October...

It is crazy to me that it is already November. I wasn't sure if I was going to survive the month of September therefore it dragged on forever, nonetheless we finally hit October and it decided to fly by. October was a lot more relaxed (for me) and a lot busier for Kevin (I am sure he is beyond excited October is finally over).

October started out with a bang when Kevin went back to school after his month off. It was a little shock to the system for both of us. I was used to having a husband that was home cooking and cleaning for me, and he was getting used to relaxing. This semester has been the worst thus far at dental school. Kevin has been crazy busy and spends most of his free time studying or trying to catch up on sleep. It is midterms next week though so we are half way through! YAY! My school work eased up a bit (or maybe I just got lazy) and I finally feel somewhat above water when it comes to lesson planning and grading.

We did get out a little bit and enjoy the beautiful fall 70 degree weather that Oregon offered us. The first weekend in October we went on a hike to Pittock Mansion. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful hike.

Toward the end of the month we headed to a pumpkin patch with some friends and picked out a pumpkin to carve for Halloween. 

Which we carved for Family Home Evening with Jared and Nicole- Ours is the medium sized one with One eye :) I like to think of him as Mike Wazowski. 

Kevin also decided to work on his photography skills and took these beautiful pictures of the sunrise at OHSU (it's sad that he is up there at sunrise everyday). 

I can't say that October was all good though because there was a few incidents at school. My pump had a little accident one day, and then I had to kick my first student out of class. After telling him to get out of my classroom, he asked me where I wanted him to go. I might have said something like "Anywhere I don't have to look at you". This was the first time my students had ever seen me mad, and there was a few jaws that dropped. Luckily for me (and him) he just stood outside the classroom door for 20 minutes until I felt like letting him back in. I sent this picture to Kevin after that lovely day was over. 

School did have some good moments though- like this one... I might have laughed way too much at my students creation of Reverend Hale (we are reading the Crucible). Yes that is Mark Helfrich. 

Well that was how our month was... How was yours?