

- on a much brighter note, john and i bought our first new house. i get to move in may 8th. wow.

- i can't wait till summer vacation. june 20th... june 20th...

- our school had tickets for the white house annual easter egg roll, where a few students and 2 teachers were randomly selected to go, and I GOT PICKED! this is probably the only time ever in my life that i've been randomly selected to win something. im so going to bring john's camera and try to find obama and michelle. numoo exciting. im going to the white house tomorrow.

- picture updates take too much effort.

i miss you friends.
mainly, hannah, jane, dan-ah and lori. hi guys.
how come we are all so far away?