Apparently I only blog once a month. I can honestly say that time is flying but going by so damn slow. About two weeks ago I went up to Boone for another seminar as well as the homecoming game. Man oh man was it nice to be able to cheer on my Mountaineers. I got to see some wonderful people and we won (naturally). I was able to hang out one on one with a lot of people this time as well which def lent itself to some ridiculously great talks. About life, the future-you know, the good stuff. Especially when these talks are out on Hebron in the amazing fall weather. Or in a car ride around the freaking parkway. Let me tell you. No camera will ever be able to capture the beauty that is the parkway in the fall. May I just say that one day I may just buy a house in Boone (since I can afford that off my teaching salary) and just live there in the fall. Would that be weird? I don't know what it is about the colors of the leaves, the feel of football, pumpkin spice lattes, the cool autumn air, and the way the leaves look nested on the ground...it's like heaven.
I never appreciated fall as much as I did when I was up in Boone. I'm not sure why but fall just makes me so happy. I definitely need something to keep me as happy as can be when I'm suffering through this student teaching thing. It's not a horrible experience, but it is really hard. I've been talking to a lot of my old professors and they have really helped me realize how "great" I can be as a teacher. It's just so hard to do so when it isn't really YOUR classroom. Can't wait for that to happen. One day, hopefully.Anyway, I will be going up to the job fair tomorrow in Boone and then go to school for 2 days, then leave to go to the NCCTM conference and then have parent teacher conferences all day Friday. Jesus, and then, it's my birthday. WTF. Like, how the hell did my birthday come so quickly? Halloween is going to be so different this year than it has in the past but I'm actually pretty excited. I think Kathryn has finally convinced me to go to the Grave Digger's so I think I'll be doing that this year. What to be, what to be...
Well I have still a bunch of work to do so I think I'll be off to do so but all I wanna do is carve pumpkins, eat delicious foods, enjoy the company of my wonderful friends and family, and enjoy the weather.
Food for thought: Graduation is a month and 18 days away. I only have 24 more school days of student teaching left.
"Consider it all joy when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."
