listening to some old favorites while doing a belated spring cleaning (prepping for the mid-summer move). i really enjoyed the beat of this song and thought it would make a good slow dance song, then i looked up the lyrics. kevin and i are still deciding on our first dance song. this would be the worst song ever. any other suggestions for " ( Read more... )

i avoided posting about my job interview because i was afraid to jinx anything. i didn't want to speak to soon, like i've done in the past. thankfully, everything turned out for the best. i am really excited about the position and hope that it's a perfect fit for "us". we both have the jobs that we wanted, with a little bit of a commute, and a ( Read more... )

yesterday had its highs and lows. examples ( Read more... )

today was the physics trip to six flags. thankfully, bryan, the other student teacher tagged along. we had a good time. st. louis is way smaller than gurnee and we easily did every ride. we noticed that the large ferris wheel wasn't running - along with a few of the rides. we also remembered the crazy things that went on during high school ( Read more... )

when we decided that kevin would take the job in peoria, i knew that there would be fewer teaching opportunities for me down "south" than up in the suburbs. last fall i was already thinking ahead and hoping that my student teaching placement would be great and that there might be a full time position for me there as well. turns out that isn't the ( Read more... )

friday morning i woke up at 4:41 am (technically 4:36 am because my clock is 5 minutes fast) because my bed was shaking. it was an earthquake! very exciting. being my first earthquake, i was pretty sure what it was but my imagination still wandered. i immediately checked online, thinking that it would be updated first. i surfed around a little ( Read more... )

today one of my students drew me a picture. a underwater scene with dolphins, sea horses, fish, and a sting ray labeled "steve irwin killer". tragically funny.

actually, i really do want kids. i just don't want them growing up with toys like this:


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i haven't posted a lot recently. i don't have a lot of spare time and i don't really want to share all the details of student teaching in a possibly public place. things are going pretty well. i think we have the organizational stuff under control and it doesn't look like a tornado just went through her classroom. the teaching part is going ( Read more... )

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