Time flies...

So, I haven't written a blog entry in a year.

Wow.

Anyway, I decided to procrastinate from homework like usual and decided that blog writing was a good way to go about doing that. This way I can feel as if I am creating something and am communicating at the same time.

So, like the last entry, I am nearing the end of winter term. A lot has happened since that last entry. I passed that content test :)... of course now the APT test is coming up. At least it's the last one before I have to apply for certification. I have also finished an entire term of 7th grade language arts and reading clinicals with who else but my old 7th grade language arts teacher. That was interesting. I now see that he was a lot more caring than I perceived back in 7th grade. I also spent another summer working at Olin with the guys in hardware tech.

In fall term I did my student teaching. That was a difficult term for me. I have always wanted to teach upper elementary and was given 1st grade. It was a challenge, but I believe that I met that challenge face on. Now I need to finish my resume and start applying for jobs. Yuck.

On a personal note, there are a couple of new things in my life. First of all, on September 8, 2008, I became a proud aunt of Arcadia Grace Taylor. She is the sweetest, most wonderful baby on the planet and I love her very much. I tried to put a picture up, but it wasn't quite working... I'll have to fool with the blogger program for a bit until I manage to figure it out. Bare with me, I'm only employed by IT it's not like I'm a professional or anything ;).

Another big thing happened about two months after that entry. I started dating Nathan :). He's pretty much the sweetest and smartest guy ever and I am really happy :). I can't believe that it's been 10 months! Crazy to think that about a year ago, I barely even knew him. I knew he existed--pretty much since freshman year; I would be lying if I said that I hadn't been interested in him when I first met him (I'm not sure he knows that actually)--not that we talked or anything, he just happens to be my type, but I didn't give it much thought after that. Until Heather pulled one of her random "I know two single people of the opposite sex...they should date!" scenarios. I thought about it and asked her to see if she could get the ball rolling (I'm not really one to make the first move). Soon after, he called me up and asked me out. He also joined Heather and my astronomy course, but I don't think that that had much to do with me. I'll try to get a picture of formal up here if I can.

So, I'm more than halfway done with my senior year. I'm kind of excited for classes to be over and everything, but I'm also really nervous and a bit stressed out. The biggest thing is that I have no idea what's going to happen to me next year. I don't know where I'm going to be, what I'm going to be doing... I really don't know anything. In fact, I have no plans at all after August 1st--which is actually Heather's wedding. Another thing that I cannot fathom at the moment.

So, this post has really lived up to the title of this blog as it is random and most definitely full of ramblings. But what do you expect? It has been a year.

Kristi :)