That's right. Today's the day. Today 40 bright and shiny faces will look up at me as I fumble in front of the classroom and apologize for my handwriting and wait, and wait and wait until the end of every period, the end of every day, the end of the week. Someone tell me again why I thought this was a good idea?

Here goes nothing.

I've been in kind of a haze today. Its the last week of school. I'm moving into a new apartment. I have no furniture, just luggage. My mom thinks my dad is having an affair. My scholarship check hasn't cleared for some reason which makes me nervous because I signed over 3600 in checks for tomorrow. I have so much work today and absolutely no ( Read more... )

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No rooftop party in DUMBO. I mean, there was one, but I didn't go. I also didn't go to Jersey with Cheeks. Inclimate weather. I didn't do much at all this weekend actually. I mean, I accomplished a lot of things that needed to be done, but now I have a list of other things I have to do. Such is life. Also, I went to brunch with my annie pooh ( Read more... )

Oh, boy. How do I begin ( Read more... )

Whoever decided that a Master's program in Education was totally necessary... is fucking whack. I mean, seriously? I have no qualms with self deprecation which is why I feel okay to say that the degree I will have when I am done with this program, will mean absolutely nothing. College was harder than this. High school maybe have been harder ( Read more... )

This week has been a blur. I've been in NY almost two weeks. Sometimes it feels like I never left. This week with the fellowship we had mostly orientation stuff. Seriously, the bureaucracy is crazy. They spent like two days just explaining who we talk to about what. We also started our Teaching for Student Achievement Framework Sessions. Its ( Read more... )

I fell off the earth and I'm sorry. Even doing nothing in NY becomes a task and one that is time consuming. That is not to say that all I've done is nothing. I met old friends, went to job fairs, landed interviews, went to one, etc etc etc. Today was particularly lovely. The nights are lonely, let me tell you. I feel like every time I know ( Read more... )

After a treacherous trip and one mess up after another, I finally arrived to Brooklyn this morning. Miriam was kind enough to warn me that a heat wave had just hit NY and the apartment was approximately 130 degrees. So after we settled in and Miriam headed off to work I tried for 3 hours to take a nap. No dice. It was like waking up every 10 ( Read more... )

I'll be leaving for the airport in 15 minutes. I'm being cool but I feel a little like I can't breathe. I know everything is okay. There is a print out in my pocket of exactly where I should tell the cab to take me... home, as it were. I feel like I'll be back here tomorrow but I know this is not the case. I will be months before I find myself ( Read more... )