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*looks around* Still need to do something with this place…But want to get this stuff down too.

Back to school (already).

Have 3 classes this summer…Been to one session of each of them now…So far, I have survived.

Mondays & Wednesdays: Teaching Writing.
We have (including myself) 6 students in the class. 5 women, one lonely guy. The other 3 women were in my World Lit. class last semester! && follow me to my other 2 classes (&&& are 3/5th of my group for the hybrid class on Tuesdays).
We have to do 10 hours of writing tutoring in a school (or attempt to get that many, what with school ending shortly, it could be hard for some). I’ve lucked out…I’m looking at 14 hours of tutoring ahead of me. Yes, it’s over my ‘required’ time…But it will also go towards other time I’m going to need to put in at the school for other requirements…So it’s all good. PLUS…It’s in Harley’s classroom and working with Ms. Gooding. I think I can deal. *nods*
We also have to make lesson plans & do an outside reading /report on a children’s book that has won an award (either writing or illustrations).  *grins evilly* I’m actually feeling all kinds of good about this outside reading…As, for me, it’s going to be a re-reading…The Graveyard Book…For those of you who remember my previous reading of it…I’m sure you can understand why I’m nearly all kinds of spaz…As I WAS all kinds of spaz when getting done with it…It’s documented somewhere in this diary. *laughs*

Tuesdays:
Intro to Learning & Assessment. Ug…The hybrid class. Not thrilled with online class…Really not thrilled knowing one of the assignments is a group assignment. Luckily (hopefully) the women in my group are in my other classes as well…We have a group of 5…3 of them are in all of my classes…The 4th one is in both of my Tuesday classes…She was also in my ENG 216 class last semester.
On top of that…There were…4 more from World Lit in there…One of them being Megan, who was also in my ENG 215 & 216 classes…& add to that, Matt from ENG 215 & 216, and Storytelling is in there as well. [We had our own little row in the back yesterday.]
I think this is the class I’m most stress about.  It a discussion board every week…& probably the most complicated additional assignments.

Language Arts for Teachers…Which by all rights, most of us shouldn’t be in yet (including me) as we haven’t had all the classes we are suppose to have before taking it…But that’s how the advisor has set us up. This one has an outside reading book too…She provided a list, I picked mine out today after going through what was left from yesterday’s pickers & looking to see what they were…I think I’m going to like it…At least the concept. It’s about the power of words, just beyond being written…So, the effects that they can have. Should be interesting.
In addition to having the other 4 women from my group from Assessment class, it also has Alex, who was in my Linguistics class & my one Creative Writing class (I believe) from over @ NMC.
There are 6 assignments…One of them being on the outside book. We are doing some outside the classroom stuff too…Initially it was designed with the thought of going into the classroom, one on one, but with the end of coming it could be difficult for some…So she’s talking about a group field trip into a summer program somewhere in TC so we can work with kids that way. If I can come up with something, quick like, I think I might go for the one on one opti

on…I don’t know…So much going on. Ahhhhh! *laughs*

On top of school…I have to get 2 new tires for Appa…Which has been scheduled for tomorrow. Then somewhere he’s going to need a front end alignment, so I won’t end up needing 2 new tires in another year. [As I just replaced all of them LAST May.]

Need to get the living room straightened out a bit more…especially the 3rd desk…As it’s going to be home to a hamster (most likely starting tomorrow)…As it was promised Harley after his second fish died…& since Coal has disappeared…I swear, that boy has no luck with cats…Especially considering Sonja consented to ‘sharing’ Cinder (A stray that showed up and she ‘tamed’…Yeah…Right…*glares @ cat*)…That was until I ended up threatening it with unending pain and doom last night. Bloody bi-polar monster. One minute it was rubbing up against my legs all lovey dovey…Then next minute it attacked! I ended up with 7 puncture marks from the horrid creature…2 sets of them looking like a vampire with bad aim had taken to trying to get blood from my leg.

Seems like I’m forgetting something…Could be the need to write…Tho I’m having issues with it. Maybe doing the stuff for Teaching Writing will help…Since we are going to be doing some writing ourselves in there too. & getting to work with students who are trying to write…It could be very good for me. *nods*

Okay…As I need to get moving…& I’m thinking food would be a good idea as well…Class starts @ 3…But I’m sure I’ve got something I need to do that’s not on the computer before them.

Oh yeah…The Monday/Wednesday class & the normal Tuesday class are both taught by the same professor. They were suppose to be 3-6:20…But since we have to go out into the schools & what not, she’s changed the times that we have to actually be in class to 3-5:50…So half hour off each class…It may not be a lot, but when you have an hour to hour and a half drive after class, and it’s later in the day…Getting home as soon as you can, is a good thing.
Also forgot to mention…The Mon/Wed class is only a 6 week class…So by the end of June, I’ll be done with that and only have the 2 classes. Yay me!

I might actually survive this semester with my sanity intact. Okay…So I don’t really have much in the way of sanity, but that’s not the point. 😛