One of the milestones in my Master’s degree is a test I had to take called the TExES Gen 111 Exam (it is the Texas Equivalent to the Praxis II Exam). I have been stressing about this exam for months because I haven’t been able to find the time to study. Well, the day came to take the test and I had completed 1 practice test and a few parts of another practice test and didn’t feel like I was ready to take it. However, it was the only chance I have to take it and pass or all of our plans will be ruined (Our plans include me student teaching in the winter of 2011 and Blaine starting at BYU in the fall of 2011. If I didn’t pass, my student teaching would be pushed back to fall of 2011 and Blaine would either miss a semester of school, or I would stay in Texas to students teach and he would do a semester in Utah without me. Either way, we didn’t like the idea.)
So, I got up that morning and ate a good breakfast, dithered about the apartment and finally my husband convinced me to walk out the door. We arrived at the test center with 45 minutes to spare, but I went in anyway and was able to get started right away. I completed the test in about 3 hours, which includes double checking and changing some answers. Since then I have been every so impatiently waiting for my scores to appear. They appeared online this morning and I PASSED!!! I have been so excited all day! One step closer to being a teacher (and doubling my current salary) :)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Sunbeams and Smiles
I never realized how much I depended upon my sunbeam class to make it through the week, until I no longer had them on Sunday. It was pathetic, really. I was sitting in church watching all of the little babies and toddlers from the back of the chapel thinking, “Oh! I wonder if I could steal her for the rest of the meeting!” and realizing that since we are in a new ward, and most of the parents don’t know me, it prolly wouldn’t happen.
So after the meeting, we talked to the usual people to get our records transferred over and I realized that 1) our old ward was about to start and 2) if we hang around in the foyer long enough, we could ‘run into’ some of our old sunbeams! So we skipped Sunday School, because I was having serious withdraws! Don’t judge me! We hung out in the foyer long enough to see Sam.
Now Sam is one of my favorites . . . just thinking about him makes me smile! He has some of the funniest ideas about things and says the ‘darndest! For example, Blaine and I had brought animal crackers for snacks and Blaine had the kids showing off by naming the shapes of the animals. Well, we got to the donkey and little 3-year-old Sam goes “Sometimes, donkeys are also known as Asses!” That was a funny moment :) and his poor mother was mortified!
Back to hanging out in the Foyer. . . Sam was a little caught off guard seeing us because his mom tried to prepare his for our absence by telling him we weren’t going to be at church and there we were! So he was a little shy, but I got a big hug from his younger sister Lindsey and a promise from his mother to swing by our apartment later. Happy and content I went to RS where I met Mandy and her oh, so adorable Mason!
I was talking to Blaine later that evening after Sam and his family left and I've determined that borrowing other people's children isn't working any more and we need to find some children of our own to keep. However, its easier said than done. I think we should just plant a garden and grow cabbages so we can find the babies out in the cabbage patch - you never know, it may work!
So after the meeting, we talked to the usual people to get our records transferred over and I realized that 1) our old ward was about to start and 2) if we hang around in the foyer long enough, we could ‘run into’ some of our old sunbeams! So we skipped Sunday School, because I was having serious withdraws! Don’t judge me! We hung out in the foyer long enough to see Sam.
Now Sam is one of my favorites . . . just thinking about him makes me smile! He has some of the funniest ideas about things and says the ‘darndest! For example, Blaine and I had brought animal crackers for snacks and Blaine had the kids showing off by naming the shapes of the animals. Well, we got to the donkey and little 3-year-old Sam goes “Sometimes, donkeys are also known as Asses!” That was a funny moment :) and his poor mother was mortified!
Back to hanging out in the Foyer. . . Sam was a little caught off guard seeing us because his mom tried to prepare his for our absence by telling him we weren’t going to be at church and there we were! So he was a little shy, but I got a big hug from his younger sister Lindsey and a promise from his mother to swing by our apartment later. Happy and content I went to RS where I met Mandy and her oh, so adorable Mason!
I was talking to Blaine later that evening after Sam and his family left and I've determined that borrowing other people's children isn't working any more and we need to find some children of our own to keep. However, its easier said than done. I think we should just plant a garden and grow cabbages so we can find the babies out in the cabbage patch - you never know, it may work!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
All Moved In :)
So, after a very long weekend, we are all moved into our new apartment :) Blaine and I are both really excited about all of the room - going from a 16'x16' bedroom to a 812 sq ft. apartment is bliss!!! We even have pictures on the walls :) Blaine has done a great job with most of the unpacking. Everything is almost finished with the exception of the boxes in the dining room which should go in the kitchen, which I've almost finished . . . between working all day, school at night and other various activities (random trips to walmart to pick up things we needed) I haven't had a chance. I might get to it this weekend . . . I hope . . .
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