3 Months Later

Now that we have entered spring and are nearing the end of March...what have I been up to? Not much.

I started and am about to finish the first class for my ESL endorsement. I haven't really learned very many new things, a few reminders, but for the most part, I've just spent 3 hours a week sitting in a class getting to know my co-workers better and taking notes here or there. The portfolio is due this week, I guess I will finish writing it tomorrow.

I asked my roommate to move out. I've been anticipating having no more roommates, but that just wasn't happening on its own. I asked one of them to move out by April 15th, so less than a month away. I can't wait to have an empty room to turn into an office/pantry/sewing/craft/exercise room. I've been planning and unplanning it for two years now but I keep having people ask me to move in, well, no more! It was nice of my roommates to pay off my 2nd mortgage so quickly, but I think I can handle the rest. The next roommate I have move in better be a boy :)

In February, a couple of friends and I decided to get the social scene in our ward going as it was pretty dead, so we invited about 30 people over for a movie night. Besides the 3 of us, 3 boys came. We watched Court Jester, it was fun and I got to know the boys better. In fact, I even asked one of them out. We went to see the Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief movie as my class has been reading those books and I couldn't be the only one to not see it on the opening weekend. It was good for a movie, but the book is better.

I had a science lesson I taught videotaped. I was nominated for the PAEMST--Presidential Award for Excellency in Math/Science Teaching (or something like that). Now I get to apply for the award. The application process includes: a resume, 3 letters of recommendation, a lot of information about my school and class, a video of a lesson being taught up to 45 minutes, and a paper up to 15 pages about the video. I have everything done except for 2 letters (I'm just waiting for those now) and the 15-page paper. It is due by May 1st and I will hear back in July, I think. I plan on writing the paper during Spring Break and submitting mid-April so I can just get it over with.

My cousins and I got together for our monthly get-together. This month it was "Cousin Green." We had a green dinner including a green turkey, green mashed potatoes, green gravy, green rice krispy treats, and green cookies. I also made a green apple pie but we didn't cut into that until the next day as it was Pi Day. I did take some pictures, but they're still on my camera.

To end it all...I found out what my niece/nephew would look like when Steven and Randi have a baby (no, I am not announcing anything, I was just bored and found an interesting website).