That's right, I'm goin' all in,
All the chips on the table and the dice are hot. Sometimes you just have to gamble a little bit to get the big payoff. The last three days, huge. I gotta tell yeah, I haven't been super happy with myself this semester. I've kinda been lagging behind and/or screwing around with my assignments. Somehow, however, or the last three days I've managed, through will power and shear luck, to right the ship and do it in style. I'm feelin' it... I'm on fire.

Well, figurative academic fire anyway. Let's go down the list. Turned in my multicultural lesson plan on Wednesday and gave a little presentation with my physical therapists in-training Joe and Dan, and they did an awesome job. By the way, elementary lesson plans are like super hard. Hope I don't have to do anymore of those. I got a 14 out of 15 on my social psychology quiz, unfortunately I talked myself out of a 15 out of 15, don't cha' hate it when that happens. I took my mid-term in Emergent Literacy and feel pretty positive about my performance. I'm thinkin' B-ish range. I also got two observations done in one shot and that was like huge in itself. Big props to Dawn and Ally for letting me come with them and colossally enormous props to Mrs. Glass down at All Saints for letting me in on such short notice. Side note: it was another deja vu experience because it was like I was back in 1st grade at Sacred Heart circa like 1988 or something like that. Finally, the big daddy of my assignments, the dreaded unit plan for methods. It took me like 8 million years and almost gave me a breakdown but I got it finished. Smith said I did a really good job just get the next one in on time. Sweet lady.

Outside of class, the PSEA was approved by the student council so now all we have to do is make this thing happen. A good general knows when to retreat and that's what I did to our meeting. In the best interest of the club, we pushed it back to Oct. 23 at 3:30, in case anybody wants to come. This will give the officers and I the chance to make our meeting the greatest thing since Woodstock, the cool peaceful one not the burn everything one. Total bonus: refund check. My bills are pleased and my gas tank is full. I'm probably missin' something but it's getting to be about my beddy-bye time. So until next time, charge forward with abandon, show no fear, and take no prisoners.

And, wake up a little earlier so you don't have to fly up the mountain.
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Of course you do,
As a reader of this blog, you are obviously of above average intelligence and smell like delicate wild flowers. However, my scent is more like the briny breeze that blows in from the sea, because, at this point, I am salty. Navigating this educational ocean is not a job for the faint of heart. If you ask me, we're all searching for a calm port at this time of the semester. Especially, those of us who are in education. And, especially those of us with six classes. All you can really do is what you can do. Get it?

Classes, Social Psychology, yes, Microeconomics, yes, Multicultural, lesson plan due next week, Emergent Literacy, sorry Dr. Bozella, Intro and Methods are what they are. I am excited to meet my Co-Op teachers next week, that will be the rebeginning of the beginning of the end of the beginning. Get it?

Now as for PSEA, my officers and myself have been running around like crazy people trying to get this bird in the air. We have to get our constitution written and present it to the Student Government. Let's hope that goes better than the real government's bailout thingy. If any of you Ed. majors are reading this go sign up at PSEA.org for the new Mount Aloysius chapter, I've heard it's the super greatest thing ever. It's like Voltron's Blazing Sword only in student club form. Get it?

Now you got it, use it.
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