Happy birthday to Jen,Happy birthday to Jen,
Happy 30th birthday dear Jen,
Happy birthday to Jen!
Yep, today was Jen's 30th birthday, and as such she now officially joins those of us who are too old to get a working holiday visa in Australia. Good thing she already has one! This also means the next time we head off on one of these crazy traveling adventures, we'll be on even ground, visa-wise. Ah, the joys of getting old. :-)
Seriously though, I'm pretty sure she had a good day. Today Jen was working at a school where they had specifically requested a Canadian supply teacher for their year 5/6 class. In fact, they asked Resource Ed for Jen by name, because they had heard she was an experienced teacher. We were both a little worried that this might mean the kids were going to be a real handful, but apparently they were wonderful kids and she had a great day.
I, on the other hand, had a lot of free time today. This was planned! I amused myself for a couple of hours by decorating Jen's half of the room with streamers, "30" stickers, and birthday banners. You can see some of my handiwork in this photo - and you'll have to take my word for it that I did decorate the rest of the room too, including Jen's couch, desk chair, and wardrobe. When she got home from work, she walked in to see all the decorations and her presents, cards and letters arranged nicely on her bed. Ta da! My personal favorite are the maple leaves which were sent by Jen's mom... how cool is that? (We're actually a little surprised they made it through the Australian quarantine folks... they're really strict about plant material entering the county!) We're trying to figure out a way to attach them to the walls without having them crumble to bits.
To end off a great day, Irene and Tarra joined us for dinner. Tarra brought St. Lucia Pizza (YUMMY) and Irene brought mud cake and strawberry cheesecake (also YUMMY). And Jen's favorite movie in the world, Sahara, was playing on TV tonight, so we ate pizza and cake and watched the movie.
So happy birthday Jen. I wish you nothing but happiness as we continue this crazy adventure together!
