After a very busy week, Ryan and Jamie enjoyed finding a beautiful place to hike (and cool down). The temperature in Boulder when we left was 99 degrees, when we arrived at our hiking destination it was about 74 degrees. Both the temperature and the location were perfect. We were in the Roosevelt National Forest, it took a bit of time (about 30 minutes) to drive to the hiking spot as well as find it (the roads weren't listed on any of our maps), but it was well worth it. Because the temperature and location were so wonderful we hiked a bit further than we probably should have. The entire hike was about 6 miles in length and we hiked a good portion of it, probably close to 5 3/4 miles. We were exhausted by the time we got to the car and drove home. Originally we had planned on taking advantage of a gift certificate for the Dushanbe Tea House after our hike, but we knew that we would be too tired to enjoy our dinner and the incredible atmosphere of this historic restaurant. Instead we opted for fast food, a dvd, and went to bed early.
Ryan's TA (Teaching Assistant) training kept him fairly busy last week along with trying to prepare for his upcoming classes. By the end of the week Ryan was able to speak with his advisor regarding the class conflict he had with the TA class he was assigned to. Apparently all of the TAs had signed up for the Solar class and none of them would have been able to switch TA classes with Ryan. Ryan's advisor decided that they would likely change the time of the Solar class as there had been other conflicts with that time as well. Now Ryan is waiting to hear when the new class time will be.
The week was also filled with activities for both Ryan and Jamie. Thursday night we attended a planning meeting for Horizons International Student Organization. Friday night we attended a Welcome dinner at Horizons and met International students from all over the world. Jamie also attended a "Girls Night" with several of the Smiley Court (our housing area) ladies, we shared wedding photos because one of the ladies had recently gotten married. Jamie enjoyed this opportunity to meet more of her neighbors and get to know others better. The Smiley Court ladies may host a baby shower for Jamie soon (date pending on the arrival of the baby). Saturday Ryan spent much of the day reading the text for his TA class so that he can be prepared and get ahead of the students. That evening we attended a Welcome Cookout hosted by the Family Housing Office for all of the family housing areas. It seemed a bit overwhelming to combine all of the Family Housing areas into one cookout, but we were able to meet some new people from Smiley Court as well as visit with others we already knew. Later that evening Ryan and Jamie played Settlers of Catan with Philip and Jana (neighbors), which made for a late night! On Sunday (before the hike) Ryan and Jamie went back to the church that had such a powerful message for us a couple weeks ago. The message spoke to us again as it was very relevant to our life stage - it was about families and parenting. We also visited with a couple that we had met the last time we were at the church. It was good to reconnect with them, as they also have recently moved to the Boulder area. And we rounded out the weekend with the strenuous hike mentioned above.
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