labor day

These might be little tree nuts. My nephew, Eli, likes to collect things from the yard, particularly bugs. he's going to be very knowledgeable as an adult - always asking questions and retaining facts.


ohhhh, thank God for labor day. a day off - to not really have to do anythingggg.: ). It's been awhile since i've had a day like that - completely free of any impending obligation. i don't really know if impending would be the right word to put there. it sounded suitable. smart. it might be revealing otherwise...

i feel mostly positive about my student teaching experience so far. the children really are wonderful, even if sometimes i don't know how to respond to 'misbehavior' and such. It makes a big difference if i've slept enough, as well. oh my goodness, i can't seem to go to bed before 1130. which is not only ridiculous but is also going to kill me when full time teaching begins. For the month of october, I'll be teaching this 'full - time' business. i'm nervous, i will not lie. One thing I will be is: confident. I think if you say enough times, "I am confident," it just magically happens. and everything will be fine, forever...

Also, i've decided to not let stupid things annoy me to the point of pointless reaction. and to not be jealous about things i can't change - more specifically about personal characteristics I don't have, but then see in someone else. that's always been this reoccuring plague in my life. it ends tonight. :/. or some day soon. with the help of God.. :)

final interesting fact: (you'll be blown away): i read today - in an article from nationalgeographic.com - that the tongue of a great blue whale weighs more than an .... ELEPHANT. whhhaaaaa. imagine being licked by a whole elephant..you might die. and by 'might,' i mean you would.