On a Different Note

If you're curious, here's what we've been up to (besides watching The Office:)

Juan has been enjoying his classes, for the most part. He loves his Restorative Dentistry lab because he actually gets a lot of hands-on practice. As to other classes, he is taking one from a teacher whose first language is Korean (?) and when the guy tries to teach in English, it comes out as gibberish. There is another professor who apparently speaks 150 words per second... this makes taking notes difficult. All in all, I think he is really happy to be at Temple and to be able to do what his father did as a profession.

Siena is saying "Papa", "Mama", and "No, no!" It's clear that I say the last word too much to her. She loves puppies and other animals. The other day, when I was working out in the yard, she spotted a puppy in a screen door from across the street. She started doing her best attempt at a barking dog, and wouldn't take her eyes (or her pointing finger) off the puppy. She also likes to climb stairs, although falling down them is her specialty (okay, we're only talking like three stairs, so don't call Child Services on us.) We're trying to teach her the consequences of climbing them by letting her learn from her little spills. Unfortunately, this hasn't been working, so if you have any suggestions....

I decided that I'm going to do the 1,200 calories/day diet again this month. June/July were so successful and I felt great, so I'm excited to do it again. And for the record, I did don the swimsuit last time; so, this time, I'm going to try to follow through without a set punishment/reward. We'll see how it goes.


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