Busy Fall!

Whew, it's been a while since I've posted, hasn't it? There have been A LOT of things that have happened in my life since I posted last. Let's see, where should I start?


Well, for starters, in August I got a new job as a Resource Aide at one of the schools in the local school district. I've now been in school for 2 1/2 months and I love it. It can be pretty challenging, but I have made some strides with a few of my students. :) I recently was able to attend a training that was being run by a company called Kagan Publishing, which was on Cooperative Learning in the classroom. It was awesome and it made get really excited and motivated to start preparing structures for my future classroom (hopefully I will get my own classroom next year).

So that's one thing that's happened. I also just recently finished performing in this show this past weekend.


The Unsinkable Molly Brown

It was a great show, but I'm glad to be done. It was quite exhausting, especially considering I played four (4) people in the show. Talk about your costume changes! I almost had as many costume changes as the lady who played Molly!

One other update for anyone who knows me personally is that I met a guy when I was auditioning for "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and we started dating in August. :)


Unfortunately, however, we discovered that we seem to be on different levels of being in a relationship, so we ended up breaking up after a month and a half of dating.



At first it hurt a lot, but after a couple weeks of it settling in, I am doing much better now.

And since "Molly Brown" is over now and I am single again, my schedule has become very open. This coming Thursday, I am going with a friend to see this show


That's right! I get to go on a mini-trip to Disneyland for a night and see all my favorite Disney characters!!! Am I excited? YOU BET I AM!!!!!

I'm also preparing to retake the dreaded Praxis exam again. I have already passed the PLT according to both Utah and Idaho, but unfortunately for me, the passing score in Idaho is a smidge lower than Utah's passing score and I scored right between them. So this coming Saturday, I am retaking the Content Knowledge Praxis exam for Elementary Education majors. :P Am I excited for it? Not in the least. But it's a necessary hoop I need to jump through if I want to be certified to teach in Utah. And I am determined to get my own classroom ASAP. Being an aide has been really beneficial for me because I get to work with grade levels K-4, so I get to see all the different learning levels the kids are on and what classroom management strategies I like and so forth.

Once I get this test passed, I can breathe more easily and start looking around for possible job openings on the horizon come the end of school next year. :)