So once again, I am the worst. I am so bad at blogging. Sorry.
However, in my defense, I have been really busy! I have officially finished half of my student teaching and I aced my midterm evaluation! I have also been pretty sick so that also took over my life for a bit. But that is not the crazy pat of my life that I need to work out and tell you all about in this post.
My original plan for this winter was simple; there was no plan. If anything I was just going to plan my volunteer trip to go teach English in a developing nation. I didn't even know how much time I would spend in Pittsburgh versus Maryland. Also my only plan for Spring was to sometime go to a developing nation to teach English. However, all of my plans have now changed and I am being forced to plan everything up until summer. This is all happening because of a single email. ugh.
First things first, I will no longer be going to Thailand or Africa to teach English as a volunteer. Instead I will be in Pittsburgh for as much of winter and spring as possible since I received several opportunities to continue working at the Carnegie Museums in their education department. Not going to a developing nation and spending all of my money will allow me to actually spend my time making money and will allow for more smaller trips. Boyfriend and I are even thinking of going South for a little while this winter and I really want to go to Prague sometime in the summer either this year or next. After talking to my Dad as well I think that the CMNH will look even better on a resume than teaching English abroad. Now I just need to figure out where I will be and when this Winter so that I can create a work schedule. Trouble is Boyfriend doesn't know when his winter break is so I can't plan when we would go on our trip. My brain is just spazzing out this week and I know it doesn't look so complicated when I write everything down like this but coming to this decision and starting to plan my life has been scary and confusing. Yet at the same time I am excited about actually having a plan and having an income!
Other notable things in my life: Running is going well and I think I'm starting to notice a difference in my body. At least I looked in the mirror today and actually liked the look of my legs. Student teaching is obviously going well but that will also get a lot more stressful soon as I start my TPA which is where I have to video tape myself teaching to prove to the state that I can actually teach and I don't just take tests well.
Hopefully I'll post more frequently from now on. I'll try not to be too horrible at it at least.
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