end of the month reflection
i want to try to update my journal more often, thought not nearly as frequently as i did at my peak. there are things i experience that are definitely worth writing about and recalling in ways that only reading a journal entry can allow me to. i don't really know or understand why i am not writing as much. part of me thinks because i don't think of it as often; part of me thinks it is because i don't think people really read el jay anymore, so the public nature of it is moot; part of me thinks that it is because the online updating process annoys me (no idea why...). i downloaded a client today that i hope will make it more tempting for me to post and that will help me record my memories more easily.
the big goal i have is an end of the week update and an end of the month update where i focus on the 5 positives and 3 negatives of the week for work, and then just whatever is going on in the outside life. i want to be more conscious of how work is going and focusing on the positive.
so... November 2009
+ students making it to places on the phase system that they've never touched before
+ kids enjoying PE and participating in any number of activities
+ Warriors game with Eddie and Jay
+ new students coming in and setting positive examples for their fellow classmates
+ awesome conversations with Marcus about all sorts of personal and controversial issues that help both of us grow as human beings
- being cursed out and hated for having high standards/expectations
- certain students backsliding to lows they've never been before
- poorly planned objectives and a lack of consistency with Do Nows resulting in me feeling lost as to what we accomplished this month
outside life:
rhys and i are trying to buy a house. i really hope we get it. right now it is basically ours, but we are waiting for the seller's bank to allow us to buy it. we are the only offer being considered, it is no longer showing, it is listed as sale pending, and we are pre-approved for a much more expensive place, so our end is ready to go. they have assigned a negotiator from the seller's bank, and i think their only concern is to make sure that the price we offered to pay is what they end up getting- no credits, no changes. we're fine with that, so let's just get this show on the road and let us have our goddamned house.
the upside about this taking so long is that we will have to break our lease and i don't know what the penalty for that is, or if it is even an option, so the longer it takes, the fewer months we'll be breaking. we have until march, which is already paid, so at this point we'd just be out january and february. maybe even just february by the time this whole thing goes down.
it is a really awesome 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom single story with an enclosed porch that we're likely going to put a ping-pong table on. the master bedroom has a freaking fireplace in it. the living room is huge. we'll have a room that's an office/study, a sun-room/guest room, a music room in the garage, a sweet storage space under the house, and a cool eat-in kitchen. the yard has all sorts of fruit trees- pear, cherry, lemon, lime, orange, and nectarine, but the ground is all d-e-d dead, so my research project right now is what we can do with a yard that is drought-resistant, centered on native plants, and still useable.
in a month i'll be with my sister. i am excited but nervous because i'll miss rhys and a vacation that is home-centered. plus it might be time for us to move and i'll be gone. that part i guess isn't so bad... oh sorry, can't carry and labor through the move because i'm in europe. muahaha.
well. i'm tired and the update for the month is done. december holds a lot of interesting things so i'll try to stay more active.
the big goal i have is an end of the week update and an end of the month update where i focus on the 5 positives and 3 negatives of the week for work, and then just whatever is going on in the outside life. i want to be more conscious of how work is going and focusing on the positive.
so... November 2009
+ students making it to places on the phase system that they've never touched before
+ kids enjoying PE and participating in any number of activities
+ Warriors game with Eddie and Jay
+ new students coming in and setting positive examples for their fellow classmates
+ awesome conversations with Marcus about all sorts of personal and controversial issues that help both of us grow as human beings
- being cursed out and hated for having high standards/expectations
- certain students backsliding to lows they've never been before
- poorly planned objectives and a lack of consistency with Do Nows resulting in me feeling lost as to what we accomplished this month
outside life:
rhys and i are trying to buy a house. i really hope we get it. right now it is basically ours, but we are waiting for the seller's bank to allow us to buy it. we are the only offer being considered, it is no longer showing, it is listed as sale pending, and we are pre-approved for a much more expensive place, so our end is ready to go. they have assigned a negotiator from the seller's bank, and i think their only concern is to make sure that the price we offered to pay is what they end up getting- no credits, no changes. we're fine with that, so let's just get this show on the road and let us have our goddamned house.
the upside about this taking so long is that we will have to break our lease and i don't know what the penalty for that is, or if it is even an option, so the longer it takes, the fewer months we'll be breaking. we have until march, which is already paid, so at this point we'd just be out january and february. maybe even just february by the time this whole thing goes down.
it is a really awesome 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom single story with an enclosed porch that we're likely going to put a ping-pong table on. the master bedroom has a freaking fireplace in it. the living room is huge. we'll have a room that's an office/study, a sun-room/guest room, a music room in the garage, a sweet storage space under the house, and a cool eat-in kitchen. the yard has all sorts of fruit trees- pear, cherry, lemon, lime, orange, and nectarine, but the ground is all d-e-d dead, so my research project right now is what we can do with a yard that is drought-resistant, centered on native plants, and still useable.
in a month i'll be with my sister. i am excited but nervous because i'll miss rhys and a vacation that is home-centered. plus it might be time for us to move and i'll be gone. that part i guess isn't so bad... oh sorry, can't carry and labor through the move because i'm in europe. muahaha.
well. i'm tired and the update for the month is done. december holds a lot of interesting things so i'll try to stay more active.