Week 5
I've had a raging headache all damn day. Still not a bad day, as days go. My desk is clean at the moment, so all isn't lost. But I DO have a buttload of student essays to read tonight.
Today I tried getting in touch with two former classmates of mine from college (and one was also a high school classmate as well). I hope I hear back from them.
Last night had my "girls" over. We've all been so busy this year, and this quarter I'm not in any classes with them so we hardly get to see each other. It was nice to visit, watch a movie (Mean Girls - hilarious and so true to life), eat snacks, etc.
Plans for the wedding are moving along. I gotta drop off the reservation form and check to the chapel office tomorrow. We've decided on plain wedding bands for now, and for our first year anniversery we'll have our friend in NY custom make bands to go with this honkin' engagement ring. After getting blown off by the dude at Athens Floral for almost 2 weeks, we've also decided to have the flowers done at Krogers. I know exactly what flowers to use, and with hand-tied bouquets it's hard to fuck it up. Those two decisions brought the cost of the wedding down considerably, into a range we're much more confortable with. And we still get to have our 2 nights at the cabin for our honeymoon! :D
Welp, time to go home, eat dinner and grade. Hm. What's for dinner I wonder? Rice and stir fry, maybe. Sounds good. Oh, and tomorrow I'm scheduled for my first visit to Wellworks. I need to drop 5 pounds by the wedding so I can fit into that dress. Oy vey.
Monday, January 31, 2005
Monday, January 24, 2005
What a beautiful Monday. Well not exactly beautiful. This morning our hot water pipes were frozen for awhile, and the tub drain still was frozen when we left the house around noon.
Came to class late (the discussion ended up being a bitch-session about O.U.'s mismanagement of resources, funds and training). Hopefully we'll doing something interesting for the remainder of class.
Spent Friday and Sat. feeling very ill with a stomach virus, but then Bizarro made me go out dancing Sat night around 11:00. Latin Dance night is my favorite Athens past time, and it only happens once a quarter or so. It was good to get out and have some physical outlet. But man was I tired.
Gotta go play with Hot Potatoes for class now.
Came to class late (the discussion ended up being a bitch-session about O.U.'s mismanagement of resources, funds and training). Hopefully we'll doing something interesting for the remainder of class.
Spent Friday and Sat. feeling very ill with a stomach virus, but then Bizarro made me go out dancing Sat night around 11:00. Latin Dance night is my favorite Athens past time, and it only happens once a quarter or so. It was good to get out and have some physical outlet. But man was I tired.
Gotta go play with Hot Potatoes for class now.
Friday, January 14, 2005
Cookin'
I feel like I've finally got my pace for the quarter. I am, you could say, cookin' now.
Tonight I went to see the show Cookin', which can be described as Stomp only it's Korean, with kitchen utensils, juggling, fire-breathing, knife-wielding, high-stepping, physical comedy, and actual food being prepared on stage. After the show, the Korean Student Union hosted a free Korean food buffet, which was basically finger foods (and the omnipresent Kimchi, of course). The evening was made possible by my student, In, to whom I have taught English for three quarters (and tutored over winter break). He's a darling and such a hard worker. He gave me two complimentary tickets, and was so happy to see me this evening.
My guest tonight, since Bizarro had to go to Clubbing, was a foreign exchange student from France, who is staying with one of my OPIE colleagues (Holiday, who's my internship director this quarter). The student, Antoine, is from St. Etienne, which is near Lyons (apparently they are huge rivals in soccer). According to Holiday, he doesn't do a whole lot outside of school (he's in high school, don't know what age) so when I mentioned this morning that I had an extra ticket, she asked if I would take him with me. I must admit at first I wasn't too game, but then I thought about it and realized I would be saving the ticket for no one in particular, anyway, and I may as well help this kid have a good experience in America. He's a good kid, very polite and enthusiastic. I'm very glad I took him with me.
The evening was great, and made up for the shitty beginning of the quarter. It's pouring rain again, but the temp. is in the 60s so it's not too bad.
Some news - Bizarro and I have set our wedding date for March 23. The March Wedding March, I'm calling it. It's incredible that in less than 3 months time I'll be a married woman! Wow. Who'd a thunk it??
My good friend from last year's graduating class (my office mate whose desk I now sit at) is pregnant with her first kid. I'm very pleased for her and her hubby.
Another one of my friends from last year's class returned from her homeland, Saudi Arabia, safe and sound, for which I am grateful. She brought me back a pretty little crystal perfume bottle.
The sad news of the week is that Catwoman's grampa passed away. I will call her tomorrow to offer my condolences and see if she needs anything.
Going into Friday of a 3-day weekend is a good thing. I have work to catch up on and would like to go to my meditation group on Sunday, as well as T'ai Chi on Saturday morning.
It's late and I gotta get the car and pick up Bizarro from Fight Club.
Annyongi Kasayo!
I feel like I've finally got my pace for the quarter. I am, you could say, cookin' now.
Tonight I went to see the show Cookin', which can be described as Stomp only it's Korean, with kitchen utensils, juggling, fire-breathing, knife-wielding, high-stepping, physical comedy, and actual food being prepared on stage. After the show, the Korean Student Union hosted a free Korean food buffet, which was basically finger foods (and the omnipresent Kimchi, of course). The evening was made possible by my student, In, to whom I have taught English for three quarters (and tutored over winter break). He's a darling and such a hard worker. He gave me two complimentary tickets, and was so happy to see me this evening.
My guest tonight, since Bizarro had to go to Clubbing, was a foreign exchange student from France, who is staying with one of my OPIE colleagues (Holiday, who's my internship director this quarter). The student, Antoine, is from St. Etienne, which is near Lyons (apparently they are huge rivals in soccer). According to Holiday, he doesn't do a whole lot outside of school (he's in high school, don't know what age) so when I mentioned this morning that I had an extra ticket, she asked if I would take him with me. I must admit at first I wasn't too game, but then I thought about it and realized I would be saving the ticket for no one in particular, anyway, and I may as well help this kid have a good experience in America. He's a good kid, very polite and enthusiastic. I'm very glad I took him with me.
The evening was great, and made up for the shitty beginning of the quarter. It's pouring rain again, but the temp. is in the 60s so it's not too bad.
Some news - Bizarro and I have set our wedding date for March 23. The March Wedding March, I'm calling it. It's incredible that in less than 3 months time I'll be a married woman! Wow. Who'd a thunk it??
My good friend from last year's graduating class (my office mate whose desk I now sit at) is pregnant with her first kid. I'm very pleased for her and her hubby.
Another one of my friends from last year's class returned from her homeland, Saudi Arabia, safe and sound, for which I am grateful. She brought me back a pretty little crystal perfume bottle.
The sad news of the week is that Catwoman's grampa passed away. I will call her tomorrow to offer my condolences and see if she needs anything.
Going into Friday of a 3-day weekend is a good thing. I have work to catch up on and would like to go to my meditation group on Sunday, as well as T'ai Chi on Saturday morning.
It's late and I gotta get the car and pick up Bizarro from Fight Club.
Annyongi Kasayo!
Friday, January 07, 2005
I believe!
Not in Jesus as the saviour, or aliens among us...but rather in the effect of Mercury in retrograde. As mentioned before, all hell broke loose in my life around the time that Mercury went back-ass-wards. Thurs morning I awoke, though absolutely nothing was different from the night before, feeling good about life in general, despite the winter blahs and the work load etc. Well, one thing had changed - Mercury went un-retrograde during the night. I kid you not. I've been feelig energized and motivated - a total turnaround from Wednesday when I found it necessary to go out for a drink or two with Bizarro, Mr Club and Cat Woman. In fact I was so tired by 11:30 that I was ready to go home and sleep - I didn't even enjoy the buzz!
So I've got my game on once again, and am excited about my projects and the class I'm teaching. Feeling good about life in general, optimistic about the future (still nervous though). Not a bad way to finish up Week 1 of the quarter, I must say.
Last night went to Ping and worked out for the first time in 3 weeks. I'm feeling it today, but not as badly as I'd expected. Bizarro went to Club Mix-a-Lot last night and worked out for the first time in months. Heh. He could barely get out of bed this morning.
Almost time to go home and eat. Then will do some reading and catch a movie (if I can find something decent at the liberry). Tomorrow I'm going to Ta'i Chi and Chi Kung, then working on Pro Sem in the affernoon, and I think I'll go see a Korean movie that this one Korean film major is screening as part of a series. Some of the First Years are going, so I may as well too. I can swoon over Korea and practice my terrible Korean pronunciation.
One of these days I'll scan some Korea pictures...
Not in Jesus as the saviour, or aliens among us...but rather in the effect of Mercury in retrograde. As mentioned before, all hell broke loose in my life around the time that Mercury went back-ass-wards. Thurs morning I awoke, though absolutely nothing was different from the night before, feeling good about life in general, despite the winter blahs and the work load etc. Well, one thing had changed - Mercury went un-retrograde during the night. I kid you not. I've been feelig energized and motivated - a total turnaround from Wednesday when I found it necessary to go out for a drink or two with Bizarro, Mr Club and Cat Woman. In fact I was so tired by 11:30 that I was ready to go home and sleep - I didn't even enjoy the buzz!
So I've got my game on once again, and am excited about my projects and the class I'm teaching. Feeling good about life in general, optimistic about the future (still nervous though). Not a bad way to finish up Week 1 of the quarter, I must say.
Last night went to Ping and worked out for the first time in 3 weeks. I'm feeling it today, but not as badly as I'd expected. Bizarro went to Club Mix-a-Lot last night and worked out for the first time in months. Heh. He could barely get out of bed this morning.
Almost time to go home and eat. Then will do some reading and catch a movie (if I can find something decent at the liberry). Tomorrow I'm going to Ta'i Chi and Chi Kung, then working on Pro Sem in the affernoon, and I think I'll go see a Korean movie that this one Korean film major is screening as part of a series. Some of the First Years are going, so I may as well too. I can swoon over Korea and practice my terrible Korean pronunciation.
One of these days I'll scan some Korea pictures...
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
The countdown begins...23 weeks and counting
23 Weeks until graduation (punctuated by one week of break between Winter and Spring quarters). Can I make it?
Yesterday, the quarter didn't get off to a great start. The usual OPIE bullshit - why was I surprised? This time the OPIE secretary had neglected to update the Registrar with the correct time of the class I'm teaching, so a bunch of students showed up at the wrong time and didn't have a clue what was going on. By the time I figured all this out, it was afternoon. I was addressed by the secretary in the English department as "The one who didn't show up for class today." The class I teach is weird - it's formally run through the English dept. as a first year writing class for international students, but it's always taught by an OPIE faculty or TA. So the English dept had no idea what was going on because OPIE never got its ass in gear to let anyone know about the change in time. Mind you, the OPIE secretary has known since before the end of last quarter (over a month and a half ago) that the time had changed. She told me back then it would mean she had to close the original scheduled class time and re-open it as another section, and that was too much trouble. I figured she'd just do it after the end of the quarter when things were quieter. Yeah, right. An administrator doing their job at OPIE? You gotta be kidding!
So yesterday's class was a wash and today hopefully everyone will show up. I sent out emails to the students on my list yesterday letting them know of the time AND place (OPIE also thought to move the class to our building, and of course this was also a last minute change that neither the English dept. nor Registrar was aware of). Oy vey.
Hopefully today will go better. I can't expect anything different from O.U. That's my new thing - not having expectations that can be dashed, thereby throwing me into a tailspin. I came home feeling exhausted and very depressed last night, and even watching "Stargate" didn't make me feel better. Only Bizarro could make me feel better by giving me a pep talk and reacting in an appropriately self-indignant manner regarding my day, when he finally got home from Landru's. On my end, I must say I responded to everyone involved in the FUBAR yesterday with gracious and professional manners, yet still making sure it was damned clear that someone ELSE had f*cked up and that I was in the clear. I guess that means (as Bizarro pointed out last night) that at the end of the day, I won.
Anyway...I am excited about my class in Instructional Technology. I think I'll learn a lot and it'll help me get a job - all job descriptions I've seen have included CALL experience (Computer Assisted Language Learning). And the internship still needs to ironed out but that should be good to go by end of the week.
Catwomon (a.k.a. Mrs. Club) has graciously passed on information about a new conference which will be held at my alma mater in Rochester, NY for teaching jobs in western NY. I may try to go, if it fits my schedule and isn't too mucy money. We'll see.
Opened a savings account with my student loan overage today. Yay me!
Guess that about covers it. Now if only this rain would stop and the sun would shine... Here's to a quick Winter quarter!
23 Weeks until graduation (punctuated by one week of break between Winter and Spring quarters). Can I make it?
Yesterday, the quarter didn't get off to a great start. The usual OPIE bullshit - why was I surprised? This time the OPIE secretary had neglected to update the Registrar with the correct time of the class I'm teaching, so a bunch of students showed up at the wrong time and didn't have a clue what was going on. By the time I figured all this out, it was afternoon. I was addressed by the secretary in the English department as "The one who didn't show up for class today." The class I teach is weird - it's formally run through the English dept. as a first year writing class for international students, but it's always taught by an OPIE faculty or TA. So the English dept had no idea what was going on because OPIE never got its ass in gear to let anyone know about the change in time. Mind you, the OPIE secretary has known since before the end of last quarter (over a month and a half ago) that the time had changed. She told me back then it would mean she had to close the original scheduled class time and re-open it as another section, and that was too much trouble. I figured she'd just do it after the end of the quarter when things were quieter. Yeah, right. An administrator doing their job at OPIE? You gotta be kidding!
So yesterday's class was a wash and today hopefully everyone will show up. I sent out emails to the students on my list yesterday letting them know of the time AND place (OPIE also thought to move the class to our building, and of course this was also a last minute change that neither the English dept. nor Registrar was aware of). Oy vey.
Hopefully today will go better. I can't expect anything different from O.U. That's my new thing - not having expectations that can be dashed, thereby throwing me into a tailspin. I came home feeling exhausted and very depressed last night, and even watching "Stargate" didn't make me feel better. Only Bizarro could make me feel better by giving me a pep talk and reacting in an appropriately self-indignant manner regarding my day, when he finally got home from Landru's. On my end, I must say I responded to everyone involved in the FUBAR yesterday with gracious and professional manners, yet still making sure it was damned clear that someone ELSE had f*cked up and that I was in the clear. I guess that means (as Bizarro pointed out last night) that at the end of the day, I won.
Anyway...I am excited about my class in Instructional Technology. I think I'll learn a lot and it'll help me get a job - all job descriptions I've seen have included CALL experience (Computer Assisted Language Learning). And the internship still needs to ironed out but that should be good to go by end of the week.
Catwomon (a.k.a. Mrs. Club) has graciously passed on information about a new conference which will be held at my alma mater in Rochester, NY for teaching jobs in western NY. I may try to go, if it fits my schedule and isn't too mucy money. We'll see.
Opened a savings account with my student loan overage today. Yay me!
Guess that about covers it. Now if only this rain would stop and the sun would shine... Here's to a quick Winter quarter!
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