S.A.D.

Seasonal Affective Disorder...

i wonder if i've got it... =( maybe there's just something about the gloomy weather, the clouds blocking out the sunlight, the colder weather that just makes you want to stay in bed all day and not get up. not go to work, not want to see anyone or do anything. you just feel *meh* all day long and all afternoon long. depression, sadness, that whole emo feeling comes piling in. the feeling of isolation, loneliness, boredom sets in.

sometimes i wonder if i've got a depression issue.
maybe i don't... but then again, maybe i do?

Summer's Almost Over

So summer is almost over, but luckily I got to spend it with the people I love most. My sisters, Daniel, and my parents and pets.

June 25 - July 14: Visited Daniel, celebrated his birthday, made a trip to San Diego, and hung out with family and friends of his.






















































July 1 - July 9: In the middle of the trip to California, I flew back to Texas and spent a week with my sisters. We went shopping, ate tons of good food (and cherries), drank lots of boba, got haircuts, manicures and pedicures. Basically just spent some good sister bonding time.

Now that summer's almost over, it's time to prepare for work. I gotta help out at the Freshmen Academy which is like a 1 week summer orientation for Freshmen, then it's inservice week where I get to meet my new coworkers and prepare my classroom, then school starts!

Seems like the summer just FLEW by! Well, I'll definitely have an exciting year to look forward to teaching Pre-cal and Chinese, I have a wonderful boyfriend whom I love dearly, and the greatest sisters in the world!

Life couldn't be better.

cuz we're puuuurrrfect for each other...

we likey rub rub...

we likey kiss kiss...

we likey fish fish...

we likey talk talk...

we likey eat eat...

we like pu pu...

i likey you you!

~by me.

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"pu pu" is not the equivalent of "poo poo"
it is short for computer... kinda like "puter"

just for those of y'all who needed a bit o' clarification. *wink*

M.Ed. in Secondary Education...

So it's been a year since I started my Masters in Education degree. It's been a looong year full of boring online classes, with courses that IMO seem to be common sense material.

Why did I decide to get the degree then?

Well, in order for a non Education degree individual to be certified in the state of Arizona to teach, 30 credit hours of Education classes of which 8 must be student teaching are required.

How many credits does it take to get the Masters degree?

Well I'll be darned... 30 credit hours at Grand Canyon University of which 12 consist of student teaching hours. Since I am already teaching, that means instead of being required to student teach, my 2 years of teaching experience will substitute for those 12 hours. This leaves me with only 18 credit hours which means 6 education classes! I've already taken 4 of the 6! That means that by the end of the Fall semester, I'll be DONE!

WHOOOP!

This means:

1. I'll be a fully certified teacher in the state of Arizona.
2. If I want to transfer to a different state to teach, I'll just have to request to transfer my certificate and maybe take a couple of tests.
3. I'll move to the "Masters" ladder on the pay scale.
4. Time to pay back student loans and be debt free.
5. It's about time to save up $$ for a house.

Is this not cool beans or WHAT?!