... Because my life is mega-routine lately and there are moments throughout my day when I can do nothing but grit my teeth in agony at the lack of freedom and choice I am experiencing... I somehow deemed it wise to waste a solid twenty minutes of my free time (a.k.a. precious homework time) to dink around on Blogger trying to cause a satisfactory level of change (or - unroutined joy) in my life.
I guess this is the result... I wish, however, that I wasn't so confined to using their layouts. What if I just don't want a sidebar because I'd rather my text span out more across the page? What if I wanted some cool border on the top so it doesn't look so funny? What if... what if... what if I'm just going crazy because I can't do things the way I want to do them!?!
Alrite. So that was a preview of me heading towards insanity. It happened tonight when I was working out too - I all of a sudden just felt really crabby. Like... irrevocably crabby. The crabbiness that reaches the point of you no longer being able to control whether or not you step out of that crabby. And heck, I don't know... maybe it's due to all of the CLASSES I have been sitting through. Or all of the READING I have been doing. Or all of the DRIVING back and forth and back and forth that has been occuring the past two weeks.
Either way... two more days... and the excessive, free-time-ruining, draining routine of Student Teaching AND Middle School Methods courses will be over.
And I will get to focus solely on those junior high kids - whom, I happen to really ENJOY.
I taught two lessons today and they went pretty well. Compound sentences, ink blot test reflections, and funny IQ tests to preview for our upcoming novella. All highly important skills in the life of a middle schooler. : )
Well... night 'routine' is calling. . . I think I've dodged her for too long already. Enjoy your Wednesday evening.
: ) Great. Simple. Love it!
ReplyDeleteJust ONE more day now! I bet you'll enjoy this Friday more than any Friday lately! Wish we could make it even better with some Italian or Stir Fry. Dressing Up. and Going Out. Hold that thought for just ..oh 12 days!!!!! Maybe a little bit longer than that since we won't have A LOT of free-together-alone time. BUT still.. 12 days. WOW that will go so fast!
I love you my Rachie!
I think my favorite phrase was 'unroutined joy'...It really got me thinking about how some of my joys that I...*searching for word*...rely on to get me through the period/day/week/semester are just that, 'routine'. I either schedule them myself or they've just always been there. And they give me joy. And I like--and do my best to keep--it that way.
ReplyDeleteAnd now you've got me thinking about that.
Also, as long as your novella isn't 'House on Mango Street', then KEEP IT UP!!!