Roller Coaster Week

This week has definitely had its ups and downs for me – as far as teaching goes. Gabriel also has had some ups and downs, as he had to have emergency surgery one week ago and then his iv stopped working a couple of days later. But I am very pleased to tell you that he is going home today. Also, I ended the week at school exhausted but definitely on a high note and am feeling optimistic for the week to come.

I’d be lying if I tried to say that this has not been a mentally and emotionally draining week for me, but if there is anything that I am learning as a teacher it is that you must always focus on the positive. I am really grateful for this opportunity to learn and grow, and I do have some really remarkable students. So, I am definitely looking forward to seeing how this semester progesses.

Bon week-end!

First Day!

Tomorrow is my first official day of student teaching. I’m not really going to do a lot of teaching this week, but I am suddenly nervous nonetheless. I am pretty excited to get out there and get some real experience and learn from my own mistakes… although I know that this is probably going to be really challenging at times. I would venture to say that my blog posts for the next three months will be about student teaching

I’m an aunt again

My sister, Faith, and her husband Mike had a baby boy on Friday, February 13. His name is Gabriel Scott. He had kind of a rough time coming into the world, and Faith had to have a c-section eventually. But all is well now… I just have to wait until the end of March to go to Seattle to see him!

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It’s amazing how quickly babies grow and develop personalities. This is a picture of Marley from about three weeks ago.

melancholy

“C’est bien la pire peine
De ne savoir pourquoi
Sans amour et sans haine
Mon coeur a tant de peine !”

Name that French poet, and you win.