Relationships are hard ( Read more... )

I don't know what to think. I don't know how I feel.

Half of me knows I'll forgive you eventually.
The other half of me hurts.
Part of us has died, and I don't know if it can be fixed.

My grandma is dying ( Read more... )

Ok, so excuse my nerdiness, but I have to exclaim about a few teacher tricks that are pretty nifty.
I just got some posters laminated, which makes them work like cheap portable whiteboards. If you use overhead markers on them it's even better because you can't brush off your work. I love it!
Maybe only Karen will understand, haha.

Teaching is so super stressful, but then again it seems so easy. It's a very weird dichotomy. I am constantly feeling overwhelmed as I have new projects sprung on me....like planning my whole year in a weekend, or finding out that parent night is at the end of the week. But by the time I sit down and prepare, I feel like I am totally confident ( Read more... )

I got a job!
I am an official teacher with my own classroom and everything.
I am teaching 4th and 5th grade English and Social Studies at a private school.

Ugh, can't you just give me a job already!
I have been to like 3 - 4 interview/meetings with these 2 schools and neither is committing to an offer even though they both sound like they really really want to hire me. This is just dragging it out.
So I have something scheduled tomorrow and monday. Hopefully I will have a job next week.

Wow, the week before schools start and the craziness starts rolling in ( Read more... )

Wow, today was the first day it wasn't totally depressing and frustrating to buy pants. I was browsing through the store and almost every pair at least fit if it wasn't all that flattering. I ended up finding 4 great pairs of jeans in less than half an hour. That just amazes me. 2 for work one for party and 1 well, just because they freakin fit ( Read more... )

Congratulations Khanh on the new job!

In other good news, I passed my ESL test. Now I just need to get the job.