Friday Morning
Ironically, I'm doing so much writing in the Project that I don't have time to post. So here goes.
I got inspired and, just as the deadline loomed, applied to the masters program in education! The writing project will give me six units this summer, so I thought, "what the heck". So now, apparently, I am committed. I received an email notification that I was accepted into the masters program by the college of education. Now I only have to get something from the university itself. As far as I can tell, the only hitch might be that, waiting as late as I did, that my transcripts from SDSU won't arrive in time. I think that the college of ed people can intervene if necessary, but we'll see.
I won't be crushed if I have to wait a year. I've waited way too long to get going on this anyway. But it will be a lot of fun. I enjoy classes - I forgot how much I enjoyed time with my colleagues, thinking about things at a higher level. As I sign up for classes - I'm only going to take two at a time to keep life manageable. Then I will worry about the whole thesis thing next year.
Meanwhile, I am getting so many ideas for teaching that I can't let the classroom go for summer. I hope that, once the project is over, I will get a few weeks (after attending the AVID conference, of course) to decompress and just be mindless.
I've also ridden my bike almost every day, to save the $7 parking fee at the university. I had hoped to lose weight, but the wii has me at gaining five pounds instead! I think the daily snacks, lunches out, and being too tired at the end of the day to cook well has taken its toll. I tried making my own sandwiches and taking fresh fruit, but I need to stop my sweet tooth for a couple of weeks.
Speaking of mindless, I am escaping into reading the Sookie Stackhouse vamp books. They are really great for fantasy reading and I have time to read them on Fridays and weekends in general. At least there are no papers to grade during the summer.
So today I will read a bit, go to the chiropractor, clean house a bit, take mom to the doctor, and try to find the paperwork to get my heels x-rayed. My bone spurs are killing me, and yesterday I had Trip pick me up with my bike because my Achilles tendon feels very much like it is starting to tear. It doesn't hurt when I bike, but the steps all around the campus are killing me. For some reason, I can't tolerate going down stairs at all.
Later tonight, I wll go to baseball - a very busy day. Maybe I'd better get started.
I got inspired and, just as the deadline loomed, applied to the masters program in education! The writing project will give me six units this summer, so I thought, "what the heck". So now, apparently, I am committed. I received an email notification that I was accepted into the masters program by the college of education. Now I only have to get something from the university itself. As far as I can tell, the only hitch might be that, waiting as late as I did, that my transcripts from SDSU won't arrive in time. I think that the college of ed people can intervene if necessary, but we'll see.
I won't be crushed if I have to wait a year. I've waited way too long to get going on this anyway. But it will be a lot of fun. I enjoy classes - I forgot how much I enjoyed time with my colleagues, thinking about things at a higher level. As I sign up for classes - I'm only going to take two at a time to keep life manageable. Then I will worry about the whole thesis thing next year.
Meanwhile, I am getting so many ideas for teaching that I can't let the classroom go for summer. I hope that, once the project is over, I will get a few weeks (after attending the AVID conference, of course) to decompress and just be mindless.
I've also ridden my bike almost every day, to save the $7 parking fee at the university. I had hoped to lose weight, but the wii has me at gaining five pounds instead! I think the daily snacks, lunches out, and being too tired at the end of the day to cook well has taken its toll. I tried making my own sandwiches and taking fresh fruit, but I need to stop my sweet tooth for a couple of weeks.
Speaking of mindless, I am escaping into reading the Sookie Stackhouse vamp books. They are really great for fantasy reading and I have time to read them on Fridays and weekends in general. At least there are no papers to grade during the summer.
So today I will read a bit, go to the chiropractor, clean house a bit, take mom to the doctor, and try to find the paperwork to get my heels x-rayed. My bone spurs are killing me, and yesterday I had Trip pick me up with my bike because my Achilles tendon feels very much like it is starting to tear. It doesn't hurt when I bike, but the steps all around the campus are killing me. For some reason, I can't tolerate going down stairs at all.
Later tonight, I wll go to baseball - a very busy day. Maybe I'd better get started.