Daring to Be » 2007 » December

Unlike most people, I’ve opted for staying in tonight. I’ve had invites for various parties but I decided to finally acknowledge that NYE is usually a disappointment ending with me not-so-patiently waiting for a cab to take me home. So staying home it is. But I have a glass of wine, good food about to be put in the oven, and some company so it isn’t that bad.

Happy New Year, everyone! May your night be more eventful than my own!

My internship that is. Yesterday was the last day of school before Christmas holidays. I was spoiled by my class with lots of hugs. I also got a ton of Christmas gifts, the most notable being the book my cooperating teacher put together for me. On the top of each page is typed “You are a great teacher because _________.” She filled in the blank with what each student said and then they drew me a picture. Very cute. I would have cried if I hadn’t already planned on coming back to visit in 2008.

My first order of business now that internship is over was to clean my room. Not that I haven’t cleaned it in the past four months. Just that was only surface cleaning. So it was time for a good, thorough clean! Reorganized my closet, dusted everything, tossed away an incredible amount of junk. I head home to Carrot River for four days tomorrow, which is when I will relax, read books, and watch movies. When I get back, time to get organized; I have a massive tower of teaching resources I need to sort.

There’s a brief update of what has been going on in my little corner of the world.

So I changed my mind again. Don’t go looking for a new blog. I’m sticking with this one, unless by some miracle one of you knows how to export my entries?

I’m even keeping my archives, having remembered I went through them with a fine toothed comb to make sure there wasn’t anything I didn’t want to be sharing in them.

That’s all, really. Where is everybody?

9 school days left of my internship.

My co-op gave me my final evaluation to proof read and I actually felt flattered after reading it, so that’s a good sign and definitely not worth me working myself in a tizzy of worry over it. I guess I just am harder on myself than necessary.

I finished full time teaching on Friday. Now for the next few days I just teach afternoons and then eventually not at all. I keep walking around repeating how crazy I think it is that my internship is over. I’ve passed. All that’s left between me and my Education degree is 4 months of classes, not a big concern to me at all since I’ve already passed 4 years of classes, another 4 months won’t kill me.

Now, what to do after my degree is what troubles me…

Yet another cute kindergarten story…

Yesterday afternoon my coop and I had a conference downtown so we had a sub in. Today our EA told me that while we were away B., a little girl in my class who is positively adorable (well I guess all my students are… ), was busy coloring but all of sudden quit coloring, looked up and said “I love Miss. G!”

Too funny because I wasn’t even there to do anything to warrant her announcing that she loves me!

Ack I love this job.

I’m not going to stop blogging.

Just keep your eyes out for a complete new blog (new address, no archives) coming your way in 2008.

Blogging isn’t important to me anymore.

I really don’t know what else to say?

I guess I feel like I’ve figured out what is important to me, and writing in a public journal didn’t make it on the list. Time to move back to a private, paper journal I think.

Or maybe I just need an extended break?

Who knows really?