Guess what.

An entry!

I know, I know. I have been MIA for awhile...and to be honest, the past two weeks have been a whirlwind. I feel like a different person. First off, I am gainfully employed in a very small NM town that shares a name with a transcendentalist. I am teaching 3rd grade and I could NOT BE more excited.

Right now, I am in Houston at the TFA institute. It is by far the most structured and intense experience that I have ever encountered. We wake up at about 5:50, take a shower, get dressed, grab a sack lunch by 7 am, wait for the bus in professional dress, go to our respective schools. We will start teaching next week, this week has been a crash course in learning theory, classroom management, effective techniques, etc. I truly believe that TFA can make a difference in the educational gap, and I am SO excited to be a part of such an amazing movement.

It sounds so cheesy, but I really am.

We get back from the school around 4:45, grab some dinner, have meeting and session until 10 where we then prepare for the next day. I am going to bed around 1 am and I wake up again at 5:50.

It is awesome.

The second day, I was waiting for my bus and noticed it was running late. I ask the bus coordinator what is going on--I missed the bus. I drive to the school and cried on the way over, but it all worked out...until the assisstant principal accused me of smoking in the bathroom. That was fun. Not. Got out of that, tried to find a Borders later to get a book...got lost in Houston.

It was a bad day. But all is well.

I have to get to bed, but I thought I owed it to the few people who are interested in my life:)

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