It's funny that my last post was after my first week of school and now here I am with only two weeks left. I really cannot believe my first year is basically done. I say basically because in the next two weeks I still have to perform at Commencements and pack up two band/music rooms because we're moving rooms next fall ( Read more... )

The first week went pretty fantistically considering the last minute-ness of everything. The kids are great. It's just all the things that don't involve actually teaching a class that are frustrating right now. Things like ( Read more... )

I had my first day today but sans-students. I spent 9 hours in my high school band room...and didn't accomplish anything. I spent the whole day on the phone or meeting with people. My room is a mess and nothing is catalogued or organized in any way, shape, or form. I don't like starting off so unorganized, but I'll eventually get things where I ( Read more... )

Sinve my last post in February I've ( Read more... )

I love winter break. I had Friday off and I don't go back to school till Thursday. It's awesome having some time off to get a few things done. I'm practicing the sax and bassoon the next few days to prep for my woodwind cred. by exam test. I'm also planning on getting some work done on my teaching portfolio ( Read more... )

so i'm sitting at JLS, bored out of my mind. i can't even do inventory because that would leave the front counter un-attended. so while i'm doing all of nothing, i thought i'd update for those of you that might actually still use lj ( Read more... )

Things have been pretty busy lately. As soon as I complete one task, it seems that three more pop up in its place. And those three new tasks all appear to have the same due date ( Read more... )

guess what idiot's taking 14 credits on top of her practicum ( Read more... )

life has been ridiculously busy lately. but it's been a good busy. Ken and I got to spend almost an entire month together. I was down there almost two weeks and then he was up here for almost two. We visited lots of family and spent time with friends. And of course we spent as much time as possible with each other ( Read more... )

so every day that we've been here, the maids have come around by 8:30 in the morning and are off our floor by like noon. except today. it's 4:00 and they just started our room. we've been gone for hours and they just started it. so now we're downstairs in the lobby waiting ( Read more... )