Wow...has it been so long since I wrote?  Does anyone care?  I don't!

My new house is over a year old, and I love it still.  I'm still doing the roommate thing until I find out if I got National Boards, which I won't know until December.  Right now, my ex lives with me, but it's not awkward at all.  He respects my living space, and we're just ( Read more... )

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 I have been working my butt off at work at home, and it's paying off.

I stayed at school until 6 p.m. today to get the 2010 Photography Club Magazine started (and almost finished).  I expect it to be printed and distributed by mid-May.  This one is going to be WAY better than last year's.  It's all around better quality and design.  I'm proud of ( Read more... )

I never update this thing anymore.  What is there to say?  I finished my National Boards.  That was stressful.  I wrote over fifty pages, video taped two classes, collected and critiqued eight student samples, collected documentation...so much stuff.  I have to take my test May 11.  I don't find anything out until November or December.  Ugh.  Oh ( Read more... )

I'm officially a home owner as of February 4, 2010.  That's pretty exciting.  A few things have masked that excitement though.  I'm extremely sick (I can't even talk) and the doctors don't really know what's up. It's not mono or strep.  The other thing is my dad's surgery.  His tumor came back.  It's bigger than it was in 2005.  They're doing the ( Read more... )

In the last six days, I've decided I'm going to buy a house!  I found one I like down the road from where I am now about two miles.  It's brand new, on an acre of land, two car garage, hardwood floors, granite countertops, tiled bathrooms and mud room, stainless steel appliances, shrubs out front, porches, sidewalks, gravel driveway, 14,021 sq ft, ( Read more... )

Brad has called my attention to my lack of updates on here.  It's been 14 weeks, and a lot has happened.  I haven't even read what I wrote last, so who knows what it says.  I basically fell in love with a new co-worker, and then figured out he was a liar and essentially a cheater.  I now refuse to speak to him because I don't need that in my life ( Read more... )

I don't know when I posted last...but a LOT has happened.

School is going pretty well.  My Freshman Seminar kids are behaved but sort of boring.  I can't seem to get them interested in anything we do.  They are good kids though.

My Honors English III kids are okay.  I still haven't found a class as good as the first time I taught Honors English III ( Read more... )

I just got back from WHHS.  I went in today even though our first workday isn't until Monday.  I have TOO much to do to wait until the first official day back.  We have mandatory meetings for the first two days which don't allow us to be in our rooms working.  The third day starts open house.  My room has too much stuff messed up from summer ( Read more... )

I've been in Vegas since the 29th of July (1:30 a.m.).  It is so different here.  It's super hot (like oven, dry heat hot).  There isn't much greenery just sand, rocks, and sad little trees/cactus.  My first plane ride as an adult was pretty awesome.  No troubles really.  A few delays, but nothing major or worth complaining about.  I didn't get ( Read more... )