looking forward to the weekend!

I knew this semester would be hard, but I had no idea how tired I would be. I told Seth last night that I feel like all I do is run from one thing to the next. My days have started to look something like this...work, class, field placement, class, work, tennis, sleep. Nights when there aren't matches there always seems to be something else. Coaches meetings, faculty meetings, concession stand duties, or something else. I only come home at night to sleep. Poor Seth! Our fridge is empty and I am never home.

I'm not sure how much I will be able to update our blog over the next couple of months, especially because one of my teacher education requirements is to make 28 blog postings before December 14 on the issues of:

Studying Effective Teachers
Learning to Identify Allies
Practicing Democratic Principles
Developing Ways to Recharge my Battery
Taking My Education Seriously
Getting Political

So if you are bored and looking for a little heavier reading, check out the link to Sarah's TtT Blog, The Journey to Teaching. (TtT is the fancy shorthand for Transition to Teaching!)

I am looking forward to a weekend off from tennis. We have no matches until next Tuesday. I have some reading and studying to do this weekend, but that is all that is on my agenda. Oh besides celebrating Sheila's birthday this Saturday night! I hope all is well. If you have some energy to spare, send it my way!

Sarah

three weeks in...

I am three weeks into my tennis season. Two weeks into my classes. And right now I am exhausted. Thank goodness it is Friday. I love having Fridays off. In some ways it makes being so busy during the rest of the week bearable.

It has been strange being in classes again. I have reading to do in the evenings, field experiences to do in between classes, and I am already starting to think about my bigger projects for the semester. I have found myself to be more cynical and conservative than the younger students in my classes. I don't feel like I have the wide eyed optimism that so many of them do. I guess being out of school for three years will do that to you.

Still it is good. It is exciting to be reading and spending time in classrooms. My field experience at Goshen Middle School is going to be really good for me. I forget what regular schools are like after spending so much time at Bethany.

Tennis season has been a challenge. We have a very young team and while we have talent, we have not won a match yet. I did get a midweek boast when we added another player from Ethiopia. She will definitely help us. I have to keep reminding myself that it is a rebuilding year. We'll get a win soon!