Another week down...
The end of the second week, and things are still difficult. My students are adorable, still, but very energy-consuming. It was only a 3 day week, and yet I was exhausted Wednesday night into Thursday. I have lists and lists of things to do this weekend, and I've barely made dent into them. However, hopefully I will get the biggest priorities done, and I still have two and a half days in which to do so.
Tonight's goals are to work on outlining where I want to go and what I want to teach this year, which shouldn't take too long due to having my curriculum. Also, between doing centers 3x/week, and workstations 2x/day, there are not that many group lesson periods... A couple of periods for mini-lessons each week, a couple periods for full lessons with guided practice, and a couple of cooking periods. That's it.
My other goal is to get the furniture that I no longer want out of my house this evening, so that I can properly clean my apartment this weekend. Everything is almost done as far as the redecoration. I still need to get a bookshelf! And Dan has another shelf to hang up, as well as 2 wall lights. Then, done! I cannot wait!!!!
I gave Dan his birthday present last night! It is a Photo Replica of Kermit! It's the official replica, so it is made of very similar materials and the same design as the puppet that is used in all the photographs. I've been so excited and waiting, waiting, waiting for it to come so I can watch Dan open it! He loved it! I put pictures on Facebook. I also went to dinner with Dan's family in NJ, the same place as Thanksgiving last year. It went really well, I think! I am glad that his family likes me and enjoys having me take part in things, and I'm glad that I am more comfortable --- last Thanksgiving, I was pretty much terrifiedly nervous, haha. Much better this year.
And so I should get back to doing some work, or at least pretending to do so.
Tonight's goals are to work on outlining where I want to go and what I want to teach this year, which shouldn't take too long due to having my curriculum. Also, between doing centers 3x/week, and workstations 2x/day, there are not that many group lesson periods... A couple of periods for mini-lessons each week, a couple periods for full lessons with guided practice, and a couple of cooking periods. That's it.
My other goal is to get the furniture that I no longer want out of my house this evening, so that I can properly clean my apartment this weekend. Everything is almost done as far as the redecoration. I still need to get a bookshelf! And Dan has another shelf to hang up, as well as 2 wall lights. Then, done! I cannot wait!!!!
I gave Dan his birthday present last night! It is a Photo Replica of Kermit! It's the official replica, so it is made of very similar materials and the same design as the puppet that is used in all the photographs. I've been so excited and waiting, waiting, waiting for it to come so I can watch Dan open it! He loved it! I put pictures on Facebook. I also went to dinner with Dan's family in NJ, the same place as Thanksgiving last year. It went really well, I think! I am glad that his family likes me and enjoys having me take part in things, and I'm glad that I am more comfortable --- last Thanksgiving, I was pretty much terrifiedly nervous, haha. Much better this year.
And so I should get back to doing some work, or at least pretending to do so.