21 classes left for the semester

All of the work left to do is written on a single piece of paper, and I'm marking it off as I finish it. Some assignments are small, but lots are large since they're final projects.

I start my last field placement tomorrow in a high school teacher's class. She teaches three different levels of math, so I'll get a lot of variety in the day.

a quick trip across the state

After more than 18 months, we finally got back to Jekyll Island this weekend, and we had a great time! We rode our bikes all over the island, and we've even developed a list of places we will regularly visit when we go back. We saw Driftwood Beach again, we went to dinner at Blackbeard's and Latitude 31, and we played mini-golf. We spent more time on the beach than we did on our honeymoon, and we also got up early enough one morning to see the sunrise! (It's the first time in all the time we've known each other that we've managed to see the sunrise together, but we have our loud neighbors to thank for waking us up in time this morning!)

Our legs are tired from the biking that we did--we think it was about 25 miles from Friday to Sunday. We had a lot of wind yesterday, but all three days were beautiful.

Before we came home today, we went north a little ways to St Simon's Island. Jennifer took Keith to Epworth by the Sea, where her family visited several times when Jennifer and Jay were children. While we were there, the prayer tower played a couple of songs while we were sitting only a few feet away from the tower. Later, we went into the "village" on St Simon's and ate at a local cafe. We rode our bikes to the beach, walked out to our own private island (some people call them sandbars), and rode back to the car. We decided to save a visit to the lighthouse for our next trip to St Simon's because we're pretty sure we'll get back there again.

The days are flying by!

I like to stay ahead in my classes just a little bit. With each class meeting once a week, that's usually manageable. I like doing it that way in case something comes up and I can't get to the next assignment immediately.

With Keith's birthday two weeks ago, we got to do some low-key but fun things. My mom came to visit, we had dinner with MO and PO, and Keith talked with his parents by phone. It was a good weekend, but not a lot of fanfare (just the way he likes it!).

It rained and rained and rained and rained overnight, so Keith didn't work the next day. My schedule pressed on, though. Normally, I visit schools two days a week, but there were some things going on that caused me to visit three days that week. I also had some part-time work on another day, so I was quite busy with classes, school visits, and work last week! Keith worked on Friday (since Monday was rained out), and I did some research for a paper. I told Keith that I needed to do something fun over the weekend and not think about education.

PO asked me to help him build bookshelves in his office, and that consumed all day Saturday (but it was definitely different from thinking about education!). Keith joined us to help all day Sunday, and we finished about a third of the project. It's required some geometry calculations, and they're turning out great so far! But, that consumed the weekend, and I was glad I'd already done my assignments for Monday and Tuesday night classes.

I visited schools and taught classes on Monday and Tuesday, and today is the first chance I've had to study since last Thursday. But, I'm blogging instead of reading for classes! :)

At the end of this week, I'll be halfway through this semester, and it's wearing me out. I've come home from class with a headache every day this week, but I'm hoping a little slower schedule over the next two weeks will help me get some energy to finish the semester.

There will be more bookshelf work this weekend, which I'm looking forward to.

Two more months for this semester!