A good day
I finished up my course today, all of it. Submitted my last assignment and made copies of all of the tests and quizzes and lesson plans that everyone has submitted. I need to sort through them yet, but it’s a pretty solid representation of the class. Good for my notes and for ideas, later. Some of the saved lesson plans are kind of useless , but I can rework the basic ideas to make something better out of them. All in all, it was not a waste of $1200, and if I get another job, I’ll recoup that in a month. Waste not, want not.
I have an interview Monday over skype, and I am very excited. And a little nervous. I’m pretty sure that I’ll do okay, but one can never be TOO sure. It would be a load off of my shoulders if I could get the job, then all I’ll have to worry about is getting an apartment. Which is still a concern, mind you. Oh yes, and PACK. For the love of all things, I really need to start doing that, probably starting with the kitchen and packing up the few things that I will be taking with me. My successor is getting nearly everything in the kitchen save a few things like my mugs, pottery and fun kitchen gadgets and supplies. I’ll buy some new stuff when I move. The hardest part will be the living room closet and the garage. But we’ll see. I’ll make it work, somehow.
It is now disgustingly hot everyday and I kind of hate it. I start the morning looking okay, but my hair is a DISASTER after I get here and have been sweating five seconds. =/ And then I go home and jump in the shower before doing ANYTHING else, because I am THAT GROSS.
Oh, and I did get my evaluation from the Principal today. Surprisingly it was NOT bad! I still cannot use it for my class as they wanted someone who I have worked with in the classroom, and his visits pretty much were about . . . 10 minutes total. Compared to the HOURS that my JTEs have spent with me. I still appreciate it, as it pointed out things I need to work on from his perspective. And those are the same two things that I have been trying to work on all my life. XD So, known problems.
I’m only amused because I FAIL SO PREDICTABLY.
And that’s what is going on in my life. I have a plane ticket home and I am awaiting the results of Monday’s interview before I buy the ticket back to Japan. I’m starting to get excited about being home, too. The best part? My Grandfather’s Navy Reunion is the day after I fly in-I get to go for the first time in YEARS. It will be SO AMAZING to see my Grandfather’s navy buddies again. :3 I really liked a few of them that my grandfather was always in close contact with. I’m going to try and bring home something really pretty with butterflies on it for Bernie, cause she loves butterflies and she was always one of the nicest ladies I ever knew. I’m just so excited! Home! A cookout! AMERICA! Holy crap going home in the summer is EXPENSIVE but I think it will be worth it. No, I know it will be.
And then Christmas and New Years in Europe. Which I am also very excited for! Then I should be in Japan for awhile again, either looking for a new job or getting ready to return to the States for good. It all depends on how jobs work out for me.
Doesn’t matter though. This year is going to be fabulous, and I know it.
I have an interview Monday over skype, and I am very excited. And a little nervous. I’m pretty sure that I’ll do okay, but one can never be TOO sure. It would be a load off of my shoulders if I could get the job, then all I’ll have to worry about is getting an apartment. Which is still a concern, mind you. Oh yes, and PACK. For the love of all things, I really need to start doing that, probably starting with the kitchen and packing up the few things that I will be taking with me. My successor is getting nearly everything in the kitchen save a few things like my mugs, pottery and fun kitchen gadgets and supplies. I’ll buy some new stuff when I move. The hardest part will be the living room closet and the garage. But we’ll see. I’ll make it work, somehow.
It is now disgustingly hot everyday and I kind of hate it. I start the morning looking okay, but my hair is a DISASTER after I get here and have been sweating five seconds. =/ And then I go home and jump in the shower before doing ANYTHING else, because I am THAT GROSS.
Oh, and I did get my evaluation from the Principal today. Surprisingly it was NOT bad! I still cannot use it for my class as they wanted someone who I have worked with in the classroom, and his visits pretty much were about . . . 10 minutes total. Compared to the HOURS that my JTEs have spent with me. I still appreciate it, as it pointed out things I need to work on from his perspective. And those are the same two things that I have been trying to work on all my life. XD So, known problems.
I’m only amused because I FAIL SO PREDICTABLY.
And that’s what is going on in my life. I have a plane ticket home and I am awaiting the results of Monday’s interview before I buy the ticket back to Japan. I’m starting to get excited about being home, too. The best part? My Grandfather’s Navy Reunion is the day after I fly in-I get to go for the first time in YEARS. It will be SO AMAZING to see my Grandfather’s navy buddies again. :3 I really liked a few of them that my grandfather was always in close contact with. I’m going to try and bring home something really pretty with butterflies on it for Bernie, cause she loves butterflies and she was always one of the nicest ladies I ever knew. I’m just so excited! Home! A cookout! AMERICA! Holy crap going home in the summer is EXPENSIVE but I think it will be worth it. No, I know it will be.
And then Christmas and New Years in Europe. Which I am also very excited for! Then I should be in Japan for awhile again, either looking for a new job or getting ready to return to the States for good. It all depends on how jobs work out for me.
Doesn’t matter though. This year is going to be fabulous, and I know it.