ramblings of a newlywed on life lately...

Been a while and I should be writing a discussion post for class, but blogging is cooler. :) First off, I had to drop my first class ever last week. The Romantic Comedy class was a little too much to handle, so in order to be focused on my Methods block at least more for my first semester, Steven and I decided it would be better for me to drop the class, especially since it was already stressful after syllabus day, which is saying a lot. Aside from the minor setback...and an added summer course :-/ all is going SOOOO great!

Methods and being in a classroom 3 days a week is still a routine I am getting used to. My body is finally adjusting to waking up before 7 every morning, so that's good. Also, I am loving my classroom placement for the semester! I have an awesome cooperating teacher and I am in an all-Spanish Kindergarten class. The students and I are starting to become more acquainted, which makes learning so much simpler and makes me a little more "legit" when it comes to what I am teaching them. When I am there, the class is working on Readers and Writers Workshops, which include read-alouds, shared reading, etc. Students read and have literacy centers and they are so fun to be in charge of. Kindergarteners are SO bright and I am really blessed to watch them learn to read. :-D

In the near future, I will have to be teaching a Science lesson, later followed by a Literacy lesson in my classroom. After talking to our teacher, I will be asked to teach these in Spanish, which I won't lie...I'm pretty nervous about. One thing about this class is that they are, for the most part, dominant English speakers so I feel better about my Spanish speaking around them. Another plus is that my confidence in speaking Spanish has really gone up in only two weeks! Pray that both mine and Steven's lesson teaching go well!

Still golfing, improving and loving to learn and have a "married couple" hobby. Staying busy, loving life and learning to look at things from a child's perspective more and more. Going to LCU Master Follies probably for the last year to support the brothers and sisters of CD's and IK :) Pretty excited about the trip to LBK!

in the words of Kate Gosselin..."it's a crazy life, but it's our life!" We may not be so crazy, but for us there is a lot of change going on...sigue horando por nosotros :)

gearing up for a busy semester

The Spring semester has begun...and with it this time comes teaching Methods for both Steven and me. We have completed a week tomorrow and it seems as though we are gonna be super busy, but at the same time a ton more rewarded than we have in previous classes. Classes this semester include teaching Science, Literature, Special Ed and a basic Elementary Ed class. In addition to these, we are spending 6 hours a week in the classroom helping out teachers. So far so good! Today was the 2nd day of being in the class. It just so worked out that Steven and I are working with teachers that switch classes as part of a Dual Language Program. What this means is that our teachers each stick with one language: one being solely English (Steven's cooperating teacher) and solely Spanish (my cooperating teacher). The classes spend one week with a teacher and then switch for the entire year. Although I am very fluent in Spanish, I rarely speak it, but this is giving me a great experience in being more confident in using the language. Like I said, busy-ness is unavoidable, but it will be really worth it, not to mention the great experience we will gain from it. One thing I would change? being able to wear jeans...have to dress up every day, which I will definitely have to get used to....

I am taking an extra class in addition to the methods block: Romantic Comedy. I went to the first class meeting today and let's just say I do not know nearly as much about the genre as I thought...apparently watching chick flicks since the age of 13 or so doesn't make me an expert, especially when the genre apparently starts with Shakespeare...how he is writing Romantic Comedy I still don't understand. It will include watching a few films I've never even heard of and ending up writing a 10 page paper over the genre...I hope I can handle this class...

It's gonna be a crazy, happy, rewarding and probably stressful semester. Say a prayer!

a new hobby for a new year

happy 2010! Hope everyone's year has gone great so far! I know ours has been absolutely amazing! Can't complain at all :) We started off the end of December spending some time with one of my cousins and her husband - he LOVES golfing and Steven golfs so they spent the day golfing while me and my cousin went shopping and got our nails done - not too shabby! Since golfing that day, Steven realized he missed golfing and had fun doing it not as a competition, but more as a hobby. So, on New Year's Day he wanted to go golfing and I joined him on the golf course. I was pretty much the cheerleader and golf cart driver, but suggested that maybe I would like to try hitting some golf balls around sometime. Well, we ended up going back to the course and I got to try golfing for the first time (aside from some putt-putt). I had a really rocky start...but eventually became tolerable. :) I actually really liked the sport, even though I wasn't really good; and we decided if I really liked golf then we could buy me some golf clubs. So, we went to the driving range today to actually let me learn how to properly swing a driver and I am starting to finally learn and feel a little more comfortable with things. and we went to get a set of golf clubs for me today! Thank you to my wonderful parents-in-law who got them for me! They are pink...shocker :) and I can't wait to get to go "play" with them...or at least practice so I don't look like a complete fool when I go golfing with Steven. But I am really excited to learn and I am glad I have such an encouraging husband for a golf coach! We have a hobby that we both enjoy...although he is MUCH better than I am!