First session done

I just got done with my first 2 meetings of one of my master's classes.  It was great!  I'm excited to do this work!  It's a lot but I don't think it'll be too bad.  I'm gonna try and knock out most of the stuff this week if I can and then do a lot next week.  The assignments I have to do (and their due dates) are:

September 26: Chapter 8 (from Imagining Multilingual Schools) summary presentation with a partner.

October 10th: 5 page Interview with a new language learner and first full rough draft of 12 page paper 

November 8th: Final draft of paper and Journal entry compilation (I think)

Anyway, I know you probably didn't want to see all of that but it at least gets it into my head.  The class is pretty relaxed.  The only thing was that a lot of the people in there seemed to talk a lot for not saying anything at all.  You know those kind of people?  They use all this elevated language to explain who knows what.  One guy in particular kept saying things and half way through his speech, we (or I, at least) would be totally lost in what he was trying to say.  Oh well, maybe that's what Master's classes are all about...

Not kidding

I have these black velour exercise pants and light jacket that I bought for last Halloween to be a kitty and I'm not kidding, they were pretty tight and actually, I started feeling a little self-conscious in them after awhile because I felt like even in black, they weren't flattering me...well, I tried them on recently and they literally are LOOSE on me! The only place it hugs me is around the waist, which is good because when I run, it means they won't fall off of me like some of my other pants feel like they're gonna do any minute. It's a good feeling I must say. Alright, I gotta go try this first night without Kyle thing. I'm pretty tired from the day so maybe it won't be so hard to fall asleep this time. Loves!

A funny video that I wanted to share

This video is a bit older but I was going through Facebook and found this video of the baby that belongs to the girl (Micki) that used to live across the street from Mom and Dad. The baby's name is ...Peyton, I believe. I forgot already. Anyway, this was way back when she was still an infant. Turn on your speakers and listen--it's so pitiful it's funny. Elmo's gone and scarred the girl for life.

Just a random picture

Just felt like putting a picture of myself. That's what I look like after subbing at a high school. HA! I managed to sweat my makeup off in the first period because I was a bit out of my element in an accelerated mathematical analysis class...with a student who didn't understand what they were doing...who spoke another language--there's my first ESL experience! :) I really tried to help him but when my math skills are a bit rusty, all I could really do was help explain what the terminology meant. It was all stuff I remember doing and if I remember correctly, I used to be good at it but the last time I did all that stuff was like....at least 4 years ago.

Oh, by the way, there's my new haircolor and new curls that I do most of the time when I feel like it.

Another four months

Kyle switches to night shift this week. He goes back to work tomorrow night so he's going to try and stay awake tonight to get prepared. I hate night shift because it always takes me a couple of nights or maybe even a full week to get used to him not being here at night and of course, I hear every noise and I check the doors several times to make sure they're locked. I also lock our bedroom door occasionally if I'm feeling extra uneasy. But before long, I get used to having the whole bed to myself and that can get pretty comfy! He has to push me over sometimes when he gets home to go to sleep. I also have to get used to having some kind of meal planned and ready before he leaves for work, which sometimes can get pretty early in the evening. When he sleeps all day, he usually wakes up around 4:30pm and sometimes he'll get a shower first but then sometimes he'll want to eat. Looks like I'll be pre-making a lot of meals (i.e. crockpotting and night before cooking--that makes for a long day for me if I have to make 2 meals at once!). I do it to support him though. :) What kind of wife would I be if I didn't feed my husband? ;) Or sometimes I just say, "fix a sandwich or a pita pizza!" hehehe. Ugh, tomorrow I must get up really early to go sub at the high school...I must go to sleep soon. Night!

Starting to pick up

I'm going to be subbing tomorrow for a CALCULUS class! YIKES! Those kids better not ask my any questions about the material...and they for sure as heck better NOT ask me to listen to IPODS!!! AHHH! I will scream (in my head) if they ask me that question. I'm subbing at the high school that I so loathed last fall. Well, it was only one class but still....


I've got a half day job on Thursday for a friend of mine (first grade). First graders are so adorable! I think they're even cuter than kindergarteners, actually. These kids know me though from spring and so it'll probably be pretty easy. :) Anyway, I had another teacher at Garfield ask me to sub later on in the month and another one requested me in the system instead of calling me so it looks like Garfield might be my major source of work! cool.


First day of master's class on Friday and my outline is DONE and DONE! Be proud. It better be right though. :)

It's that time of season

We actually had to turn our heat on a little bit today because the high today is 65 degrees...brrr! It's great! I love season changes!


Sidenote: I've pretty much figured out what I want to write about for my 12 page paper...I'm going to write about Bilingual education programs, the different types and the pros and cons of those different programs. I'll fine tune a title later on...I've got some ideas but I want a title that really says what the paper is about.