So, it's Saturday! One of my favorite days. :)
Things have been going well. I can't complain really. I have great co-workers, fantastic students, and amazing friends and family. I'm not quite sure how to start this blog post so I'll just kind of ramble until I get to my point.
I finished The Hunger Games last night. There's something about endings that never really satisfy me, especially when it comes to these books. I found the ending rather depressing, but I guess I shouldn't be too surprised with a book based on the premise of people killing one another.
I'm one week away from finishing up my first two grad school classes. My final unit project in 524 and my final exam in 545 stand between me and freedom. I can't wait to be done. I'm planning on taking some time after church to knock out my unit project. Then, I'll hopefully go and meet my cousin Dominique in Durham to do some bouncing around at Defy Gravity! :)
Although, my freedom will be short lived. My summer class begin at the end of May. So I guess it's nice that I'll get one month off and that my summer class will essentially end when my school calendar ends.
I'm waiting for my parents to drive up...any minute now....we're going to Frankie's later to celebrate my cousin TJ's 16th birthday! Wow! I can't believe he's already 16. Oops...definitely forgot to go and get him a gift. Maybe we'll do that while we wait for everyone to arrive. I haven't heard from Ethel so I'm sure they're running fashionably late as usual.
Oh! Speaking of Ethel. She called me about a week ago and let me know that at the end of May everyone is planning on going to the New Bernian Ball. So she pretty much twisted my arm into going as well and hooked up up with the tickets with a quickness. So I'm excited for the end of May and spending the entire weekend with my family at the New Bernian Ball. I'm thinking about taking that Friday off so I can go to my grandparent's anniversary dinner. Sabrina made a good point and said that I'm always at work and never miss a day so one day wouldn't hurt...hmm, I'll decide before the month is out, I guess.
Sherri came to visit me again this week and she was quite impressed with the changes I'd made in my teaching! I'm glad I'm growing and developing my skills, but I always have that feeling that there's still SO much more to do. But I guess that's the case for most people.
I have a lot coming up in the next two months:
*Finishing my classes for grad school
*Seeing my old 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Sprouse
*Field trip to ENCSD (praying that it goes smoothly. Sabrina and I went to a workshop there last weekend and got to see the campus. It's actually quite small (but warm and welcoming). We were a bit disappointed to find out that most of the buildings were closed (although, not surprised) and that the population of deaf students there has changed considerably. We met a lot of fellow interpreters too. Karene and the blond lady (her name escapes me at the moment) were quite nice).
*ASL Idol (Maybe. Sabrina and I are thinking of going and bringing our student If not , Ill head home that weekend because there's apparently going to be some sort of Deaf event at Cross Creek Mall the same day as ASL Idol).
*Yard sale with my lifegroup
*Illuminated 5K
*Mother's Day
*Free concert to see Joy Ike perform
*EIPA workshop
*New Bernian Ball
....and this is only up to May! Oh boy being an adult is just too much!
Oh, so in other news....I fell victim to a credit card scam. I got a random text saying my account had frozen and to reactivate my account by putting in my card number, social security number, and security code. Ugh. Yes, naivety at its finest. Luckily, I was able to repair the situation quickly and received my new credit card yesterday in the mail. It hurt my ego more than anything. I guess it could have been much worse so thank goodness it wasn't.
So after being in a moral dilemma I decided not to go to D.C. and instead go to Higher Ground Summer camp with some members of my church. Believe me, I was SO torn with the decision and I feel awful that I can't spend the weekend with my parents in D.C. But my heart is wanting to go to the camp. Especially since Shane's been planting that seed in me since last summer. Plus, it will be a wonderful opportunity to spend some time with the folks in my church.
At the moment, mom, dad, and I are lounging around my apartment. We went and saw TJ and my cousins briefly at Frankie's and then decided to go to The Cheesecake Factory. I kind of feel bad because I think my cousin was planning on me hanging around much longer and actually spending some quality time with everyone, but alas I stayed posted up under my parents. I'm sure she understands and it's been a little while since I've seen my parents so I'm glad I did get to spend some time with them. Not to mention the fact that they cleaned my kitchen and sprayed for bugs. ;)
So I'm going to try and be productive, but we'll see how well that turns out on this beautiful Saturday afternoon.
Peace and blessings. :)
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