life & longing
warning: this is a long one.
first off... teaching's going well, and i get to take over tuesday & thursday next week b/c my prof is out of town... exciting, i know. i am ever grateful for the unending support & tolerance from my colleagues, the teacher whose room i'm using has already put up so much! i only wish i were able to have a little more control over the activities in class, but i suppose it's better that i'm given lesson plans, seeing as i have no prior experience nor expertise in this teaching situation. i like it a lot though, and i'm not sure if it's because i really like teaching or if i simply long for school & being with others in a classroom setting... i know, me, missing school... it just doesn't quite make sense. hopefully it's because i actually like teaching & then i'll be able to go farther & do something with it. we'll have to see.
as far as my thesis, i really need to just jump on the ball & get it rolling. so far, i don't have much, and i'm going to need to have at least a draft by homecoming, otherwise it'll never get done. then i can have my diploma & be qualified for more than just a substitute (which isn't all that bad, just a steady paycheck & benefits would be nice)... speaking of being more qualified, i was going to check out maybe filling in at the community college in p-town or americorps right here for next semester... maybe both depending on how much of a time commitment each one is. again, we'll have to see.
i still have my restaurant gig, and that's going well i guess... 3 people my age are leaving though this week, so i will be one of the youngest people working there. that makes me sad.
as far as life in general goes, i've had more time off lately due to the fact that i'm really not needed at the gallery anymore. that makes me happy. the lack of income from that other job is missed, but i am getting more into the teaching thing, so it should even out. on my days off, i've done a whole lot of nothing. mostly watching movies or hanging out with lesley since she was here on & off last week. we went out to lunch w/ emily, wal-marted, k-marted, dollar-stored, & i watched the motorcycle diaries & garden state. good stuff. i actually watched garden state twice yesterday. so good. i crocheted a little as well. i need to get on that baby blanket for a friend that i want to get done in the near future. i've gone through some bags of randomness, mostly found in the garage, and it takes me down memory lane... some good, some bad, mostly just shit though, so i throw it away. i'm really looking forward to the house being cleaned up enough to decorate for halloween... i have missed halloween decorating since being at school, but now i guess i'll miss the hall decorating, and it just won't be the same.
speaking of not being the same, i have a fear that alma won't be the same when i visit during homecoming... i dream of it, i can close my eyes & hear the familiar noises, see where i lived, even smell the fact that it smells different here than there. whoa. sorry guys that this is so long. there's so much that i miss about alma. i miss france too, but for different reasons. and for that, i just miss alma right now. i miss chilling, or finding excuses not to do our homework, or tiny dancer on the long way home, or trips up to mt.p. to go to target or sbx or out for dinner. i miss sunday night line-up at the house, trevor rapping down the hall, group spooning, the mona, mr. smiley, inappropriate dancing in the chapel, football games, sleepy hallow, uncle john's, getting free donuts from se-le, pizza sam's. tea & twister night, cheese parties in the hall, show & tell, lame french activities, superheros at rha. i miss each & every one of my friends there, and the ones that graduated w/ me, you know who you are.
i think that's enough for now, and way more reading than anyone should be subjected to.
first off... teaching's going well, and i get to take over tuesday & thursday next week b/c my prof is out of town... exciting, i know. i am ever grateful for the unending support & tolerance from my colleagues, the teacher whose room i'm using has already put up so much! i only wish i were able to have a little more control over the activities in class, but i suppose it's better that i'm given lesson plans, seeing as i have no prior experience nor expertise in this teaching situation. i like it a lot though, and i'm not sure if it's because i really like teaching or if i simply long for school & being with others in a classroom setting... i know, me, missing school... it just doesn't quite make sense. hopefully it's because i actually like teaching & then i'll be able to go farther & do something with it. we'll have to see.
as far as my thesis, i really need to just jump on the ball & get it rolling. so far, i don't have much, and i'm going to need to have at least a draft by homecoming, otherwise it'll never get done. then i can have my diploma & be qualified for more than just a substitute (which isn't all that bad, just a steady paycheck & benefits would be nice)... speaking of being more qualified, i was going to check out maybe filling in at the community college in p-town or americorps right here for next semester... maybe both depending on how much of a time commitment each one is. again, we'll have to see.
i still have my restaurant gig, and that's going well i guess... 3 people my age are leaving though this week, so i will be one of the youngest people working there. that makes me sad.
as far as life in general goes, i've had more time off lately due to the fact that i'm really not needed at the gallery anymore. that makes me happy. the lack of income from that other job is missed, but i am getting more into the teaching thing, so it should even out. on my days off, i've done a whole lot of nothing. mostly watching movies or hanging out with lesley since she was here on & off last week. we went out to lunch w/ emily, wal-marted, k-marted, dollar-stored, & i watched the motorcycle diaries & garden state. good stuff. i actually watched garden state twice yesterday. so good. i crocheted a little as well. i need to get on that baby blanket for a friend that i want to get done in the near future. i've gone through some bags of randomness, mostly found in the garage, and it takes me down memory lane... some good, some bad, mostly just shit though, so i throw it away. i'm really looking forward to the house being cleaned up enough to decorate for halloween... i have missed halloween decorating since being at school, but now i guess i'll miss the hall decorating, and it just won't be the same.
speaking of not being the same, i have a fear that alma won't be the same when i visit during homecoming... i dream of it, i can close my eyes & hear the familiar noises, see where i lived, even smell the fact that it smells different here than there. whoa. sorry guys that this is so long. there's so much that i miss about alma. i miss france too, but for different reasons. and for that, i just miss alma right now. i miss chilling, or finding excuses not to do our homework, or tiny dancer on the long way home, or trips up to mt.p. to go to target or sbx or out for dinner. i miss sunday night line-up at the house, trevor rapping down the hall, group spooning, the mona, mr. smiley, inappropriate dancing in the chapel, football games, sleepy hallow, uncle john's, getting free donuts from se-le, pizza sam's. tea & twister night, cheese parties in the hall, show & tell, lame french activities, superheros at rha. i miss each & every one of my friends there, and the ones that graduated w/ me, you know who you are.
i think that's enough for now, and way more reading than anyone should be subjected to.