It's been a while!

Wow I just realized that I have not been on here in a very long time! I have been super busy with school and work. Right now it is actually SPRING BREAK which is awesome! Unfortunately it is not much of a break since I will be working on portfolios and final projects for most of the week. I'm actually at Caribou right now working on lesson plans for my teaching movement class. Teaching art ended last week (yay!) and movement and music both end next week (YAY!). Then I have a couple more weeks of literacy, effective elementary, social studies, and science and then I am DONE with classes at Conccordia!!!! I can not WAIT to be done sitting in a classroom all day. I understand that we need to take these methods courses but it is just getting so old. I write so many lesson plans and plan so many units that I am ripping my hair out. I want to implement my ideas in a classroom to see what works and what doesn't. I am ready to move on.
Thankfully, I will be in a 4th, 5th, or 6th grade classroom for a month, starting right after Easter Break in April. I am so excited but also SO nervous. I want to do a great job but I know that there are going be a lot of challenges and I am going to make some mistakes. That is all part of it though. It is better to make mistakes and try things now rather than when I have my own class. It is also going to be a lot of work. I got an e-mail last week with the practicum handbook and we are required to do a lot. We have to plan 3-4 lessons a week plus do reflections and we have to be critiqued. I am nervous that my class won't listen to me or respect me. I am also worried that the lesson plans that I have worked so hard on will fail. My biggest fear is failure but that can't keep me from trying. I need to work through it, stay positive, and use all the great information that I have received so far in school.
I also applied to bar tend at my work. I basically applied because it would be nice to be able to do something more at work than just serve. If I bartend as well, I can pick up shifts in two different areas and have more bases covered. Also, if I get a new job or something, having both serving and bartending will help me out. I want to know liquor more as well, especially wine. I am interviewing for it next week and so is Zack which will be interesting but I will keep you posted!
As for this week, I am in an AWESOME mood. I love having this time to get things done. I am going to get a good chunk of projects done and just get my life organized. Zack and I are also celebrating our 1 year anniversary this weekend and I cannot wait for that!!! We are going out to dinner, then to a Timberwolves game on Saturday night followed by Brunch the next morning. I love spending time with him! Even if things don't go perfect, I know we will have fun and have great memories of it!
I am also getting closer to buying a car! I am waiting for one more tax return to come through and then I am going to keep saving a little more. I want a decent Corolla and I want to get it by my cousins birthday or else a little after that. I just feel like there are so many exciting and fun things coming up. PLUS it's almost spring :)
Back to homework!!!
More later everyone :)