update of sorts
It's been a different last couple days. Took the MTTCs this past weekend, which turned out to not be bad at all, but kind of a waste of a day, Rachel came home to visit, which was a blast (even though the poor dear was sick and we had to nurse her back to health) and a couple days before that, Sarah's choir from Xavier was on tour and they came through Rochester Hills so we got to hear her concert and put up a few of her choir friends, which was a fun change of pace.
We got a gorgeous ice storm yesterday, and an even more gorgeous day off of school! Everest is one of the five schools in the country that does not take MLK day off, but he had his revenge, heheh. Snow days are so much fun, even if you like school. I spent the day catching up on some work, but also goofing around w/ my sisters (see facebook for details :-P) and tagging along bringing Rachel back to Ann Arbor. I got to see her sweet house! She lives in the historic district in Ann Arbor, right across from this gorgeous church and down the street from Starbucks (what more do you need?) *makes mental note to spend some weekends up there ;-)
So today we went back to school and started exam week....our schedule is so messed up b/c of the snow day, but we'll figure something out. Today I felt more like a babysitter than a teacher; I gave the 8th grade boys their Spanish exam, then the 7th grade boys their exam, then after lunch I had the 7th graders again, but I figured what is the point of teaching them one class when the semester is over and they just had their exam, so we went to the gym and played basketball...good times. Then I had the 5th graders and we reviewed one last time for their exam, and then the 7th grade girls had won a free period (contest between my 4 Latin classes) so I decided to cash it in then and I took them to the games room. So yeah, not the most strenuous day...I'm not complaining though....it's time to regain some energy to jump into third quarter (third quarter already?? where has the time gone?)
Here's the part of the update where I get kinda emo....feel free to skip this part if you want :-P
I don't know why, but I've been kind of on the down side today, and lately. I seem to be taking on more stuff w/o realizing it. I'm worried about my parents. My dad has been stressed out for a long time, and lately has been really negative. I worry cause his blood pressure is really bad, but he refuses to do anything about it. Before, he was doing the whole healthy diet and exercise thing cause he didn't want medication for it, but now he's not even trying, and he refuses to go to the doctor, even though my mom keeps trying to make him (last summer he said he'd go in August, but never actually made the appointment). He's also depressed, which kind of explains the negativity....like any time we tell him to watch his blood pressure he responds w/ something like "why should I? the sooner I have my heart attack the better." I usually yell at him for talking like that, and I try to brush it off, but sometimes I wonder does he really mean it? How could his life be so horrible, w/ me and my mom and my sisters who love him so much that he would want to leave us? He can't really mean it...like I know he's been through a lot of pain in his life growing up and stuff and how it can be all-consuming sometimes, but gosh, can't he at least *try* to find the positive in life, and stop trying to slowly self-destruct? Last summer he seemed to be making so much progress, was like a new person even, but now he's totally gone the other way. And it's stressing Mom out. I feel so bad for her, cause she has been through so much and it never seems to let up. It's just not fair. I try to not get mad at God for what He puts her through, and I try to not be afraid...it's just hard to understand.
Another thing that's hard to understand....so I kinda like someone now. Not really expecting anything to happen, but I hope we can get to be good friends. It's funny how I'm supposed to have a calling to religious life yet always seem to have a crush on *someone.* :-P Oh well; crushes from afar are safe enough; it's moving beyond that when things get dicey, at least with me. I dunno...it's weird, but I'm almost afraid to think about dating anyone again, even hypothetically. I'm not the type to get jaded or let myself get crippled by the past, but I just really really don't want to get burned again. I didn't think I was still feeling burned, but apparently I am....or at least lightly toasted. :-P Whatev....it's no mystery that I pretty much suck at relationships anyway. But, like I said, it's not like the issue is gonna be presenting itself too soon.
OK, enough of this nonsense. Time to grade some of those exams! This could either be really good or really bad, lol....catch y'all later~
We got a gorgeous ice storm yesterday, and an even more gorgeous day off of school! Everest is one of the five schools in the country that does not take MLK day off, but he had his revenge, heheh. Snow days are so much fun, even if you like school. I spent the day catching up on some work, but also goofing around w/ my sisters (see facebook for details :-P) and tagging along bringing Rachel back to Ann Arbor. I got to see her sweet house! She lives in the historic district in Ann Arbor, right across from this gorgeous church and down the street from Starbucks (what more do you need?) *makes mental note to spend some weekends up there ;-)
So today we went back to school and started exam week....our schedule is so messed up b/c of the snow day, but we'll figure something out. Today I felt more like a babysitter than a teacher; I gave the 8th grade boys their Spanish exam, then the 7th grade boys their exam, then after lunch I had the 7th graders again, but I figured what is the point of teaching them one class when the semester is over and they just had their exam, so we went to the gym and played basketball...good times. Then I had the 5th graders and we reviewed one last time for their exam, and then the 7th grade girls had won a free period (contest between my 4 Latin classes) so I decided to cash it in then and I took them to the games room. So yeah, not the most strenuous day...I'm not complaining though....it's time to regain some energy to jump into third quarter (third quarter already?? where has the time gone?)
Here's the part of the update where I get kinda emo....feel free to skip this part if you want :-P
I don't know why, but I've been kind of on the down side today, and lately. I seem to be taking on more stuff w/o realizing it. I'm worried about my parents. My dad has been stressed out for a long time, and lately has been really negative. I worry cause his blood pressure is really bad, but he refuses to do anything about it. Before, he was doing the whole healthy diet and exercise thing cause he didn't want medication for it, but now he's not even trying, and he refuses to go to the doctor, even though my mom keeps trying to make him (last summer he said he'd go in August, but never actually made the appointment). He's also depressed, which kind of explains the negativity....like any time we tell him to watch his blood pressure he responds w/ something like "why should I? the sooner I have my heart attack the better." I usually yell at him for talking like that, and I try to brush it off, but sometimes I wonder does he really mean it? How could his life be so horrible, w/ me and my mom and my sisters who love him so much that he would want to leave us? He can't really mean it...like I know he's been through a lot of pain in his life growing up and stuff and how it can be all-consuming sometimes, but gosh, can't he at least *try* to find the positive in life, and stop trying to slowly self-destruct? Last summer he seemed to be making so much progress, was like a new person even, but now he's totally gone the other way. And it's stressing Mom out. I feel so bad for her, cause she has been through so much and it never seems to let up. It's just not fair. I try to not get mad at God for what He puts her through, and I try to not be afraid...it's just hard to understand.
Another thing that's hard to understand....so I kinda like someone now. Not really expecting anything to happen, but I hope we can get to be good friends. It's funny how I'm supposed to have a calling to religious life yet always seem to have a crush on *someone.* :-P Oh well; crushes from afar are safe enough; it's moving beyond that when things get dicey, at least with me. I dunno...it's weird, but I'm almost afraid to think about dating anyone again, even hypothetically. I'm not the type to get jaded or let myself get crippled by the past, but I just really really don't want to get burned again. I didn't think I was still feeling burned, but apparently I am....or at least lightly toasted. :-P Whatev....it's no mystery that I pretty much suck at relationships anyway. But, like I said, it's not like the issue is gonna be presenting itself too soon.
OK, enough of this nonsense. Time to grade some of those exams! This could either be really good or really bad, lol....catch y'all later~