Well, I think these three days off from work have helped my cough somewhat, but I still have it, although it's not as horrible as it was on Tuesday, nor is it as frequent.
I talked to my dad last night online, and he and Mom are going to Las Vegas this weekend for Mom's birthday, so that's pretty exciting for them. I wish I could go along, but it must be a "parents only" thing because a couple of their friends are going along with. Ahh well, I get to see gambling every day I'm at work.
We finally kicked one of the coupon scalpers out of our casino. He's a person who comes in every day (and on every shift, so three times a day), with a "Buy $10, get $2 free!" coupon. The cashier will give him $12 worth of cashout tickets for the machine, probably a $10 and two ones, or a couple fives and a couple ones...whichever. He'll disappear for about 15 minutes or so, and miraculously come back with a ticket for $12 every time. I think I may have ranted about him last week or something. So anyway, one of the floor supervisors told the coupon guy, "We know what you are doing, and it's going to stop. You're not allowed to use coupons here, and you're banned from the casino." The coupon guy said, "Wow, that's a little harsh. Can't I just gamble here, but not use coupons?" So the floor supervisor agreed to that. But guess what? When you don't actually gamble because you're picking up a free $2 from us every day, it's hard to come in and gamble at all. So guess who we haven't seen at the casino for a while? That's right. Oh darn.
We've been having beautiful weather here, but unfortunately, the warmer the weather becomes directly corresponds with the size of the spiders that I find lurking in the apartment. *Shudder* I hate those little buggers, and Aaron doesn't believe in killing things, so I just end up using hairspray or Pledge and drowning them in toxic liquids. Makes me sleep better at night, that's for sure!
I met with my cooperating teacher who I will be student teaching for next semester, so that was exciting. It's not starting to feel more real or anything like that, as we've only been out of school for two weeks so far, and that leaves another three months until school starts up again...but I know I'm going to have to start reviewing 4th grade content standards for South Dakota, and see what the little buggers are learning so I can be prepared for the semester.
Even though I don't really want to keep doing this, I'm going to; with one semester left, I have to, pretty much. Then I'll be done. Sometimes I don't feel like I'm prepared enough to be responsible for 10 and 11 year olds for three whole weeks (yikes!), but I know that once I get submersed in it, I'll do fine. I'll get the hang of it, and I'll just go with the flow. Hopefully the teacher will have quite a bit of what she wants them to learn mapped out for the semester, so I can just go with that and do my own little variations or twists on her ideas. I don't think I can come up with a whole semester from scratch, just coming out of college! Eeep! It's gonna be scary...but it will all be over soon. Enough.
Friday, May 26, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
it's baaaaack
A couple of new things have happened since I last posted a real post. First off, Aaron got a promotion and a raise at work. He's now going to be a supervisor/manager of the Swing shift cooks, having the same "power" as the supervisors out in the dining area. That's a great thing for him, except now he's ended up working six days a week, with a ton of over time, so that stinks...but he'll be making more money, so that will help things a bit.
I got my car back from the shopt this afternoon, good as new! The door is brand new, and they even put the stripes back on it so it matches and everything. I was pretty impressed. After I pulled out of the driveway, I turned the a/c on because it's about 85* outside today, and then went to roll down the window 'til the a/c turned cold. Then...*POP!* The handle to the window popped off! Fortunately, I was still on the same block as the body shop and just put it in reverse and parked back at the shop to have him fix it real quick for me. I guess those things just snap right on...
It's nice to have my car back, but that 2006 Buick LaCrosse rental they gave me was super nice compared to my car...now my car feels all dinky and tiny compared to the rental. But now I don't have to crawl in through my passenger door to unlock the driver's door anymore, and that's a good thing.
I'm still fighting off the last bits of my cold - runny nose and hacking cough that scare Aaron away from me, but I think it's starting to get better and go away finally. I feel much better than I did last week at this time, which is fortunate, because I had to miss a day of work for the cold, then I took off two days previous to that for Aaron's graduation, so I missed three out of my five work days this week. Suck.
I got my car back from the shopt this afternoon, good as new! The door is brand new, and they even put the stripes back on it so it matches and everything. I was pretty impressed. After I pulled out of the driveway, I turned the a/c on because it's about 85* outside today, and then went to roll down the window 'til the a/c turned cold. Then...*POP!* The handle to the window popped off! Fortunately, I was still on the same block as the body shop and just put it in reverse and parked back at the shop to have him fix it real quick for me. I guess those things just snap right on...
It's nice to have my car back, but that 2006 Buick LaCrosse rental they gave me was super nice compared to my car...now my car feels all dinky and tiny compared to the rental. But now I don't have to crawl in through my passenger door to unlock the driver's door anymore, and that's a good thing.
I'm still fighting off the last bits of my cold - runny nose and hacking cough that scare Aaron away from me, but I think it's starting to get better and go away finally. I feel much better than I did last week at this time, which is fortunate, because I had to miss a day of work for the cold, then I took off two days previous to that for Aaron's graduation, so I missed three out of my five work days this week. Suck.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
blech
I stayed home sick from work today upon the insistance of Aaron, despite the fact that I had already missed work on Saturday and Sunday for his graduation. However, having barely made it through work last night, this was probably a good idea.
He also insisted upon me going to the doctor to see what it was and to get something to take care of it. I was hesitant about going to the doctor, as I don't have health insurance, and I wasn't sure how much a visit would cost (88 dollars, I would later find out). You see, in my family, you don't go to the doctor unless you have a bone sticking out of your skin, you are projectile vomiting, or you are bleeding profusely. If one of those three factors is not present, you take care of it yourself.
And that's pretty much what I'm going to end up doing, because the doctor told me I had a virus. She told me it as a good idea to stay home from work tonight, and gave me an excuse from work for the day, and she told me to push liquids and take over the counter medications for cough and cold.
Which was what I was already doing. Thanks to Aaron, because I wouldn't have taken that icky red cough syrup (still tastes the way I remember it from when I was four), and I wouldn't have called in sick to work tonight, and I'd probably be the most miserable girl on the planet right now if it weren't for him.
One interesting thing that's never happened to me before: I was blowing my nose (sick, I know), and it blew my eardrums outwards, and I instantly lost my equilibrium and all sense of balance and almost fell off of the examination table. That was a little scary.
He also insisted upon me going to the doctor to see what it was and to get something to take care of it. I was hesitant about going to the doctor, as I don't have health insurance, and I wasn't sure how much a visit would cost (88 dollars, I would later find out). You see, in my family, you don't go to the doctor unless you have a bone sticking out of your skin, you are projectile vomiting, or you are bleeding profusely. If one of those three factors is not present, you take care of it yourself.
And that's pretty much what I'm going to end up doing, because the doctor told me I had a virus. She told me it as a good idea to stay home from work tonight, and gave me an excuse from work for the day, and she told me to push liquids and take over the counter medications for cough and cold.
Which was what I was already doing. Thanks to Aaron, because I wouldn't have taken that icky red cough syrup (still tastes the way I remember it from when I was four), and I wouldn't have called in sick to work tonight, and I'd probably be the most miserable girl on the planet right now if it weren't for him.
One interesting thing that's never happened to me before: I was blowing my nose (sick, I know), and it blew my eardrums outwards, and I instantly lost my equilibrium and all sense of balance and almost fell off of the examination table. That was a little scary.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
After a year of not coming down with any sort of cold or flu or bug, it has finally hit me, I think. Last night, we went out to the bars, a bunch of Aaron's friends, Aaron, and I, and celebrated his graduation from college. When I went home last night, I thought I was getting a sore throat from the smoke inhalation at the bars, but it's still with me through most of today.
I think what happened is this: I had my guard up and was running at full steam for so long during this last semester, that my body didn't let me get sick while I needed to work on school. But now that school is out, my body has let down its guard, and I'm finally getting sick. I've heard that people get the shingles after getting done with methods - that's how stressful that semester is.
But at least I'm sick now, when all I have to worry about is work, and not school or homework :)
**UPDATE**
While doing my five loads of laundry tonight, I had checked on the dryers a couple of times to see if the person before me had taken their stuff out yet. There was a set of sheets in the dryer for over half an hour. I had a lot of laundry to do, and we only have a certain time frame in which to do it, so I take their laundry out of the dryer, put it on top, and threw my stuff in.
An hour later, I come upstairs to get my stuff out of the dryer. Get the stuff out of the first dryer, but the second dryer is empty. What the hell? So I check the garbage, hoping no one would be enough of a jerk to do something like that, but find it empty, as well. Then I see that my clothes have been thrown into one of the washing machines. Still soaking wet.
Whoever had left their sheets in the dryer for over half an hour had enough gall to take my clothes out of the dryer (when it was still running) and put theirs back in (stealing my quarters, of course). Jackass. So now I'm pretty pissed off. Who does that? Honestly!
I think what happened is this: I had my guard up and was running at full steam for so long during this last semester, that my body didn't let me get sick while I needed to work on school. But now that school is out, my body has let down its guard, and I'm finally getting sick. I've heard that people get the shingles after getting done with methods - that's how stressful that semester is.
But at least I'm sick now, when all I have to worry about is work, and not school or homework :)
**UPDATE**
While doing my five loads of laundry tonight, I had checked on the dryers a couple of times to see if the person before me had taken their stuff out yet. There was a set of sheets in the dryer for over half an hour. I had a lot of laundry to do, and we only have a certain time frame in which to do it, so I take their laundry out of the dryer, put it on top, and threw my stuff in.
An hour later, I come upstairs to get my stuff out of the dryer. Get the stuff out of the first dryer, but the second dryer is empty. What the hell? So I check the garbage, hoping no one would be enough of a jerk to do something like that, but find it empty, as well. Then I see that my clothes have been thrown into one of the washing machines. Still soaking wet.
Whoever had left their sheets in the dryer for over half an hour had enough gall to take my clothes out of the dryer (when it was still running) and put theirs back in (stealing my quarters, of course). Jackass. So now I'm pretty pissed off. Who does that? Honestly!
Friday, May 12, 2006
The end is here!
Well, after a semester of projects, tests, field trips, first graders, and workshops, I am finally done with this semester. It was a lot of hard work, but not as horrible as everyone made the methods core out to be. I only say that because I survived it.
Now it's back to the way I like things; no responsibilities, except calling my teacher I will be student teaching for next year, and she's on a field trip right now, so I have to call her back on Monday. Also, I finally got things squared away with the insurance company, and the auto body place agreed to do my car for the amount of the check they'd written for me, so I get to bring it in on Monday morning and I'll get a rental car for the time my car is in the shop. It will be so nice to be able to unlock my driver's side door from the outside again!!
Okay, so I have some responsibilities this summer. I'm really, really, really going to try to work out and lose some weight. I've gained much more weight than I would have liked to over the last three years here at BHSU, and it's time to go. I'm also going to work harder on keeping the apartment kept up, as power cleanings once a month suck, and make me realize what a bunch of slobs we are in here. Yuck.
Graduation is tomorrow, so that will be exciting. Okay, the ceremony itself will not be exciting, because I'll be sitting through 9.5 million peoples' graduations, just to see Aaron graduate...but the party afterward will be good!
After we took our last final yesterday, our entire group of girls from the classes (minus two) went to Guadalajara's for lunch, and we all ordered daiquiris or magaritas...it took four people behind the bar to get our drinks ready. I'm sure they hated us, but we tried to tip them well. That was a good time, and even two of our teachers stopped in to give us our grades for the semester, and eat lunch with us.
I guess I can go back to my Stitch 'n Bitch Crochet book and work on making some things in there while I wait for the boy to wake up so he can go get his hair cut for graduation.
*Giant sigh of relief*
Now it's back to the way I like things; no responsibilities, except calling my teacher I will be student teaching for next year, and she's on a field trip right now, so I have to call her back on Monday. Also, I finally got things squared away with the insurance company, and the auto body place agreed to do my car for the amount of the check they'd written for me, so I get to bring it in on Monday morning and I'll get a rental car for the time my car is in the shop. It will be so nice to be able to unlock my driver's side door from the outside again!!
Okay, so I have some responsibilities this summer. I'm really, really, really going to try to work out and lose some weight. I've gained much more weight than I would have liked to over the last three years here at BHSU, and it's time to go. I'm also going to work harder on keeping the apartment kept up, as power cleanings once a month suck, and make me realize what a bunch of slobs we are in here. Yuck.
Graduation is tomorrow, so that will be exciting. Okay, the ceremony itself will not be exciting, because I'll be sitting through 9.5 million peoples' graduations, just to see Aaron graduate...but the party afterward will be good!
After we took our last final yesterday, our entire group of girls from the classes (minus two) went to Guadalajara's for lunch, and we all ordered daiquiris or magaritas...it took four people behind the bar to get our drinks ready. I'm sure they hated us, but we tried to tip them well. That was a good time, and even two of our teachers stopped in to give us our grades for the semester, and eat lunch with us.
I guess I can go back to my Stitch 'n Bitch Crochet book and work on making some things in there while I wait for the boy to wake up so he can go get his hair cut for graduation.
*Giant sigh of relief*
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
so close, i can almost taste it
Well, this has been just about the most frustrating week ever. I had to resubmit articles and rationales for my portfolio, resubmit pieces for my writer's notebook, spend time with a teaching doing those things...a teacher I don't really care for.
She's the kind of teacher who is not consistant with her grading. Not only from person to person, but within the notebook she was inconsistant, so that was quite irritating, but I got my grade up to a passing grade (it was not before, sadly), and will be doing fine.
We have three finals left for the semester, one tomorrow and two on Thursday, so I will spend much of my time studying for them tonight and tomorrow night (when I'm not watchingn Lost, of course).
Our entire class has decided we are going to the local Mexican restraunt after our last final on Thursday and treating ourselves to magaritas! I'll have a daiquiri, since I don't like tequila...but close enough. It will be good times. We definitely need and deserve the break!
We had the strangest weather today. I woke up and went to my first final, and it was raining. Yay for rain! It's May, that means spring is coming! After the first final, our class is waiting outside in the hall, waiting for a room to open up for us to hang out in (all 18 of us are in a block of classes together, so we hang out together), and one of the girls came inside from a smoke break to tell us that it was snowing. Indeed it was. Wet, heavy, gross snow.
That only lasted a couple of hours, though, then it was sunny and breezy, but slightly cool. As I'm sitting at home, waiting for my mom and sister to get here, it starts hailing. Then it lightens up again. As we're leaving, getting ready to go to dinner, it starts hailing again, and is then raining by the time we leave Sanford's. Weird.
Well, like I said, three finals to go, then Aaron's graduation on Saturday. This will be exciting. Our parents will meet each other for the first time, and I have the weekend off of work so I can relax and enjoy myself, because I hate being the only person around a bunch of drunkies who isn't drinking. And then begins the summer of relaxation (and working off the 3 million pounds I put on over the last couple of years).
Wish me luck!
She's the kind of teacher who is not consistant with her grading. Not only from person to person, but within the notebook she was inconsistant, so that was quite irritating, but I got my grade up to a passing grade (it was not before, sadly), and will be doing fine.
We have three finals left for the semester, one tomorrow and two on Thursday, so I will spend much of my time studying for them tonight and tomorrow night (when I'm not watchingn Lost, of course).
Our entire class has decided we are going to the local Mexican restraunt after our last final on Thursday and treating ourselves to magaritas! I'll have a daiquiri, since I don't like tequila...but close enough. It will be good times. We definitely need and deserve the break!
We had the strangest weather today. I woke up and went to my first final, and it was raining. Yay for rain! It's May, that means spring is coming! After the first final, our class is waiting outside in the hall, waiting for a room to open up for us to hang out in (all 18 of us are in a block of classes together, so we hang out together), and one of the girls came inside from a smoke break to tell us that it was snowing. Indeed it was. Wet, heavy, gross snow.
That only lasted a couple of hours, though, then it was sunny and breezy, but slightly cool. As I'm sitting at home, waiting for my mom and sister to get here, it starts hailing. Then it lightens up again. As we're leaving, getting ready to go to dinner, it starts hailing again, and is then raining by the time we leave Sanford's. Weird.
Well, like I said, three finals to go, then Aaron's graduation on Saturday. This will be exciting. Our parents will meet each other for the first time, and I have the weekend off of work so I can relax and enjoy myself, because I hate being the only person around a bunch of drunkies who isn't drinking. And then begins the summer of relaxation (and working off the 3 million pounds I put on over the last couple of years).
Wish me luck!
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
almost over!!!!
Friday was my last day with the first graders, and then Monday brought on the beginning of Hell Week. On Monday night I can't really do anything because of school and work, but I managed to get a little bit done before I had to go to work. Tuesday night, I spent seven hours in the computer lab, working on homework. Today, I think I only spent four hours in the computer lab, BUT! I won't have to spend any more time in the computer lab! The last assignments due are tomorrow and Friday, and I have them done!
At the beginning of the week I had to complete:
Service Learning Project
Themed Unit
Case Study
Practicum Notebook
Field Trip Assignment
I managed to get almost all of that completed in two days. I don't know how I did it...and I don't know if the quality is top notch, but it's gotta count for something, 'cause I sure spent a lot of time in that computer lab, slaving away over a cold keyboard.
All I have left to do is to write up something real quick for a Science thing I did a long time ago, organize my D&R binder into categories (the teacher provided us with a binder full of articles we're never going to read, and then has us categorize it...*eyeroll* What a waste of time). I also have to meet with my portfolio advisor tomorrow because I got my portfolio back on Monday and had some "does not meet"s in there, three rationales/one artifact, and they didn't like my philosophy of education. Something about getting hugs from children sends up a red flag about physical contact with students. Made me kinda mad, especially because it was good enough to get into the College of Education in the first place, but apparently not good enough to student teach next year.
The binder and portfolio don't have to be done 'til Thursday the 10th, however, so I have a little bit of time. This is going to be the first weekend in MONTHS that I'm going to be able to come home from work, shower, and nap for three hours without feeling guilty that I haven't done any homework!! I'm so excited!!
Also, Aaron's graduation from BHSU is the following weekend, and my parents are coming up to meet his parents (and be there for his graduation celebration), so that should be exciting. I'm just really excited for school to finally be out (7 more days!), and to figure out what I'm going to do with all my free time!! Maybe I'll catch up on lost sleep, first. Then figure something out. Yeah...that sounds nice.
Finals are next week, and they'll be cake compared to this week. Wish me luck, anyway!
At the beginning of the week I had to complete:
Service Learning Project
Themed Unit
Case Study
Practicum Notebook
Field Trip Assignment
I managed to get almost all of that completed in two days. I don't know how I did it...and I don't know if the quality is top notch, but it's gotta count for something, 'cause I sure spent a lot of time in that computer lab, slaving away over a cold keyboard.
All I have left to do is to write up something real quick for a Science thing I did a long time ago, organize my D&R binder into categories (the teacher provided us with a binder full of articles we're never going to read, and then has us categorize it...*eyeroll* What a waste of time). I also have to meet with my portfolio advisor tomorrow because I got my portfolio back on Monday and had some "does not meet"s in there, three rationales/one artifact, and they didn't like my philosophy of education. Something about getting hugs from children sends up a red flag about physical contact with students. Made me kinda mad, especially because it was good enough to get into the College of Education in the first place, but apparently not good enough to student teach next year.
The binder and portfolio don't have to be done 'til Thursday the 10th, however, so I have a little bit of time. This is going to be the first weekend in MONTHS that I'm going to be able to come home from work, shower, and nap for three hours without feeling guilty that I haven't done any homework!! I'm so excited!!
Also, Aaron's graduation from BHSU is the following weekend, and my parents are coming up to meet his parents (and be there for his graduation celebration), so that should be exciting. I'm just really excited for school to finally be out (7 more days!), and to figure out what I'm going to do with all my free time!! Maybe I'll catch up on lost sleep, first. Then figure something out. Yeah...that sounds nice.
Finals are next week, and they'll be cake compared to this week. Wish me luck, anyway!
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