Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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  I know it's been a little while. 20 comments on my last Xanga entry, and I guess I decided I just didn't need to post for awhile. I've just been busy! This won't be in depth, or anything, but just to record the last couple of weeks of my insanity.
  
  WORK
  1. Dell TechKnow is over. Our students graduated and have their computers! Yay! I'm sure I'll be helping troubleshoot until the end of the school year. In some ways, I'm a little sad the program is being discarded next year. It's really a good program.
  2. I've been teaching The Giver by Lois Lowry. This unit sucks me dry, but I love it! We have the most wonderful conversations & I've set up a discussion board in my classroom to address some of the kids' questions in writing. It's really neat to see their conversations. Tomorrow, we start creating artistic representations of a memory and then next week we start digital stories.
  3. New computers have been installed. Our classroom projectors are going to be installed on Wednesday! I love new toys!
  4. I have a lot of failures. Bummer. A sign that it is certainly May.
  5. I now have an admitted crush on our campus tech. I'm pretty positive he's taken. It's weird.
  6. I had the opportunity to sit in on interviews for our new Campus Teacher Technologist. It was an enlightening experience, so far as interviewing goes. I kind of want to interview for a job just to put into practice my new findings.
  7. ONLY 18 DAYS LEFT OF SCHOOL!!!
  
  MARATHON TRAINING
  1. I worked out 6 days last week. I'm so impressed with myself!
  2. My body's immune system seems a little weakened. I'm having problems with my left eye again (itching, redness, eyelid swelling, can't wear my contacts), and I'm not sure how to approach this with my doctor. It's getting pretty constant and bothersome. My throat hurts today, and I've been battling fatigue and nausea-- I think my hormone levels are out of balance. All of these things are wearing down on my ability to run.
  3. I ran 3 miles Saturday morning and amazed myself. I didn't run them solidly, but the first 2 I did. I know that's a little backward, but at least I'm getting stronger.
  4. Trying to start swim lessons by the end of this week, in hopes that I get my Dell TechKnow check sometime this week.
  
  WRITING PROJECT
  1. We have a picnic on Saturday and I have no idea what to do for my memory basket. I have an assignment!
  2. I wish it was June.
  
  FAMILY
  1. My brother graduated from Texas A&M on Saturday, and I am so proud! He didn't get the job he wanted with the Houston Texans, but he's looking to stay there. I wish I didn't live 5 hours away from him!
  2. My youngest brother graduates from high school on June 5. Too weird!
  3. I made my mom a delicious breakfast for mother's day, since I was home. I'd much rather do something nice for my mom than get her something nice. She has always done wonderful things for me, so I think that's the more important favor to return.
  
  In other news, still no men on the horizon and I'm getting antsy now that summer is approaching. I need to go out on a stinkin' date, just to go out!
  
  Something more interesting/insightful later. I'm going to finish Atonement (I highly recommend the book-- it's WAY better than I thought it would be), and hit the hay. Sweet dreams until I can sit here again...

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