Long Day

Hi everyone,

Today was incredibly, ridiculously, exhaustingly long. That is all.

Goodnight,
Kt

Guilty Sleep

Hi everybody,

I honestly hate that, as a human, you have to sleep as I will probably not be getting any tonight. I've got so much homework. It makes me feel guilty that I took some time for myself yesterday. That was stupid. And of course I'm getting tired. Ug...

Kt

Hard Core Shopping

Hi everyone!

Sorry I missed last night. I was so tired from a day of shopping and laundry. Thank goodness for the movie Airplane and dark hot chocolate. It was a good wind down for the day. I'm spending today with some homework, my mom, and my grandma. I've got to get ready so I can get going! ...mainly get started with my homework. Booooo D:

Write you later,
Kt

Bed, Bath, and Body Works

Hey everyone!

I'm going to bed pretty much as soon as I post this.

Today was big. I went to class, met with a student for a class assignment, went crazy at Bath and Body Works (sales are the best/worst things), spent some time with my grandma, and ate a banana split from Dairy Queen to finish off my non-dessert week.

Sleeeeeeeeeep,
Kt

Sharing Feelings

Hey everyone!

Today wasn't the most eventful day - I worked, had a meeting, walked home, read for class - so I thought I'd share some feelings with you today.

"Oh no... Here she goes," is probably what you all are thinking. But I really just want to express this to you all.

Are you ready?

This is big!

Are you sure?

Positive?

"Shut up, Kt"?

Okay, okay.

Here it is:

I'm so incredibly happy that I'm going to be an elementary school teacher. I love kids and I want the best for them - a place where they are safe to express themselves and not be judged, a place where they can learn, a place where I can make them realize how incredibly bright and wonderful they are! I love my education classes because they apply to what I want to do. I love that whenever we talk about a classroom I feel myself light up and imagine myself with my own "kids". I'm excited to not only watch them learn, but see how I can learn from them! Those little heads full of imagination, creativity, life! And I want to shape them and show them so many things.

I know the stereotypical downsides to teaching - low salary, little appreciation, etc. - but I don't care. It's what I want to do. I think it's what I was made to do. And I want to be fantastic at it.

I hope I can be a Rockstar like Mrs. Mimi or one of the amazing teachers I had as a kid.

I'm excited for the future (mainly after that rough first year of teaching).
Kt

Long Day Desserts

Hey everyone!

Not going to lie - this week is kicking my butt! I've finally started my summer ritual of 8 a.m. to 1 or 2 p.m. days (with nights often filled with class as well). Sorry for not posting last night. I took advantage of the longest day of the year by jogging down a path near my apartment. This, of course, is after a 6 hour work shift that I rode my bike to and from (and my bike seat is, let's say, not the most comfortable). After that I fell asleep. Yep, the same thing I do when I forget to write a blog any other day.

Today I had my first 5 hour class. It wasn't too tough to get through - the subject is interesting and I'm excited to learn (dork alert!) - but we'll have to see how that goes for the next few weeks. I think I'll be glad to sleep at night - after I've done all my class readings, of course.

I've been trying to do this don't-eat-dessert-for-a-week thing, but I accidentally failed this morning. My teacher made brownies and muffins and I thought, "Hey, muffins are better than brownies, right? Not a total dessert." (I think I was trying to justify needing the sustenance) so I took a muffin only to find out after the first bite that it had chocolate chips in it. ...Well, that spoiled my effort. So, I caved. At my class this evening I candy was passed around and I politely said, "No, thank you", but when one of the students gave me a piece of candy when they were demonstrating a lesson I thought, "Now I have to eat it!" So, fine. I confess. I've eaten a Reese's peanut butter cup, two Starbursts, one cookies and cream egg, and a Jolly Rancher chew. Mind you, these were all small, but it was my little cheat for the week. I'll start a clean slate tomorrow.

Off to sleep at a decent hour,
Kt

Snacks

Hey everyone!

Today I took my car to the shop, rode my bike to class (and got seriously sweaty - yuck), rode my bike to the car shop to pick up my car, did some classwork, drove to another class, and wrote this post :P!

Well, I suppose I missed one thing. My last class got out early, so I went grocery shopping! I picked up a few things that I needed and then a few things that sounded like good snack food. I've been hungry for some cheese slices, but I didn't want to settle on one flavor, so I bought some assorted cheese cubes instead. The one other snack food I can think of at the moment that I bought was yogurt covered raisins. I'm a tiny bit disappointed in them - there's more yogurt than raisin to them, making them a little sweeter than I really needed. Oh well, it'll be a good sweet snack when I need a pick me up.

This morning was the last time I get to sleep in on a weekday, so it's time to go to bed!

Write you tomorrow,
Kt