track and day 4.

Let me just start this post by saying.

Today is an AMAZING day.

It actually started out pretty slowly. I woke up with no energy... I just felt drained for whatever reason, maybe because it's Friday. I almost fell asleep in one of my classes! I just could not keep my eyes open.

Also, I had a meeting with the registrar after classes were over to talk about my academic standings. I was pretty nervous for myself because as you might remember me mentioning in this post, I have not been doin so hot in school, which was effecting other stuff like my ability to participate in sports. So basically I was petitioning to be able to do my sports again, and have been stressing out about it since the beginning of the semester. But...

I CAN COMPETE!

I can run track again! I'm so freaking excited!

Track meet's... here I come!

On another note, here's my 30-day challenge update!

Day 4 - A picture of your favorite night.

So technically this was more than one night, but I absolutely loved hanging out with my sister every night on our cruise last spring break. My Mom and niece would go to bed before we were ready, and there was so much to do on the ship that 8 o'clock was just a ridiculous bedtime for us. It was a great way to bond, and I definitely want to do it again!

This picture is of our last night on the ship. We celebrated by drinking champagne and dancing the night away in the 70's lounge all by ourselves! HA!

Oh, remember when I used to tell you what I've been listening to lately?

Here's my favorite as of late! Go listen!

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30 Day Challenge

Have you facebook nerds heard about that?

If not, you will soon (at least if you're friends with me)...

I'm doin it!

Basically, I have to upload a picture a day for 30 days. All of the days have descriptions about what the picture should be. And I'm on Day 3! So I'm thinking... how about I get you caught up and then you'll start getting consistent posts from me?! Gives me motivation to blog, gives you motivation to check up on me(maybe...)!

So here we go!

Day 1 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.

1.I took this picture literally 1 minute before uploading it to facebook.
2. My hair is naturally brown.
3. I have 6 piercings.
4. I have an outy belly button, so I can't get my belly button pierced.
5. I went to the same school for 13 years.
6. I bit my nails until recently.

7. I have been cheerleading for 8 years and want to coach it someday.
8. My eyes change color with what I'm wearing.
9. I am huge about tradition. I don't know what I'm going to do when I get married and have to go to my husband's Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations...
10. I do my own french tips with scotch tape and white and clear nail polish. I do my friends nails all the time too!11. My recent obsession is buffalo wings.
12. My little sister has autism.
13. I am obsessed with my two-year-old niece. I show her off ALL the time.
14. I never thought I'd be in a sorority, and now I'm on the exec board of Tau Delta Gamma at Luther.15. I have 2 tattoos-a red poppy in the middle of my back, and the word "Live" on my foot.

Day 2 - A picture of you and the person that you have been close with the longest.

Elizabeth Lowe

Day 3 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.

TrueBlood.

So sexy!

I'll keep my posts simple on here, and I'll talk about more than just the pictures. There is more description about each of these pictures on Facebook, but I know it's gonna get old for all of you that are friends with me on FB and that keep up with this little blog!

So, let me know if this is getting old or you think it's a little too monotonous! I'll try my best to keep it interesting and keep you updated! See you tomorrow with a new picture. :)

school and motivation.

So I'm sitting here in my room with a cup of coffee working on some homework that's due later today, thinking.

Thinking that last semester... this would probably never happen.

I don't know how I got so unmotivated last semester... and the semester before that... but for some reason, I just didn't try. I coasted by in school and my grades suffered because of it. I would skip class, stay up late, not get my homework done... and this is college! I'm just sitting here thinking,

"WHAT WAS I THINKING?!"

I know I have the capabilities of being a good student. Heck, I got a 3.0 my first semester of college. And I think I took that and thought "Well gee, college is easy... Why am I trying so hard?"

WRONG!

College is a challenge, and I know that I'm capable of getting amazing grades... getting on the Dean's list maybe? I know I can do it! So what was wrong with my thought process?

I think I am most frustrated at this because I have so many things that I love that are starting to be taken away because of my poor academic standing(stupid 2010 self...). And I have been working non-stop and have more motivation than I have ever had to get those things back, and to be at the top of my game again. I refuse to just coast by for the rest of my college career.

SO.

New goal for the semester(or at least different from the one I had the last two).

Aim for a 4.0. Do not settle on getting C's. Heck... don't be proud of a B. Aim for A's.

I will do well.

J-Term Wrap-up

Sorry it's been awhile.

I got done with J-term and almost immediately we were back to the swing of things for Spring Semester. But I figured I'd do a little wrap up on my time in my J-term class since I never did!

I ended up doing really well in the class, but thanks to it's Credit/No Credit grading it did nothing for my GPA(grrrrrr). Either way, I'm really proud of how well I did, and really miss it. I got really close to my CT cause we had a lot of free time to talk when the kids were at specials recess and lunch. She found out a lot about my family and I got to meet both of her kids who were sweet. It was fun to see a different side of private school teachers since I went to a private school. She was so funny and outgoing and so much different than you would expect. It was so fun!

I fell in love with all the kids. I had a picture of all of them that I took on my phone, but after I replaced my phone I lost all of them. So if you really want to see a picture of them, and we're friends on facebook, you can go and look at the cute little shorties in my mobile uploads album.

I plan on going back to visit pretty soon. Me and one of my friends were both placed in the same town, and we decided while we were still in our practicum that we would go and visit them sometime this semester together!

Overall, this class really made me excited for the rest of my life. I absolutely loved going to the school everyday and working in the classroom. It shows me that this major was a good choice for me, and gives me some peace of mind about my future.

poems and stars.

Day 4.

So technically I haven't had my fourth day yet... I should technically be on my way there now. We had a 2 hour delay today, so I really didn't know what to do with myself. Then I remembered you guys, and how I told you I would keep you updated! So here I am... updating.

Me and my cooperating teacher get along really well. She teaches the class, and I do pretty much everything else. Which isn't a bad thing, cause all the work is copying worksheets, checking papers, and working on "Poem of the Week"(which we introduced to the class yesterday!). Most of my time is actually consumed with the poems because I'm printing, cutting, and mounting each poem so that they will look nice, and so she can use them for years to come. Each poem takes probably 5 minutes to go through the whole process. But I'm almost done, and am looking for more poems so that she doesn't run out!

I'm also Star of the Week this week. So I had to fill out a little thing that asked what I was good at, things I liked, and what my family was like. I'm bringing in some pictures of family, and me jumping and cheering and things like that. And I'm also bringing treats(thanks to my Dad!) which they will probably like more than anything I have to say. HA! But that's first graders I suppose...

Here are some of the pictures I chose for my Star of the Week wall!

Chlo-Mom-Me(Ms. K... HA!)-Haven-Court

I'm excited for the reaction to this one!

Dad and I(provider of my treats!)

And of course! A cheer picture!

Me and Moll-Doll! :D

first grade again.

Day 1.

So I started off the day at 6 o'clock this morning... actually, I take that back... it started at 2, 3, 4, 5, 5:30, 5:45, and THEN 6. I'm not sure why I had such a spastic night... but believe me, it was annoying. All I wanted to do was sleep.*

Anyways, after waking up I proceeded to make coffee, take a shower, and then start getting ready. I was planning on leaving my dorm at 6:45 to make sure that I got there in plenty of time so that I wasn't rushing to catch my ride. And of course, I realized that halfway through getting ready I was already running late. So I kind of started to panic... I drank my cereal(no lie) and made my roommate drink the rest of my coffee so that I could focus on dressing, straightening my hair, packing the rest of my lunch, and stuffing my back pack with things I thought I might need. I then proceeded to walk as quickly as possible to the student union where my ride was picking me up... and showed up 4 minutes earlier than I had originally planned... so something like 20 minutes before my ride was due to leave(why I panicked? No idea...).

We left Luther at 7:15, and didn't get to the school until almost 8(don't ask... stupid driver)... where I signed in, met my cooperating teacher, and got the tour of the tiny school. I don't think I could get lost if I tried! Then at around 8:20 we picked up the kids from the gym, and got started. I found out we pray 4 times a day(in a very Catholic manner that I'm not used to) the kids have 3 recesses(pretty sure I had one in my day), they have PE everyday(I think...), and the church is only about 30 paces away and it where we have mass and lunch. Oh! And I get free coffee! WOO!

I'm already doing a lot in the classroom. Checking papers, helping with homework, leading reading groups, and I even came up with a new idea for the classroom! Poem of the week! I did basically the same thing when I was a TA in high school, but I did it over the course of a semester, not in 12 days. So hopefully that goes smoothly and the teacher likes what I've come up with so far! (I spent almost an hour and a half finding, and writing all the poems for all the different months so that I would have less work in the long run) I'm really hoping that she uses it for years to come, because I am planning on putting some real effort into it!

I think the only downfall to this experience is that it is such a short amount of time. I just counted and we are only in the classroom for a total of 13 days(including today). It's kind of a bummer. I really enjoy the kids, the entire staff is great, and I feel like this is something I excel at. I feel like this experience is definitely going to be my defining moment in my decision to be an elementary school teacher. If I enjoy this, despite having to get up at 6 AM as a college student, I can't imagine not enjoying it as a career!

Well, it's getting pretty late... and I still have to pack my lunch and pick out my outfit for tomorrow. Plus I'm running out of creativity. So for now, goodnight, I'll update soon, and I hope you're having a great New Year!

Night!

*I think it was my subconscious freaking out. I had multiple occasions in high school where I would miss the bus for something that was mandatory to ride the bus for... cheering at games, show choir competitions... lots of stuff. And I would be so mad at myself when I woke up and realized that I had to drive myself however far away. So waking up almost every hour on the hour made my being late almost impossible.

first grade again?

Starting tomorrow

I will be entering a first grade classroom to shadow a teacher for the rest of the month.

This is one of the classes I have to take to fulfill the requirements for my major, and I'm really excited about it! I am shadowing a first grade teacher that works at a Catholic School near Luther. From what I've heard it sounds a lot like the private school I went to for 13 years. Only downside is that my ride leaves at 7:15... so I'm going to go to bed. But promise I will keep you updated!

Night!