Comments | lonestarslp: A new year

lonestarslp

A new year

Jan 14, 2009 20:07

It's been over a year since I posted in LJ. I have a permanent account, so I think my journal was just waiting for me to come out of the weirdness I've been in for a long time. Or maybe my posting is the weirdness and then I will go back to being as I was---unable to express my feelings in written form. Frozen at the point at which my thoughts are ( Read more... )

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tx_cronopio January 15 2009, 02:33:14 UTC

Glad to see you back! *hugs*

lonestarslp January 15 2009, 22:00:02 UTC

Thanks--what have you been up to?

tx_cronopio January 15 2009, 22:11:58 UTC

Oh, dear...well, long story:
The Bad: I lost my job, my mom passed away.
The Good: I'm back in the Metroplex, which suits me much better than Killeen, and I've made some very good friends, including our mutual acquaintances in Allen :)

lonestarslp January 18 2009, 18:47:04 UTC

I so sorry to hear about your mom. I hope you have found another job or have good prospects. When I have more energy to be around people perhaps we can get together with the Allenites.

daisydumont January 15 2009, 02:37:33 UTC

it's good to see you here.

lonestarslp January 15 2009, 22:01:02 UTC

Thanks. I hope I post a little more often. What have you been doing?

daisydumont January 15 2009, 22:07:14 UTC

not a whole lot. it's been a hard 6 months or so in that my older son moved to seattle last summer and my younger son went off to college this fall. i haven't been sure at all of who i am any more or what i'm supposed to do next. not unusual, maybe, but it takes time and work to figure things out!

lonestarslp January 18 2009, 18:44:28 UTC

I think it is very natural that life changes cause re-evaluations. I went through that after Will died. I also am going through that now because of health issues. Confusion and turmoil can result and an inner struggle to redefine one's life and one's energy. You had so much love energy to give the kids, you have to dial it back, so now what do you do with what is left?

scienceguru January 15 2009, 04:22:08 UTC

I have wondered how you are.

Welcome back.

lonestarslp January 15 2009, 22:01:45 UTC

Hey! how is your life? Are you still teaching science?

scienceguru January 15 2009, 23:25:39 UTC

I am! For a few more years, anyway. :)

I finished my Master of Arts in Teaching with a major in science education at UTD in August. Next month I begin work on a PhD in science education via a distance learning program through Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia. I'm stoked about it.

This school year has been tough since my workload is heavier than most--I'm teaching 7 classes instead of 6. But my kids are good, so for that I am grateful.

More later...I'm off to professionally develop! Got an online workshop to sit for. :)

lonestarslp January 18 2009, 18:39:46 UTC

Congratulations! I am always impressed that teachers can juggle so many classes and lesson plans. Andrew has decided to forgo IB and is attending Richland Collegiate High School. It's a magnet school based out of Richland community college. He takes all his classes at the community college and then graduates high school with abt 60 hours worth of college credit. He loves it because it is so different from the typical high school thing. It is more laid back and nurturing than Plano, and yet it is still quite challenging.

The class size is limited to 200, so he has the advantage of a big school without the disadvantage of being a number.

I am impressed with the PhD work and that you can do that on top of your teaching. You can be Ms. Science!

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so good to see you! jubal51394 January 15 2009, 13:21:01 UTC

Hope you hang around some. I missed you. ;)

Re: so good to see you! lonestarslp January 15 2009, 22:03:38 UTC

That's so nice of you to say! I have missed me, too. At least the part of me that knows how to communicate in my personal life.