Scorpions and no sleep

Apparently Phoenix has scorpions. I’m not sure why this fact freaks me out as much as it does. Somewhere in my city girl mindset, I considered things like scorpions a novelty that exists purely in sci-fi movies or Hollywood. Wrong-o. They exist in Phoenix. Also it is blazing hot here, and I am using sweat glands that I have never used before. I am however turning a nice shade of brown instead of pale white, so that is wonderful.
ALSO wonderful thing about Phoenix is the FREE bus system. Well okay, they actually have like three bus systems, and I am sure they aren’t all free. But the nice convenient one that takes me to target when I need things like hangers and extra deodorant (see sweat gland usages mentioned above) is free so I am a happy girl. I also walked into a coffee shop today that served delightful iced coffee and people were listening to music and working on their laptops. I felt like I was in Seattle again for a second. Until I walked back out into the 100 degree weather.
I am excited to get a few spare hours here and there to explore the city for the short time I am here. We are so busy doing teacher training stuff here that it is quite literally blowing my mind. We teach tomorrow for the first time, and I am going to be in a third grade class, which makes me unspeakably happy. It is crazy, with every lesson plan I am doing I picture my Zion kids. Troublesome, since this is a distinctly different culture. It’s comfortable though. I am team teaching with four other people who literally just learned how to teach this past week, so I am lgoing to be the only one who feels comfortable. Campus is buzzing with nerves and anxious feelings.
There is about a million things I could write, because there are about a million things going on in my head. In the past week I have
1. Graduated from college
2. Moved out of the princess house
3. Moved away from the homeland
4. Moved away from the family
5. Moved away from the best friends
6. Moved into a dorm room (eww)
7. Learned how to be a teacher (again)
8. Met about three hundred new people (Hi, I’m Leah. I’m from Seattle. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat)
9. Set up a classroom
10. Wrote about twelve lesson plans
11. Did DRA testing for a bunch of third graders
12. Not slept at all.
13. Not ran at all
14. Ate really gross food.
Yep. One week down, four to go until New Orleans!
Love Y’all!
(Yeah, I just Y’all-ed!)