My dad called this morning, choking on his tears, to tell me that he and my mom are going to separate for awhile. I talked to both my parents and am neither accepting nor fully understanding of the situation. I know neither of them owe me any type of explanation beyond what has been given to me and they both reassured me that although they love ( Read more... )

Since when does serving in the military instantly qualify you to work any position over someone with experience and educational history in that field? I appreciate the services that our military men and women give to our country, but they chose that as their career. Serving in the military is their job, they get paid for it, they reap benefits, and ( Read more... )

When I think of teaching, I think of planning lessons that are designed around kids and maximizing their learning. I think of activities that get kids excited about a particular subject and I think about if they just don't understand then we'll do it again a different way. When the government thinks of teaching, they think of test scores, money, ( Read more... )

This morning, Kevin and I woke up and spent a leisurely morning eating cereal and toast and just lolling around the apartment. Then I plucked up the energy to do some cleaning and after starting laundry, Kevin and I took out our trash and recyclables. After making a grocery list and running some errands we returned home and I was hit with the ( Read more... )

I've been fighting this cold/sinus thing for about a week and a half now. Yesterday I finally called in sick to try to recover and I ended up sleeping almost an entire 24 hours. I felt pretty good today; still a little congested, but definitely better than before. Today's school day was better than normal, mostly because I had two prep periods, but ( Read more... )

Kevin and I went to see "The Phantom of the Opera" last night in Portland. AMAZING! Kevin has already been there once before to see the show, but this was my first time seeing this musical masterpiece. The performances were really good and the effects were great. Except for one part, in the cemetery, when the Phantom throws down little fireballs at ( Read more... )

I started back on my "school schedule" yesterday. School begins on Aug 27, but I am back for some training and in-services and getting the room ready. My principal was able to get tables for my room so no more desks! I'm way excited to do things a little differently this year. Also, I was interviewed by the Columbian, the newspaper in these parts ( Read more... )

My summer vacation is officially over as of tomorrow. Tomorrow, I start back with meetings and various trainings. Tomorrow is the day that I must once again adhere to my alarm clock, once again be on a schedule, once again be an adult. Its a sad day for everyone.

My brother gets married on Fri. Kevin and I are heading to Graham on Wednesday to see family, relax, etc. We'll be staying until Saturday or Sunday. When we get back, we have a few days to do just nothing around the house and then we're going camping/hiking/fishing in Adam's Wilderness with a friend of Kevin's. I'm mega-excited. The last camping ( Read more... )

I believe I accomplished only two of my intended tasks of the day yesterday- working out and playing ps2. That's the way it goes sometimes. I spent the majority of the day yesterday working on a scrapbook for Kevin. He did wildland firefighting for three summers and had some cool pictures/certificates/news clippings that I had saved. So I ( Read more... )