lost.

Lost season premier tonight! I have to grade and plan my lesson but am I doing that? Nope. I'm watching Lost.

disneyland.

Almost a year ago I went with my roommates Bre, Brooke, and Kiara to Disneyland California and wow it was so much fun! I want to go this year for the three day weekend in February. This year Disney is sending a million people to Disneyland for free if they do a day of service. So guess what! I'm gonna do a day of service and I suggest you do the same :-) just go to this website and check it out! You can sign up for volunteer in your area and they even have service opportunities where you can take your kids! It's really great. I know that you're not supposed to do service for anything in return but hey, it's Disneyland!

Happiest Place on Earth here I come!

It's been a while.

Well hello!

I just want to apologize profusely about being such a bad blogger! I have been so busy and haven't had much time for blogging. I started my student teaching! I am teaching 8th grade. Wow. Talk about tired. I've never been so tired in my whole life! I wake up at 5:45am and come home at 4:30. Then, when I get home, I have to grade, plan, grade, and plan some more. The work never ends! If it wasn't for those kids I don't know what I'd do! The kids really make it all worth it. I've been trying to decide whether or not I want to find a teaching position when I graduate. Do I? I'm not sure.... I kind of want to make money ;-) We'll see!

I am teaching the Hunger Games this term and for all of those who haven't read this book--SHAME ON YOU! It's my all time favorite book! It's so suspenseful, engaging, dramatic, and if that's not all it has amazing themes that are so much fun to explore and talk about. Really, you need to read this book. There is also a second book: Catching Fire and the third book will be coming out in September.

I also got a new roommate! Her name in Katherine. Such an amazing girl. She is so sweet, soft spoken, and kind! Ever since she moved in all of us roommates have grown closer. She is an amazing girl. She ALSO served a mission in Spain so I'm going to make her teach me Spanish. :-)

I also want to apologize because this Christmas season I have taken ZERO pictures! Can you believe that?! The last pictures I have on my camera are from a football game BEFORE the snow! Crazy huh? I really need to repent and start taking more pictures!

Big gulp eh? Welp, see ya later!

school is no fun anymore.

So, I am --------- this close to being done with school. Wow, what am I going to do with my life?! Next semester I will be student teaching. There is SO much I need to get done before then that I can't even enjoy the end! I'm SO nervous! But, alas, come April, I'm outta this town!!! Can you believe I've been in school for 18 years!!!! Mamma mia.

I think I had the swine flu.

my umbrella is small.

So, this morning it was raining. Usually I LOVE the rain! But today I opened my umbrella and noticed that it is very, very small--either that or I'm very, very big. Regardless, I was wet, I was cold. I was wet and I was cold.

text.

So, I just finished a texting conversation that lasted pretty much--all day. I think it is interesting how much texting has had an influence on not only our lives as adults but also the younger generation. For example--I remember (in high school) when texting was not so new that when a boy would want to talk to you or ask you out he called you. You heard his voice. You were able to gauge the nervousness through tones and inflections. But now, sometimes I have no idea what the person is thinking through a text. Are they angry? Are they joking? Are they serious? I just sometimes cannot tell. And then there are the conversations that go on for about 10 hours (like mine today) when it would just be so much easier to dial the number. And now you don't even have to dial the stinking number! All you have to do is look up their name in your contact list and push send. Consequently, I have no one's phone number memorized--not even my family's. This could be very dangerous. What if my phone died and I was in a car accident or something. I would have no way of contacting my parents. Our dependency on our cell phones is phenomenal. I never leave the house without mine.

On the other hand, texting can be a sort of buffer between the conversationees. For example--what if I really don't want to talk to the person? They might talk too much and I really don't have time to chit chat so I'll just shoot them a text. Or if its a really cute boy that I want to impress I have to think of something witty to say so he'll be interested. Maybe I'm in class and the teacher monotonously drags the lecture on forever and ever, in that case I will text my friend Jen who always says something clever to ease my pain.

What I'm trying to say is that cell phones and texting in particular have taken over our lives. We have grown to be too dependent on these technological devises but when used correctly can be great tools to imporve efficiency. "With great power comes great responsibility."