Okay, by desk, I mean coffee table...but that's all the same. Is it a little pathetic that I don't have a desk yet given as much as I work from home? I suppose a desk would make me feel a little more productive...and would actually make me more productive because I wouldn't be able to be watching tv and eating at the same time as working as I commonly do. Oh well...I'm kind of partial to my couch and my camping chair on my patio.
Well, many of you might expect some sort of update occasionally. We all know that I suck at texting people, and when I do remember to do that I often sound selfish because I tell you about myself but honestly space inquiring about you. Sorry...sometimes life just gets a little overwhelming over here by myself. For the most part, I have shaken the sadness about how I have no one I truly know around here with the exception of holidays and some weekends. My birthday was especially rough for me, and my poor boyfriend witnessed both my crying over being away from my family and friends, and then my meltdown where I just decided to belligerently drink away my pain instead and get sick on my birthday. Which is not normal for me. Believe it or not, while I enjoy having a couple beers after work and on the weekends, I rarely go over that. Getting drunk? Only happens like once every 6 months at this point. I'm just not into it. And I'm not into being around people that are anymore. Face it--it never makes you look smarter. So, anyways..yes..I still miss my family, but they need to relocate. Sunshine is much more of a happy time than rain.
Speaking of happy times, I will be graduating with my Masters in Secondary Education this May 8th. All of the misery of sitting in class and completing ridiculously long assignments on top of teaching full time and writing lesson plans will be over. It is a very proud moment for me. All are invited, if you choose to come out to Phoenix. :)
As for next year, I plan on staying at the current school I'm teaching at, and will be sticking around for the majority of the summer so that I can teach summer school again. Additionally, I have been accepted into a history seminar program that sends teachers around the country to study about the topics they teach on. So I get to go to Virginia this summer and work with the Civil War, which will be an exciting opportunity. While I wanted to work with 8th grade content standards next year, I am pretty partial to 7th graders and do not want to miss the opportunity to use all the information I will be receiving this summer. So between those two things, my entire month of June will be occupied (We get out of school May 23rd). I will make it to Oregon for a week or two in July to enjoy the wonderful weather and make it to my awesome cousin's wedding though! Super excited for that, congrats Troy :)
My favorite part about Phoenix is the food. And the constant sun. Nothing is better than being able to have a barbeque in December with 70 degree weather and the sun shining outside. And the number of amazing restaurants! ah!! too cool. I feel very fortunate about that. And my boyfriend will finally have a front yard/back yard that I can lounge around in instead of walking all the way to the pool, so yay for that.
But for now, I have a ton of work to get done for my masters and for my kiddos--including an official peer evaluation by a stranger. State testing is next week! Hooray! As always, if you have any questions...please ask. You can comment on here even! Hoo-rah! Goodbye now!
P.S. Current weather: highs of 85-90, lows of 65, all week long. :) Don't complain, because you know I take visitors!
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