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[Aug. 24th, 2008|11:48 am] |
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| | Whose Wedding Is It Anywy? | ] |
Another school year is about to begin. My classroom is set up, my lesson plans are written and my activities are photocopied. I would say that I'm pretty prepared.
Along with what I'm teaching, I'm about to begin another semester of graduate school. This I'm not so prepared for. I have no idea what I need for my class, where it is or what is expected of me. All I really know it was the content of the class will be and at what time the class meets. Clearly, I'm not very invested. And shame on me for that.
Other than that, my birthday is coming up in a month. I'm thinking classy wine dinner with the girls, perhaps. The boy said that he will tell me what to wear and at what time to be ready. That's all I get to know. This lead me to have extraordinarily high expectations. We'll see how it goes, I suppose.
I moved into a new apartment with a room mate. It's precious. We decorated it and I think it's lovely. We organized and cleaned this weekend. I feel so much better about live when everything is where it needs to be. |
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[Mar. 19th, 2008|10:09 am] |
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Things I want to do in the next five years:
*Road Trip-anywhere (probably will do this this summer)
*Finish my master's and get my research project published (should be done next May)
*Live outside of Texas and in a major city
*Visit South America, Central America, Asia or Africa
*Go on a mission trip (this might take care of the object above)
*Buy myself a car
*compete in a triathalon |
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[Mar. 11th, 2008|07:23 am] |
so...i work for an idiot....i refer to him only as "idiot principal" and i will continue to call him that until he does something that's remotely intelligent....
55 more school days till summer!!!!
my summer job may have fallen through and i'm frustrated....i'll have to find something thats not horribly boring, i guess...along with swim lessons
yay for spring break!!!! going to atlanta...not so excited about that....
i get paid on friday...i didn't budget so well this last month....but i will next month for sure.... |
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[Feb. 13th, 2008|06:45 am] |
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| | When the Flowers Bloom- Promise of Redemption | ] |
quick update:
grad school is going well although i'm having a really difficult time concentrating and getting my work done because i don't feel any urgency (i do it the night before...shame on me)
school is still going well...my worst kid is in prison now and sadly, that made the dynamics in the class change so that it's wonderful now....this is the time of year where i get to teach my favorite subjects and i'm very excited
stuff with the boy is going well...long distance sucks but his career is really taking off....he's fielding internship offers all over the place, on top of the one he already has and he's even already been offered a job by a major league team...by the time he finished grad school, he'll be well on his way
my puppy is very cute....he rips things up but mostly, he's adorable
i still miss austin and i miss my friends, although they're spread out all over the place now...i don't really feel like mckinney is my home and i'm very ready to get out of here....probably only one more year and i can totally swing that |
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[Jan. 5th, 2008|10:54 am] |
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| | Flip That House | ] |
in an effort to give my life direction, i am writing down a list of life goals
*i want to visit 6/7 continents
*i want to take a cooking class and become an expert chef
*i want to live a healthy lifestyle
*i want to get my phd
*i want to live in a major city
*i want to get married and have a family
*i want to make a difference in the lives of my students
*i want to renovate a house
*i want to become and stay super organized |
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[Jan. 4th, 2008|08:52 am] |
i think i'm in a strange place in my life...i have a good job and i like it, but i'm not proud of it....i have a nice apartment and am saving money but i REALLY want to move....i have a boyfriend i adore and i get irritated when EVERYONE else gets engaged but i'm not sure if I'M ready to get engaged....i'm finding out who my real friends are, now that i'm far away, and they aren't the ones i necessarily suspected
so, in order to change some of these things, i'm starting graduate work, i think in january or i'll waive my admission till summer I...as far as moving, i looked up how i could afford to live somewhere else and basically, teachers can't...for instance, in new york, i would make LESS money but the cost of living is literally TWICE as high (the same is true in san francisco)...as far as getting engaged, i guess that's nothing i can worry about it because at this point, its not even my decision and he still has three semesters and a summer internship left of school and then he'll need to find a job and probably buy a new car since the one he has sometimes whistles...as far as friends go, i keep in touch with the ones that i love and that love me and i'm happy about it
but then i wonder if i'm REALLY doing what i want to do...but then when i try to decide what else i may WANT to do, i have no idea....i feel like i don't really have any direction and its a sucky feeling...i don't regret anything but i fear that i will....that's a weird feeling too...what if in 15 years i wish i had gone ahead and moved to new york even though i couldn't afford it? maybe i'll give away my dog and go join the peace corp and live in a hut or something...except that while that sounds cool...i dont WANT to...if stephanie moves to new york, i told her i could go with her, we'd just starve....sigh |
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[Jan. 2nd, 2008|06:25 pm] |
*excercise at least three times a week (this should make me feel less tired at work)
*begin graduate work
*make at least three wise financial investments
*organize closet and give away some of the clothes
*clean out car
*visit another country with a friend
*grow out finger nails
*find a new church, perhaps with a singles group of some kind
*find someone to vote for and do so whole heartedly
*perfect a few more dishes
*speak less harshly when angry
*cut coffee entirely out of diet (saves money AND calories!!)
*keep in touch with old friends while strengthening bonds with new ones |
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| 2007 in review |
[Dec. 31st, 2007|06:11 pm] |
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| | Friends- The One Where They're Awake All Night | ] |
student taught at a title I school
dean's list third semester in a row
got a job teaching high school
graduated from college in three years
went to europe for a month and saw paris, london, most major cities in italy, bratislava and vienna
moved into my very own apartment
furnished and decorated own apartment
started teaching school and coaching
met cool people at work
got a puppy named colby
had a good birthday
saw five broadway shows this year
went to new york again *yay coach purse!*
got into grad school!!!! either starting in january or june
oh, and i'm still dating the boy |
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[Nov. 28th, 2007|06:18 am] |
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| | Thick as Thieves- Dashboard | ] |
I am terrible at blogging. I never update. I will try to work on this. Not terribly much is going on. I'm waiting to hear about graduate school. I applied to UNT, sent in everything, ordered my transcript from UT- Austin and it was never sent. I emailed UNT today to see what the protocal on this is since I HAVE a transcript and its a pretty good one....We shall see...If worse comes to worse, I'll just start in the summer instead of in January. That's fine with me. Other than that, I wrote a test for my students from scratch. It took awhile but I'm really proud of it. The test genorater the school was using just wasn't working for me. In other news, I put up my Christmas tree, stockings and my lights. The tree looks excellent, if I do say so myself. I have all of my shopping done except for two people. I haven't decided whether or not to get my dog anything. Maybe a nice treat. *lol*. Other than that, school is going well. I miss my friends in Austin and Oklahoma still. I miss the boy too. Stupid grad school in Austin. He'll be done soon, I guess. EVERYONE is getting engaged...its "ring rush, the Christmas edition", I guess but it still depresses me a bit. That's fine though. I'm starting to try and work it out to go to Guatemala this summer on a mission with the church. I am going to try and go somewhere out of the US each summer, starting with the European extravaganza that took place last year. |
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[Nov. 12th, 2007|06:19 am] |
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| | Death Cab for Cutie- Passenger Seat | ] |
i bought christmas ornaments!!!! and lights!!!! and a tree skirt!!!! and a mini tree to go with the big tree!!!! and two christmas stockings, one for me and one for the boy...but he won't be here for christmas so colby can use it this year...i'm looking for a cute, smaller one for colby....my christmas is going to be blues and silvers and its pretty and i'm VERY excited....i also can't wait for the christmas bonus from the school district so i can get everyone nice presents and i already adopted one christmas kid from the shoe box project but i can't wait to adopt a christmas angel...i LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE christmas....
one week till thanksgiving break....two-three weeks till i hear from the grad school....i'm pretty sure i'll get in and i'll start in january...also pretty exciting
colby's check up at the vet went well...his fur is all grown back in and he's gained weight...he doesn't look so sad anymore...he looks like a cute little westie now
still on the look out for an outfit to wear to the christmas party/a show in nyc |
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