I am going to finish as much as I possibly can this evening so that I can just edit and revise my work tomorrow. I am also going into school tomorrow. We can't get into the building because they are doing the floors so I only plan on going in when my teammate who has a room next to me goes in. She has a key and so she can get in. I won't be getting a key until school starts the 14. I would rather not have it because then I will end up going in when I shouldn't be. I want to enjoy what time I can now and finish as many of these books as I can before the new year starts.
I actually am a bit sad that I did not have a "free summer" but that I had to do work. But then again, I get bored easily so I am somewhat glad I did work.
I am thinking about where I will go when my lease expires in a year and a half. I am thinking the Greens down further in Lexington Park. The rent is a bit more but there are a lot of amenities available including a balcony which I would love to have. Plus there is a washer dryer in the building which is cool. I don't if I want to move farther down in Maryland. We will see. I love my location right now because it is so close to work. There are condos in Hickory Hills that are possibly an option. We will see how my much I make in my raise this year and next and then I can figure out what to do. At least I have plenty of time to think.
I guess that is it. I am going into my classroom at 9 so I want to get what I can done this evening so I can get in for a couple hours tomorrow.
- Current Location:apartment
- Current Music:Grey's Anatomy in the background...
- Current Mood:
chipper
I just participated in my first live conference with my professor. It was optional and it helped a little. There is so much that you have to do with these online courses but they do not look top bad.
I need to grade a few sets of papers and then crawl into bed. It has been a long day and I am in a bad mood today.
One positive thing is I graded all end of year assessments! That is the most time consuming activity that you have to do and I am glad it is done. Maybe I will just wash my dishes and then crawl into bed.
I do not know how I plan on getting my schoolwork done with the end of the year stuff going on. We will see how it goes.
I can not wait until the summer. I will have more time to do my HW. I can sleep in and then work on schoolwork after I get up. Sophie sits on the other chair at my table while I get on the computer. She sleeps and I do all the schoolwork. LOL. She often sticks her face in the computer as well so that I can pay her more attention than I do to the computer. It is quite cute.
Guess that is it. Good night!
- Current Location:apartment
- Current Music:no noise
- Current Mood:
stressed
I am so glad that I got so much done already.
I am going to bed early tonight and then tomorrow I am going to work on a few things. I am thinking of spending some big bucks this weekend and getting a new Mp3 player. I do have some money saved up, but I will see. I really need to get a new laptop first, but I need to think about it a little. I found this purple one that I like a lot and its about $120 but I don't care.
Working tomorrow in fifth grade. On Tuesday I will be in the same class I was in before Christmas break. I just hope I get to Oakville a little bit more. I really miss that school and I miss it being so close. Its really nice to drive to Oakville and back.
Got lunch for the family and then went home and watched tv. Then I took a little nap.
I am really mad at something. I bought these brain quest cards at BJs a while ago to test students at school. See there always ends up being so much free time because students finish work early, so I want to do something educational and fun rather than having them sit around and draw or read a book. They have brain quests for each grade level, but they only had really young grades and a grade three one at BJs. So I got the grade three one and I figure that will be helpful in my subbing. I think that it can be used in all grades. Well, I lost it even before I started subbing this week. I really need to find it, because I hate not doing anything really educational. Plus I can make it as a game for them and then I will become a favorite sub. :-) LOL. Thats all I really want. When I walk around Banneker all the students I have had say hello to me. I feel so bad becuase I can't remember their name. I have worked with sooo many students so there is no way I can remember all their names.
My mom and I went to BJs tonight. Well I was so hungry I was naming all these things we should get. I really do need to only go shopping when I am NOT hungry.
Going to read tonight. Really short week subbing . I luckily have another free weekend besides Hagerstown's installation on Sunday. Then I get back to subbing all week long.
- Current Music:cars outside.
- Current Location:room
- Current Mood:
blah
I made tacos for dinner, all by myself. I am so proud. Ha ha. I need to clean up my room a bit more, make my lunch and then get my bag and clothes ready for the first day of subbing in the new year.
Guess that is it. After I am doing cleaning up and getting ready for tomorrow I am going to spend my evening reading in bed with a cup of tea. Need to get to bed early so that I can actually get up in the morning.
- Current Mood: chipper
- Current Location:bedroom
- Current Music:about to turn on music...
So I figured out that I am doing two different jobs on Tuesday. Working from 8-12:15 then 12:15 to four in two different classrooms. I took it so that I would get full day on Tuesday. I just hope I get a lunch break. They are looking for a lot of jobs for tomorrow but I can't work because of my tb test.
Haven't gotten a job yet for Monday. Hopefully one will be available tomorrow. I am always at Banneker, well it feels like it. Its such a huge school.
So I got three grades posted and I got all A's!!!! WOHOO! I only have one grade to be posted and its pass or fail (which I did pass) so I have a 4.0 this semester. Its the one and only time I will ever get 4.0. But its cool.
Going with mom to get pizza soon.
The house is full of negativity. When I got home it was seriously dark and cloudy out. That was just a coincidence. My mom and bro are sick and everything is just bad right now at home. But, no matter what the negativity can't come over me. I just finished a very stressful semester and passed. I just got a 4.0. I am actually making money and in different classrooms in the county. I have never felt better.
- Current Mood: content
- Current Location:empty main room..
- Current Music:King of Queens
I got four calls tonight to sub! I took off on Friday and so they were all for Friday. I work tomorrow at Banneker in 5th grade all day. Then I also work at Banneker on Tuesday from 12-4. Its more money. Hopefully I wil get called to go to work on Monday.
I am so tired. I took a hot bath and it was great. Not going to meeting tomorrow night. At star everyone asked me if I was going, I said we will see. I will be so exhausted again I will be going straight to bed, well I will stay up and eat and go to bed around 9.
I am exhausted and tired. There was something else I was going to say, but I honestly can't remember.
- Current Mood: blah
- Current Location:dining room
- Current Music:cat meowing pretty badly...
I am tired. Another long day. Tomorrow I teach my science lesson twice, for two classes and one I get observed. Have to do a lot to prepare for my lesson that is tomorrow. Getting in early about 7:30 to gather all my materials together for it. At 8 am we have a meeting with all the teachers. The other interns and I are going to talk to the teachers about our service learning project.
Today I woke up at 7:40. I woke up really late. Luckily I made it to school by 7:55, thankfully. My teacher left me with the students a few more times by myself which was good. Things are going well. Just need to get through tomorrow. At least I can practice the first lesson so that I can do better the second time around when I actually get observed. The copiers are being annoying so I printed stuff off before I went home. Tomorrow I may need to make a transparency as well.
We had two meetings today to interview a reading specialist and tech specialist. We just have so many things to do. I will compile all my information together this weekend at work. I will probably bring in my laptop so that I can type stuff up then. I need to work on my classroom library proposal this weekend as well. I just may borrow a laptop that my work has to get online since I don't have a laptop card. They do have laptop cards but I never managed to get it to work. I will use theirs because its all set up.
Tonight I need to put together all my supplies for my lesson, edit it a little more and print out a copy to give to my supervisor. Then I need to get my timesheet completed since she will want to look at it as well as go over a textbook for a story that I will be teaching in a week and a half. I will be teaching five full days Oct 23-27. Thats when we do our service learning project. Its going to be a rough week. But I have to do it and do it well. I have to get used to it as well because before I know it I will be teaching on my own. But its weird I teach so soon, but I will get it all done by the 27th and I can spend the rest of my time in the making some lessons but working more in small groups with students.
Didn't get to sleep early last night. I need to tonight. Going to get work done soon so that I can get to bed. My goal is to be in bed by 10 pm. That gives me about 3 1/2 hours to do work. I need to do laundry, but its going to wait. Time to get to work.
- Current Mood:
exhausted - Current Location:room
- Current Music:computer humming.. need to turn on music though...
- Current Music:Snow Patrol, my new favorite band...
- Current Mood: hopeful
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