major life accomplishments

Today I received an email from the university graduation police (or somebody) reminding me to apply for graduation.  Has my time really grown so short?  It dawns on me that this is my last semester on campus.  This seems very strange.  Where will I be if not walking to class on a frosty campus at 8:00am everyday?  What will I do without the carillon serenading my steps?

I suppose I know exactly where I will be and what I will be doing.  Teaching cute little kids in some cute little school as I complete my cute little internship.  I won't graduate until after that (April 2012), but still.  Where have four years gone? Soon I'll have a diploma and a degree, a tiny little set of letters after my name, and a tiny little bit of experience.  Uh-oh.  That means I'll be an adult or something.  Yikes!

Happy List #2 (or is it 3? maybe 4?)

I'm super-pscyhed-crazy-stressed-what-am-I-going-to-do-about-school-and-life-in-general?-ahhhh!, to put it shortly.  I need something happy and calm to keep me going through these mountains of Utah core curriculum maps, looming INTASC standards, and endless readings and lectures on subject integration and differentiation of instruction.  How about a weekend?

And perhaps a happy list...

1. hot showers
2. family and friends that like me despite myself
3. hope...winter semester can't last forever, can it?
4. coconut m&ms
5. Thomas Edison

There, I feel much better.  Life really is good, just a little stressful when you are a wannabe teacher.

Stuffed with Fluff

After this crazy first week of the semester I find that all I want to do.....

is hug this!