Last I updated this thing I was just out of undergrad and getting ready for my first teaching job. How crazy it is to look back and have such a different outlook on life.  I taught for two years and loved every minute of it, but found as a teacher there was little I could do to "change" anything for my students. It is sad how little teachers are ( Read more... )

Have you ever missed someone so much that the one thing you look forward to all day is being able to talk to them that night? I didn't know that it was possible to miss someone this much. I constantly think about Metz. I wonder if his day is going well and when something exciting happens I can't wait to tell him because I know he would find it just ( Read more... )

Verbal abuse is something most women don't talk about. A lot of times they don't even see that it is happening to them. It is a serious problem and the scars can take years to heal. I found this site that has a lot of information about verbal abuse. The link I am posting is to a short questionnaire to assess if you might be being abused. You should ( Read more... )

Saturday was the most magical night of my life. It started out kind of rainy and remained so for most of the day. I had plans to take Metz and my little sister to the taste and we decided that we still wanted to go even if it meant getting some what wet. I also really, really wanted to go to the fireworks and was hoping that they would still go on ( Read more... )

Today is double coupon day!! I get to use all of the coupons I have clipped out the past few weeks!! Yes, it's really this exciting for me. Last time I went shopping Metz and I saved $30 combined using the coupons! I think I am addicted. I yell out "oohh ooohh" every time I find a really really good coupon in the papers( like $1.00 off texas toast ( Read more... )

Shocked? I am. I haven't updated in a really long time. Lots has been going on in my life.. I just haven't felt the desire to put it into writing. I'm living in Normal, Il for the summer. It kinda sucks because I'm away from friends and family, but it's also nice to be out of my parents house and living with my wonderful boyfriend Metz and some ( Read more... )

I just finished writing my first lesson plan ever. It's only for practice and I'll only be teaching it to my peers, but I still feel like I've accomplished something great. And it got me to thinking..... Would I make a good teacher? Is teaching really what I should be doing with the rest of my life. I kind of always saw myself as something else... ( Read more... )

Well, I no longer have a car of my own down here in good old Normal,IL. My dad came today to take it back to chicago. I don't really need it here and they really needed it there, but somehow I still feel like I took the shaft. My first two years here I didn't have a car and was fine, but you don't really know how much you need a car until you have ( Read more... )

Tonight is the retreat for all of the girls in the Vagina Monologues. Planning this thing was a pain in the ass. My co-director and I have been  running around the past two days just trying to find a room to hold it in because the girl who was suppose to find one "just forgot" even though it should have been planned way before winter break.  We've ( Read more... )

Who needs a social life, right? I came to college to eat and sleep work ( Read more... )