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Ithilwyn
| Main blog: | T Leaves | | Age: | 31 | | Birthday: | December 5th 1976 | | Gender: | Female | | Education: | Graduate degree | | Religion: | Christianity | | Service Attendance: | More than once a week | | Location: | United States, California |
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| Height: | 5' 3" (160 cm) | | Eyes: | Brown | | Vision: | Contact lenses | | Hair Color: | Dark Red | | Hair Style: | Straight - Long |
| Relationship Status: | Married | | Family Info: | Very tight-knit. Parents still married after almost 30 yrs. Two little brothers that aren't so little anymore. | | Sexual Preference: | Straight/Heterosexual | | Smoking: | No Way | | Biography/About: | You can figure out a lot about me by reading my blog, but really getting to know me will take a little bit of patience. | | Likes: | the ocean, books, worship, costumes, Renaisssance Faires and other "dress up" events, traveling to places rich in history, rain, movies, sitting by the fire in winter | | Dislikes: | criticism (consructive or otherwise), arguments, political discussions (they sound too much like arguments), driving in the snow, heat waves, country music (and I especially dislike that some of those tunes are actually kind of catchy) | | Interests: | literature, reading, Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, C.S. Lewis, costumes, costuming, historical costuming, sewing, church, music, worship, cross stitch, Renaissance Faire, christianity, movies |
| Books: | Lord of the Rings, The Ropemaker, Dune, Pride and Prejudice, Till We Have Faces, Silence, Jane Eyre | | Authors: | C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Peter Dickinson, Jane Austen, Frank Herbert, Shakespeare | | Bands/Artists: | Caedmons Call, Jars of Clay, Smalltown Poets, Audio Adrenaline, Newsboys, Sarah Kelley, Third Day, BY the Tree, Tree 63, U2 | | TV Shows: | Alias, CSI, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Gilmore Girls | | Movies: | Rat Race, The Labyrinth, The Whole Nine Yards, Age of Innocence, An Ideal Husband, Whale Rider, Fifth Element, A Life Less Ordinary, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Swing Kids, Galaxy Quest, Pride and Prejudice, Stargate | | Games: | Trivial Pursuit | | Colors: | blue, lavender | | Season: | autumn | | Quotes: | Without change, something sleeps inside us and seldom awakens |
A heads up.
Just to let everyone know, I'm seriously considering switching blogs. I know I already put everyone through this not too long ago, but since most people seemed to find me okay then, hopefully I won't lose anyone this time either. The deal is that I've been paying for both my webhosting and this blog service, but my webhost now provides an blog integrated with my website; it just doesn't make sense to pay for both anymore. (While I'm at it, I should mention that blogdrive is a free service, you just get added perks if you buy a subscription, such as the ability to ban specific IP addresses...
Summer is back.
Well, after a wonderfully cool and breezy June, July, and August, summer has arrived just in time for September and a new school year. Good thing my AC was fixed last year, or I'd have some miserable students right about now. It's only third period, but it's already warm enough that I needed to turn the air on. (Doesn't help that I have a room full of teenages who generate plenty of their own heat just sitting still.) So, lucky me gets AC at least while I'm at work, then I get to go home to a house that is situated perfectly to catch the evening breeze, so things have cooled down enough...
Learning to Persevere
I think sometimes I settle for mediocrity. As much as I pride myself for devoting everything and then some to whatever I'm doing, I think at times it's just a façade, or at least only half true. I give one hundred percent to the things that I like, but everything else just gets done half-assed.
Even at work, I've really let things slide over the years; I think I determined a few years ago that I just wasn't willing to put the kind of time into this job that it would take to really do it well. I used the excuse of burn-out; I saw teachers around me dropping like flies, teachers who were...
Phew!
Well, with the exception of one more class I have left to teach today, I made it through my first week back at work and my last week of classes at CSU East Bay. I still have one final to take next week, and then I'll be completely free from that...just the thesis left to hash out. Teaching an A period class feels a bit odd. I thought it wouldn't be a problem at all since I get to work around 6:45 all the time anyway. Boy was I wrong! I just don't have time in the morning to really get myself set for the day...get my copies done, get my agendas written on the board, etc. I guess I really...
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