Thanksgiving

Well, its thanksgiving. . . . This year I'm thankful for

• 5 days off from school
• My health and strength
• That God continues to bless me and my family

I celebrated with a bbq and quiet time at home. I hope all my friends are having a wonderful holiday.

Posting

I thought I was really going to be dedicated to this. . . posting you and telling you about teaching a second year. However, I haven't been. I'm too busy. A typical day includes getting up between 5 am and 6. Arriving at school around 630. Xeroxing my lessons for the day, jumping into my lessons for World History and Practical Law. At the end of the school day, I run around taking care of cheer business until cheer practice. We practice or go to gymnastics or a game. . . some nights I have to go to class. Usually, I get home sometime between 7pm and 10pm. Then I eat something and go to sleep and start all over again. I had hoped that I would be a better teacher this year, but sometimes I begin to wonder if I'm doing to much. But I'm young, single and have nothing else but work.. . . .

I saw the Oprah show today and it was about the movie the Pursuit of Happyness. It inspired me to say the least. I want to be the best at whatever I do. I literally want to be the best teacher possible. Its not about the money, its about doing a job that you love and doing it well and affecting someone else's life. So maybe I should move on to researching being the best teacher. I really wish I had spent the summer doing that.

I feel like I'm doing okay as the sponsor/advisor to cheer team. We went to state and won 3rd place in the Large Varsity competition. However, there were only 4 teams in our division. I feel good about this because it means that we were NOT last. I am proud of my girls and how hard they worked for this.