CSC Video

Wah...I just spoke with Jan from the Developmental Studies Center and we spoke about the details of their video taping visit. It's so weird to think my class will be on some crazy CD-ROM. So this is what it's like to have a good class that follows directions...you become some sort of a model room...hehe...who knew! =) So, we do a discussion about the lesson content Monday, then Jan and the CSC program creator will observe us in a practice run before the actual taping. The CD will be used for sales of the CSC program and for staff development in other schools implementing the CSC program. So suddenly, I am now part of some crazy sales pitch ;)...or just a sucker getting ready to fail miserably! I hated watching myself in student teaching...ewww...hopefully they get none of me and a whole lot of my kids =).

snowboarding

woohooo!!!!! =) I finally made it to the mountain! =) Omg, I'm so happy =). lol...it's been 3 years...almost 4 since I've but my feet into snowboots and slipped on those warm pants. *sigh* While I still am an oober clutzoid when it comes to getting off the lift (meaning I fall all over myself and then scurry out of the way) I have improved my travel time down the mountain! =)

Here are the highlights =) :
* In the "which will have more snow time" competition...board vs. ass...my board won this time!
* I graduated to the intermediate slope! Haha...it's a great ride up and the snow higher up is beautiful, that's right, powder =). I felt like I was flying! My first run down though, I was doing well, with no falls and nearly at the bottom of the trail when suddenly a guy comes out of nowhere and stops in front of quickly moving lisa! Albeit, this is just after I decided to allow myself to try some momentum, hehe, bad choice...I tried hopelessly to turn in time, but the edge of my board clipped the edge of his board and I landed on my face tumbling 3 times over. He apologized and kept going. Haha, that must have been a sight to see, I think that was my best fall all day...I did eat it quite a few times though, once in some icy mud too! hehe
* It wasn't too crowded, the weather was warm so the ice melted and I didn't need chains, we rented from a small place in Wrightwood and didn't have to wait in line, a nice guy on the slope helped us with some basics, my snow pants still fit (hehe), and it reminded me of how much fun snowboarding is...I'm not feeling pain like before haha!

Ironic situations, are things just meant to be?

Hehe...yes, that's right, the irony of a situation can always make a person turn their head and say hmmmm. And then ask, why? Yesterday, I ended up home alone with my television and watched the entire 4 episodes of "Lost" my sister taped for me and made X-mas bracelets. That's right, despite the fact that nearly everyone I knew had plans yesterday night, I ended up being part of none of them. See, at first, I wasn't sure what to do, there were too many choices and I had to choose wisely, although when there are too many choices, that's a sign to walk away!! Disappointment is sure to follow no matter which choice you choose! Unless, you can find only the great points within the choice that you made =). hehe...I'm no longer making sense =).

Firehouse...cute firemen...dinner...dessert....chatting. Not for me, although very tempting ;).

Boys II Men in concert at the HOB...w/good friend and boyfriend. Not for me, can't get in the way of true love!


TV taping...partial Mokroopal. Promising, although long drive and sick Mokroopal =(, poor thing.

Drinks! My kind of night...but not when I'm driving.

Time with the family...almost, but I will see them tomorrow.

The irony is, for everytime I thought too much about something, it didn't happen. Hehe...at one point, I almost called a gal pal to go dancing! Wah! What was I thinking?!?! Don't worry...I came to my senses and realized things worked out for a reason, not every Friday night needs to be spent out. Not every Friday night needs to involve spending money or drinking or going crazy. Not every Friday night needs to involve people. Some Friday nights are best spent at home curled up by the TV watching some long awaited episodes of an awesome show =). So, hopefully another oddly ironic situation will arise and enlighten me ;).

Freedom! =)

Hehe...how terrible it sounds that I'm so excited to be free from my classroom obligations, but I am. It's not that I don't absolutely love my students, because I do. Every one of them will always hold a special place in my heart...but...it's nice not having to stress about the days lesson, the homework, the tears, the drama, the arguing, the talking, and the responsibility.

I got to my math training today and while I'm exhausted now still attempting to get my homework finished...I'm really glad I signed up. It turns out this is a fabulous training and we get free goodies everyday that will help us in the classroom. Today I got a box of 72 foam dice, a patterns in algebra workbook, and a new National Council of Mathematics Standards book! Hooray for free goodies! =) I get paid for being there, plus we get breakfast and lunch! =) hehe I do have to work for the goodies though, I don't think I've done so much critical thinking in math in quite a long time! I haven't taken a math course in years!!!

Thanks to the Mokroopals, I celebrated on a wonderful Friday at the Yard House. Thanks to Rodel for driving...and albert for driving me home...*sigh* I was able to drink 2 glasses of cider! yes...I was very very happy. We should all be allowed to feel that excited every now and a again ;).
Saturday I bailed on Tumy and her clubbing invitation *sorry Tumy =(* and went to a nice calm dinner with Nadine instead. *sigh* I never know if my decisions are the right ones...I might have enjoyed my night better had I not bailed and actually went out with Tumy and her very nice friends. Sarah, the other teacher who had planned to go never showed and so it was just going to be Nadine and I...or not...she informed me when the doorbell rang that her "friend" Brad was coming along. Oh no, if she let me know before I left the apartment...I could have bailed but instead, I went along feeling like a 3rd wheel...I HATE being the 3rd wheel! All in all, he was a very nice guy and even bought my drink b/c I voluteered to be the designated driver. The two of them would have acted quite differently though had I not been there to rain on their parade. *sigh* Plus...they're both in their 30's! hehe...I must have looked like a little sister or something! hehe It was good eats and a good experience though.

Hanging out with other people really makes me appreciate the wonderfulness and the stability of the oober great Mokroopals ;). Your best friends are titled that for a reason...they'll always be there for you and will always remind you of who you really are =).

Hooray for freedom =).