I Realized This Week That...

...I am a little bit of a dork...okay maybe a lot a bit.

I completed two more hours of grad school this week with a math class. I took a MELT course, which stands for Math Education Leadership Training. And, the one I was in this week was all about how to teach algebra.

I did math everyday, all day from 8:30-4:30 and loved it! It was a long, intense week, but I got a lot of great ideas for the math classroom if/when I teach math. I have always been a fan of a good, challenging math problem. Later in the week, we got into some concepts that wouldn't really be taught at the middle school level. So, they were concepts that I had not thought about or done since high school. It was fun to get my brain thinking about these problems and figuring them out again. My note card quizzes from high school came in handy this week when I had to quickly recall the distance formula, slope formula, and quadratic equation. Ms. Mabe, Mrs. Walton, Mrs. Snyder, and Mrs. Browning would have been proud!

Although I am exhausted from sitting in one class all day for five days, I was blessed each morning as my alarm went off around 6am with the sun rise shinning through my windows. Each morning my room was lit with a warm, refreshing glow of orange from the sun. It was like the Lord was saying, "Good morning!" I loved it. And now, I am ending the week sitting on my back porch watching the sun set. The sunset last night was B-E-A-utiful and I am hoping for the same again today.

It is strange to think that just a few months ago there were several feet of snow on the ground and I was avoiding being outside as much as possible. Now, it's sunny all the time and hot! Amazing how that works.

Remember how I said I had 3 major projects due today because I am also enrolled in 2 other classes right now while I am taking these week long courses? Well, my group and I realized Wednesday afternoon that one of those projects was due Wednesday. This is where the fun of working in groups with friends comes in. We cranked that project out like we had been working on it for months and I was in bed by 11pm that night. Impressive if you ask me. However, Steph and I were delirious by the end of that night and sent an email to Ricky, our other group member, quoting, in APA format, This We Believe. Yes, we were cool enough to look quotes up and site them in an email. It was only funny because it was 11pm and we were exhausted from the intense week of class. But, it was a nice end to a crazy day.

I'm surprised that there have not been more wrecks on 421 with all the construction going on. I have found myself getting distracted by the work they are doing on several occasions. It is so cool to watch them move a pile of dirt or dig through the pavement and put a median in. How do they know how to do that? I wouldn't know where to begin!

My kitchen is clean! Steph and Morgan spent some time on it Thursday night and I finished it this afternoon. It feels so good to have a clean kitchen. The fridge even smells better! And, Lasandra has her clothes on again. The apartment looks like normal again...until next week, when another crazy week starts.