The fire is gone!!

So I have officially decided that it is about time I graduate and end the days of homework. Because normally after a few weeks into the semester I get into the homework and class rountine, but this semester I just seem to not be able to concentrate on homework. It's really wierd, but offically a sign of burn outage. So I have made this weekend the official stats weekend, because I'm really behind in stats 2800 and we have another test next week. Which means that it will be great fun reading about stats all weekend...but that is the hardest class at the moment so I can't just let the fire be totally out just yet.

Leading you all astray!

Actually it's not the teenagers that I haven't really liked about teaching these classes, because these teenagers are actually really good for being teenagers. Especially the two older ones, they kind of whisper to each other but for the most part they seem to listen and they're really cool. It's more the topic that I haven't really liked, for example last week we had to fill out these work sheets on change and everone including my co-teaching partner talked about when their parents got divorced and basically that all came about because the classes are on step families. So then there was me who was the only one who didn't talk about that on the work sheet, and so it's just difficult because I don't really relate to any of them at all. While on the other hand my co-teaching partner relates to them alot since she her parents were divorced also. I'm not saying that I'd want to be in a divorced/step family, but it is hard when everyone including the other teacher can all relate. And I don't relate at all, except that I get along with the 10 year olds since they seem to think that I'm funny or something...I guess!

Practicum

The step family classes that we are teaching started on wednesday and I don't know what I was expecting to happen, but I was quite surprised at how it went. Basically two other girls teach the parenting classes, and two of us teach the 6-17 year old class, but from what we were told it's usually 14 or younger. So I got there and half of the class was teenagers, several were at least 15 or 16. So we did our first lesson, which seemed to be okay, but not all the way. Because the other girl who has a step mom seemed to relate better to everyone more then I did, since I don't have a step family. But it seemed fine for the most part and then they do this thing were the parents and children all come together and talk about what they learned in the class that day, at the end. So we all stayed in the room and after awhile of discussion the lady (they're actually not married yet) started asking the children all these questions basically along the lines of why the children don't consider them all being a family? Yet they aren't actually a family because the parents aren't married. So I guess that I was just surprised, because I've heard about stuff like this in classes, but it's never been real life. Basically saying that you really don't get the real picture from reading a textbook compared to being in a real life situation like that.
As of tonight I get to teach the class, because we do this thing were we each do a lesson every other time and then just help the other person when they are doing the teaching. Hopefully it goes over well, since the older teenagers didn't seem to really like it, just because alot of it is kid games. But I'm sure they'll all be back because there is free food and the parents are getting them there, so we'll see how it goes.

Luckily it wasn't broncitis...!!

It ends up that my roommate had the flu we think, because it went away in two days. And she's not coughing the broncitis cough anymore, so it couldn't have been broncitis...because broncitis does not leave in two days.

Sad story...!

On sunday we were at church and after sunday school my roommate Holly suddenly told me that she had a sore throat and that she was going to go home. And I was like "oh no, I hope you don't have broncitis." (but she just said that it was probably a cold) Well, being the same as I am she went over to her friends apartment to make indian food on sunday night and then she didn't get back until at least 11 p.m. And so I saw her in the living room sitting there after she got back and so I went in and she was literally just sitting there not saying a word, just so you know she likes talking alot. But she was just sitting there not saying a word and then she suddenly said that she was going to bed. So then yesterday she suddenly started sending me all these texts asking me how I could tell if I had broncitis and stuff like that?
It sounds exacally like broncitis now and the cough is a broncitis cough, and so she told me that she'd go to the doctor today. So hopefully she does and doesn't just take it as a sore throat like I did. But it's terrible because she's supposed to be taking the MCat this semester, so hopefully the broncitis doesn't kill that idea. It won't I'm sure...but it might delay it. But sadly enough the broncitis has spread from Ephraim Utah to Logan Utah...hopefully it stops in Logan is all I can say.
Guess what? (random part to the blog) I get to start teaching Step Family classes tomorrow for my practicum...fun, fun!! And it sounds like there are going to be some 18 year olds in the group, hopefully they are cool and don't try to cause chaos, not that all teenagers would do that. (hehe)

Van rollover of 2005

Last night I was kind of having a bad night because of the week and a half of broncitis, I still went to my math class. But I had these huge headaches and couldn't concentrate very well and so basically I got behind and I am now in for a brutal math semester. So yesterday we had our first black board test and I did study, but in the end I got lower then I would have liked on that test. And then after work last night and what not I was walking to my apartment/more sliding down the ice covered hill. And so I was just annoyed because of this annoying broncitis I am now in for a bad semester.
Well, then today I went to Religion in Life at the Institute and guess who talked at it? Some people by the names of Jared and Amy Nelson, you probably don't recognize the name. But I have a story here to jog your memory...fall 2005 there was a huge USU agricultural group that went on some trip in those huge old 15 passenger vans. Were on the freeway, the tire blew and the van rolled. There were 11 in the van, including a professor who was among the 11. Well, the van rolled and 9 of the 11 died. Two lived, one walked away in normal condition, but the other Jared Nelson had brain damage and is now in a wheel chair, can't talk, and worst of all he had only been married 5 weeks. So this friend of there's got up to introduce them at the religion in life and basically after the introduction he was like "and you guys think you have it bad, but honestly these two have it alot worse." And suddenly I was totally like thinking "oh dear, I at least found a study group for that math class, and I'm not the only one sliding down the ice hill around here." So yeah, that is exacally always how it works, when you think that you have it bad you find out that it could always be worse.
Honestly it would have been so much easier if Jared Nelson had died in the freak accident, well easier for his wife at least. Because then she could have gotten remarried later, but honestly that girl is amazing. She gave this whole entire talk on how it's hard because they don't fit in very well with other couples, but that's okay because all of us at one time or another feel left out or alone. And she just went off about how all of her trials are just like ours and nothing much different, but honestly hers are alot worse. All I have to complain about is being a poor college student, getting broncitis and doing bad on the first math test of the semester.

You don't appreciate it until you don't have it anymore...!

So it's really wierd, but all of last week I couldn't go to church or any of my institute classes all week long because of the broncitis. And so today was the first day back to institute class and it was really wierd because the whole time I was sitting there going "wow", which was rather odd considering it's Doctrine and Covenant part 2, so nothing to new. But I think it's totally because when you are fine and can go to church, institute and everything else under the sun you just kind of take it for granted. But when you actually lose it for awhile that is when you actually start realizing what your missing.
It's very interesting because my friend from choir and I decided to get into this Doctrine and Covenant class basically because the teacher is the institute choir teacher. And we just decided to get in that class to see if the choir teacher is more serious in a actual doctrinal class, compared to choir. But I must say that I think this is actually one of the best institute teachers in a doctrinal class that I've had at USU. Well, take that back I do like the Miracle of Forgiviness teacher alot, and the institute director also. (Brother Dymack and a few others)
But I think that this new love of institute actually stems from the fact that I've had to weeks to lay on my bed and moan, and also think to much. So since I was reading the work and the glory I seemed to be thinking about church history alot...so that could be a contributing factor.
But I suppose that I should get back to studying for Psychological Stats now...yeah we have a test tomorrow.