Goals: February 2011.
+ Really start work on my student teaching Work Sample I. This is without a doubt the most important thing I have to do this month. I'd love to get it totally finished by the end of the month, but that may be overly optimistic.
+ Update Things Jill Likes at least EIGHT times; Daily Daffodilly at least TWENTY.
+ Practica espanol: a capitulo cuatro en Harry; a capitulo treinta en Spanish Now.
+ Continue going to the rec center once a week. I'd love to up it to two times a week, but I just really don't think it's possible.
+ Read four non-school related books, including at least starting one "adult" book.
+ Write a new essay/piece/thing (or re-write an old essay/piece/thing) and SUBMIT IT SOMEWHERE. Pathetically, this is the most daunting goal, but the one I want to do most of all. I'm thinking the first place I'm going to try submitting to is Hot Metal Bridge, because a girl I went to Emerson with used to work on it, and it's Pennsylvania-based, so, you know, both make it less scary. Small steps.
+ Update my GLBT Lit for Youth webpage. I need to do this real bad! Especially since the ALA just came out with the first book award for GLBT youth books this last month. Mental note: make the winner of that award one of my four non-school books to read this month.
+ Cook something new once a week.
+ Go on a date night (movies or dinner) with Kathy--TWICE!
+ Go on a hike! The weather has started to get slightly better, which happens in Portland--while the rest of my family and friends are buried beneath feet of snow on the East Coast and elsewhere, my DAFFODILS ARE STARTING TO COME UP. Portland, you honestly have no idea what winter is. Craziness. I mean, in general, the weather doesn't get "nice" here for quite a few months, but in past years, I've been able to start hiking again in February, so I'm hoping to continue that trend this year.
+ Clean out my closet, and take a trip to Goodwill. This is an ambitious goal, since my closet is kind of a wreck.
+ Get caught up on all newspapers from February AND January. It takes me a long time to go through newspapers, people. I like to be thorough. This is a lofty goal. But I feel like I did pretty well with my January goals, so now I might just be getting full of myself and going crazy, who knows.
+ Update Things Jill Likes at least EIGHT times; Daily Daffodilly at least TWENTY.
+ Practica espanol: a capitulo cuatro en Harry; a capitulo treinta en Spanish Now.
+ Continue going to the rec center once a week. I'd love to up it to two times a week, but I just really don't think it's possible.
+ Read four non-school related books, including at least starting one "adult" book.
+ Write a new essay/piece/thing (or re-write an old essay/piece/thing) and SUBMIT IT SOMEWHERE. Pathetically, this is the most daunting goal, but the one I want to do most of all. I'm thinking the first place I'm going to try submitting to is Hot Metal Bridge, because a girl I went to Emerson with used to work on it, and it's Pennsylvania-based, so, you know, both make it less scary. Small steps.
+ Update my GLBT Lit for Youth webpage. I need to do this real bad! Especially since the ALA just came out with the first book award for GLBT youth books this last month. Mental note: make the winner of that award one of my four non-school books to read this month.
+ Cook something new once a week.
+ Go on a date night (movies or dinner) with Kathy--TWICE!
+ Go on a hike! The weather has started to get slightly better, which happens in Portland--while the rest of my family and friends are buried beneath feet of snow on the East Coast and elsewhere, my DAFFODILS ARE STARTING TO COME UP. Portland, you honestly have no idea what winter is. Craziness. I mean, in general, the weather doesn't get "nice" here for quite a few months, but in past years, I've been able to start hiking again in February, so I'm hoping to continue that trend this year.
+ Clean out my closet, and take a trip to Goodwill. This is an ambitious goal, since my closet is kind of a wreck.
+ Get caught up on all newspapers from February AND January. It takes me a long time to go through newspapers, people. I like to be thorough. This is a lofty goal. But I feel like I did pretty well with my January goals, so now I might just be getting full of myself and going crazy, who knows.