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School has begun. Therefore, my life is over.
Juuust kidding. Just super busy right now getting the year started. I love, love, love my yearbook kiddies. My freshmen English classes…well…I like most of them. :) Actually, everything is going very well!
A real post coming soon!
10 Things I Want to Do By the End of My Summer:
(D-Day is August 26th, when school starts again :))
- Read the stack of books by my bed. A handful of the titles include the following:
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz – book-club book
- Feel, Matthew Elliot – new devo book, great so far
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Shaffer & Barrows – comes highly recommended
- The rest of The City of Ember series – just taught the first book for summer school. I found the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th one at Half-Price Books for just a few dollars. :) Yes, they’re middle school level but sooo charming.
- Handmade Nation, Levine and Heimerl – a book by authors of one of my favorite blogs to follow. Oh-so-dorky, I know. I have crafting in my blood. You should see the things my mom has and can make.
- Complete Troy’s OSU-inspired crocheted blanket…that I started in December. Ha. And make a custom painting for his oh-so-bare apartment. :)
- Lose 5lbs…or more. Not against that concept either.
- Get on a regular sleep schedule. Must be getting at least 7 hours of sleep (in a row) before school starts again.
- Give up Diet Coke. For a year, I think. The addiction is out of control!
- See the following movies:
- Away We Go
- 500 Days of Summer
- Time Traveler’s Wife (I LOVED THIS BOOK)
- Funny People
- Away We Go
- Run Dublin’s Irish Festival 4-miler with this lovely.
- Vacation with the family in the mountains of New York and finally see my wonderful sister. We’ll be staying on Lake George, meaning gorgeousness.
- Prepare for the school year. Taking over yearbook class this year. Yikes.
- Get to a Reds’ game. I can’t believe we haven’t seen one yet! Only went to Indians’ game thus far. Man, sadness.
Have a splendid week!
he Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societ
I miss my Current. So, I’m composing a list of currents.
Current drink: spicy chai – from Trader Joe’s. Mmm.
Current book(s): Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Educational Issues, Curriculum Today, City of Ember (book I’m teaching for summer school) and Feel (my devotional).
Current music/sounds: last.fm library – specifically William Fitzsimmons’ “You Broke My Heart” and washing machine
Current location: dining room table, surrounded by stacks of paper and books.
Current complaint: headache…a tension one or from the weather maybe?
Current crack-up: Tilly is eating flies again. Extra protein, right? (Tilly is a dog, by the way. Don’t worry).
Current worry: will I survive the stress of taking AND teaching classes in the next four weeks?
Current hope: I want to visit Laurie in the mountains, the Bate family in Michigan and snap lots of photos.
Current goal: not to overdose on caffeine like I did yesterday and finish my curriculum evaluation project.
Current means of procrastination: BLOGGING.
- Argument against READINESS:
- Teachers must be educated in a science of education such as child debelopment.
- Curriculum involved knowing exactly when and how students are developmentally ready to learn specific information.
- Society must be eager for educational reform or change.
