Blah, Blah, Blah

Tonight I am keeping it short and sweet. This past week has probably been the best so far which is nice considering that next week is the last before Spring Break. I gave my first test in LA2 and I was concerned that it was going to be too easy, however, I had several students who didn't do too well and it really did a good job of separating those who had read the texts from those who had not. So that's good :)

Testing Kids, Testing Me, Testing Hair/Hairdresser, Testing Me...again

Testing Kids:
Well tomorrow I give my first test since I began teaching back on Feb. 17th and I'm a little nervous because I hope it's challenging enough. It's a test for my LAII classes over non-fiction that we have been working on for the past month. It will be interesting to see how they do and what kind of abilities I have for test-making. Then they are going to be starting their first essay with me which is going to be a personal narrative over a choice or event that changed their life. So all-in-all it's looking like the rest of this week won't be too terrible.

Testing Me:
Next week is our last week before Spring Break and I can honestly say that I have never been more anxious for or needed a break so badly as I do now! LOL. Ethan is home on Spring Break right now which I am more than a little jealous of :) It will be nice getting to spend the week with Nick in Omaha.

Testing Hair/Hairdresser:
Speaking of Omaha, I am planning on calling a hair salon there and making my wedding day appt. and then a trial run for when I'm there on Spring Break to make sure that it's going to turn out the way I want! Definitely don't want any suprises in the hair dept! Haha. I have found the hairstyle I want to go with and I think it will work well with my veil, but I definitely want to try it out plenty ahead of time, just in case I don't like how it looks or something, but I'm sure it will be great because it's kinda similar to how I do my hair sometimes.

Testing Me....again:
I have been pushing my limits these past few days by staying up later (GASP!!!! I know :P) and I have determined that I must be a reincarnated 85 year old lady because I can barely keep myself up until 10 p.m.! I was in bed at 9 last night! Sad, eh? Well, my old lady senses are telling me that my bedtime is fast approaching and so I'm afraid I must obey and lie down if only for a bit......

Just Keep Swimming

Well this past weekend was a nice break away from school and lesson plans. I went to Omaha Friday after school let out and Nick and I ordered/picked out wedding flowers Saturday afternoon, ordered/picked out wedding bands, and Sunday we worked on our bridal registry at Bed Bath and Beyond. I swear it's getting harder and harder to leave Omaha every time I go up there! This weekend starting Saturday (yes....SATURDAY!!!) I began dreading leaving him. It just sucks because we have been waiting sooooooooooo long to be together and even though we know it's getting soooooo close, it just seems like it will never actually arrive! However, we have figured out that there will only be two or three more time when we get to see eachother for only 1 1/2 days, so I suppose it's do-able ;)

Tomorrow I don't have to teach (yay!!!!) because I have to go to an Education Expo in St. Joe where schools from all over the Midwest will be taking applications and trying to give out information about working for their school district. I really do not want to go to this dumb thing because the only school from Omaha that will be there is Omaha Public and their schools are located in North Omaha (bad part of town) and their test scores are really bad, and they are the one district in Omaha that I would definitely not work for, so it all just seems like it will be a waste of time. Anyhow.

The rest of the week is looking pretty sucky as far as teaching goes because I don't like what I'm teaching right now, but I think next week will be better :)...............hopefully! We'll see!!!

The World's Smallest Violin......playing just for me

So here goes another "Woe is me" post, so please just bear with me or come back in a few days for a better one :)

So I am feeling entirely spent, as usual, and sick of making lesson plans. Nick asked me if I am coming to Omaha this weekend because he misses me, and so I have been working on lesson plans for both classes next week and am just feeling entirely run down. It's only 9:15 p.m. and I am having a hard time keeping my eyes open. However, now I get to go see Nick and figure out flowers for the wedding and order wedding rings as well, so it will be a busy weekend. I am really just looking forward to Spring Break because I need some time away. I never imagined that I would be this exhausted while student teaching.....And now I'm afraid I must retire to my bed because it's calling so stongly!

Break, Bummed, Bridal Shower

Break
1. Well we are now a week into March, and I am counting down the days until our Spring Break (April 6-10) arrives! Hopefully we get the whole week off (i.e. no more snow days) so I can spend it up in Omaha with Nick. We are planning on painting our frontroom that week (olive green) so we can get it all ready before family begins to come up for visits. When break arrives I only have two more weeks after that for student teaching which is sooooo exciting for me! I even have my lesson plans for this coming week already pretty much figured out, which is nice :) The way I figure it up, excluding Spring Break, I have to make lesson plans for 5 more weeks, so I think I can handle it! It's just a matter of being able to do all I am planning for in that time; however, I wouldn't be disappointed if I didn't get to poetry in LA2 ;)

2. Tomorrow we have a teacher's in-service, so the kids don't have to come, but the teachers do for workshops. However, that doesn't really bother me because it's a break from the kids and from teaching ;) It's not that I don't like teaching....I do, but it just wears me out and I am ready for it to be over.

Bummed
I had my first interview for a Special Ed. position this past Friday and I was super excited. However, I walked out of the interview feeling much less excited. Basically during the interview they asked if I had any experience writing IEPs or working with Sp. Ed. curriculum and so I said "No" which was the honest answer. The interviewer said that he doesn't think that just having passed both Sp. Ed. Praxis tests and having taken some of the coursework would qualify me to teach Sp. Ed. in Nebraska. I am going to call the Nebraska Department of Education tomorrow to try and get some answers, but I literally lost it the moment I got to my car. Not because I felt negatively about the interview, but because I felt as if I have wasted the last year of my life pursuing my Sp. Ed. certification, along with lots of money on the tests. It just seems like nothing can ever go right or smoothly for me....or Nick....boy we'll be a good match! Haha

Bridal Shower
Saturday I went to Kati's bridal shower which turned out to be a lot of fun! I had never really been to a Bridal shower and really enjoyed it. It almost seems like an official beginning to the wedding season and stuff for us to come! Martha is going to have my bridal shower on April 25th which will be fun, except for the fact that I don't like being the center of attention :) Something that could be potentially problematic on our wedding day too :)

Busy Busy Busy!!!!!

Well I can already tell that this coming week is going to be a hectic one, and it's only Sunday! This will be my first week to have full control of everything for the whole week, so I'm a bit anxious. Plus, for some reason I am just not feeling that my lesson plans are exciting or enjoyable to the kids. I feel like I'm doing the same stuff all of the time, but don't know how to "jazz-it-up" with some of this boring nonfiction stuff we're covering. I am excited to finish it because the next unit we're going to do is Greek Drama including some of "Oedipus" and all of "Antigone" which is right up my alley :)

Oh, so a few days ago I applied to a few schools in Omaha, and two days after applying I got an e-mail from the Papillion La Vista school district asking if I could send them three letters of recommendation and if I could come in for an interview this coming Friday at 1:30!!!! I was so excited I almost cried! I have been sooooo stressed lately and nothing seems to be going right, so to get contacted for an interview really gave me a confidence boost :) Please pray for me! I will post how I think it went soon!