As I sit here and blog, still wondering how many people look at this or if I am just writing to ease my own mind (either of which is fine by me) I am also maintaining various face book addictions and working on at least one homework assignment. As has been my life for the last week which has also, coincidentally, been Spring Break for the primary and secondary schools. Mine however has been greeted with daily multi-hour sessions of attempting to catch up and move ahead in school work which has created this multi-tasking genius of mine. This is not to say that this week has been all work and no play. Jamie was home for a good portion of this week and we went to see some movies (Alice in Wonderland 3D and Shutter Island both of which I recommend to those who haven't seen them yet) and we traded in our RAV and bought a new truck which I have enjoyed getting used to. It has also meant long doctors appointments, more of which are to come as we begin our journey into potential parenthood. Looks like it might be longer and more complicated than most and whether or not it is a fruitful process in the end, at least it will provide an answer to our longing. Whatever those answers are we will have to make our peace with them and go from there. For Jamie it is easy. Real cut and dry. For me however, given the beauty of female circuitry, it will be far more invasive and complicated. So we are in for the long haul and will just have to be patient and deal with whatever is given to us in the best way possible. So thats it for the gory details of that little gem. I am sure it is already more than most people probably care to know.
I have registered for three summer classes and will hopefully still be able to balance work withn these three classes depending on what the class schedules are. Once these are complete I will be four classes and a semester of student teaching away from my credential. If I were super ambitious and slightly insane (which I have been told is sometimes the case) I would take all four classes at the same time. Problem is, they all have required practicum hours which would make working potentially more difficult depending on where I am at. So I could take the insane route of work and all four classes, I could quit work and just focus on completing those classes in a semester while also losing my seniority status at work, or I could spread them out taking two at a time which would lengthen my completion date. All things to cross in time but that time is also coming rapidly. I am still hoping to be established in my own classroom by next year but apparently I didnt send enough paperwork with my application so it has been sent back to me for completion. Shouldnt be too difficult but definitely a speed bump in my road to goal completion.
Monday I start teaching a unit on Latin America for my social studies practicum and we are having a student return from his extended stay vacation (aka treatment that he was released too soon from....lucky us) so that should be an interesting day and it will also be full of phone calls and scheduling as I continue these doctor appointments and all-in-all getting life in order. As much as I have appreciated this week away from kids, it definitely has not felt long enough!!
