I can't believe it's been 2 years since the last time I updated my journal ( Read more... )

Yeah, so... 2 years later...

Eli and I just celebrated our 2 year anniversary on Monday, and on a whim I went to livejournal and read through my posts.  It is kind of interesting to see my life 3 years ago.  That's the attraction to livejournal.  It's a diary I can't lose.

Right now I'm working at The Manor as a reading teacher.  Eli's mom worked ( Read more... )

List 10 things that bring you a moment of joy ( Read more... )

I got back from new teacher training late on Thursday night, so I'm back with the husband after being gone for 5 days. I definitely learned a lot, but I am still exhausted. I went to the teacher store yesterday to get a few things and they were having a sale on posters, so I got a lot of posters, some borders, letters, and sets of famous author ( Read more... )

Well, we pulled it off ( Read more... )

I haven't updated in awhile, but this is DEFINITELY worth an update...

I GOT A JOB!!!

I am teaching a sixth grade self-contained classroom in Flint.  I know.. Flint, right?  But, it's for a charter school, and they have a really neat system set up for the kids.  Plus, it's a self-contained.  Honestly, I don't really care.  I am just excited I am ( Read more... )

I am back in the class that I student taught in, so I am really happy. I just looked through their "Class Meeting" book. It's a place where kids will write down their frustrations (mostly with each other) and it will be discussed during their class meeting time. So, I found this one entry that I keep laughing at ( Read more... )

Seven Things ( Read more... )

I had a nice weekend. I saw Tom, Candace, and Jadyn. Jadyn was really sick with pneumonia, so that was scary. The poor thing couldn't keep anything down, refused to drink or eat, and was hospitalized for three days. I felt so awful. She is starting to feel a bit better though ( Read more... )

Good morning!

I'm working at a certain middle school this morning, and the first two hours are the teacher's planning time, so I'm hanging out until the kids get here at 9:10.

We finally found out where we're going to be living next year.  Eli just accepted his offer at EMU, so we've been looking for apartments in Ypsilanti these past few weeks.  ( Read more... )