so things i have been up to the last week (because it seems like i only write on sunday anymore)
-it was midterms most of last week at school. so the kiddies had half days and we had the afternoon to grade. so far the 3.5 classes i have graded they did well or what was usual. so i was happy with that. and i also gave them a chance to grade me for the first half of the year and nothing really unexpected from that. they for the most part like my teaching style, though i could vary it more, i'm prepared, organized, know my history and they like my class. so it pretty much affirmed what i was thinking that they like my class and me. but gave me a few things to work on in the 2nd half of the year - try to do different things and make it more relavent to their everyday life. this week i have 2 days of exams and tomorrow i have a day to just get work done! i need to grade the essays for 1 class and finish up notes for the chapters i'm starting this week. so it will be nice to get a day to get stuff done. and then wednesday starts the 3rd marking period.
-skiing is still going well. i'm enjoying my afternoons on the mountains and getting to ski, though i spend most of my time standing on the mountain at the top of the practice gates while the kids ski down and then take the lift back up. but it is fun, they make me laugh. and they did well last week, with our top 4 boys being about 7 seconds apart from each other, so lots of internal competition.
-tuesday went to see leap year with erin. and while it was cute i was disappointed. just a few random bits about ireland in the movie made me kinda eehhh. like in the beginning going from wales to dingle when she was trying to get to cork... if you look at a map it just doesn't make sense! also dingle is one of my favorite places in ireland and nope, not filmed there. and they made western ireland look really backwards. now i know the bus schedule is miserable (believe me i used it a TON) and the train is almost non-existant and really bad. and i wish it was actually filmed in the dingle/tipp area since thats what they said. but it was filmed in connemara and wicklow which look totally different. and the scenery, well i was rather disappointed with the little they showed. ohhh well. besides the irish scenery part i enjoyed it. it was cute and predictable and i love my romantic comedies.
-faaabulous weekend. went to dinner with twin friday night. haven't seen her in a while, so we spent 3.5 hours talking about life, boys, the future, work, laughing about being 16, and everything. it was great and i can't wait to see her new place in penn when she moves in with her bf next week! annnd then last night i went out with m. my original plan was foiled by winter, so we drove around talking and then went to a great little brew-pub for dinner and stayed for a bit listening to the music and then headed out and i decided to take him on a little adventure where we made out in the backseat of my car... which made me feel like i was 16.. which is funny because i didn't do it when i was really 16. i've really enjoyed spending time with him and i can't wait for next weekend! and i'll work on getting a picture, which is funny, because i haven't taken any pictures, which for me is extremely rare. so i'll work on it.
-and i finally joined the 21st century and signed up for netflix. any movie suggestions? i'm pretty heavy on the romantic comedy side of things.. haha
-and the jets loss. it was a pretty crazy game. they started out strong, but couldn't hold it in the 2nd half. i give the jets a great run. they had a rookie qb and coach. and while even i though rexie was crazy when he said they would go all the way, they did surprise everyone by making it this far. and maybe i'll have a good team next year?
-and i'm sad. a year ago roomie and i were frolicking around ireland. and i was driving the best rental car ever and we were laughing and hugging history and also about to head off to spain. i miss going on euro adventures every month...
how was your weekend?
3 comments:
This year is just flying by, isn't it? I have no idea where the time goes.
Sounds like you've been having fun lately! :)
My weekend was great. I went to Calgary to go visit a friend, and got up to all sorts of shenanigans with her. My friend is taking pole dancing lessons, and has been for about 2 yrs now, so she taught me a bunch of moves, which was really fun. Apparently I'm a natural, as I picked up a combo in just a few minutes, and it took her a few weeks to learn! :) Hee hee.
Time does seem to be flying by! I can't believe it's almost Feb!
I want to go see Leap Year, but I will probably end up renting it. Some of the movies on my Netflix list are Post Grad, My Sister's Keeper and Fame. All have a long wait though and I'm getting annoyed!! lol
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