My Tuesday

I figured it would be kind of entertaining (perhaps...well, probably not, but it's fun for me) if I were to talk you through an average day!

The Day: Tuesday. March 6th. 2012.

12:00AM: Fall asleep. Pretty fast too.

3:00AM: Power goes out. The heat immediately wakes me up. I can't find my flashlight! Also, I have to pee. So I stumble out the living room, find Kelsey's laptop and turn it on. It nicely illuminates the room, so I use the bathroom. As soon as I fall on my bed the power goes back on. Thank goodness. After sleeping 7 months with a fan, it's really hard to fall asleep without it's noise. Especially because my room faces the parking lot, and all the noises that come with that. (chickens, pigs, crickets, dogs, etc.)Even sometimes the high school bell which decides to go off in the middle of the night. Yeah. That happens.

7:00AM: Watch wakes me up. Staff worship is at 7:30. Decide to skip staff worship.

7:30AM: Wake up. Get dressed, wash face, brush teeth, and make some granola. Play some songs on the ukulele for fun. Wait for everyone to be finished with staff worship.

8:00AM: Walk across the school to my classroom. See Ms. Kyle walking into her classroom and wish her a good day. My student's don't want to walk into my classroom because it's FINALS! First class: World History 1st period. Subjects: comprehensive!! Late Middle Ages up to Scientific Revolution.

8:15AM: We sang a song. Prayed. Then I rolled the dice (literally!) to choose which essay question they would answer for the exam - they had a list of 6 essays before the exam. Everyone starts writing. I twiddle my fingers waiting for them to finish so I can start grading all those essays! (I have around 20 kids in that class. Eeek)

9:30AM: Last student finishes. Start reviewing with second period world history. Yell at Courtney across the campus to get to class. Begin final and roll the dice again! They aren't happy with the result.

11:30AM: Lunch time. Walk back to classroom. Make a yummy lunch of taco shell (completely stale) and some beans. Not bad for Pohnpei. Watched about 15 minutes of a TV show to relax my brain after grading so many essays. Bell rings. Head back to class!!

12:30PM: Next final - 4th Period American History. They walk in and start asking so many questions. (I've given them FOUR days of class time to ask questions). I make sure to remind them to write "full and complete sentences" like usual, and I have to define what that means four times to four different students. I made them memorize the Gettysburg address. Again, they aren't very happy about that. It's fun though to hear them say it!

1:30PM: Done! I love finals week. Each day is shorter. I decided to be extremely ambitious today. After relaxing for about an hour I got out the old' Anatomy textbook and started reviewing. Prepping for PT school which starts about 3 weeks after I get home. I finished skull bones tonight. I'm a pro. I skyped with my mother for about an hour. She is anxious for me to come home and I am anxious to see her.

7:30PM: Feeling SUPER ambitious and decide to work out with Kristina. Kristina is the new addition as of January. She took over for one of the teachers who had to leave for school. She lives in our apartment and I am so happy she's here! It's fun to have another high school teacher around who knows all the kids and can complain with me :) She is also a great work out buddy to replace my first workout buddy - Stacey! Who also had to leave in December. This apartment has shifted through a lot of people. It's not our fault we promise!

9:00PM: TIRED. and SWEATY! We work out with two fans on us for about 30 minutes. Crunches, squats, abs, etc. etc. It's exhausting but we feel so good afterward. But pretty disgusting. The floor has a bunch of gecko poop dropping on it too, so that's not so appealing. So I took a shower!! Then made myself a cup of chai tea. Then..started writing this blog.


I'm anticipating the rest of the night to go as follows:

10PM: Start reading.

11PM: Fall asleep.

But I can't be too sure...

"For wherever your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:21