I know I haven't updated in a while. I suppose life has happened and I've had very limited time to update this wonderful livejournal ( Read more... )

Today after work, I ran to health services at school because my throat has been bothering me for the past week. When I initially started having issues, I didn't think much of it because it's the time of the year for this type of stuff. However, as the week progressed and I had no cold symptoms, I realized it could be strep. Well, come to find out, ( Read more... )

I've been working at my new job for over a month and I've learned a lot. Teachers tend to make the job look much easier than it actually is. However, I've found that teaching is a profession that is misunderstood and unappreciated. It appears that the general public does not understand what good teachers actually DO, therefore it is difficult to ( Read more... )

Yep. It's totally 2:04 am. I should probably be asleep but I just arrived home from a very eventful evening in downtown Springfield. An acquaintance of Jennizzle's was having her bachelorette party tonight and I was invited to come along. I'm not exactly a fan of downtown but I was really glad I had an opportunity to catch up with Jennizzle. This ( Read more... )

The weather has started feeling more autumn-like instead of summer-like. One of my favorite seasons of the year is here! Generally, I dislike extremes, specifically summer and winter. I prefer spring and fall because the temperature is comfortable and nothing extreme is going on (i.e. snow or crazy humidity). I can't wait to go apple picking ( Read more... )

Since I've moved, my allergies have been absolutely killing me. Typically, I have some minor environmental allergies but never to this extent. I haven't been able to wear my contacts for the majority of the week because my eyes are all bloodshot. My students found it amusing to count how many times I was sneezing in a row (They counted six). From ( Read more... )

Over the past week and a half, quite a few things have happened. The first major event is that I began my first official teaching job. I was so anxious about it because I had been dreaming about that day since I was 13. However, I was well-prepared and I knew exactly what I was going to say and how I was going to say it. I knew that the first day ( Read more... )

So I arrived home approximately a half hour ago from going out to dinner/drinks with a few friends. The bar we ended up going to was not exactly my scene so I went home. Perhaps I'm just paranoid but I felt like I was being ignored/they didn't want me there. I know it's not exactly logical but I just couldn't help feeling that way. It was probably ( Read more... )

So much has happened over the past two weeks I'm not exactly sure where to begin. I suppose the event that brings me a great of relief is that my summer job is OVER. It was by far one of the most disheartening and difficult experiences I've ever had to deal with as a teacher. Granted, I know I made a difference for  a few of the kids I worked with ( Read more... )

Summary of the past few weeks:

Illness: I've been extremely sick for the past week and a half. It started when I was visiting Sarah in Boston nearly two weeks ago. I woke up that morning with a tickle in my throat but I didn't think anything of it. I drove an hour and a half to visit Sarah and as we were walking through Boston, I began feeling even ( Read more... )