Here is the story of my Initial teaching license. I mailed the paperwork for it in June of 2010. For the next 9 months, the Colorado Department of Education website listed my license as "Approved, Awaiting Issuance." Then in the spring, they did an overhaul of their website. My license disappeared. It was not listed under "In progress" applications ( Read more... )

I had the best fic idea ever last night before I went to bed. It's been so long since I wrote something light and romantic and just for fun. But of course I didn't write my idea down, and I've been trying for several hours to remember what it was, to no avail. Sad ( Read more... )

I had a meeting with a parent after school. I came home, made some flashcards to send home as extra practice for one of my little girls, cut out planet three-part cards, and then entered 8 literacy plans into the computer. Now it's just about 8 and I'm looking forward to an hour of decompression, then bed ( Read more... )

I am so frustrated.

Man Woman Wild and lesson plans. Yay.

I got a new computer yesterday and named it Beast :) So far I love it a lot. Then I had a roller derby bout in which I kept score AND my mom, sister, and stepbrother came :) So yesterday was fun. But then I woke up with a cold :( I hurt all over. I guess I should sleep, and hope that I can feel better tomorrow.

The director checked "dull" and "soft" for the sound of my voice :( I won't be nervous in a group, but now I feel like I've got something to prove. I'm not worried about my ability to hang in with the first soprano "divas".

Roller derby rules seminar in an hour.

Today I realized that it has officially been 10 years since my senior year of high school, which makes me feel sort of old. My life is nothing like I had envisioned when I was 17 for myself at 27 ( Read more... )

Sometimes teaching is fun. The little kids are cute, and it's fun when they remember what they teach you and when they surprise you with something smart. But I really want to be a writer/illustrator. Too bad it's the beginning of the year and all I do is work. Now I have to go make emergency sub plans.