new quarter, new year
this quarter is starting off pretty well. this month is going to be a smooth, relaxing kind of start until next month when all the bumps and bruises start to begin. i'll enjoy the time as it is. we've got science, writing, and research class this quarter. a lot less class, a lot more time in my placement. the only thing that i'm not looking forward to is having to wake up so early every morning during the winter when the sun's not up and freezing outside. it hasn't rained that much yet either, but i suspect we'll still have a wet season.
i'm excited. last quarter went by quickly. this quarter should be even more, and then one more quarter until i have my own class. i look forward to having my own class, but at the same time i know i'll have so many issues i'll drive myself crazy. not to fear though, things will be aok. at times i feel overwhelmed, but right now i'm at peace. which happens .. rarely. i'm already behind in my homework and stuff, but at least i feel very calm about it.
i can't wait for the tv shows to start again. i'm sad that daybreak was cancelled, but i'm excited 24 is starting again. i've already seen the first 4 episodes of 24 though, so i may have to wait even longer to see what happens next, but at least i watched it commercial free!
i haven't really thought about this coming year, what my goals are and what i plan to achieve. i'm not really dreading the future anymore. i remember in jr. high/high school when i would pretend to go back in time and say that jan 3 was actually dec 3, or some crazy thing like that. i would date the letters i wrote people off just so i can pretend to go through new years eve again and stretch out the last year. anyway, i'm looking forward to the future and what it has in store for me. i can't wait to graduate, to have my own class, to cry and feel incompentent, to see success, to move out on my own. it's great! i feel so old, yet so young at the same time.
i was bored when i came up after break and i had brought up my mom's video cam so i can use it later for my PACT. my mom has all the old tapes that we've ever filmed in the bag (there's only 4 or so) and i was planning on just quicklly looking at what it was, but ended up going through all the tapes and watching them. most of them, (3.5 out of 4 tapes) were of my baby brother when he was younger, mostly from 6months to 4 years. bits of it was our trip to china, my high school and college graduation, and my brother's band recitals. but i had fun watching my baby brother. i've forgotten all about how he was when he was young (very fat!) and how adorable he was. of course, most of what was recorded was of his happy moments, there was only one scene where he was on the floor crying and asking for Mom. i watched him, in a matter of hours, go from crawling with his arms, to his hands, to standing and walking wobbling, to walking and running, and just learning to speak. i remembered the quirks he had, the funny faces he made, how he LOVED to watch the videos of himself. the sad part was that charles and I were hardly in the videos. you could hear my voice off screen talking on the phone most of the time -_-. charles would be watching tv, occassionally he'd play with baby and tease him. maybe we just didn't like being in front of the camera. it's funny how i can tell what he's thinking when i watched the video (i'm sure at that moment i couldn't) and how he understood what we said but wasn't able to talk yet. anyway, it brought me back to the days and how i wanted a cute baby like him. .. someday. =)
for now, i'll just figure out how to handle the kids in my classroom
i'm excited. last quarter went by quickly. this quarter should be even more, and then one more quarter until i have my own class. i look forward to having my own class, but at the same time i know i'll have so many issues i'll drive myself crazy. not to fear though, things will be aok. at times i feel overwhelmed, but right now i'm at peace. which happens .. rarely. i'm already behind in my homework and stuff, but at least i feel very calm about it.
i can't wait for the tv shows to start again. i'm sad that daybreak was cancelled, but i'm excited 24 is starting again. i've already seen the first 4 episodes of 24 though, so i may have to wait even longer to see what happens next, but at least i watched it commercial free!
i haven't really thought about this coming year, what my goals are and what i plan to achieve. i'm not really dreading the future anymore. i remember in jr. high/high school when i would pretend to go back in time and say that jan 3 was actually dec 3, or some crazy thing like that. i would date the letters i wrote people off just so i can pretend to go through new years eve again and stretch out the last year. anyway, i'm looking forward to the future and what it has in store for me. i can't wait to graduate, to have my own class, to cry and feel incompentent, to see success, to move out on my own. it's great! i feel so old, yet so young at the same time.
i was bored when i came up after break and i had brought up my mom's video cam so i can use it later for my PACT. my mom has all the old tapes that we've ever filmed in the bag (there's only 4 or so) and i was planning on just quicklly looking at what it was, but ended up going through all the tapes and watching them. most of them, (3.5 out of 4 tapes) were of my baby brother when he was younger, mostly from 6months to 4 years. bits of it was our trip to china, my high school and college graduation, and my brother's band recitals. but i had fun watching my baby brother. i've forgotten all about how he was when he was young (very fat!) and how adorable he was. of course, most of what was recorded was of his happy moments, there was only one scene where he was on the floor crying and asking for Mom. i watched him, in a matter of hours, go from crawling with his arms, to his hands, to standing and walking wobbling, to walking and running, and just learning to speak. i remembered the quirks he had, the funny faces he made, how he LOVED to watch the videos of himself. the sad part was that charles and I were hardly in the videos. you could hear my voice off screen talking on the phone most of the time -_-. charles would be watching tv, occassionally he'd play with baby and tease him. maybe we just didn't like being in front of the camera. it's funny how i can tell what he's thinking when i watched the video (i'm sure at that moment i couldn't) and how he understood what we said but wasn't able to talk yet. anyway, it brought me back to the days and how i wanted a cute baby like him. .. someday. =)
for now, i'll just figure out how to handle the kids in my classroom