August 12, 2012

Dan and I haveofficially lived in Denver for a week now. I finished my first week of teachertraining, and tomorrow, I begin my first day of training within my building. I amexcited to meet all of the other staff members and organize my classroom. Overthe past week, we have been running around trying to get all of mypaperwork together for the school district and for the state of Colorado. Ithas been quite frustrating; I hope that my contract will be all set by the end of the week.

The weatherhere in Denver has been hot and sunny every day. We had our firstrainstorm yesterday, but it did not last very long. The storm looked crazy and apocalyptic coming from over the mountains, and we saw a rainbow in the middleof the storm. The weather today feels much cooler and more comfortable, sohopefully we can go out to the parks sometime this week. Everyone has beentelling us that we need to go hiking and do a few trails in the mountains, but I’mnot sure how long it will be until I am well enough to do that.

Yesterday we went to IKEA and found agreat couch, coffee table, and desk that matched the IKEA furniture that Ialready owned. Now our apartment seems complete and Chai is excited to havelots of new places to sit and hide.

Last night wewent out with our friends Tom and Caroline to a dessert bar in the northeastside of Denver. It was a very hip and happening place and the desserts were todie for. Dan and I shared a piece of chocolate cake with salted caramel and avanilla milkshake. I have a feeling my mom would really like this place.

After spendingthe day building our IKEA furniture, Dan and I made dinner and are now spendingthe evening poolside. I have a lot of lesson planning and classroom organizingto do this week while Dan will begin his job search. We hope to check out thedowntown area soon and see Dan’s university. Hopefully we will make friends soonand have lots of dinner parties (since the restaurants are quite expensivehere). Looking forward to another exciting week, here are some pictures of ourapartment…