Amy's Introduction

Hi, everyone!
So, like I said, I'm Amy.  I'm originally from Appleton, Wisconsin, but I've lived in Lincoln, Nebraska for five years now.  I earned my undergraduate degree in English, German, and secondary education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and now I'm working on my master's in German and education, as well as a post bac. program that will lead me to obtaining my certificate to teach secondary English.  Phew.  I say again: overachiever.  Actually, I just like to keep my options open.  I am also considering training to be a yoga teacher sometime in the not-so-distant future, but money is currently an obstacle.

Here's a photo of my family and I when I graduated from UNL.  From left to right: my dad, Diddi (my sister's exchange partner from Germany), me, my sister, Sara, my brother, Steven, and my mama.

As a graduate student, I am also a teaching assistant, which in my case means I teach one section of beginning German.  I am teaching German 101 for the second time this semester, and I love it.  It is my favorite part of grad school.  

Last summer on July 24, I married the love of my life, Jesse.  I will leave the story of our relationship for a later post, but we were officially together for about four years before getting married.  We took a trip to Kansas City to celebrate our first anniversary, which was so much fun.  From what I saw, I really liked Kansas City, and I would like to spend more time exploring the city at some point.  (Also, it's difficult to talk about Kansas City without using the word "city" too many times.  I suppose I could say something like "metropolis," but that's not something I would say in normal conversation...)

This is one of my favorite wedding photos.  It was actually taken by our friend Tony who was one of Jesse's groomsmen while we were getting professional photos taken in a park after the ceremony.  I just love that one of my absolute favorite pictures of that day came from a friend.

Things I enjoy and can see myself blogging about include yoga and (surprisingly) jogging, books and movies, cooking and baking, food in general, travel, and relationships with friends and family.  One thing that Jesse and I have started doing is visiting the various burger joints listed in George Motz's book Hamburger America, and I plan on posting each time we visit one of these burger restaurants.

As a preview, here is a photo of Jesse and I at the first burger joint we visited from this book, the Hamburg Inn No. 2 in Iowa City, IA.

By the way, I LOVED this place.  So delicious.

Well, that's all for now.  Tune in next time for the thrilling continuation of... this blog!