Klassenzimmer

I think my classroom is about 98.9% finished finally!  When I walk in the door now, it feels like MY classroom -- not the German room.  As much as I do not want summer to end, I'm very excited!  

I am always well intentioned about taking before and after pictures but I'm usually soo gung-ho, I start working and halfway through stop and think, OH CRAP!  So... here are my after pictures.  Use your imagination-- the before pictures were dated, torn posters and lots of stuff everywhere.   

My awesome curtains-- Thanks Andrea!

Super cute little skirt for storage.. again, Thanks Andrea!!

Hopefully, there will be a German calendar to fill that empty spot!

The only storage in the room! (Before I came along, anyway.)

Big News

I got some big news today-- my teaching load for next year.  I will be teaching 2 classes of German I, a German II, and a German III/IV, as well as 2 classes of Junior English!  Yikes.  I'm excited to know and very, VERY anxious to begin.  Do I really know what I'm doing?  Let's hope.


I'll be heading into the Halls of Troy later this week to begin getting my classroom Amy-fied.  Very excited for that!! Pics to come!

Lame.

I'm sure you've noticed the new blog look.  


I don't like it.   I don't do well with change.  I was bored and messed with it... accidentally hit saved.  Panic.  Too late.  Oh, and they no longer have my previous layout.  Suh-weet.  


So, I guess we'll get used to it.


Tomorrow is my last day at the Office.  Again.  This time-- FOREVER.  I refuse to walk back into that place as an employee ever. a.gain.  End of story. 

Endlich ist alles in Ordnung!

Well, my joyful post has, at long last, arrived!

Amerikanisches Girl is officially a German and English teacher!! At Dream school nonetheless!! ::insert monumental sigh of relief::

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!!

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?

If you say “no,” you’re a liar.

When did summer stop feeling so long? Didn’t I only just graduate?! Crap.

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!!

I hope you’re all well!!

and so I wait...

It's been far to long between posts this summer. I've been a bad blogger.  Sorry!

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 not 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. 

That said... this is K-I-L-L-I-N-G me!

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 are higher than they ought to be but, as great as the recommendation is, I just really want the actual OFFER! 

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!  :)

Was für eine Woche!

Note:  If injuries gross you out... skip this entry!!

What a week!

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.

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.

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.  

As E and I went to get her BF, I realized my wrist was slit open.  Thank God for shock.. it didn't hurt right away!!  I spent 2 hours in the Holton Emergency Room -- occupying one of its two beds.  After ungodly pain, I received 4 stitches and lots of antibiotics.  Another trip to Holton later that evening gained me some pain meds -- yay!  

I was too much in pain and too grossed out to snap any pictures right away but here is how it looked after having one of the stitches taken out Tuesday.  

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!!

ich bin noch hier!

I typed this up a week or so ago… forgot to hit post! So here goes.

Second week of working full time at The Office has begun. Just as I returned, I was told that one of my favorite people of all time was being forced to resign from The Office. Basically, a load of scheiβe. So, the week is to be filled with some of the best downtown lunch places.

Mrs. Grey House will be very much missed.

Day one back at The Office, one of my other favorite (much less authentically) employees of The Office told me, in not so many words, that I wouldn’t be able to do my job as well as the girl training me. Aw, shucks. How sweet. As Mrs. Gray House would say, what a c-unit. On the contrary, however, I am becoming numb. My brain is slowly being destroyed by insultingly mundane tasks and constant SITTING STILL. My 16 weeks at THS made me very much accustomed to talking loudly all day and moving around whenever and almost whenever I pleased. Welcome back desk and chair. My back and butt have NOT missed you.

So, now that The Office will have an eerie silence to it, I’m not sure what to do. Although, I am increasingly confident that I will never, under no circumstances, remain in The Office after this summer and I will always think politics are a joke.

And from today:


Things are slightly better than I had begun to suspect they would be here at The Office. Although, I’d be lying if I said that auditing and bank reports made much sense to me. How does one calculate half of this stuff anyway? First, please translate into layman’s English and then get back to me! What a mess. It would be awful if they were audited on-site and found to be perfectly fine… that I was the one without a brain and beyond incompetent!!

My job hunt is entirely fruitless and insanely frustrating. I still have received ZERO phone calls requesting interviews. One school district made calls about me but big whoop. They never even got to me. My German job at THS is still open. I keep hoping THAT one will come through. It’s the ONE I really want. SO SEHR! Drückt ihr die Daumen, bitte.

The Family is headed to Wetmore, Kansas this weekend. Look out for fascinating photos of…. vast nothingness. I mean, really? The Bro-in-law and other sister are super excited about fishing. Actually, both sisters and the bro-in-law have shiny, new fishing poles and mein Vater bought a net. Really? That’s all I have to say. I’m taking a book. Yes, I’m sure I’ll give in to peer pressure (does anyone actually not give in to peer pressure?) and fish a bit, but don’t you worry. I’m still me—I won’t enjoy it!!