[	mood	|	tired	]
[	music	|	"Written in Red"--I sang it with my church's choir Sunday	]

Well, my grandmother did fine as far as the surgery goes, but she's had a few bad nausea spells.  I had to take her to the emergency room last night and didn't get home until after 11 p.m.  I just pray that everything is okay.  I was glad that I had fairly easy classes today, because I was not only tired but worried.  I got off work early to pick her up, but when I got home, she had already left with my grandfather.  Oh well.

I'm very excited for my school's one-act play team--they advanced to the next level of competition!!  I know they were excited, because they beat out a team that is known for their drama department.  They have their next competition this Thursday, and I hope they do well.

Well, I better get going--I've got to check my email and get my notes for Julius Caesar ready so I can teach tomorrow.  Take care!

[	mood	|	relieved	]
[	music	|	"Break Away" by Kelly Clarkson	]

Wow, what a day!  It was my first day back from Spring Break, and my grandmother had gall bladder surgery.  After having my long day (I've got two freshmen classes), I drove to the hospital and stayed there until 8:30.  I've still got papers to grade, which is going to take me awhile, so I don't think I'm going to get much sleep, but it's okay.

My grandmother is recovering well.  She was able to eat solid food for dinner, and she's getting around pretty well for someone who had 4 incisions made in her torso.  Of course, she's a feisty old lady.

Other than that, nothing much else going on here.  My sophomores are dressing up in togas for extra credit tomorrow, so I need to get my camera ready.  My English II classes are starting in on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and my English I class is doing Romeo and Juliet, so I'm being enundated with Shakespeare this six weeks.  But I'm cool with that, because I'm a big fan of the Bard, and I have come to appreciate him even more as I grow older.  Unfortunately, it's hard for kids to get into it, and in order to grab their attention, I need to bring out some of the more sexual aspects of the literature and still manage to keep it clean.  It seems that most of my students's hormones are berserk.  I'm glad I was never like that in high school!!!

Well, I better get to grading.  I hope all that are reading this are doing just fine.

P.S.  How about that American Idol controversy with Mario Vasquez stepping out of the competition?!  I have believed ever since last season that the show is rigged, and I pegged him to be the winner this season--after all, we've had a white female, black male, black female, so they needed a Hispanic male to win this time.  He says he dropped out because of family problems, his family says there are no problems.  I bet he was told that he would win the competition, and he decided to drop out.  But that's my theory.

[	mood	|	thankful	]
[	music	|	"Don't Tell Me"--Avril Lavigne/"Average Girl"--Barlowgirl	]

Yeah, I know, long time no type!  Well, I've been busy.  Last fall I did my student teaching and then graduated Cum Laude in December--woo-hoo!!  Now I'm teaching English I and II at my old high school.  I have my up days and down days.  I have found that being one of the "honors kids" back in high school proves as a disadvantage when teaching regular students.  But God is getting me through this, and I'm hanging in there.

Personally, life's going fairly well.  I'm teaching a 3rd and 4th grade Sunday School class.  Romantically, things have been strange.  Things got weird between myself and a guy that I know, but he has shown that he was never truly interested in me--he just wanted someone to "hold him over" until he found another girl, which can really make a person feel like crap.  But I thank God for showing me what he's really like, because this guy is ending up being like another version of an ex.  Speaking of exes, I ran into mine while working.  He's subbing in the school district that I work for, and he stopped by one day to say he was proud of me and such.  It was weird, but it went better than I could ever expect.

Well, I better let you go.  I'm going to enjoy my spring break and read a little bit.  BTW, if you read the Left Behind series, check out the latest installment:  The Rising.  It's one of my favorites from the series.  I finished it in 2 days, staying up until 2 in the morning to finish it!  Great stuff!

[	mood	|	jubilant	]
[	music	|	Friends rerun	]

Nabbed from tipsytheturtle

Some of it is correct, some isn't, but oh well.  If you want to check it out, go here Belief-O-Matic

[	mood	|	happy	]
[	music	|	Everybody Loves Raymond	]

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[	mood	|	hyper	]
[	music	|	"Don't Call Me Baby"--Madison Ave. (gotta love Launch.com!)	]

WARNING:  If you're a guy that doesn't feel comfortable about a female explaining her natural problems, go no farther.  Just suffice it to say that I was going through something that was affecting my mood.  For the rest of my post, just scroll down until you can return to the post.  Trust me, you'll know when it's safe.

Okay, for those who wish to bear through my TMI explanation, here goes.  In case you haven't noticed, at least once a month I go a little weird.  Well, that's me PMSing, and when I'm going through that, I'm usually one of three moods:  happy, depressed, or b*tchy.  That's just the way it is.  Usually I go through this about a week before my time of month, but this month it was way late--it started the night before my period, so instead of getting out about a week before hand, I'm sorta PMSing while I'm going through the M.  So, yeah, that constitutes for my mood yesterday.

OKAY, YOU CAN RETURN TO THE REGULAR POST

Obviously I'm feeling much better today.  Handbell choir is having their "concert" tonight, so it should be fun.  Yay!  But it's going to be sad, because it just signifies another end to a part of my on-campus living experience.  My small group is having a bit of a "formal" Wednesday, where we're going to dress up and have a nice dinner with lots of candles and nice music and such.  I already know I'm going to cry.

As far as finals are concerned, to my knowledge I'm taking three, but I'll find out this coming week if I'll have two of those three or not.  After this semester, it'll be nice to have only one final.  Plus it'll give me time to pack.

Well, I'm going to take a quick quiz that I found in my friend's lj, then I'm going to get back to reading A Passage to India like I'm supposed to.

[	mood	|	happy	]
[	music	|	"CrazyBeautiful" by Hanson (yes, I listen to them)	]

So, what's been going on in the life of me? A lot, but it's just school stuff. I had a qualifying exam for the TExES Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities 8-12 (that's the certification exam for teachers here in Texas) this morning, and I think okay today. They're supposed to have the results posted by 5 today, so maybe I'll be back on later with my results.

What else, well, after I took the test I went to the computer lab and created the Powerpoint presentation for my suicide prevention presentation on Wednesday, and I actually finished it. I was looking up some graphics on Google for my presentation, and some of that stuff was really disturbing! Quite graphic, and no, I didn't use any of the graphic ones for my slide show. It's bad enough that mine's going to be the depressing one of the bunch. ::lol::

And either later on this afternoon or sometime tomorrow I'm going to stop by a bookstore and look at their graduation packages, so it should be fun. I'm getting very excited about the big day. Well, I'm going to relax my brain a bit. Have an awesome day! :)

[	mood	|	awake	]
[	music	|	"Sweet Misery" by Michelle Branch	]

Well, I'm feeling better--thanks so much Rox and Josh! Y'all rock! Anyway, nothing much has happened. I've been busy with school; I'm nervous because I'm teaching Friday. ::eek:: But it's okay, I know I'll be okay. God's going to be with me and taking care of me. I am teaching Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," so that should be fun, especially teaching a class that goes to lunch right after. ::lol:: Am I evil? No, but slightly sadistic maybe. And then Monday I teach again, but that time it will be John Keat's poem "La Belle Dame Sans Merci." And then I'm through with my field experiences.

I presented my short story to my Advanced Writing class yesterday, and thankfully things went smoothly. I didn't know how it would be taken because it's a Christian story, and to tell you the truth, I thought the prof would really go down on the piece because most of his works dealing with Christianity are mocking it. And really the only thing that had been said was from the class as a whole, and that was that I needed to add more physical description. So I can deal with that. :)

Finally reconnected with my friend Ashley from my 2002 mission trip; she's doing really well it seems. She's graduating with her associate's degree this May and transferring to another university. Keith, her fiance, moved down to Mission, where she lives, and they will be getting married down there in September. I won't be able to make, but I hope to at least send a card or something.

On the news of another friend's wedding, it looks like I'll be able to participate in all the festivities of Katrina's wedding. It looks like I won't need to be on campus until a week or two after the wedding will take place, so I'm quite happy.

Well, small group is tonight as well as my small group's softball game, so I better get going. But before I go, I've got to stick a tape in to record Smallville and Angel tonight. It's about dag time for some new eps, and thank goodness, there will be tonight!!!!!