What's it look like???
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....
or so Bing Crosby tells me!
Actually, it's looking more like Thanksgiving. (Pardon the dry spell of wit and wisdom here; it's been a while...) By the by, THANKSgiving is NOT "Turkey day!" despite societal inclinations to the contrary... It's a day for giving thanks for our freedoms and bountiful lives, not for celebrating gluttony and sloth. (Though those are nice perks... in moderation...) And beside that, people eat more than turkey on Thanksgiving. I for one enjoy a nice juicy ham or savory pot roast over a turkey on any given holiday. Eh, enough bashing... just a tangent of mine...
It's beginning to look a lot like the end. I wrote out a whole list/chart/schedule for all my assignments until the end of the semester. It's a bit intense, but if I keep the schedule it will be quite handy and effective. Also, student teaching cometh, and that right soon... I'm excited and nervous and overwhelmed and ready and freaking out and all that... I guess I'll get there when I get there, but it's still pretty intense. Luckily, though, I got an amazing placement at Sartell, a middle to upper-middle class pseudo-suburb of St. Cloud, for both middle and high school. in other words, it'll be pretty easy as far as discipline and socioeconomic issues and fairly familiar to my own experiences. My cooperating teachers seem really nice and excited, too. It's also a pretty short and easy drive. I'm really lucky to have gotten it, I think. Let's just hope it's as good as I hope!
Lucas and I celebrated three years together at the beginning of November... whoa. Noice. Again, I am really blessed in this department of romance and mate-matching (I was making up an Australian term there.... I think...). What can I say? It's been good and bad and a great, grand learning experience of tears and kisses and more to come. I embrace it all, especially Lucas himself!, with hope and joy.
Lately I've been an absolute sloth for no apparent reason... I guess I was super stressed like a week ago, but I haven't had all that much to do since then and can't imagine what's making me just want to lay in bed all day and do nothing... it's rather disturbing, to be honest. I have so much to do, and I really could be more active at "work" (though there is often frustratingly little to do there!).... but I just can't seem to motivate myself. It's like I'm wearing an invisible heavy coat that makes me feel slow and dull from the warmth and the weight. It's so odd and frustrating! Grr... and I can't tell if i'm rationalizing away my need to just admit purposeful laziness or if I'm really stuck and slowed... *sigh* I'll just keep trying to shake it, I guess.
I'm home for Thanksgiving break right now, which is a welcome pause in my current life of college and homework and such. My parents just moved into a new (to them) house in Brookings, SD a week ago. This is the first time I've seen it in person and I'm fairly impressed. The inside needs some serious decorating but otherwise it's really big and cozy and nice. Plus I get to see my family and my puppy and kitties!! Yay! Though I've allotted some homework assignments for the next four days, we'll just have to see how well that goes! Otherwise, it should be an overall lovely weekend, starting us on the real road to Christmas.
Over and out.
or so Bing Crosby tells me!
Actually, it's looking more like Thanksgiving. (Pardon the dry spell of wit and wisdom here; it's been a while...) By the by, THANKSgiving is NOT "Turkey day!" despite societal inclinations to the contrary... It's a day for giving thanks for our freedoms and bountiful lives, not for celebrating gluttony and sloth. (Though those are nice perks... in moderation...) And beside that, people eat more than turkey on Thanksgiving. I for one enjoy a nice juicy ham or savory pot roast over a turkey on any given holiday. Eh, enough bashing... just a tangent of mine...
It's beginning to look a lot like the end. I wrote out a whole list/chart/schedule for all my assignments until the end of the semester. It's a bit intense, but if I keep the schedule it will be quite handy and effective. Also, student teaching cometh, and that right soon... I'm excited and nervous and overwhelmed and ready and freaking out and all that... I guess I'll get there when I get there, but it's still pretty intense. Luckily, though, I got an amazing placement at Sartell, a middle to upper-middle class pseudo-suburb of St. Cloud, for both middle and high school. in other words, it'll be pretty easy as far as discipline and socioeconomic issues and fairly familiar to my own experiences. My cooperating teachers seem really nice and excited, too. It's also a pretty short and easy drive. I'm really lucky to have gotten it, I think. Let's just hope it's as good as I hope!
Lucas and I celebrated three years together at the beginning of November... whoa. Noice. Again, I am really blessed in this department of romance and mate-matching (I was making up an Australian term there.... I think...). What can I say? It's been good and bad and a great, grand learning experience of tears and kisses and more to come. I embrace it all, especially Lucas himself!, with hope and joy.
Lately I've been an absolute sloth for no apparent reason... I guess I was super stressed like a week ago, but I haven't had all that much to do since then and can't imagine what's making me just want to lay in bed all day and do nothing... it's rather disturbing, to be honest. I have so much to do, and I really could be more active at "work" (though there is often frustratingly little to do there!).... but I just can't seem to motivate myself. It's like I'm wearing an invisible heavy coat that makes me feel slow and dull from the warmth and the weight. It's so odd and frustrating! Grr... and I can't tell if i'm rationalizing away my need to just admit purposeful laziness or if I'm really stuck and slowed... *sigh* I'll just keep trying to shake it, I guess.
I'm home for Thanksgiving break right now, which is a welcome pause in my current life of college and homework and such. My parents just moved into a new (to them) house in Brookings, SD a week ago. This is the first time I've seen it in person and I'm fairly impressed. The inside needs some serious decorating but otherwise it's really big and cozy and nice. Plus I get to see my family and my puppy and kitties!! Yay! Though I've allotted some homework assignments for the next four days, we'll just have to see how well that goes! Otherwise, it should be an overall lovely weekend, starting us on the real road to Christmas.
Over and out.