I’m doing well-college is keeping me busy. Lots of papers this semester. I have 3 classes plus internship and all my professors expect 3 page papers every week. Plus I have a lot of writing to do for the internship. I start that tomorrow. I’m kind of looking forward to it, but I’m also somewhat nervous about it as well. I’ve volunteered in the ( Read more... )

 
Well I’m done with my first week. I haven’t started my internship-that starts on the 22nd. But I did find out what school and who my supervising teacher will be. I have a male, elementary teacher! A bit of an oddity in the American elementary schools. All the elementary teachers I’ve worked with have been female. In fact the only male teachers at ( Read more... )

 so tired. orientation long....feet hurt. brain hurts. too much info. I have an art class--i thought it was going to be art history and stuff...nope. I have to draw. other than that too tired to write.

My mother in law asked Hubby what he would like for his birthday. I don't know why she asked since his B-day is in March. Know what asked for? A Wii! And he got one too. I'm not sure I like this. I mean yes they are fun; but I am the one who has to deal with the kids asking to play all the time.

In the mean time I have to go to UCF internship ( Read more... )

I’m worried about the situation in the apartment directly overhead of ours. These people moved in about 6 months ago and they have been very noisy. At first I didn’t pay much attention to it because it was random and not very often, but the noise level has increased in the last 8 weeks and I am now certain that what I thought was just horsing ( Read more... )

 Well it is cold for Florida! 33degree F; with a wind chill factor of 23! I know a lot of you are colder with snow and such--but here in Florida, we usually don't see it drop that cold.  I am so glad that the kids are still out on winter break--I'd hate to go out in the cold this morning. It's so much nicer to be all warm and cozy inside ( Read more... )

Well it is a cold and frosty morning, well cold and frosty for Florida. It’s about 40 degrees Fahrenheit right now. It’s 9am and everyone is still tucked up in their nice warm beds. I like being the first one up when everyone is still sleeping. But since I’ve been up this morning I’ve decided to post some pictures from the holiday.

So click on the ( Read more... )

Great, just fucking great. LJ has changed the way my journal looked. I don't really care for this and I want the old look back. UGH. Not happy.

 
Well my daughter really embarrassed me today.  For Christmas I received a gift card for J.C. Penny’s and since I am starting my internship in a couple weeks I thought I could use a new pair of slacks since I have to dress professionally.  So I go down there and they are having a great sale. I find some slacks I like that fit well and I am walking ( Read more... )

A Framework for Understanding Poverty

By Ruby K. Payne, PH.D.

That is the title of one of my required text books for a reading foundation class I have next semester.  It’s not a long book only about 175 pages-pretty short for most text book, and on flipping through the pages I see that quite a few “check lists” and bulleted statements.  A ( Read more... )