My elusive roommate

This picture, taken a month back, actually includes my roommate Mary! Somehow I haven't been able to get many pictures of her, which is funny, because she is always taking these crazy pictures of herself. But I recently came across this one. So, can you guess which one she is? I'll give you a clue: she wasn't in the picture of my co-workers that I posted a while ago...process of elimination...(tune of Jeopardy plays in your head)..."who is...the girl in the...?" If you guess it right, you'll increase your final grade by 3 percentage points!

I should take this opportunity to say that Mary is awesome. We always have great fun and great talks together, whenever we're actually together, which is unfortunately rare. But she is solid, and I am so thankful for her!

the other side of parliament

This shot is taken from the other side of Parliament (scroll down to see prettier pictures of the building). On Saturday the demonstrators in front of the Parliament building were 20,000 strong. For the most part they have been peaceful. The Hungarian people simply don't want to be lied to, as their PM has blatantly admitted to doing. There is a lot of political upheaval, as elections are coming up on Oct. 1. I'm trying to stay up with it all, but I definately feel somewhat detached, as we are 25 miles from where stuff is happening and I can't see beyond my lesson plans for the next day at this point.

...from whence I came

From this...

Gurnee, Illinois Health Club Location - Centre Club

...to this!

I miss the Centre Club!

I have been tapping into my stores of creativity and improvisation to maintain a good workout regimen. It can be done, right Mel? I've been mostly doing body weight exercises and Pilates. The burn isn't the same as working with the machines, but it still feels so good. And it works. Fortunately the new building will be done soon (that's what they keep saying anyway) and the weight room will be open. I plan on frequenting it.

the haircut!

So sorry to keep you all in a state of nail-biting anticipation! This actually isn't the best picture of the haircut, as it's kind of dark. But I'm the one on the left, in case I look too different to recognize =). And next to me is Paula, the HS English teacher. She lives right next door and is super cool. We were hanging out with a bunch of the teachers (in the background) at a festival at the castle. More castle pictures later.

As promised...The Co-workers

Unfortunately, after MULTIPLE failed attempts and a lot of wasted time, I have given up trying to post any more than two pictures at a time to this page. Apparently it can't handle the load. So my hope is to publish a picture album somewhere on the web, complete with the promised pictures of where I live and work, and who I live and work with. And my new haircut. I will send out the link once I get that in place. Please forgive the uploading incapabilities of Blogger. It means well.

These are all of the new teachers at the school, minus my roommate. She can be rather elusive. I'll get a picture of her yet!