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[Jul. 6th, 2008|04:09 pm] |
i need addresses to send post cards.
email me at:
andrea.c.garrett@gmail.com.
having a good time--au revoir! |
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[Jun. 24th, 2008|10:34 pm] |
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My boobs hurt and that means I am going to get my period, in case that wasn't clear. Ha ha. How lovely, my period on the plane. How lovely, my period on my first few days of my trip! Yay body!! Love you.
I leave from Sacramento to San Jose tomorrow. I will spend a few hours with Rommel and then spending the night at Narineh's house. She's awesome and is driving me to the airport at 430 in the morning!!
I don't feel ready yet, but I know I will once I am on that plane!!
6 weeks is such a long time! I am going to miss people sooooooo much!!!
OH! One of the girls on the missions trip is also going 2 days early so I will have somebody to spend time with while in Frankfurt!!! I won't have to be alone!!! |
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[Jun. 23rd, 2008|09:09 pm] |
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Um, I leave fore France in 2 freaking days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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[Jun. 17th, 2008|02:54 pm] |
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hair dyed and cut. ha ha--most people wouldn't notice a difference I'm sure.
no picture because i have misplaced the uploading cord for my camera during one of my "moves."
hi!
my brother has an interview for a new job tomorrow! He's been at this current place for over 3 years and it's not really going any where, so I hope he gets this one.
my to-do list before France is not getting done fast enough, and I still have 7 books to read out of. Luckily I only have to read chapters out of each one instead of the whole thing, but I have got to stop procrastinating. I Have like 9 days until I leave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess i'll need to read a book a day from now until then.
La la la. la la la.
Going to get my bridesmaid dress tonight--tomorrow Narineh is coming with her mom to see the State library--Thursday is Rommel's surprise birthday dinner--Friday is . . . well that's enough to look forward to at the moment! Hee hee. |
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[Jun. 14th, 2008|11:04 pm] |
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I haven't kept may people informed in the last 8days, have I?
Ha ha.
well, I got over my initial disappointment and guilt over the way my first year as a teacher went, and that has been replaced by my excitement for next year and all the things I plan to change and implement and discover with my students. Teacher work week went well: I got everything done on time and I was able to spend time with my co-workers for a change because my boss kept treating us out for lunch. I also had my year's end evaluation and it went great--I am getting a raise!
On Thursday, I officially moved out of Beth's house and am back at my parents' house in Sacramento. My baby cousin (19 years old) graduated high school, so I spent a lot of time with her and the rest of her family for a change. Katie, the older one, asked me to be in her wedding which is in September, so we have an appt on Tuesday to get that done. Dress #4. Haven't seen it yet, but sounds nice.
Today we all converged as a family in RWC to visit my grandpa for fathers day--it was lovely for a change. Good conversation, little tension, and my uncle was actually there. He's been boycotting family functions for the last 4 years, so I've barely seen him.
So now, I will be in Sac for 3 days, but then will be in SJ for church related stuff for 4 days. Then, I will be in Sac for 3 days, before I head to the Bay Area again so that my friend can drive me to SFO at 4am on Thursday to catch my 7am flight to EUROPE!!! Ah, and then I will be there for 6 weeks before I resume my crazy life as a nomadic teacher in the Bay Area. Ha ha--weeeee!
I have so much to do in the next 11 days, it's crazy. Too tired to figure it all out and when to do it. Maybe tomorrow.
Speaking of, it's Father's Day. |
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[Jun. 6th, 2008|02:56 pm] |
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Over?
my last day of school is over, yet I don't feel excited.
Maybe after graduation. |
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[Jun. 4th, 2008|10:43 pm] |
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[Jun. 3rd, 2008|10:22 am] |
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got through a decent morning. the 8th grade speeches are coming along nicely. |
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[Jun. 2nd, 2008|09:27 pm] |
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tonight we gave a grad banquet for my 8th grade class as part of a new tradition at the school. The parents put together the dinner and my boss gave a super encouraging speech about the kids. Then he opened up the floor for the parents and teachers to speak inspirational things to the kids. It was actually pretty neat and I hop the kids took what everyone said to their hearts because everyone said very encouraging things.
3.5 days left
The count down isn't about getting rid of them, but it is about getting rid of having them in class and getting rid of my first year teaching. I wish the two were not combined.
I got several compliments and thanks from the parents tonight and that was very special to me because it reminds me that I have not failed as much as I think I have.
IN JESUS' NAME, NOTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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[Jun. 2nd, 2008|03:08 pm] |
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something awful is going to happen. awful awful.
this week is going to end badly. i know it.
3.5 days left, but there is so much that can happen in 3.5 days.
I'm scared because I am a shitty teacher when I am with 8th grade. I am shitty because I lack confidence in myself. I lack confidence in myself because I let the things the kids say or do affect me personally and professionally. I let things they say affect me so much because deep down inside I believe every negative thing possible about myself.
Why I believe such things about myself is beyond me because it violates my convictions about human beings in general and with the teachings of Jesus Christ and thus my faith.
I'm not sure what it is going to take for me to accept my mistakes and see myself as others see me. |
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[Jun. 2nd, 2008|10:25 am] |
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4.5 days. 4.5 days. 4.5. 4.5. 4.5. 4.5.4.5 |
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[Jun. 1st, 2008|11:03 pm] |
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cofee. |
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[Jun. 1st, 2008|12:47 pm] |
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Since graduating high school in 2001, I have moved more than 10 times.
Redwood City--> Markham Hall, SJSU-->Redwood City-->JoeWest Hall, SJSU-->Sacramento-->Washbirn Hall, SJSU-->1st apt, Villa Torino, in San Jose-->2nd apt, Paseo Plaza, in San Jose-->Sacramento-->3rd apt in SJ-->Sacramento-->3 different houses in Redwood City while waiting for a place to move to in the Bay Area-->Belmont Terrace in Belmont-->Beth's house in RWC for the month.
and I'm not done.
When the school year ends, I will move back to Sacramento with my parents for 10 days before I head to France for 6 weeks on a missions trip. When I get back, I will live in Sac until I find new place to live in the Bay Area at the start of the new school year.
crazy much?
I do wish I can live somewhere for more than a year someday!
I don't want an ordinary life, but can't I have an amazing life and still not have to move so much? |
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[May. 29th, 2008|09:45 pm] |
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today was the first day in the last 2 weeks that I did not go straight home form work and go to sleep. How normal of me. |
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[May. 28th, 2008|02:31 pm] |
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the church has been remodeling the sanctuary for many months and is nearing completion, so today we had the weekly school assembly in the Sanctuary for the first time in 2008. THE COLOR SCHEME MAKES ME WANT TO VOMIT. Puke-lime green with a black ceiling and carpet. Ew.
The new chairs haven't come in so there are rows and rows of BLUE chairs in the room, which simply do not go with the puke green. And some of the rooms on the side have not been painted yet so they are still mauve so when the doors of those rooms are open the mauve and the lime green are seen side by side for an extra special kind of VOMIT reaction. yay.
I don't think I could ever go to a church that looked like that on the inside--BLAH--but still have to go in there for chapel each week! Maybe by the end of the summer it will be finished and will look 100x better. |
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[May. 27th, 2008|02:14 pm] |
Oh, and I wanted to mention . . .
Today we took the 7th and 8th grade to go see a movie at the theatre down the street. All the kids sat in the back row, which is fine because that is what teenagers do.
But some idiot lady decided to sit in the row right in front of them even though most of the theatre was empty
. What was she thinking sitting in front of 16 junior high kids? ???Of course they are going to talk and of course they're going to be obnoxious. That is what teenagers do.
So she got pissed at me, of course, and I felt bad that my kids were too loud for her, but HONESTLY they were being good for them. There was no throwing of food, no kicking chairs, no shouting things. All they did was talk to each other, and except for a few times I couldn't even hear it.
I really wish she hadn't have sat there because I wound up being so stressed about every little noise the kids made and had to keep shushing them. And yeah, I know it's rude to talk in movies, but they weren't even that loud or obnoxious.
My advice for sitting near junior high kids in a movie theatre is DON'T. |
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[May. 27th, 2008|02:12 pm] |
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oops, i haven't graded any papers in the last 2 weeks. I am so screwed. |
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[May. 24th, 2008|11:05 pm] |
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plans for something new and different activated. |
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[May. 24th, 2008|04:18 pm] |
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i hate teaching this 8th grade class so much. HATE IT. trying not to say hate them, because outside of school i love them, but at school I hate them. YUCK.
i want to be all-loving, but they are asshole kids who treat me like shit. TOTAL SHIT.
SHIT SHIT SHIT.
i'm in a slightly fowl mood because my mom and i just sat and bitched about all the shitty things our students do and say.
my parents had their 31st wedding anniversary this week.
oh, oops, forgot to tell my parents i was coming this weekend. i was home for an hour before my mom saw me and it took her a full minute starring at me to register that i was there. it was amusing.
it's rainy this weekend, but it's kinda muggy and warm. weird. rain makes me gloomy but at least i'm not cold.
have head ache though.
want good, juicy book to read.
13 days until the school year is over. only 8.5 of those are at school. sweet. |
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[May. 21st, 2008|12:02 pm] |
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almost passed out from the pain during class.
took pain killers so should be able to function soon. I HOPE. |
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