Well, since I am being so damn lazt, the least I can do is catch you all up, I guess, but first I have to go blow my nose.
Better...for the moment, anyway...
So let's see, school (As in school, school...at CSUF) Is going ok. One of my classes I absolutly love, seeing as how the profssor is awesome and I have a friend in that class. The other class I hate, as it is the most useless class I have taken at Cal State Fullerton.
In any case, I am going to a meeting next week about the Master's project, which is good because I need to pick a damn topic already and I am starting to get REALLY nervous about the situation.
School (work school) Is going well, too. I enjoy first grade, although not as much as upper grade, although it is really nice having only 20 kids. I don't think I want to stay in first grade, although I am definatly interested in trying second or third. The most difficult thing is that they can not read the directions on anything yet, which means I am constantly standing in front of the room giving directions...and thats another thing...I have to stand in front of the room and give directions...now that may seem obvious, but let me explain, you see, when you teach fourth or fifth grade, you can walk around the classroom and talk, and the kids heads swivel with you (It is a pretty neat feature...) so you can, say, be back by your desk, or by a side wall, and be giving directions, and well, the kids listen! (Well, at least as much as they listen when you are standing in front of the class...)
But first grade? A whole new ball game. You see, if you are not standing front and center, its like you cease to exist. So forget sitting at your side table and adding some directions. Forget standing over by the chart as you talk. Forget walking to the back of the room to pick up a stack of papers to hand out as you discuss the complicated directions of their math assignment involving finding the number that is one more or one less then a given number.) Becasue the second you step out of the 5 by 3 foot box you create in the front of the classroom, you might as well be a fly on the wall for all of the attenrtion these kids pay to you.
But over all, I really am enjoying the experience. Wouold I do it again? For sure. Is it my favorite grade to teach? No. Do I enjoy it? Yes. Do I thinnk I'd ever want to settle here? I doubt it.
Wedding Plans - sigh. You know, it is amazingly complicated to try to plan a simple wedding. At least we have the location and the date. But you know what the best part is? I am so in love with my Grant that even when things are the most frustrating, I can't help feeling incredibly happy!
Well, I am off to el grocery store and then I am going to get the christmas decorations down.
Later!
Friday, November 26, 2004
So Lazy
I have done nothing today. Nothing. I have been so lazy. It is utterly ridiculous how lazy I have been. And do you know what I feel like doing right now? Sleeping. How awful is that? A long hard day of absolutly nothing, and all I want to do is sleep.
What's wrong with this generation?
And I can't even blame it on leftover turkey.
What's wrong with this generation?
And I can't even blame it on leftover turkey.
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Belle's Graduation
Well, Belle had graduation from her Novice obedience training last night...and she got first place! I am so proud of my puppy! She did so good!
Her score was 148 (out or 200). He said, first of all, that our scores were all very good, and that our last place score (108, I think....) would have beat the first place dog at another class he just finished.
One thing that Belle missed was her sit stay, which was 30 points off her score. This is unusual, becasue one thing that Belle is VERY good at is a sit stay, she always has been, even in puppy kindergarden. And she didn't get up or anything...she just layed down in the middle of it. Unfortunatly, that lost all 30 points. (Its an all or nothing gig.)
Funny enough, all the dogs missed the sit stay, which left the scores pretty even.
The instructer said that had Belle made the sit stay, she would have had 170, and for a dog to get into the 170's at this class is unusual.
I was dissapointed that she didn;t, but consoled myself by knowing that Belle really is good at the sit stay... one of the down falls of an all or nothing competitiom like this (If there had been a recored of over all sit stays throughout the class, Belle would have won, hands down on the the sit stay part...she is good at that...)
But as I type, I realize something else. If Belle had done the sit stay, she would have won by a landslide. Becasue she didn't, she stayed even with the other dogs, which meant that she won on our handeling (the heels and the figure 8's and the come, and the stand for inspection, whjich she got perfect...) Had she won becasue of the sit stay, I wouldn't have remembered the other scores, and I would wonder if she had only won becasue of the sit stay...if that pulled her ahead with the free 30 points....but now I know she won all around! What a feeling!
Haver I mentioned how proud I am of my puppy? (Now, if we could just get off the leash, stuff down!)
Her score was 148 (out or 200). He said, first of all, that our scores were all very good, and that our last place score (108, I think....) would have beat the first place dog at another class he just finished.
One thing that Belle missed was her sit stay, which was 30 points off her score. This is unusual, becasue one thing that Belle is VERY good at is a sit stay, she always has been, even in puppy kindergarden. And she didn't get up or anything...she just layed down in the middle of it. Unfortunatly, that lost all 30 points. (Its an all or nothing gig.)
Funny enough, all the dogs missed the sit stay, which left the scores pretty even.
The instructer said that had Belle made the sit stay, she would have had 170, and for a dog to get into the 170's at this class is unusual.
I was dissapointed that she didn;t, but consoled myself by knowing that Belle really is good at the sit stay... one of the down falls of an all or nothing competitiom like this (If there had been a recored of over all sit stays throughout the class, Belle would have won, hands down on the the sit stay part...she is good at that...)
But as I type, I realize something else. If Belle had done the sit stay, she would have won by a landslide. Becasue she didn't, she stayed even with the other dogs, which meant that she won on our handeling (the heels and the figure 8's and the come, and the stand for inspection, whjich she got perfect...) Had she won becasue of the sit stay, I wouldn't have remembered the other scores, and I would wonder if she had only won becasue of the sit stay...if that pulled her ahead with the free 30 points....but now I know she won all around! What a feeling!
Haver I mentioned how proud I am of my puppy? (Now, if we could just get off the leash, stuff down!)
Sunday, November 07, 2004
The Rest of my Life...
I waited to Blog aout this becasue I wanted to make sure all of the family knew from us before I said anything...but I can tell y'all no. It is official!
On Sunday morning, October 24th, on a beautiful day in Seattle, Grant asked me to marry him, and I, of course, said yes.
The weeks since have been just amazing. I feel like I am walking on cloud nine. Marrying Grant is all that I can think about. The two of us have been just as romantic as we've ever been. Its like, even though we knew we were getting married, now that it is official, everything is more wonderful than ever before!
I am so excited, happy, and proud to be marrying someone as wonderful as Grant!
On Sunday morning, October 24th, on a beautiful day in Seattle, Grant asked me to marry him, and I, of course, said yes.
The weeks since have been just amazing. I feel like I am walking on cloud nine. Marrying Grant is all that I can think about. The two of us have been just as romantic as we've ever been. Its like, even though we knew we were getting married, now that it is official, everything is more wonderful than ever before!
I am so excited, happy, and proud to be marrying someone as wonderful as Grant!
The Dark Tower
Well, folks, it is almost finished. I have read all of the Dark Tower Books, and have reached the very end of my journey with Roland, and his Ka-tet. It has been a long journey, full of hardship and kinship, sorrow, and joy. And love.
At the end of the book, Sai Stephen King has given his readers a choice. At this particular junction, we are left with quite a happy scene...one that would leave his readers, like me, sobbing with relief...happiness...sincerity...
And yet, he taunts us with one more key...one more revelation, that, he warns, will not make the reader happy at all. In fact, it may leave the reader heartbroken.
He gives us the option to stop here, with the scolding that so many of his Constant Readers ignore the journey for the "end.." and reminds us that the end isn't always the most worthwhile part of a journey.
(And, to be honest, I was shocked when I got to the choice...I really thought the "ending," or what I thought was the ending, was sufficient...I had thought that knowing more would not be possible...it is too great...or to horrible...especially is it has to do with what I suspect it may...)
And feeling it a sufficient ending, I wouldn't have been sad closing the book there...wouldn't have clamored for more...
But know that I know that there is more...
I can't close the book...I must go with him all the way, for he has pulled me along thus far...to abondond him at the end of his path...despite what must lie there, I can not do.
So I will go on...
But not tonight (What? You mean I haven't already finished it?) No...I will wait to finish this tale. Tonight, I will leave in my thoughts the warm memories Sai King has planted at the near end of his tale.
I am not ready to go on...
Our Gunslinger would understand...
At the end of the book, Sai Stephen King has given his readers a choice. At this particular junction, we are left with quite a happy scene...one that would leave his readers, like me, sobbing with relief...happiness...sincerity...
And yet, he taunts us with one more key...one more revelation, that, he warns, will not make the reader happy at all. In fact, it may leave the reader heartbroken.
He gives us the option to stop here, with the scolding that so many of his Constant Readers ignore the journey for the "end.." and reminds us that the end isn't always the most worthwhile part of a journey.
(And, to be honest, I was shocked when I got to the choice...I really thought the "ending," or what I thought was the ending, was sufficient...I had thought that knowing more would not be possible...it is too great...or to horrible...especially is it has to do with what I suspect it may...)
And feeling it a sufficient ending, I wouldn't have been sad closing the book there...wouldn't have clamored for more...
But know that I know that there is more...
I can't close the book...I must go with him all the way, for he has pulled me along thus far...to abondond him at the end of his path...despite what must lie there, I can not do.
So I will go on...
But not tonight (What? You mean I haven't already finished it?) No...I will wait to finish this tale. Tonight, I will leave in my thoughts the warm memories Sai King has planted at the near end of his tale.
I am not ready to go on...
Our Gunslinger would understand...