MSTA convention
Wow, I had this whole thing written and then it disappeared. Let's just say I had a lot of fun and got pumped back up from teaching. There was a great session on podcasting and using mp3 players in the classroom. Missouri's governor and the speaker of the house came by and spoke, the latter being quite the dynamic speaker, which I guess makes sense. Our key note speaker on Friday make me ready to work on making connections with as many of my students as possible along with the rigor and relevance we require. As well as making me want to go back and thank my former teachers.
I also found more evidence that I do really need a navigation system in my car after all the getting lost we did in St. Louis. I hope the weather will stay good enough that I can get my current car cleaned up to take in and see if any of the dealers can get me into the car I want at a payment I can really afford. And I'm going $100 higher than what I'm paying currently as how much I can afford. I really want a hybrid with a navigation system. I'm afraid with rising gas costs I'll not be able to afford or get any deals on them if I don't move pretty quick.
I'm also feeling left out and lonely. The group I was hanging out with this summer doesn't seem to be interested in inviting me to anything they do anymore. I think a lot has to do with that woman I've written about, so since she is kind of the organizer of everything, I kind of shot myself in the foot by not just overlooking her rudeness to me. Oh well, it just sucks that I finally found a group of people who enjoyed a lot of things I now enjoy that I don't get to hang out with. I always hung out with groups that wanted to go to bars to drink and dance, and while at the time, I did kind fo like that, I find now that this group still enjoys drinking, which I'm okay with, but they do it while playing games that I now like, like Carcassone (sp?) and sing star, even if I only watch the others sing. Although I'm tempted to buy a play station just so I can do sing star by myself at home.
NaNoWriMo count: 20,046 words.
*Edit* Well I went back and looked, the first year I did NaNoWriMo I believe I only got about 2800 words written, I'll have to look for the file and see if that's exactly correct. Last year I got 35,000 words written, much better. So now I have to get at least 15,000 more words written over the next week so that I can make sure to beat last year's number.
I should be able to as I should have lots of time over break. I will be working at the bookstore only Monday night and Friday from 1-9:30. Then I only work at the library Wednesday night, they're closed Saturday. I almost volunteered to work at the bookstore next Sunday, but decided, no, I need a break. So if I write at least an hour each day that I can this week, I figure I should definitely get above where I want to be in numbers. Of course tomorrow I do have tests to grade, so that may put a bit of a damper on it, but I'm going to do my best.