Normally, I try to be a little more articulate when I post about the comings and goings in life in my little space. Today, though, I need to vent. I bought this wonderful industrial shelf at Lowes yesterday in an effort to get my office organized. I set forth putting it together at around 2 p.m. It’s now 11:23p.m and the shelf remains unfinished.

Why?  Because the design is stupid! Yes, that’s right, stupid!  Assembly requires that you "tap" galvanized steel connectors into  little slits in order to make one long beam out of two shorter ones. Tapping on a galvanized connector with a hammer and then tapping the second beam onto the other side of the connector is an extremely difficult process. Because of my clumsiness and inability to hold things straight, the connectors are horribly bent. I managed to get three of the four posts connected, but the last post  is mangled, I’m afraid, beyond repair!  I only hope that Dad can resurrect my mess, since I need (and really like) the shelf!

Once again, a little birdie kept throwing hints at me to post on his website, so here goes!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.  Trav made this Christmas the best I’ve ever had!  I’m spending my winter "break" working at Citizen’s in Jackson, as usual.  I dread January 7th more than any of you could ever know (except Trav, of course!).  But, atleast this is the last semester I’ll ever have to leave Trav for weeks at a time!  I’m off to try and get Trav to go to bed, I’m very tired and he seems to be cheery and ready for an all nighter.  I…am not. 

I passed the Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching test! I’m extremely happy because I was 100% sure that I had failed!  I am one graduate class away from being a fully-certified, Rank II teacher. I’m so happy! For a whole month, the thought of failing that test has been at the back of my mind, which has made me somewhat grumpy. I would like to appologize to Becca and my family for having to put up with my fear of failure. I love you all!

With tomorrow being Christmas Eve, I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!