I know I should be sleeping now, but I was lying in bed thinking, and I just couldn't let Matt's birthday go by without writing something (although now I've just missed it by a few minutes). Tracey reminded me tonight of how last year we met Matt at Starbucks (his favorite place) on the day of his birthday. I had come straight from tutoring, and ( Read more... )

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I'm a little late in getting this out, but for those of you who want to read my last Moodspins Pop column for November, here it is:
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Thanks for reading! :)

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-Jen

Chris and I are going as Nick and Jessica. My costume is complete with a blonde wig, a fake microphone, and a can of Chicken of the Sea tuna as well as a cartoon bubble sign I made -- one side says, "Is it Chicken or Tuna?" and the other says, "Do Buffolo really fly?"

What is everyone else going as/doing for Halloween?

Started the ta job at Baldwin HS today. It's a fine job, but I'll say this... I don't have that I can't wait for tomorrow feeling like I did with student teaching, my observations, even camp. Not that I'm dreading it, just that I'm not jumping for joy over it. But I guess that's to be expected, since it's a hs and not an elementary school. In the ( Read more... )

I feel like this year even more than last, I am one of those "news-avoiders" when it comes to the Septemeber 11 anniversary stuff. This year I've had a lot of deaths in my life, many of them older family members that I didn't know very well, but one of them a good friend who was my age. On Sept. 11, I didn't lose anyone close to me, so it was hard ( Read more... )

Update: Got offered the ta position at Baldwin H.S. today... starting Monday. Also interviewed with Babylon Grade School today (met with the vp, whose father-in-law works w/ Mr. Biscuiti, and the sup't actually)... went well, but they're not sure yet about the status of the permanent sub position, but if they figure it out soon and offer it to me I ( Read more... )

I am so annoyed right now at both Cingular and Cel-Net. They offered me this deal on this phone and service, which ended up getting really choppy service around here, so I cancelled the service and returned the phone. Now Cingular is charging me $36 start-up fee, and Cel-Net is charging me $9.99 s/h of the phone (which by the way, I had to return ( Read more... )

Do I take the TA job at Baldwin HS, once I figure out what's going on w/ that (don't even know pay/benefits)? Do I see if that permanent sub job is still open in Babylon next week? Do I just sub if not and get into a couple of districts? I don't know!