This weekend was awesome and I love Halloween so so much, but this week I have been shocked back into reality by work drama ( Read more... )

The job search is kicking my ass and I don't know what else to do. I've tried to remain positive and hopeful, use the powers of prayer and the "secret" and other mumbo jumbo I don't believe in, but with a week before schools start I admit myself defeated ( Read more... )

This guy ( Read more... )

So I've been sad and upset the last few days about leaving my school and not having a job and I began to doubt my abilities as a teacher, but today was a fantastic day where the universe aligned to tell me I was in the right place and everything was going to be okay ( Read more... )

...the last official week of my student teaching. Friday we have a half day with the students and then half a clerical day and another half day next Monday, but time is considerably winding down. We're filling the time with evaluations, games, movies, and the occasional class celebration for no other reason than we're done. Everyone is checked out ( Read more... )

My car finally kicked the bucket on Wednesday. The motor is busted which could cost thousands of dollars to replace, and no one I've spoken to even considers putting more money into this car. I was just praying that it would last me until I got a job. This has come at an extremely inconvenient time when my life is so up in the air and I have no ( Read more... )

Tomorrow (Friday) is my birthday, and I need to celebrate hardcore. Of course, all celebrations must occur after my weekly Friday afternoon nap, but after that, I will be ready to party hard. Unfortunately, my life has been too crazy to make any sort of formal plans yet, but if you're interested in some activity tomorrow night (part of it will ( Read more... )

Today I finally gave in and bought an iPod Nano. It is tiny and green and actually works compared to the $15 CD player that eats up batteries and refuses to play when I leave it in my freezing car overnight. This is a purchase I've been wanting to make for a while, but logically it's never made sense to shell out the money. However, I've had money ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm late getting on the bandwagon, but I'm doing it anyway.

Comment here and I'll tell you one thing that I like about you. Then go post it in your LJ and see who comments.

This week has been extremely hectic with the end of the second marking period at my school. Grades had to be turned in and finalized, along with teacher comments about each student. Also, my Reading mentor, Jill, was preparing to be out due to surgery the end of this week until Tuesday at least. So on top of everything else, we needed to plan ahead ( Read more... )