Time for a break.

I finished my geography paper *hells yeah*

Today I'm working on my power point presentation that I have to do in class tomorrow. I'm kind of nervous about it -- I've never been good with stuff like that. But yah...just finished writing my lesson plans, so I've just got to insert them into my templates and tweak it a bit...should be okay.

I've got an art history paper I need to write tonight too.

And then that'll be all for this week. Except that next week I've got that big @$$ American Studies project, my Comm 360 final, my Ahis126 final, my Geog431 final and then my final project for Education 200.

Not to mention next weekend is Children's Day and I am rather overwhelmed by that. Lots of stuff to do.

I finally got my "monthly" -- or maybe I should call it my "yearly." It's so funny because I think, based on the number of cycles I've experienced I'm really only like, 14 or 15 and so I still feel very in-experienced about these things. It still grosses me out beyond no end and I'm such a baby about cramps and things. :(

That's a little personal to be blogging about, isn't it? Haha...I think that's a sign I should get off of this thing.

Today in a Nutshell

I finished my paper with just minutes to spare this morning. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it. I loved the topic and worked hard on it, but I have this nagging feeling that it doesn't match what my professor (or what my TA) thinks is important -- and therefore it will get a mediocre grade and be dismissed as "unrelated" to the class. But oh well...I guess I'll just deal with that when it comes.

It feels nice to have something to cross off my list:

COMM 360 paper - Wednesday
GEOG 431 paper - Friday
AMST paper - Tuesday
rent cap and gown - ?? what day is the 20th?!?
study for AHIS - Tuesday
hair appointment - Friday
graduation pictures - Saturday
laundry
lesson plans for EDUC200
clean the apartment
clean my ROOM goodNESS
figure out class registration for summer
financial aid?
when do parking permits start selling?
don't forget work stuff!
FRICK you forgot to call Sherry last week you missed her birthday you dumb butt!
Oh and SHOOT don't forget to call Joan you're supposed to meet up with her this weekend!!!
Mom's birthday is coming up.....!

Plus Claudia helped me out a LOT with my lesson plans for my Education class, (thanks!) and I finished a good chunk of my website (final project) as well.

I picked up my cap and gown today and actually got all teary and choked up. I'm such a lame-o. :P I guess I'm j/starting to actually feel like all my hard work all these years is amounting to something tangible. I got choked up because I was emotional and proud and happy and everything all at once. Weird feeling. :P

Comm majors are starting to get on my nerves. I know that's a hugely unfair judgement but there it is.

I can't figure out the "strikethrough" option on this blogger thing...I could've sworn there was an icon for it, what happened?

FAWK

I love how the USC server goes down for the first time in the four years that I've been here the morning that my major paper is due and I need to log in to the USC library resources.

I just LOVE it.

HEEEEEEEEELL YEAH!!! =D

Test Date: 03/19/2005

SARA S RODRIGUEZ
MONTEBELLO, CA 90640

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Examination: 101 CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest I
Status: Pass

Examination: 102 CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest II
Status: Pass

Examination: 103 CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest III
Status: Pass



I think I just burst a lung with my screaming :)

This is really for my own personal benefit.

I need to rethink and figure things out so I'm doing it here. This is probably going to be one of the most boring entries ever but I just need to figure stuff out so THERE.

24 days until Commencement. Which means even less day to finals. Next week is the last week of class?!? How did THAT sneak up on me?

This week I MUST do:

COMM 360 paper - Wednesday
GEOG 431 paper - Friday
AMST paper - Tuesday
rent cap and gown - ?? what day is the 20th?!?
study for AHIS - Tuesday
hair appointment - Friday
graduation pictures - Saturday

This week I SHOULD do:

laundry
lesson plans for EDUC200
clean the apartment
clean my ROOM goodNESS

And don't forget, Sara --
figure out class registration for summer
financial aid?
when do parking permits start selling?
don't forget work stuff!
FRICK you forgot to call Sherry last week you missed her birthday you dumb butt!
Oh and SHOOT don't forget to call Joan you're supposed to meet up with her this weekend!!!
Mom's birthday is coming up.....!

I pulled a HoHo this weekend =X But I bet she was good this weekend. :P :) It's j/so hard sometimes..I don't think I've studied on a weekend in AGES. This isn't blaming him I swear -- but ever since Damy finished school it's been harder for me to study on the weekends. We used to study and do homework together. But I guess ever since he finished with all that I feel compelled to spend his weekend the way he wants to. He works so hard during the week andhe really needs a break on the weekends. I should be working harder at night or during the week to finish stuff so that I don't impede on the weekends. It just gets so much harder around crunch time.

Crunch time. Boy am I feeling it now. It's my friggin' LAST semester I know I can do this I just need the motivation! I think I'm too scatterbrained sometimes. I need to stay calm, too. I know making lists is supposed to help calm you down but sometimes I just feel like it makes me more stressed out when I see the long list of things I have to do. And gawd the list I made just doesn't even cut it -- 'cause like, with my papers I need to make sublists: research, write, edit. :P And then sublists under that - get books, read books, take notes, organize, then write, then edit.

Time to go to class...can someone j/stop time for me? Please? J/for a little bit?!? =X

don't want to do my paper :P

Isn't it funny how when we procrastinate we turn to blogger? There's something so appealing about writing about my procrastination. I guess maybe because I know the time I spend here will be limited, so it's not really procrastination. Or so I like to think. :)

Things seem really difficult right now -- lots of people sick...lots of dying. It's so sad and so surreal...things like this happen all the time, I know, but somehow it always shocks me when I find out that someone close to me (or close to someone I know) is gone.

It's been a little over a year and a half since my grandfather passed away. There are still days that I drive by the cemetery and cry thinking about him. Yet at the same time I think his death made me realize what role death plays in life. It's so natural..and as much as it hurts, it's really something that we all know we're coming to, so it's actually expected. It's never easy to lose someone, but maybe we just need to remember how fragile life really is and embrace the time we have with each other while we still can.

There was a time when I felt that my life could end and I'd be content with the knowledge that I had completed what I wanted. But as I get older I suddenly find all of these new opportunities and more and more things to live for. At the same time, the older I get the more I see the real frailty of life -- ironic, isn't it? I guess I'm glad I've realized it now, though, because I can appreciate life more and really try to live it to its fullest. I have so much more that I want to accomplish and so much more love to give -- I just hope I have enough time to do it.

A Serious HK Fan.

The Japan Times

What an unproductive weekend...

that's what Hoho and I decided. This weekend had its mix of bittersweet events -- as well as some fun ones. All in all, though it was totally unproductive, school wise. I have seriously gotten in a senioritis rutt. My motivation to do well is sloooowly slowwwwly starting to drop. I mean, really -- do I really HAVE to do that extra work? Will a 3.4 make THAT much of a difference from a 3.5? And quite frankly, who's really gonna care? It probably should be me, but...it's not. :P

I have an art history lecture tonight that I probably should go to, but that I've convinced myself not to attend. :P (See above.) I've got other things to do, anyway...I've got about a month left until Commencement and before then I have to do the following:

• Geography 431 - 15 pp. research paper
• Geography 431 final exam
• Communications 360 - 15 pp. research paper
• Communications 360 - final exam
• Art History 126 - 12 pp. paper
• Art History 126 - final exam
• American Studies 498 Senior Seminar - 70 pp. Anthology (hoooooly cow)
• Education 200 - 3 lesson plans + 2 observations
• Education 200 - on-line portfolio/website
• Education 200 - final Powerpoint Presentation

So far I've done my 2 observations. Har har har. quite a bit to do...but that's ok. I WILL find a way to push myself, darn it! :P

Oh what a day...

***I was actually going to post yesterday and then Blogger wasn't working. Go figure. Smart me, I copied and pasted before I lost my entry.***

Oh man. I am exHAUSted. I was at work by 8 a.m. today because I was running a field trip program -- 60 fourth graders, 4 lesson plans, 3 hours. Which turned into 4. I was SCARED. Nervous. I think it turned out...okay. I still have a lot to learn, that's for sure. Hard to work with 60 kids at once, hard to work within time constraints. Just plain hard. But at least I made it out alive. And I *hope* the kids learned*something*. *ANYTHING*.

All this time I was thinking that I wanted to teach fourth grade...but now I'm thinking not. I really have a lot of practice yet -- don't have as much command over a classroom as I should. Kids don't listen to me as much as I'd like and I really have to exert authority a bit more. Not that I want to be on a power trip, but some of the kids I was working with today would just not behave no matter what I did.

I can tell already that my first year teaching with my own classroom is going to be a lot of work. It'll be interesting to see how my blog changes, no? Exciting :)

super good weekend :)

Don't have much time to write a complete entry, but I had the BEST weekend -- how carefree!

First of all, on Friday, I got my ACCEPTANCE TO USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION GRAD SCHOOL PROGRAM!!! =D ok I just had to yell that. :) I got into the Master's program that I applied for so, basically, by August of 2006 I will have not only my teaching credential but my Master's degree as well. :) Hella cool :)

Plus this weekend included lots of quality time with my roomies, my momma, my Damy, Jason, some extra time with HoHo and even a visit with KELLY whom I haven't seen in ages, it feels like!
I'll update more later. :) But I HAVE to admit I am a SUPER happy camper lately :)