On the Road to Phoenix...and becoming a TEACHER!!!

Because it has my name for the URL, I figured to just recycle my europe blog, into my teaching blog. This will be my, whenever I'm going on a new adventure blog. Or, in the case of my life, my everyday blog. haha. SO. I'm going to write this in a jiffy, because I've got a TON to do before work in 2 hours.

Monday, I got accepted into the 2011 Teach for America Corps as a secondary social studies teacher in Phoenix, AZ. Teach for America pretty much finds you a high need area, with high needs students, and gets you a teaching job, trains you for it, and then places you in a two-year commitment. Often times, the staff members are given the option of staying on at that particular school after their term has ended, so we'll see if I do once I get there!

That test I failed 2 times while I was overwhelmed with 17 credits and full-time work? Well it's back. So, as I've calculated, just on the 2 history study guides I have alone, that's an extra 100 pages of reading a day, on top of my 20 page thesis paper, so I can be prepared and pass this damn thing by April 30. UGH! So wish me luck on that ok?

On about June 3rd (the date is not yet fully determined), I will be moving all of my stuff into a giant UHAUL and driving 1,100 miles to Phoenix, AZ. I will then stick everything in a storage unit, and proceed to move into the ASU campus dorms, where I will get to stay until the middle of July. While I'm there, and doing my institute training, I will hopefully find a nice person to move in with, or a cheap place of my own. So, worrying about moving later will save me a lot of stress which is GOOD.

Because I start my induction on June 7th, and on June 11th, my sister graduates, I have to fly home for my sisters graduation, and my own, which will be June 13th. And then fly back to Arizona that night, to be back for the 3rd day of institute. Can anyone say GPS!? I'll definitely get lost with all this maneuvering on my own.

Tonight I will be having dinner with the other corp members who have been accepted, which is exciting. I hear one of them is going to phoenix as well!

Well, my coffee is ready, and I'm ready to start day 1 of the rest of my life. Here we GO!