So what has been going on in my life? A whole lot of nothing for the most part. I'm really enjoying having the summer off, although still not having anything lined up for the fall bugs me. Those who know me REALLY well know how overly organized I am. It is a strength and a weakness all in one. When I got my contract in March I threw myself into being organized by knowing every last bit of the curriculum that I had to cover and then coming up with numerous activities/lesson plans/ideas on how to cover each (including worksheets that I made up, text book chapters & questions, websites etc.) This made teaching more fun because I had done all the "prep" work ahead of time and could enjoy being in the classroom and tweaking my ideas/plans to suit the class and kids. But without having anything lined up for the fall, I keep collecting ideas for anything I might teach but at the same time know that I shouldn't until I know something. So I troll through the internet going to various blogs and teaching communities going "ooo that would be great to do with grade X" or "I'll have to try that if i teach class Y". I have ebooks and pdf's galore on classroom management and bulletin board ideas..... I just wish i could plan a bit more concretely...... and get rid of the things that I wont use/need. But it is also my love of doing this and my desire to know more and plan more that makes me so happy and so sure that this is what I want to be doing for a living. That this is my passion. I keep telling myself to stop and relax. To take a deep breath. To believe that I will get something for next year. The closer it is getting to labour day, the harder that really is. That said, PEI students go back to school on Sept 8.... a week later than most provinces. So I keep believing that there is something there for me.
So since I have all this time off. Not working. Not being paid. What am I doing? Going to the beach for the most part. :P I love lakeside beach. It is up on the north shore and is so pretty. It is right by Crowbush golf resort. The water is pretty warm. The beach is pretty clean (no seaweed at all til about a week ago when we had some big surf). Most days I drive up by myself, go for a swim and lay out with a book. I've currently read almost all of the books (mostly mysteries) by Charlaine Harris. I say most, because there were a few that the library does not have but its not the end of the world. On average I'm going through about a book a day. I love to read. I always have and probably always will. I absorb books. I'm a fast reader and once I get into the story, I never want to put the book down until I know the ending. I'm also surprised that I am going towards more murder mystery type of books at the moment. I go through phases, but will read pretty much anything.
I spent a few days in St. John NB with Katie, a friend from UMPI. We had a great time and I got to see a few of my other UMPI friends (Erin and Lindsay) as well! We hung out by her pool and went to St. Andrews and to uptown St. John. It was nice to see her again and to hang out with someone who is going through a lot of the same things (starting teaching etc.). Matt and I have also been down to Halifax a few times this summer. We came for a weekend to meet up with a few of Matt's friends and to go sailing which was a blast! We only went around the harbour but it was a beautiful day and lots of fun was had. He and I also got to spend a few day there last week so we could go to the buskers and then go down to my parents cottage for a few nights to visit with family from the UK and Croatia. There's never enough time to see everyone when we go home. It sucks because I want to see everyone but I also want to be able to relax. Plus we went last Thursday.... less than 12 hours after I had an asthma attack that landed me in the ER for an hour or so. I was in and out pretty quickly but I was still not feeling 100% either. I'm fine now. I'm disappointed that I didn't' get to see the fireshow at the buskers.... it is one of my favorite parts! But being with family was so great. It was so nice to see my Aunts and Uncles and cousins, and of course my Parents, Sis, her fiance Seb. Its wierd in a good way when you see your family expanding. I'm so used to my family being my parents, lo and I.... now it includes Matt and Seb.
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