I hate being sick. Really, I hate it. Especially now that I'm teaching and it's only the first full week of school. I had to miss a district meeting last night and had to leave after only an hour and a half when the sub came this morning. It's frustrating because then I can't do authentic assessment on what they are learning today. *sigh* I'll try and interview them in small groups tomorrow to figure out what they learned.
It was bound to happen though. A friend of mine came here after a trip (chance) not feeling well, then the next day a student left to go home early cause he had thrown up in the bathroom, the next day a different student is absent (he was today as well), and today, another student went home crying cause she felt sick (says she feels like she ate too much breakfast, really cute :) ).
I want to go to the doctor, we finally got the medical insurance cards todsy, but not sure if i can use it yet, I hope so so I can just go and fix this. I hate hate hate being sick. It's ridiculous, I don't cry when I recognize that I'm sick. But when I tell people that I'm sick, I'mr eady to bawl my eyes out. I have NO idea why, there's no reason for it.
Other than that, teaching is awesome. I tried to copy off of madamemama doing a DITL, but I realized how boring it was when I couldn't post pictures of the kids in the classroom, just way to many risks there with parent trust and all that jazz. However, they are so cute, I wish you guys could see them. :) I love them to death. I have quite a good classroom, no bad behavior problems. Just one student who has a hard time sitting still (I need to find better ways to engage him, but haven't quite found that medium yet), and a few really chatty ones. The chatty ones may be due to the fact that I changed the seating chart on monday.
On Open House night (two days before school started), I allowed the students to sit where they wanted to. I warned them that following Friday I would be changing their desks. This was mostly due to the fact that somehow all the behavior ones ended up sitting next to each other, same goes for the best friends. But they seem to be coping well with the change, and it's nice. Just have to remind them to be quiet and raise their hands sometimes (especially in my case since I can't hear that well).
I just love it. Maybe I'll post pictures of my classroom eventually, I dunno, it'll depend on ifanyone is actually interested in seeing boring pictures of a classroom with no students in it.
Oh, one thing is way cute. I have a class plant (no pets, way too many allergies going on, the third grade teacher had to end up selling the rabbit he had just bought). On open house night, the students each picked a name and put it into a bucket. I picked out the most common names and they voted on it. We had started out with about 12 names. The last three were "Spike," "Green Blossom," and "Spongebob." Spongebob won by far. It's funny when I have a parent or fellow coworker in the classroom and they hear me say "Joshua, would you please water spongebob today?" They always smile and chuckle a little. :)
Ok, Time to get back to resting for tomorrow, there is no way that I can skip tomorrow since I have nothing planned out for the class tomorrow. I'm gonna have to suck it up and just go in. I'll definitely be needing to use the class microphone as I have a sore throat, I've had fevers since yesterday afternoon, chills like crazy, and I was sweating a lot last night. My legs are killing me, so I'm sitting down a lot right now. Or more accurately, lying down at home, sitting in class. I just hope I get fully recovered over the weekend. The kids are very excited about Labor Day weekend vacation and I can't wait to hear the different things they did. :) I love 'em!
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Update again
long time no updates for me eh?
Life has been crazy busy lately, and there just seems to be no time to do everything right now.
California was awesome, went to disneyland, three different beaches, the san diego temple and the oakland temple (wow, sandiego is by far my favorite). Had some great food, one bad hotel two good ones, slept great, was awesome to see Bryan again, missed him so much. Good to see family (Bryan's parents and dogs).
very brief summary I know, but that's basically what we did without details of everything, in which really the details would be "we had a blast together, so much fun and so good" :)
No pictures cause I was too busy enjoying my time with bryan and didn't care much about them this time. :)
we've been apartment hunting lately, not fun. Just depressing knowing what we can't have and what we can have (old places that are quite run down? bleh). But really, we don't have a choice :) We have to move in august, so we need to find a place soon. We looked at 8 different places last Saturday, looking at 2 maybe 3 more this Saturday. I'm tired of it to be honest as it gets stressul.
I'm working full time right now, I work 9-10 hours a day right now, so by the time I get home, I despise the computer. I hate it so much that I won't even let Bryan on, yeah, that bad. :)
I'm getting nervous for my internship. Starts in august, I have meetings in August to attend. I still need to set up my classroom and get the bulletin board and theme set up. I need to get supplies, etc, etc. That's not helping with my stress :)
Got to go jet skiing for a work party one day. Major fun, i think bryan is addicted to it, even though he's only been once. :)
My newphew got his baby blessing. It's so weird to know that I actually have a nephew. I love seeing Bryan with him, though I think it's making Bryan baby hungry. :) Not for a couple of years! :)
That's really all that's new....kidna sad, it's jsut been busy with work and just simply trying to wind down at the end of the day and be with bryan. I'm just glad he's home, everything is easier to deal with with him around.
Life has been crazy busy lately, and there just seems to be no time to do everything right now.
California was awesome, went to disneyland, three different beaches, the san diego temple and the oakland temple (wow, sandiego is by far my favorite). Had some great food, one bad hotel two good ones, slept great, was awesome to see Bryan again, missed him so much. Good to see family (Bryan's parents and dogs).
very brief summary I know, but that's basically what we did without details of everything, in which really the details would be "we had a blast together, so much fun and so good" :)
No pictures cause I was too busy enjoying my time with bryan and didn't care much about them this time. :)
we've been apartment hunting lately, not fun. Just depressing knowing what we can't have and what we can have (old places that are quite run down? bleh). But really, we don't have a choice :) We have to move in august, so we need to find a place soon. We looked at 8 different places last Saturday, looking at 2 maybe 3 more this Saturday. I'm tired of it to be honest as it gets stressul.
I'm working full time right now, I work 9-10 hours a day right now, so by the time I get home, I despise the computer. I hate it so much that I won't even let Bryan on, yeah, that bad. :)
I'm getting nervous for my internship. Starts in august, I have meetings in August to attend. I still need to set up my classroom and get the bulletin board and theme set up. I need to get supplies, etc, etc. That's not helping with my stress :)
Got to go jet skiing for a work party one day. Major fun, i think bryan is addicted to it, even though he's only been once. :)
My newphew got his baby blessing. It's so weird to know that I actually have a nephew. I love seeing Bryan with him, though I think it's making Bryan baby hungry. :) Not for a couple of years! :)
That's really all that's new....kidna sad, it's jsut been busy with work and just simply trying to wind down at the end of the day and be with bryan. I'm just glad he's home, everything is easier to deal with with him around.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Real update
since i've made an update that wasn;t whining about missing Bryan :)
Things are going well, Today is my last day student teaching (on a lunch break right now), and I'm not really student teaching all that much since it's a make up day for me since I missed a day. Just helping the teachers and observing the teachers doing testing all day today...that's about it. Then I'm done with this student teaching! Crazy! I'm very excited that I've made it through this far.
My exit itnerview for my student teaching was last Friday. I got a lot more praises than I had expected and was very flattered. Both my mentor and supervisor had to write a letter of recommendation, and both highly recommended me as a teacher. I was so excited about it, it was much more than I had expected. The supervisor gives an average score from all of our observations. There are 35 things/standards that we are scored against on a scale from 0-3. My average was a 2.71 (after 5 observations), and apparantley that's one of the highest scores she's ever given.*Puts a gold star on her forehead* I'm a super star! :)
I already miss the kids, a lot. I'm glad I'm done with homework and lesson plans, but I do miss the kids. I especially miss the kids that I did the majority of my lead teaching with (in other words, took over the whole class while the actual teacher just sat in the back or ran errands). I fell in love with the class a lot more than I thought I had. I had to say goodbye to them on Friday, and it made me cry! Highly unexpected as I don't cry that easily when it comes to goodbyes, especially in front of people. A few asked if I could stay forever, that just made my heart melt :)
Overall, it was a great experience. I had a few downs where kids asked why I had a funny voice (I'm deaf, and thus, apparently my voice shows it at least a little bit, which I never knew), so that REALLY shot my pride down. Though one girl was cute about it and made me laugh. She just out of the blue said to me "You know, your voice may be funny, but you make up for it 'cause you're really pretty!" I got a compliment about my clothes, hair or the way I smell almost every day. Very cute, they made up for the funny voice comments ;)
I can't believe I technically only have two classes left...well...really...just one. They will be for my internship and count towards my fall semester credits. 6 credits just for having an internship, the other 6 is for my other half of the student teaching required for an Early Childhood Education License. So I hav ehomework to do during the fall semester (my teacher work sample which I do NOT look forward to, EVERYONE hates them, even the people who have to score them. The state requires proof that we know what we're doing, thus, our teacher work sample is a necessity...bleh). Then I'm done. Winter semester is when I just finish up my testing, and I'll graduate and walk in April. Insane! I then hope to go to grad school to get a masters specializing in early childhood education for hearing impaired students. We'll see how that goes.
I get to see Bryan in two days, SUPER excited for it! :) I've gotten all nice and tan (you thought I would let Bryan be all tan and I show up all whitey...HAH, no way!), got my nails done this past Friday as part of a girls night out. (My sister has a bad habit of biting her nails, this is her last thing she can try to help stop biting nails since these are virtually unbitable). Both of my sisters got them done as well, they even got a little flower design on the ring fingers. Way cute, and they BOTH love it, I was surprised the nail biter loves them. I love mine, and yet, I hate mine. They just don't work well with typing on the computer or playing the piano :)
I'm getting my hair done tomorrow after I get the keys to the school and my classroom (giggles with excitement here). MY VERY OWN CLASSROOM! I am so excited, I'll be able to go in and out as I please to set up and decorate my classroom before school starts. Ok, back to hair, I'm trimming it mostly and going to try to add A LOT more layers as well as highlights to my hair. Yeah, I'm gonna look good! Tan, nails done, lost 9 lbs (was aiming for 10, but 9 is good too), painted my toenails pink, hair done tomorrw. I'm feeling quite girly and love it :)
Going to CA on wed, we're going to disneyland since we have all day passes for a wedding present from my brother. I know we're going to try to go to the San Diego temple, and visit with the family that Bryan worked for, they're taking us out to dinner as a thank you. I also know we're going to go visit his parents, but other than that, Bryan hasn't decided yet, and I don't care, I just am so gld that I get to see him :)
Ah, 12:30 my teacher should be back any minute now to do more testing....and this is an ultra long post :) I doubt any of you will make it all the way through reading every word :)
Hope everyone is doing well and is happy!
Things are going well, Today is my last day student teaching (on a lunch break right now), and I'm not really student teaching all that much since it's a make up day for me since I missed a day. Just helping the teachers and observing the teachers doing testing all day today...that's about it. Then I'm done with this student teaching! Crazy! I'm very excited that I've made it through this far.
My exit itnerview for my student teaching was last Friday. I got a lot more praises than I had expected and was very flattered. Both my mentor and supervisor had to write a letter of recommendation, and both highly recommended me as a teacher. I was so excited about it, it was much more than I had expected. The supervisor gives an average score from all of our observations. There are 35 things/standards that we are scored against on a scale from 0-3. My average was a 2.71 (after 5 observations), and apparantley that's one of the highest scores she's ever given.*Puts a gold star on her forehead* I'm a super star! :)
I already miss the kids, a lot. I'm glad I'm done with homework and lesson plans, but I do miss the kids. I especially miss the kids that I did the majority of my lead teaching with (in other words, took over the whole class while the actual teacher just sat in the back or ran errands). I fell in love with the class a lot more than I thought I had. I had to say goodbye to them on Friday, and it made me cry! Highly unexpected as I don't cry that easily when it comes to goodbyes, especially in front of people. A few asked if I could stay forever, that just made my heart melt :)
Overall, it was a great experience. I had a few downs where kids asked why I had a funny voice (I'm deaf, and thus, apparently my voice shows it at least a little bit, which I never knew), so that REALLY shot my pride down. Though one girl was cute about it and made me laugh. She just out of the blue said to me "You know, your voice may be funny, but you make up for it 'cause you're really pretty!" I got a compliment about my clothes, hair or the way I smell almost every day. Very cute, they made up for the funny voice comments ;)
I can't believe I technically only have two classes left...well...really...just one. They will be for my internship and count towards my fall semester credits. 6 credits just for having an internship, the other 6 is for my other half of the student teaching required for an Early Childhood Education License. So I hav ehomework to do during the fall semester (my teacher work sample which I do NOT look forward to, EVERYONE hates them, even the people who have to score them. The state requires proof that we know what we're doing, thus, our teacher work sample is a necessity...bleh). Then I'm done. Winter semester is when I just finish up my testing, and I'll graduate and walk in April. Insane! I then hope to go to grad school to get a masters specializing in early childhood education for hearing impaired students. We'll see how that goes.
I get to see Bryan in two days, SUPER excited for it! :) I've gotten all nice and tan (you thought I would let Bryan be all tan and I show up all whitey...HAH, no way!), got my nails done this past Friday as part of a girls night out. (My sister has a bad habit of biting her nails, this is her last thing she can try to help stop biting nails since these are virtually unbitable). Both of my sisters got them done as well, they even got a little flower design on the ring fingers. Way cute, and they BOTH love it, I was surprised the nail biter loves them. I love mine, and yet, I hate mine. They just don't work well with typing on the computer or playing the piano :)
I'm getting my hair done tomorrow after I get the keys to the school and my classroom (giggles with excitement here). MY VERY OWN CLASSROOM! I am so excited, I'll be able to go in and out as I please to set up and decorate my classroom before school starts. Ok, back to hair, I'm trimming it mostly and going to try to add A LOT more layers as well as highlights to my hair. Yeah, I'm gonna look good! Tan, nails done, lost 9 lbs (was aiming for 10, but 9 is good too), painted my toenails pink, hair done tomorrw. I'm feeling quite girly and love it :)
Going to CA on wed, we're going to disneyland since we have all day passes for a wedding present from my brother. I know we're going to try to go to the San Diego temple, and visit with the family that Bryan worked for, they're taking us out to dinner as a thank you. I also know we're going to go visit his parents, but other than that, Bryan hasn't decided yet, and I don't care, I just am so gld that I get to see him :)
Ah, 12:30 my teacher should be back any minute now to do more testing....and this is an ultra long post :) I doubt any of you will make it all the way through reading every word :)
Hope everyone is doing well and is happy!
Monday, May 29, 2006
Feeling buff
I am woman! Hear me roar! *grins*
Bryan's car wouldn't work for awhile as the alarm would go off for some unknown reason. This happened the night before he left to go to CA. Talk about frustrating. Well, I got sick of wondering about when our parking lot would be paved and painted, (it is now paved, but not yet painted) as I didn't want to have to ask people to help me push Bryan's car back and forth once again. I was getting worried about it being onthe street as this past week was the second time it had one of those markings on the tire to see how long it's been there. So I decided to fiddle with it today. Bryan's dad had suspected it would be a blown fuse. So I checked every single fuse I could find in the car. Well, there was no blown fuse, but the car now works! YAY! I know, no big deal, but hey, it's a lot more than I ever expected to do! :D
Bryan's car wouldn't work for awhile as the alarm would go off for some unknown reason. This happened the night before he left to go to CA. Talk about frustrating. Well, I got sick of wondering about when our parking lot would be paved and painted, (it is now paved, but not yet painted) as I didn't want to have to ask people to help me push Bryan's car back and forth once again. I was getting worried about it being onthe street as this past week was the second time it had one of those markings on the tire to see how long it's been there. So I decided to fiddle with it today. Bryan's dad had suspected it would be a blown fuse. So I checked every single fuse I could find in the car. Well, there was no blown fuse, but the car now works! YAY! I know, no big deal, but hey, it's a lot more than I ever expected to do! :D
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Missing the hubby
no real convo with bry tonight...an exchange of....maybe 3 or 4 texts....:( (I know I'm taking this for granted, but still, I'm alone, no kids, no friends around here....) :(
Saturday, May 20, 2006
weird nightmare
I don't even want to talk about the first one.
The second one, the basics, I was about to marry Bryan in the temple, found out I couldn't because apparantly I was already married to my cousin just so I could be sealed to a child as I was told that I couldn't have children ever. The whole rest of the dream was just Bryan really upset and hurt at me and me being devastated and not knowing what to do. Doesn't sound so bad when writing it down, but I woke up REALLY concerned and questioning myself whether I was sealed to Bryan or not, thank goodness I am, heh.
I miss him.
The second one, the basics, I was about to marry Bryan in the temple, found out I couldn't because apparantly I was already married to my cousin just so I could be sealed to a child as I was told that I couldn't have children ever. The whole rest of the dream was just Bryan really upset and hurt at me and me being devastated and not knowing what to do. Doesn't sound so bad when writing it down, but I woke up REALLY concerned and questioning myself whether I was sealed to Bryan or not, thank goodness I am, heh.
I miss him.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
More positive?
Things have been better since my last post. I had to sit down and read scriptures for awhile, and came across this one: D&C 50:40-43. I forgot how much I love what it says there. basically it says that we are not to fear as we are children of God. This helped me to remember that no matter what...I'm loved. I then remembered last year at some point I was struggling and was wondering if God could really love everyone. Bryan had told me to go back and highlight every scripture that talks of love. I did do that that night, I didn't think it would affect me much. But the other night, it sure did. i went back and read every single one of those. it helped me to not feel alone, and also loved at the same time. Not only by Heavenly Father, but also by Bryan as it just reminded me of how much he cared and wanted to help. So, yeah, thanks Bryan. :) It worked.
I have now gotten a little bit of food poisoning. We all did (mom, sister and me) a little bit, but I got the bulk of it out of us three. I don't need/want to be sick right now just cause I need the energy for student teaching. Oh well.
My brother who is on a mission in Thailand right now is on the phone with his girlfriend right now. I'm excited to talk to him soon. :) been six months, more than that, since he's been gone. Amazing.
4 more weeks until I see Bryan. (fine, three weeks and 5 days, I am counting...)
4 more weeks until I'm done student teaching. 4 weeks and 3 days until my final, then I move on to my internship.
had a great relief society lesson today about sharing the gospel. Interesting, she asked us why people are afraid to share the gospel, brought up a lot of responses from a lot of ladies. Guess I'm not the only one who is quite shy when it comes to sharing the gospel (probably why i didn't serve a mission!).
I miss Bryan. of course. :)
My brother and his wife are coming over with their brand new baby boy in a few moments. I'm excited, I hope to get some pictures of me and the baby (Benjamin) where I'm actually looking at the camera. :) He's way cute.
Back to homework I go....*trudge*
I have now gotten a little bit of food poisoning. We all did (mom, sister and me) a little bit, but I got the bulk of it out of us three. I don't need/want to be sick right now just cause I need the energy for student teaching. Oh well.
My brother who is on a mission in Thailand right now is on the phone with his girlfriend right now. I'm excited to talk to him soon. :) been six months, more than that, since he's been gone. Amazing.
4 more weeks until I see Bryan. (fine, three weeks and 5 days, I am counting...)
4 more weeks until I'm done student teaching. 4 weeks and 3 days until my final, then I move on to my internship.
had a great relief society lesson today about sharing the gospel. Interesting, she asked us why people are afraid to share the gospel, brought up a lot of responses from a lot of ladies. Guess I'm not the only one who is quite shy when it comes to sharing the gospel (probably why i didn't serve a mission!).
I miss Bryan. of course. :)
My brother and his wife are coming over with their brand new baby boy in a few moments. I'm excited, I hope to get some pictures of me and the baby (Benjamin) where I'm actually looking at the camera. :) He's way cute.
Back to homework I go....*trudge*
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