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!
If you know someone who is absolutly clueless about a computer and needs help with the purpose of various Windows GUI components, this PowerPoint may be just what they need. This tutorial is the most basic I have ever seen, however, many people do not know the purpose of the icons on the desktop, nor do they know the names of the buttons in a programs title bar. Finally, the tutorial will teach the reader how to create a Folder using Windows Explorer.
This morning I wrapped Christmas presents. This is one activity that I like to do year after year. I love being able to buy things for those who I care about. I know, I know…Christmas isn’t supposed to be about the presents. For me, it isn’t. It’s about family: The food and the company are always great. But seeing someone’s face light up as they open something thoughtful is priceless. I like to buy gifts that people really want, which doesn’t always mean something expensive.
Today has been great. There was no school today, so I decided to take the day off. I slept until 11:00 pm. I don’t remember the last time I did that. When I finally did get out of bed, my head hurt. So, I ate, took some pills, and laid around some more. Around 2 pm, I started on my last final of the year. I started off strong, but as the day has went on, I’ve ran out of steam. I’m so tired, and I’m ready for it to be over. I’m putting the paper to bed for the night. I’ll finish it tomorrow.
Five more days, and I get to see Becca…
I finally have my very own RSS feed! I wrote a little script that generates it by pulling stuff from my database. I’m quite excited! The code is sloppy, but it’ll work for now! Yeeehaw!
Old man winter has thusfar disappointed me. After much anticipation of a ton of snow, there’s absolutely nothing but a bunch of rain. I need to see something frozen. I need a snow day so bad. Having been thrown into the semester without a break in between has made it very difficult to get the room the way I wanted it.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
So, I’m sitting here gearing up for tomorrow. I’ll begin my 10 page paper with accompanying presentation hopefully by 12pm. I can’t wait until all this paper writing business is over. I feel I’ve written enough in college. I know, I know…You get a master’s degree because you’re doing advanced work. Still, I don’t care. My real job is to teach those kids. I know I’ll be much better at that when these education professors go away and let me focus on the students. Oh well. Six more months of this and then I’ll be done (for awhile, anyway).
On a happy note, the Thanksgiving holiday went over very well. The food was great; the company was better!
I’m ready for Thanksgiving break. I can’t wait to eat, drink, sleep, and be merry. This semester has went well professionally, but as a student, it has been a little rocky. It’s almost over. I’ll emerge on the other side that much closer to my Master’s. For lack of any other way to put it: Yeeeehaw!
By the way, Becca and I had a great weekend! I laughed so much my ribs hurt. Seeing her for 5 days is another reason to long for Thanksgiving break! I’m so happy, I could pee, but I won’t because I’m potty trained and it’s a bit nasty on carpet.
Anyone and everyone who has known me for any length of time knows that I stress over my schoolwork. Even though I’m a graduate student who is nearly done, I still have the same fear of failure I had as an ignorant freshman about 6 years ago.
This weekend, I was stessing so bad. Becca stepped in and gave me one more reason to marry her. She greeted my stress with soothing tones and waved it off with one brush of her hand across my face. After her loving touch, I once again realized that life’s not so bad and that everything will be ok. I’ll never have to stress alone again. I’ve found the one who can calm the rage of nerves inside of me. I don’t think it’s possible to love her anymore, but I know now that I can always love her calmly.
I hate it when I can’t sleep. I’ve never been much of an insomniac, seeing as how I’m usually the first person in the bed. Tonight, though, my brain won’t shut up. I’m downloading Yellow Dog Linux ISOs from here at the Sheraton in Lexington, and all I can think about is whether or not it will work on the little G3 iBook. I sure hope so, considering I paid $10 for the rights to use this connection. At least it’s relatively fast. Lo and behold, typing this post has actually called forth the sandman. Just as I planned… :)
