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A sigh of relief

It’s hilarious how I talk about my brother and sister-in-law and he happens to be the one that awoken me from my nice little nap. Thanks big brother! He called because he is looking to get my sister-in-law a new computer and printer since theirs isn’t there best. Evidently, their computer and printer has crapped out so it’s time to buy a new one. He wanted to know what I recommend as far as brands and where to shop since we literally went from having four computer stores to like one, Staples. So after a twenty minute conversation, I’m interested to find out what he buys in the end.

Aside from the lack of sleep I’ve had lately, I am happy to report that my mood has improved completely. In fact, no more acne solutions for me because my face has cleared up which has given me confidence back. I really am unsure what is going on with me but I’m just glad it’s not affecting me at this moment. I just thought today during class that it could be because of my thyroid level since I’ve been waiting to have it checked since I don’t have insurance. So I guess I need to bite the bullet and have it drawn. Hopefully once I have it drawn, my Dr. can adjust my level and I can feel better again. This whole having seasonal depression and no energy at all mixed with my whole body hurting is for the birds.

My classes went really well today. I think I made a 100 on my test I had in geography over the map. I knew where everything was and was glad I studied a little extra as I was getting to bed last night. In my education class, we went over teachers’ salaries and the prospective jobs when we graduate. It turns out my first year of teaching I can expect to bring in $40,000. Also, within five years, 50% of Georgia teachers will be retiring which is awesome since I will be graduating when they are in time for retirement. Another thing our professor told us about was that in 2020, there is an expected need of 20,000 teachers in Georgia and last year, the state only turned out 4,400 teachers which means my future is looking even brighter. This class gave me the biggest sigh of relief because finding a job has been something I’ve been very worried about. This all took a big burden off of my shoulders because even if I don’t find a job once I graduate, I know I can head to school for my master’s degree and find a job within the first year. Out of all the graduates from West Georgia this spring, only two didn’t find a job because they weren’t willing to take the job offered to them. So, even with the recession, all of them were offered jobs and if I have to travel, so be it. Even if I have to move, so be it, because I can stay there until something closer opens up. I am not going to panic over my future because generally when you get a job as a teacher, you have a job for life.

I don’t know if it’s my good mood or my amazing class today, but I feel in a great mood. I think I’m going to go cuddle with the fiance and watch a movie. He expressed how much he misses spending time with me last night and it made me realize that even though we live together, we don’t spend that much quality time together because of my school schedule and his. We need to make more time for each other! So until next time, later loves.

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My dad’s Bruce Lee

For some reason I always choose song lyrics as the subjects of my blogs. I think it gives KatenessNU a little pizazz, don’t ya think? Heh.

So yesterday was my last day of observation and I really am going to miss all the kids. One of the little girls rubbed my arm and said “Miss Katie, I’m gonna miss you. You smell so good, too.” She is so cute and really all of them are in their own ways. I understand that these are the kids that don’t do so hot in school hence the fact they are at summer school, but how can you not love all of them to pieces? The teacher I observed told me if I ever wanted to come back by all means, do! She was really nice and made me feel welcome. She was also good at answering my questions and I am really leaning towards wanting to teach first grade.

Aside from my last day at observing, I’ve been studying non-stop for my midterm that is tonight! Out of 150 questions, I only missed 18 which most were because I wasn’t paying attention to my mom reading them out loud. Yes, my mom DOES rock that much to read all 150 questions and their multiple choice answers to me to help me cram for my test. I was surprised at all the ones I knew without her even having to read the answer. The professor assigned a new paper/project which is really easy. It’s basically a sandwich report in which we have to color all the layers and then fill out the information on it. I really love the way he takes our assignments and put them into mediums we can use in our own classrooms. He is really creative and has given me so many ideas for my future classroom. I think I’m doing really well in this class even though I will miss two days of class but that isn’t worrying me so much right now.

My other two classes, Art Appreciation and English 1102 are going pretty good, too. I had to submit a paragraph in art on how Van Gogh used line as an element in his Night Cafe painting. It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I’m also writing a research paper in English on the Lost Boys of Sudan and so far I think it’s going great as well. I chose to do my topics as in what we should learn from the Lost Boys of Sudan and that is that if they went through everything they did and didn’t fall apart, Americans shouldn’t give up in our current state either. I really wanted to relate it to our current economic recession and how a lot of people are giving up because lack of jobs, food, shelter, etc. The Lost Boys story is truly inspirational and if they could go through that as kids and make it to the other side hell, we shouldn’t be complaining. On their trek of over 1,000 miles I don’t think I would have made it. That’s a long way to walk and doing so without water/food or any adults, my hat is so off to them.

I need to get back to studying now. One last look through and I will be okay I think. I also want to take my quiz for Art and do some research for my English paper. Yes, I’m the mistress of juggling subjects all at once! So until then, later lovelies and thanks for the comments! I’ll return them in a few!