I'm a Math Tutor

So I have never been a official tutor before. I have my teaching degree but have never had the opportunity to teach one on one. Well, this summer I get to tutor Emma. She is Tom's Boss's Daughter :) who will be in the 6th grade next year. It has been so fun to prepare lesson plans and have a job. I have only taught two days but I really look forward to teaching everyday, except sundays, till we leave PA. Hopefully this will be good prep for a teaching job this school year, that is of course if I get hired in time, and good for Emma too!

Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat

So we live near the Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, and I thought it would be a lot of fun to see a play at an old opera house. Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat just happened to be playing! We saw that on Thursday (June 27). The play was really good and the theatre was amazing! It was so old and ornate, reminded me a lot of the Opera House I visited several times in Kiev Ukraine. We found out that Mark Twain gave lectures at the Fulton Theatre, and we just happen to make it to the last show of the 160th year anniversary of the theatre. So Cool!

(pictures to be put up shortly)


About The Fulton Theatre
Paraphrased from www.thefulton.org

The Fulton Theatre was built on the foundation of Lancaster's pre-Revolutionary jail, where in 1763, a vigilante gang know as the "Paxtang Boys" massacred the last of the Conestoga Indians being held there for their protection. This was a monumental event throughout the colonies and became the subject matter for the first plays ever written on American soil. The exterior wall of the jail courtyard is now the back wall of the theatre. In 1852 the Lancaster community celebrated the opening of Fulton Hall. From a meeting hall, to the "Queen of the Roadhouses" through Vaudeville, the movies, near destruction, salvation and on to the cutting edge of contemporary theatre, the history of this majestic place chronicles the evolution of the American Stage. Now, 160 years later, we continue to celebrate this treasure of the community.

The Fulton Opera House, considered to be the nation's oldest continuously operating theatre, is one of only eight theaters to be named a National Historic landmark.

Washington DC

On Sunday (June 30th) Tom & I drove Tyler Leavitt to the Dulles Airport, near Washington DC. It was sad to say goodbye to such a fun buddy for Tom. Here is a picture of them outside the Airport. I think they look like they could be brothers.

Then Tom and I drove to the Vienna Virginia metro stop. I was so excited! I hadn't been on a metro since I was teaching english in Ukraine back in 2008. We rode the metro into DC and were able to visit the Holocaust Museum. (pictures will be added soon)

Then we walked around and saw the Washington Monument and The White House, from a distance. Tom got a hot dog from a street vendor (hot dog stand) and then we hopped back on the metro to go see the  huge Lincoln statue. (pictures will be added soon)

It was also neat to see the Washington Monument as it reflected in the reflection pool. Reminded me of Forest Gump, lol...  (pictures will be added soon)

It was raining so we took a taxi, first time ever for me, back to the metro stop a mile away. We rode the Metro back to Vienna and then headed back to Lancaster. It was a lot of fun to spend the day in DC!