Insomniac's blog

Wow. It has been a full ten days since my last spout here. I've been busy again. I had several fun, and some not-so-fun, things to do. So here goes...

On Tuesday last, I had an honor society induction ceremony that I was asked to give a speech at. I did and the ceremony was really quite nice. My favorite prof ever got an award by the students for being the most inspirational prof in the department. I was very happy for him. He definitely deserved it. I also had another run-in with Prof Sometimes-A-Jerk at the ceremony. I accidently brushed against his arm and his spilled a bit of his drink. I apologized right away and since I didn't have a napkin, I said, "I'm sorry. I don't have anything to sponge it up with. Let me get something." Prof SAJ then turned on his heel and stomped off, just like the jerk he is. I try to avoid him as much as possible but this was one of those moments where we had to be in the same room together.

On another note, I went to a conference last weekend...hence my waywardness with posting. It was an English teachers' conference. It was okay. I learned a few valuable and insightful things that I will be able to use when I start my teaching career. There was one hell of a hot guy there though. Whew...let me tell you ladies out there, he was enough to make my head spin around. Mmmmmmhmmmm. Just like that.

My classes are getting increasingly more busy. I am in the final stretch now and I have one pedagogy project (basically a 10 day lesson plan) to do, one Shakespeare research paper, and one antebellum United States culture history paper to write. Plus a little more work for my special history class. Whew!

I got accepted into the School of Ed at GVSU which means that in the fall of this year I will begin my teaching internships. Very nice. However, I am a little depressed about it all. I have done really well at GVSU and I don't know what will happen when I graduate next year. I would like to go straight on to grad school but grad school is looking more and more like a pipe dream. So, I don't know what in the hell to think.

In a few more weeks I will turn 31. Gawd...that really seems old in some ways. I wish I could go back to being 19 and tell myself to go to college right away, finish, and then on to grad school. I would have been in my last year of a PhD program right now if I had. Oh well, no sense in dwelling on what might have been...

On a much more positive note, I have seen a lot of FOM (Friend of Mine) lately. With both of our schedules being so busy I really didn't expect to see much of him but alas, we seem to be around the ole GVSU at the same time and both of us seem to need coffee at the same time! As a matter of fact, I was at GVSU working on my pedagogy project today and I decided to give him a ring to see if he was around. Well, he was and we met up for some coffee. We sat around and did nothing productive for about an hour and a half. I really enjoy our conversations. FOM and I think a lot alike and it is nice to know that I am not the only strange one out there. FOM had a lot to unload about today...mostly personal frustrations. I wish I could have offered up some amazing insight and advice, but about the best I could do was listen.

Anyhow, that is about it for now...