Out with the old...

We're already almost one month into 2011--and I'm on my fourth week of student teaching. I teach all 9th graders at Indian Hills Middle School in Sandy. Since I've been there since September, I've really enjoyed getting to know the kids and watching them change over the year. Every day brings something new and I'm so anxious to graduate and start looking for my own job, my own classroom, my own students. I'm sure April will be here before I can say "graduation!"

Clarence is also keeping extremely busy with 4 classes and a heavy workload. Our schedules are opposite this semester because I get home around 4 or 5, and he doesn't get home until 7:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays and until 10 on Wednesdays. But we're working through it and making time together where we can. Clarence has gone a couple of times to the open mic night at Velour and has been very successful; the owner of the venue asked for his contact info and said he'd like to keep hearing more from him, so we'll keep our fingers crossed it leads to good things.

To be honest, I can't help but feel happy January's on its way out. It's always a bit hard to go back to school and work after the holidays, especially in the dead of winter. I'm looking so forward to February and all of its fun with Valentine's day and Rachel and mom's birthdays. And then it will be March, which means spring! I truly cannot wait for spring and summer. I think about it a lot. Here's a few things I'm looking very much forward to this spring:

1: COLOR! I can't wait for the world to stop being drab and cold and start being bright and warm.

2: Running outside

3: Spring clothes-sans a winter coat

4: And most of all, GRADUATION!