February 2013

This one's a day late.  I kind of forgot that February ends at 28...  This month has flown by!  And with it has gone 4 weeks of student teaching!  It's incredible how fast the time has flown and to think of all the great and unexpected things that happened this month!

Low:

• I got stuck twice in one morning in the snow...I don't really want to talk about it...
• Some of those days of being fully in charge were rough.
• When some of my students said they hated me...I know they don't, but the fact that they even said it digs under my skin a little bit.

High:

• I was fully in charge for 2 weeks!  It was incredible!  It really gave me some great insight as to the teaching field.  It was exhausting, but completely worth it!  :)
• I got asked out on a date...and now we've been on 4 total!  He's coming home to meet my parents in a couple of weeks.  No pictures yet, but he did bring me this lovely bouquet of flowers on Valentine's day!  :)

• I have Skyped with so many friends this month!  I love it!  I miss them so much and it's so nice to be able to 'see' them and have the chance to catch up with them all!
• Not only was I able to help surprise Grammy for her 80th birthday, but Abbey and Tim were there too!!  It was so great to see my big sister!  :)
• Wedding dress shopping with Whit was so much fun!!  A tear jerking trip for sure, but it was FANTASTIC!!  :)

February, you were pretty great!  I have seen so many prayers be answered this month, and extensions to those answers.  I'm just so stinking blessed that sometimes it hardly seems real and it seems more like a dream than anything!

Favorite photo of the month!  :)

The Downhill Slide

This week was my 7th week in my first placement.  Holy cow!!  This week was a little on the boring side because I didn't always know what to do with myself.  This week I wasn't teaching full time and I had more time to work individually with kids, but I just didn't always know what to do during large group lessons.  On the upside, I started taking my laptop and since I don't have internet access, I was able to get so much done on my TWS!  :)

Today was a great day!  Yesterday I was told to bring my snow gear because we would be having a sledding party with those students who had been bringing their reading logs back.  I was looking forward to it ALLLLLLLLL day long!

Finally, the time came!  Students were sent to go read, and those who were involved in the party got dressed.  The students were a little surprised that I was going outside too.  They couldn't believe that I owned a pair of snowpants.  They giggled a little at my boots, but that's okay.  They are a farm girl's best accessory after all!  :)

We went outside and as soon as we hit the snow, the requests came.  

"Miss Strupp, will you sled with me??????"

"Miss Strupp, will you push us?????"

Over and over again I heard those phrases, and I didn't mind one bit!  I thoroughly enjoyed myself!  Up and down the hill I went.  I constitute the sledding adventure as my work out for the day.  When I pushed them, I laid out completely on my belly to give them the best push I could.  I was completely covered in snow and it was completely wonderful!  I loved hearing the laughter as we slid across the top of the snow, and to hear their giggles as they wiped out was20 minutes of bliss later we had to go back in.  The time flew, just as the past 7 weeks has gone.  I can't believe that I am leaving next Friday.  I know that I will be bawling like a little baby that last day.  There will be 22 sad, sad kiddos, and 2 sad, sad teachers.  Can't time just slow down a tiny bit?