Life is GOOD. Mostly!Okay, so, this weekend I went home to work after a rough week that was mainly composed of self-inflicted pain. I worked on Saturday for most of the day, a decent shift that was not too long and not too short. Played some Heroes III with the little brother, got some sleep that night, got to see that the cat actually had a smooth coat (her name is Matilda, and there is almost always a heavy emphasis on the "mat" part..."clump" might be a better word, but....it's nice to see her doing well), got to wake up at a decent time and go to church and participate in discussions with the adults over different versions of the Bible (I contributed in the lingual factor...one thing that I've learned from Latin is that translations of ANY material can leave something to be desired), got some more literary inspiration during the service, and then went home to a house that was...actually acceptable for the Bible-study that night!
Which I participated in, and got to hear some stories from the elders of the church...there are some awesome people there. I mean, a lot of comedies and popular views look down on "old people," but they are AWESOME. Building a house from more or less scratch, including gas and water pipes...they worked hard. And getting a measure of inflation and understanding that you got paid...50 cents a day, with good wages...yeah. It's fascinating.
Still got to go to bed at a decent time, then got up in the morning and went to the doctor's to get a prescription filled out, then went to Giant Eagle and spent the morning shopping with my mom for groceries (she bought me food! she's putting me through college, and STILL buying me food...<3 <3 <3...and I mean GOOD food, like bananas and hamburger and gyro packets and...whatever....it's....<3) before picking up the prescription. Then, I went off to class, got there EARLIER than I usually do, did a decent job translating, and then got my exam from Wednesday back.
A, A-, C, A-. Excellent. Provided I don't drop the ball on the final, I'm going to get an "A" in the course.
So, after that, I went back to the apartment and worked on a Lesson Plan for homework tonight...and then e-mailed it to myself...and saw a very, very interesting e-mail.
I got placement for field experience.
I was nervous about when it would happen, but I FINALLY GOT EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND HAVE BEEN GRANTED PLACEMENT FOR FIELD EXPERIENCE.
LIKE, INVESTIGATING MY JOB AREA.
*FLAILS*
The best bit is that it's at a school of pretty good reputation around here.
It's not student teaching, of course, but it's the next-best-thing.
IT'S A STEP.
It's like, today, things are just going really well.
Gotta go to class soon. Print up stuff for it. All that jazz.
And then...then...I get to come back to the apartment and watch a Steelers game. Steelers vs. Broncos. Big game. Probably not gonna win. But it has been a GOOD day so far. And now I have Black Eyed Peas stuck in my head. Splendid.
And there's a new Fullmetal Alchemist and a new Soul Eater right around the corner!!!
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....and a PRAXIS exam on Saturday. I should enjoy the happiness while it lasts.
ETA: Well, there's the karmic payback or whatever you want to call it. I can't find my cell phone. I've had other people try calling it three times, and it always jumps straight to voicemail, so it's either somewhere where it's out of reception, with someone who turned it off (and is thus probably not planning on giving it back), or it's been destroyed (run over by a car, perhaps). It wasn't too low on batteries, I know that.
It might be out of reception, but the room where it would have been...I scoured it, even the trash can and recycle bin. It just wasn't there.
SO....
If there's still no reception tomorrow, I'll contact Verizon and/or my parents and see what I can do about it. SIGH....
But, still.
Life's fun.
Life's good.
Steelers are down 3-0, but I'm still optimistic.
ETA: STEELERS WIN. STEELERS WIN.
So, all in all, a great day. Except for the cell phone thing.
Which is going to make waking up in the morning VERY difficult. 8(
Optimism
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Congrats on the field experience e-mail!!!
Can't wait for new manga!!! FMA and Soul Eater!!! Whoo!!!
Just to make you happier, Ben's coming home for Turkey Day!!!
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That sounds awesome. And a great bunch of people to discuss it with, too.
LOL What is Giant EagleCongratulations on getting placed for the field experience! What does that entail, of not student teaching?
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"Lord, grant that I may always desire to do more than I can accomplish."
I contributed via the long-day, short-day thing, because there are any number of instances where synecdoche takes place in Latin...using one smaller term to describe something bigger. And there are also many instances of rhetorical speech, where a "day" is a "period of time." Thus, the term "day" could easily mean, "ten billion years" (after all, doesn't it say that to Him, "a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years are like a day"?), but been simplified down because one does not want to try explaining (orally, mind you!) to a number of people who don't even know how to work an abacus the concept of a huge period of time like that. And even though it says, "and there was morning, and there was evening," that falls into the same category. Heck, people weren't even CREATED until the sixth day, so it's not like they watched....
I didn't talk all that much, but I put in a bit.
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YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GIANT EAGLE IS??????????
It's a grocery store! Big one! Like Shop'n'Save, Foodland, Kroger, Meyers...wasn't that a store? Meyers?
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And Field Experience is basically another requirement for progress in my field...I'll need a CELL PHONE, though, for the call...so, yeah. But FE is just going into a room and observing a teacher at work. Watching how he works, learning from him.
*thinks it through*
So, basically, it's going to be many, many hours of me sitting in ANOTHER Latin class....hmmmmmmm....and being UNABLE to PARTICIPATE.
Hah.
Well, anyway.
Steelers up, 7-3, so...happiness.
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"Put an apple on your head and we'll find out how good I am!"
Aang saved the world AND got a girlfriend before Harry even started his third year.
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"Put an apple on your head and we'll find out how good I am!"
Aang saved the world AND got a girlfriend before Harry even started his third year.
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Or an alarm clock....
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"Put an apple on your head and we'll find out how good I am!"
Aang saved the world AND got a girlfriend before Harry even started his third year.
...Well, I Googled it and learned a whole bunch about the Haast's eagle. New Englander, remember?
Oh, observation is fun. (Even if you can't participate.)
They have prospective writing tutors sit in on sessions, and you really pick up a lot. It's much different once you've seen the methods/techniques they've taught you actually being applied.
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"Lord, grant that I may always desire to do more than I can accomplish."
I'll find something and send it to you.
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