so little to do, so much time….wait

• Spanish test (p.s. don’t actually speak spanish…..)
• learn Spanish
• revamp syllabus
• read readings i will be making students read :)
• write novel (finishing or at least making a good dent into at least one would feel nice
• start packing
• clean house
• get passport (who knew they were so expensive)
• pray for scholarship
• dishes
• sell mini fridge

you might be wondering if i’m looking for some kind of sympathy or something. i’m not. this post isn’t necessarily for my readers. …all 3 of you… it’s more or less so i have a concrete list SOMEWHERE that doesn’t get lost. if there’s anything i’m better at doing than crossing things off my list, it’s losing the list entirely. :) we all have our talents, right?

i’ve been thinking a lot about Korea. I’m really excited to go, and also really nervous. i know i’ll hopefully be less nervous after teaching English 101, but i’m pretty nervous about that so i guess it’s maybe paying a sense homage or whatever it’s called when you pay some first to take off what you pay later……and they’re trusting me to teach english…

i love my job as a tutor. yeah, student’s sort of depend on us for their grades, but they also don’t. we can only help so much, the rest is up to them. as a teacher i’ll hold their grades in my hands (my hands aren’t very big…)

overall, i’m not really sure what this blog is supposed to be about…i guess i just needed to write. i need a set schedule that puts writing in there. and yoga, i miss yoga.

all right over and out

a little holiday spirit

ever been in the middle of July and find yourself yearning for December? Well, maybe not. But every year i crave December. it’s my favorite month (not because it’s right before my birthday month). i love the rain, the general chilliness of the whole month combined with the warmth from all those wonderful things like good will toward man, yuletide and the emphasis that Christ loves us.

What brought this on? I listen to Taylor Swift when I cook, and I have her Christmas cd. Anyway this song came on and i found myself in desperate need of December. But then i realized i can have December all the time; yeah it’s cheesy, but tell me how the world could possibly be a worse place because one person decides to show charity, kindness and love for her fellow man year round rather than for a few months of the year?

Take a challenge. Keep your Christmas—your Christmas—with you all year. Even on these hot July days.

....school's in....

and i'm not looking forward to it at all. Usually i'm pretty stoked for school, but since i don't have (and don't really want) any English classes this term, i'm not really excited. In fact, because i ONLY have Spanish 201 and i'll let you in on a little secret...i don't speak spanish.

“I was just sitting in the U-bend thinking about death…”

so I was sitting here working on my syllabus, and (naturally) I got distracted. My wonderful friend had just posted something new on her blog and I found myself reading all the blogs she followed. and i found myself thinking about death. It’s not a particularly warm topic but I find that I’m moved by it. Well I guess that makes sense.
Jake and I have talked about what we’d do if one of us died (heaven forbid, knock on wood, throw salt over your shoulder and all that other stuff). I know we talked about it, but thinking about it right now, I don’t know what I’d do. I told jake he’s not allowed to die until after I do. That’s the deal. I have a lot I want to say, but I feel like the words aren’t quite ready yet….

polo

i'm loving playing. i wish it wasn't ending next week. i also found out that i can play in the games. i thought i wasn't going to be able to because i'm 21 and most of these kids (yes kids) are still in either middle school or high school. i DO have to keep reminding myself not to compare myself to them because 1. they're in way better shape than i am and 2. i'm only here to help them become better players. As long as i keep that in mind i'm good. I still have plenty of stupid moments when i'm playing and i throw the ball and think "Who the heck was i throwing to?" i am afraid that some of the other girls will see me and my arm having a disagreement and decide i'm not good enough to pass the ball to. We'll see. so far so good. i've discovered that if i think too much about it, that's when i screw up. when i let my instincts play for me, then i usually do pretty well. Anyway, that's the update on polo. :)

more books!

So I've read Dracula by Bram Stoker (phenomenally good by the way. Extra super creepy!) I've also read Ender's Game and Ender in Exile both by Orson Scott Card (i really liked Ender's Game and Ender in Exile was ok, but i thought the ending was kind of stupid...Jake says there's probably more in the series, but I'm too lazy to find out. ;)

Book Review

 Life’s a Beach by Claire Cook

so i got this book from Amazon for my kindle…for free.At first i was kinda ify. when i started reading it, i found out it was about this 41 year-old woman named Ginger and it was in first person. i have no issues with first-person novels, but i wasn’t really sure i was—as a recently married 21 year-old—interested in the life of a single 41 year-old. Anyway, the longer i read the more i realized she was about 23 at heart. 23 i can totally relate to :)

 

Basically the book was a blast. it’s about a woman who’s come to a point in her life where she’s asking “where the hell have i been for 41 years!?” and then figures some things out. it was pretty funny [i love Ginger’s sense of humor] and her family is quite the hoot—even her slightly irritating older sister, Geri.

3.5 stars out of 5 :)