I made it! I can’t believe it but I made it through the semester, I made it through the holidays. I made it and I am only now just realizing it. I can slow down for a minute, I guess.
I took 3 classes Fall semester and I got As in them all. I can’t believe it. I almost gave up. The damn undergrad class–the TESOL class–was the most demanding. I had such a long to-do list for that class, and papers to write (one overdue) for another class, an American Lit class. I didn’t think I had it in me to finish everything. I finished the Lit class–thankfully the professor wasn’t too demanding. I finished up all my tasks for TESOL class, which included a “Scavenger Hunt” where I had to complete 9-10 activities (interviews and observations, mostly–it came to something like 19 pages once I wrote everything out) and write short reflections on them. We had all semester to do this but of course I got a late start. Then we had so many other assignments to complete late in the semester: an online or computer-assisted language application evaluation (mine ended up being something like 11 pages long), a classroom observation (hell, this was at least 4-5 pages long), AND a final paper…
I got everything done except the final paper. I almost gave up but I made one last push to get it done. I intended on doing a research paper/literature review about journaling in TESOL classrooms. I just couldn’t do it–ran out of time so what I did was just a 7 page reflection on my reasoning for the use of journaling/blogging in the classroom. It worked! I got it done, turned it in, and got an A on it. It was enough! Yay!
All assignments completed, and a successful semester.
AND, In the midst of the final weeks of the semester I started a new job. It was the wrong time but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. My husband had been telling me that they were looking for wheelchair van drivers where he works so I put in my application, did an observation there, then got the ball rolling on getting in there. I got the job–I guess they couldn’t tell me no, I wouldn’t let them, ha. I don’t know, but I got the job and so I started training during the last weeks of the semester. It is good to be out of McDonald’s but this wheelchair van driving comes with new challenges. So far I really like it, despite the nasty winter weather I have to drive through.
I made it. Now what’s on for 2018?
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