Once upon a time, November seemed really far away. But, here we are over halfway through November already! It is super crazy how time can seem to be moving so quickly, but so slowly at the same time. But perhaps that's because I'm a bit of an impatient person. It is moving super quickly in that I have so much that I need to do and I feel like there is never enough time to do it. But then again, can you believe that it's already NOVEMBER? It's only 37 days until Christmas, which is just enough time to get all excited and ready for it. But, before Christmas I have so very much to do, including: finishing out my last semester at UVU (projects, portfolios, evaluations, the works), one final teaching evaluation by my intern coach, teaching my students a song for the school Christmas program, having my students make a Christmas craft to give to their families as a gift the night of the Christmas concert, planning games for our faculty Christmas party, not to mention trying to teach my kids all the material for math second term so we can take the district test BEFORE they go on Christmas break where they would forgot all the math they had learned due to sugar and presents and fun overload. (I know, that was a terribly long Christmas and not grammatically correct, but since this is not a paper or anything formal for that matter, I feel like I can do as I please. :) ).
One funny story that happened a couple of weeks ago in class: We were watching The Magic School Bus and one of my students pipes up and says, "Miss Hansen, these are really old!" To which I responded that they were kind of old. He then said, "Yeah, I used to watch them when I was a kid." So, apparently being a "kid" is now redefined as being under the age of 7. (I just have to add a little disclaimer that this is the first time that I have shown my kids The Magic School Bus or any longish movie. But, my elbow started to hurt almost as soon as I got to school and I was without painkiller--what a great start to my Friday! I was just going to try to tough it out, but it kept hurting all day, and I was starting to feel kind of icky. On top of that, one of my girls sprayed perfume of sorts in the classroom, and it gave me a headache. So, on my lunch break, I went to the office and begged--okay I just asked-- for some painkiller. My request was satisfied with some tylenol, and I went back to work. But, my energy was kind of low, so we just watched Magic School Bus, and it was great! The kids loved it, and I think they learned something too, which is an added bonus!)
That is about all I have to say, other than I am super excited for this week to be over, as cynical as that sounds, because I am super excited for a break! And, what else could you ask for in a break other than spending time with friends and family, eating great food, relaxing, and playing some games! Sounds pretty wonderful to me!
Well adios, y'all!
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