tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22310542967142322052024-03-12T16:41:16.164-07:00Amerikanisches GirlAmy Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08456603621794676755noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2231054296714232205.post-26063962816016429582011-10-22T08:26:00.000-07:002011-10-22T08:26:55.483-07:00Samstag Sum up<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been horrible about blogging, so here's a summary (go school improvement strategy!) of my life this last quarter (can't believe the school year's a quarter over!).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Todd and I started looking at houses about a month ago. What a task! Once we decided on a price range and the part of town... our options dwindled. We've taken a few weeks off but are heading back to one we'd seen at the beginning this morning. It's nerve-wracking... we like the house. There are always pros and cons. Who knows!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had decided over the summer to start my masters degree at Baker but wasn't quite sure when I would start. I met with an admissions counselor and decided to start this fall. After a bit of procrastinating, I found out we would be starting at the end of October (Wednesday to be exact!). Then, Todd came home last week deciding he would be starting his MBA (also Baker). After a quite impromptu meeting, he gets to start Monday. So this next week will begin a very hectic life for the two of us!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm feeling better about teaching this year and thought my class sizes were kicking booty until the end of week 1. My nice classes of 25-30 are all up to 30-34. YIKES!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even though my German class is, if I may say, pretty stinkin' awesome, I am teaching English again this year. No biggie. It's probably a good thing but I really hope that in the next year or two, my German program will be full time. (Pretty sure if a certain, other teacher were still at The School, it'd be full time...)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are my lovely numbers going in to week 2:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">German 2 (plus independent studies): 31</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My trip's still on for Germany in June and we're having another informational meeting in September... lots of interest, so hopefully I can enroll some more students and earn more free spots! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hooray for Deutsch! :) </span><br />
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I feel horrible saying that. I bought a dog. I did not "rescue" her; well, not in the sense that I had intended, but I did rescue her. <br />
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"Beagle puppy" had been at the pet store for three months (she's 18 weeks). She had <i>almost </i>gone home with several families. She had <i>never </i>played in the grass. She had never been <i>loved</i>.<br />
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World, meet Bailey Sue. All 10.5 pounds of her!<br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last Friday, Todd and I got the keys to our sparkly, new apartment (minus the sparkle and new-- but it's new to us, right?!). Thanks to graduation weekend, our moving plans were chaotic to say the least. We started loading things up and moving my things from the parents' place to the apartment late Friday evening, Todd moved his things Saturday morning, and we got the rest Saturday after THS graduation. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Friday afternoon I had a missed call from the apartment complex that Todd and I have been on the waiting list for. After some talking and breaking the news to the Parents, we signed the application forms and will be moving into a two bedroom apartment mid-May! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Last Monday Todd interviewed for a second job at a great corporation headquartered here in Topeka. He still had never heard back about the first job but he thought the interview went really well and was hopeful. A few days later, the HR gal called and told him they'd heard great things but had a few more interviews to go before they were doing anything. He was trying SO hard to stay positive but a few days turned into 3, 4, then 5 days. No word. Hope was fading. Finally at about 4 o'clock today, the HR gal called to thank him for his patience and offer the job! Just in time. Big hooray and celebration in order!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They do say good things come in threes. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">However, I will have to tell you the third when I find out!! :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">**EDIT** So... after a few confused conversations, I realized how horribly worded the last two sentences of my post are! I am NOT awaiting results of _any_ tests! I only meant that I am not sure what the next good thing in my life will be! **EDIT**</span>Amy Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08456603621794676755noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2231054296714232205.post-14522892015111540302011-04-11T16:25:00.000-07:002011-04-11T16:25:30.264-07:00Countdown Begins<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">29 and a half days of school (with students) left! Add in 2 full professional development days and 2 half days after they're done. Under a month by the end of this week! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things have been crazy. Not much has happened with my masters application. Todd went to WU to talk about going back to school. And all I know is that it's been way. too. nice. for me to be at The School.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been planning a student trip to Germany for June 2012 since I started teaching and am beyond excited to say that I have 9 students and a grandparent officially enrolled to travel with us already! A few parents said that would go if more adults didn't go, my parents would love to go, a fellow teacher would like to go and, if possible, Todd will go. If I may say so myself....I kick recruiting booty!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fun school story for the week: I started reading <i>The Things They Carried</i> in Junior English.. which officially gives me a legitimate excuse to say "Shut the f- up" to my students... okay, not to but in front of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(and I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>only</u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> say 'f-' not the word!!)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> :) Lots of giggles and a few gasps. Ohhhh high school!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. I have spent the day writing application letters and gathering resources to apply for a Master of Education in World Language Instruction program. If I get my ducks in a row and am accepted, I will begin my master's this July in Minnesota (never been, hope it's as lovely as the pics suggest!). I would spend this July in Minnesota, take online courses next school year, return to Minnesota in July next summer, and work on my thesis the following fall! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's nerve-wracking and exciting. I was very torn on what path to take with my masters but when I heard about this option, it makes perfect sense. I can continue my focus with German AND education. The idea of only having a master's degree in education bothered me but a master's in German is scary to me! This is a nice little compromise in both directions, I think.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, onward I go in my journey to write papers and attain references!</span>Amy Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08456603621794676755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2231054296714232205.post-9573114413592515732011-03-06T20:00:00.000-08:002011-03-06T20:00:01.260-08:00Official Wedding Blog!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So... I made a wedding blog through TheKnot.com. (Because I do so well updating blogs!!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday was my appointment to try on dresses at David's Bridal. Three hours in and only a few of the dresses I had eyed before were matching up to what I pictured... and still not completely. Mom and Sisters saw a fake-baked chicka in a dress they loved-- all I saw was the fake-baked chicka. Ew. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I tried on the dress. At first, I just couldn't shake fake-baked chicka from my mind. But luckily, we had potentially the worst saleswoman in the shop. She kept walking off and gave me a good 15 minutes in the gown, during which time I realized that I really did like the dress! It is pretty perfect for my venue-- a bit vintage and classic elegance. It's nothing like the dresses I dog-eared in the catalog, I actually skipped right past the page each time, but it's just exactly right! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After leaving David's Bridal, I ran by Target and proceeded to buy my first Yoga mat and a new Yoga DVD. When I was in Austria, I did Yoga twice a week and loved it. So, today -- thank you Presidents' Day -- I rolled out my mat and relaxed. Oh, Yoga, how I love thee.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last but not least, I am spending my Presidents' Day trying to bake bread -- German-style. Another thing I love, love, loved in Austria was the bread (Semmel, Brötchen). They're a bit harder than all of the American-style soft mush that we call bread. However, I am not chef. How long do you knead the dough? What's it supposed to look like? Questions I should have googled BEFORE that step in the process. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topeka's Bridal Fair was last weekend. The sisters, Mom, Kristi and I battled the bitter cold to check out the vendors. Since I'm going through a wedding coordinator, it was mostly just informative... I'm going to trust her to recommend the "best" DJ and a lot of other things. But I wanted to get a chance to look anyway. After many a cake sample and some yummy catering bites, we left having paid for a videographer and the deposit for our photographer. I'm sure the video guy is great but.. a bit cocky for my liking! If he hadn't given a deal to do the sister's wedding and mine, I would have told him off. :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My most exciting news (in my mind anyway!). I had a Skype date with the lovely Katharina (aka German friend) this morning and finally got to ask her to be a part of my bridal party. So, not only will she be there for my wedding but she is going to be a part of it! Very excited. My half of the bridal party is: Andrea (twin), Erin (sis), Kristi (friend), and Katharina (German friend). Hooray! I have <u style="font-style: italic;">no</u> idea if Todd knows who he will have yet!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also asked a friend from work, the orchestra teacher and an excellent violinist, if she would play for the wedding, so check off the ceremony music!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yep. That's all I have so far. But it's a start!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Overland Station is gorgeous. So I will be having BOTH my wedding and the reception there! Hooray for a longer engagement so places and people are available still!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hopefully I will begin dress shopping before summer. I'm thinking purple and charcoal-y silver for my colors, but we shall see! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It still seems a bit surreal that I am going to be married! Wow..! :) Very happy! Now if we were both employed, we could get a house! (Cross all of your fingers, toes... whatever you have! Or if it's more your style: Drück dir die Daumen!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Todd and I had gone to look at engagement rings last Saturday. It wasn't like we were going to buy immediately but so that he had an idea what I like when "the time came." </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Friday I finals started. So I decided to leave school right at 3:30, which means I actually left school shortly before 4. I got home and piddled a little bit before taking my things down to my room (luckily not as long as some days!).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I opened the door and saw <i>something </i> on the floor. My first reaction was to blame the dog. <i>How the **h** did he get in my room?!</i> Then I realized it was rose petals! I looked up and saw on my bed (which was made, unlike I had left it that morning!) and saw rose petals in a heart around a ring box!! (Exhibits A and B)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am exhausted, caught between trying to be a good teacher (which seems incredibly impossible) and not be a crazy, one-track-minded nutcase. I want a life. I love my boyfriend. I love doing things, <em>anything </em>not teacher-related. Yet, I find myself at the School from shortly after 7 a.m. until after 5 p.m (at least) almost every single day. Not to mention the work I still haven't finished when I go home at night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then throw the Holidays in the mix. You know how a toddler becomes very agitated when its schedule is disrupted? Teenagers, unbeknownst to them, are exactly the same. A 2-day week may be wonderful to us but to them, it really could be the worst possible decision. Their energy levels are off, their concentration is gone, and the chance that they might possibly remember the homework assignemnt-- laughable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">There is another teaching going through this simultaneously. Incredibly helpful. We bounce ideas, behavior management solutions, frustrations back and forth. But how lovely would it be if another teacher, one that had been here years and was a respected and valued member of the professional community, decided to help us? Listen to us vent and give us ideas, tests, strategies... Oh wait. I have a mentor who is supposed to do that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It seems to me that, as with many things, we forget how hard it is at the beginning. Teachers have gotten into the routine of lesson planning and grading papers. Their lives are a constant flow. They forgot how miserable the first year of teaching was for them. My new teacher friend and I are promising ourselves not to be that way... but will it work?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So after a few weeks, okay, at least a solid month, of being frustrated and overwhelmed and really just a negative Nancy, I have decided to do a bit of experimentation this week. What if I come to school positive? No more thinking, <em>Oh God, I hope XX doesn't come to class today </em>or<em> Just get me to 3:00 and I will be fine. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So far, it seems to have helped a bit. Definitely not entirely. It still sucks that I cannot get 2 of my classes to be quiet for 3 minutes and that I don't really truly feel that I am teaching anything of significance to my English classes. I am trying to remember.. it's my first year. I can't be perfect. But... that starts another rant!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And.. according to the phases of teaching, Christmas Break should be a life-changer. Afterwards comes "Rejuvenation" and finally "Reflection" and "Anticipation." Two and a half weeks cannot go fast enough!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: red;">F<span style="color: #38761d;">r</span>o<span style="color: #38761d;">h</span>e</span> <span style="color: #38761d;">W<span style="color: red;">e</span>i<span style="color: red;">h</span>n<span style="color: red;">a</span>c<span style="color: red;">h</span>t<span style="color: red;">e</span>n</span>, <span style="color: blue;">Freunde</span>! :)</span>Amy Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08456603621794676755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2231054296714232205.post-72811453559720682492010-10-25T19:16:00.000-07:002010-10-25T19:16:30.427-07:00All Star!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After years of denying myself.... I finally bought some good ole' Chuck Taylors! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I feel like <u>Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day</u>. I would love nothing more than to run away to Australia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Bad news number one. The boyfriend was laid off this morning. Not much else to say about that. Just sucks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Bad news number two. Students' parents are nightmares. Phone call from hell. When I'm already not happy. Kids lie. Teachers know this, WHY DON'T THEIR PARENTS? Do NOT blame me. Your kid is making it up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">School is going amazingly fast! It's almost end of 1st quarter. Then it's almost Thanksgiving. Then it's almost semester break. Then I will have ALMOST survived a year as a teacher. Sigh. That's a lot of almosts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Wedding season is (again..) almost over. Two weddings this month and I think there may be one in November as well. Yikes! We're off to St. Louis this weekend for one. I haven't been to St. Louis since I was all of maybe 10, so it should be a good time. Plus, the parents and the sister and brother-in-law are off with us as well. Can't be all bad!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Speaking of weddings-- Sister 1 is engaged! Friday evening her boyfriend popped the question and she said yes! They're hoping to get married <strong><u>this</u></strong> June! Very exciting..!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Things with me are, as always, being pushed to the back burner. Things that I would love to face but that maybe take too many big decisions or simply.. I don't know where to begin! Such as moving out. The boyfriend and I keep talking about moving out... setting dates... we know where even! But it's never <em>that</em> simple! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Fun note that ties the last two together: One of my English students told me yesterday that I "need a honeymoon" because I was, in her opinion, grumpy. I told her I was pretty sure that meant I had to get married and then told her about my sister. She said, "Oh, well <em>that</em> explains it!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Always a good time at THS!! :)</span>Amy Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08456603621794676755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2231054296714232205.post-19719262775621638452010-09-13T18:35:00.000-07:002010-09-13T18:35:43.165-07:00A bit late...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, it's been a while! Sorry about that. So, WOW. Where to begin!?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am on my fourth full week (fifth week) of school at THS! How's <i>that</i> possible? My classroom has undergone some transformations since the first day of school. For starters, I have no idea what a row looks like. That or clean floors or an empty desk! I got an Elmo, yahoo!, so I moved some things around so I can better use that and my desks are changed to talk with students more easily. I like it! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. "I can't remember your name. Do you know how many teachers I have?" (Yes. 8. Opposed to my approx. 175 students!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow is my last day at the Office. Again. This time-- <i><b><u>FOREVER</u></b></i>. I refuse to walk back into that place as an employee ever. a.gain. End of story. </span>Amy Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08456603621794676755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2231054296714232205.post-78202194920126186692010-06-30T06:30:00.000-07:002010-06-30T06:30:38.980-07:00Endlich ist alles in Ordnung!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, my joyful post has, at long last, arrived! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amerikanisches Girl is officially a German and English teacher!! At Dream school nonetheless!! ::insert monumental sigh of relief::</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After 3 weeks of no sleep, migraines, minor muscle twitches, and paper-thin nerves, it’s paying off!! (Sorry to the Boyfriend, family, and friends!) I will report to new teacher orientation August 4 and greet students August 17. Meine Güte...that is SOO soon!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you remember being 7 and thinking summer break was AH-MA-ZING and lasted long enough to utter the phrase, “I’m bored,” in a high pitched, whiny voice to your mom? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you say “no,” you’re a liar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When did summer stop feeling so long? Didn’t I only just graduate?! Crap. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My last day of work at the Office is next Wednesday. Yep. I handed in my two week notice BEFORE getting a job offer. Thank GOD everything’s working out!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you’re all well!!</span>Amy Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08456603621794676755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2231054296714232205.post-61536643114120313732010-06-25T07:16:00.000-07:002010-06-25T07:16:02.939-07:00and so I wait...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been far to long between posts this summer. I've been a bad blogger. Sorry!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I kept wanting to wait to post the "I HAVE A JOB!!!" post as my next post. As you can imagine -- and relate--, this has been a tremendous process. Get my hopes up... make me wait. And wait. And wait. Now, this may come as a complete and utter surprise but I am <em>not</em> a patient person. No, that's putting it nicely. I have no patience whatsoever. I hate waiting on things/people and I want immediate results. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">That said... this is K-I-L-L-I-N-G me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">My interview for Dream Job was two and a half weeks ago. It's true that I have been told that I was recommended for the position, so perhaps my stress levels <em>are</em> higher than they ought to be but, as great as the recommendation is, I just <u>really</u> want the actual OFFER! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The good news of this is that I think my half-hearted patience may be paying off soon. I've been practically stalking the Principal... it's sounding hopeful! :)</span>Amy Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08456603621794676755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2231054296714232205.post-16129131604435161932010-06-08T15:56:00.000-07:002010-06-08T15:56:22.131-07:00Was für eine Woche!<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Note: If injuries gross you out... skip this entry!!</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What a week!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As promised, the family took the trek to Wetmore for fishing, grilling, and other fun on Saturday. When we arrived, the sisters and the boys had already started fishing. To get it over with, I immediately cast a line and, to everyone's disbelief, I got a bite! I caught a decent-sized bass. As you can see, the excitement did NOT distract me from the grossness of the fish and I refused to touch it.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After my good fortune, I decided to call fishing quits and go with E on her BFs ATV. After some beginner’s trouble, E let me try drive (note: I’d never been on this ATV before). Now, picture pasture that is overgrown…trees, uneven ground. I know better, right? Nope.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Not 20 feet into my little excursion, the seemingly even ground became drastically uneven. By the time I realized that I was headed towards a drop-off, I was there. I thought maybe if I tried to keep going it maybe could push through. I thought what the hell now? I had time to yell a few choice words as the ATV toppled over on E and me. Thanks to my guardian angels or whatever it may be, the ditch was deep enough that E and I fell to the bottom and the trees caught the ATV. I got out with one less shoe, sans sunglasses and hat but in one piece. As did E. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And after having the other three stitches taken out, I am happy to say I am finally able to type with both hands and do a few more tasks with my left hand again. Still a ways to go.. but it's looking much better!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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