I'm sorry...
Dearest LiveJournal,
It's almost 2:00am and I still can't sleep... and then I remembered that I still had you in my life.
I know I've been ignoring you over the past year, and I know that when we talk it's only about the little things in life, but I take comfort that you're still here.
And even though you don't really talk to me anymore, I'll still be here to talk to you... hoping you'll listen.
Even our friends have dropped off the face of the Earth, LJ. Have they moved on to bigger and brighter things? Facebook perhaps? Twitter?It's okay. I'm still here for you.
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It's the summer after my 3rd year as a teacher and I still feel like a beginner. I have to develop a whole new curriculum for a whole new set of students and a whole new grade level. I'm not sure if teaching is a lifelong journey or a path that I'm on for now... either way, I have to give it my all or I'm afraid that I'm gonna screw up some poor kid's life somehow.
At the beginning of June, my roommate let me know that I need to be packed up and out of her apt by the end of July. Apparently she's been accepted to business school - great for her, bad for me.... So I'm asking her if she's looking for a new place and she keeps replying "We haven't found a place yet" or "We're thinking of all getting a big house together." Turns out that her whole office is relocating and the company is paying for them to go to school.... it also turns out that she's known about this move for about a year now. Thanks a lot for telling me now roomie.... b****.
The move should be good though. A new place that's closer to everything else in my life. Pasadena pretty much sucked anyway. :P
The plan I wanted to set in motion a year ago has been put on the back burner because of my stupid graduate classes I need to clear my credential. The last two classes I have to finish up are only offered during the fall, so it looks like i'll have to be spending time finishing those up this fall.... Other than that, I'm determined to have a somewhat decent level of energy by the end of the year so that "the plan" doesn't kick my butt. (more on the plan later)
Speaking of the plan, I took the advice of my lj readers about a year ago and tried a number of things over the course of last year in order to get into some sort of condition. Turns out I think running is absolutely boring. Tried going to the gym with no success as well. So, around the tail end of January, I somehow managed to stumble into a competitive dodgeball league. Oh, and sometime in February... a few days after my birthday, I managed to dislocate my pinky playing dodgeball. Good times.
All in all though, I think dodgeball is awesome. I'm going to be playing again this summer, so I'm crossing my fingers that I don't dislocate anything else. On the advice of Avivaman (from last year), I've taken some time to get into some decent shape to try P90X.... quite a few people I know have started it this year as well, so it's great motivation. Unfortunately, I think I'll be suffering through the first few weeks considering the first disc just about kicked my ass.
Going to Hawaii this summer for the third time... for a friend's wedding this time. Should be fun. To tired to post more... it's almost 2:30 now
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Well, LJ, it's been fun... but I have to get going now. We should really catch up like this more often. I haven't seen you in forever and even though you and I look about the same, I know we've changed quite a bit. I have so many stories and adventures to tell you about, but always find some lame excuse not to talk to you. I'm sorry. Hopefully we can talk again soon, okay?
Your pal,
Reuben
It's almost 2:00am and I still can't sleep... and then I remembered that I still had you in my life.
I know I've been ignoring you over the past year, and I know that when we talk it's only about the little things in life, but I take comfort that you're still here.
And even though you don't really talk to me anymore, I'll still be here to talk to you... hoping you'll listen.
Even our friends have dropped off the face of the Earth, LJ. Have they moved on to bigger and brighter things? Facebook perhaps? Twitter?It's okay. I'm still here for you.
---
It's the summer after my 3rd year as a teacher and I still feel like a beginner. I have to develop a whole new curriculum for a whole new set of students and a whole new grade level. I'm not sure if teaching is a lifelong journey or a path that I'm on for now... either way, I have to give it my all or I'm afraid that I'm gonna screw up some poor kid's life somehow.
At the beginning of June, my roommate let me know that I need to be packed up and out of her apt by the end of July. Apparently she's been accepted to business school - great for her, bad for me.... So I'm asking her if she's looking for a new place and she keeps replying "We haven't found a place yet" or "We're thinking of all getting a big house together." Turns out that her whole office is relocating and the company is paying for them to go to school.... it also turns out that she's known about this move for about a year now. Thanks a lot for telling me now roomie.... b****.
The move should be good though. A new place that's closer to everything else in my life. Pasadena pretty much sucked anyway. :P
The plan I wanted to set in motion a year ago has been put on the back burner because of my stupid graduate classes I need to clear my credential. The last two classes I have to finish up are only offered during the fall, so it looks like i'll have to be spending time finishing those up this fall.... Other than that, I'm determined to have a somewhat decent level of energy by the end of the year so that "the plan" doesn't kick my butt. (more on the plan later)
Speaking of the plan, I took the advice of my lj readers about a year ago and tried a number of things over the course of last year in order to get into some sort of condition. Turns out I think running is absolutely boring. Tried going to the gym with no success as well. So, around the tail end of January, I somehow managed to stumble into a competitive dodgeball league. Oh, and sometime in February... a few days after my birthday, I managed to dislocate my pinky playing dodgeball. Good times.
All in all though, I think dodgeball is awesome. I'm going to be playing again this summer, so I'm crossing my fingers that I don't dislocate anything else. On the advice of Avivaman (from last year), I've taken some time to get into some decent shape to try P90X.... quite a few people I know have started it this year as well, so it's great motivation. Unfortunately, I think I'll be suffering through the first few weeks considering the first disc just about kicked my ass.
Going to Hawaii this summer for the third time... for a friend's wedding this time. Should be fun. To tired to post more... it's almost 2:30 now
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Well, LJ, it's been fun... but I have to get going now. We should really catch up like this more often. I haven't seen you in forever and even though you and I look about the same, I know we've changed quite a bit. I have so many stories and adventures to tell you about, but always find some lame excuse not to talk to you. I'm sorry. Hopefully we can talk again soon, okay?
Your pal,
Reuben