senioritis...or something

"Where you been?" you ask.
"Oh, you know, around. Taking a breather." I reply.
"From your blog?"
"...From pushing myself."

So last semester, being the semester of: not the alarm!-time to shower-wasn't I just awake?-where's my book?-which book-class again-work again-library again-library again-library again-library again-nap, I mean bedtime: I think I lost some of my psycho motivation along with my psycho schedule. So far this semester I have actually watched tv...on a weeknight...what?! Don't worry, don't get all worked up thinking that I have begun to go against all of my homework beliefs that I hold as a teacher. Homework gets done...just not with gusto. And really, who needs gusto to do their homework when it's their last real semester, the end is in sight, and according to Mr. Knudsen at Lehi Junior High I need to save energy for my year of "pure hell." Anyway, I'm alive and doing well. Here are some random snippets from the last month:

• I applied to student teaching in Washington D.C. (cross your fingers)
• I'm pre-student teaching 7th grade at Lehi Junior High (not bad)
  
• I have given up french fries (really easy), soda (fairly easy), and ice cream (have I gone insane?)
• I'm relief society president and things are going well (I was nervous about that one)
• I went to Rexburg last week to visit Emily (we don't see each other enough)
• I have spent way too much time at work looking at www.gofugyourself.com (as in, "That outfit is fugly!")
  
• I learn from school

Here are recent and random insights into my soul:

• I hate chalk boards
• I love movies or shows with dancing in them...So You Think You Can Dance, Step up, High School Musical, America's Best Dance Crew (amazing!)
• It's nice to think about others more often
  
• I can't WAIT to have my own classroom (although that's scary too)
• It's a lot easier to go out of your way for someone than you think (especially for the Lord)
• Ice cream=addiction

Okay so I always feel like I should end my blogs by saying something serious, but to be honest, I've read too much on Caribbean postcolonial theory lately to stretch my thoughts that far for a blog...and it's Friday. SO Michelle Branch, who is coming out with a new album soon which I am stoked for, has a new song that says this:

Heaven knows that it's a crazy ride
It's never perfect all the time
It'll pull you down and send you flyin'
So baby hold on tight
On this crazy ride.

Ride the ride baby, hands waved high.

Days gone by

It's 2009!

I think it's safe to say that we have all had our fair share of adventures in 2008. If you think about it in the moment, a year seems like a long time; think about it in the past, though, and a year is impressively short. You go from day to day, and from week to week tackling the jobs at hand, laughing with friends, and just plain living your life. There are new things to think about, to see, etc, in a new year and ultimately, the year flies. 2008 can now turn into a good time, a learning experience, whatever you want it to be. 2009 has endless possibilities. Despite what happened in year 2008, 2009 calls for new EXCITING adventures and new HOPEFUL goals and new MEANINGFUL changes. If there's anything that I've learned in my life so far, it's to welcome change along with the new year.

Happy New Year everyone! Welcome 2009!

This is for Kelli and Karl...