Today is the last day of 2006. Wow! I don’t want it to be over. I mean, afterall, a lot of good things happened in 2006. Two-thousand six was an amazing year!
To recap:
- I graduated from Georgetown College with a decent GPA and a BA in English.
- I applied and was accepted to the MAT program at NKU.
- I finished one semester at NKU with a 4.0. My thought so far: I hate the school, but it is an evil necessity and I will survive.
- I applied for teaching jobs all over the northern Kentucky area.
- I was hired to teach English at Scott High School in Taylor Mill, Kentucky.
- I have almost finished an entire semester as a teacher at Scott High.
- I worked in Fairfield, Ohio, for the second consecutive summer. However, this time, I lived at home while doing so.
- I moved home from school only to find that my room is smaller now that I’m an adult and I can’t get enough of my own space.
- I still procrastinate, but usually get everything done on time.
- I bought a new laptop that is supersweet and more than I need.
- I made a new dear friend: Michele. She’s cool, level-headed and a good balance to me.
- I got an electric guitar. I traded in my keyboard for it. It’s sweet and blue. My love!
So, there we have it. Am I going to make any lists for next year? Hmm… I’m not sure. Ok, ok, ok… I do have goals. Being a realist and a dreamer, I have goals that I will strive to achieve, but will try not to let my life fall apart if I don’t achieve them. Afterall, I am a procrastinator, so if I don’t achieve them, it’s probably because I procrastinated.
- Pay off my car. This is at the top of my list. If I pay off my car, I’ll be one step closer to buying a house, which is my goal for 2008.
- Save da moolah. I’m going to try to put some money back into a Roth IRA starting in August, when I get my new raise. This money will go toward some goal I have after I buy a house, or, if I need it, financing that house.
- Stop procrastinating. Starting with the new school year in August, I’m seriously going to try not to do things related to work at the very last minute. I am a better teacher when I plan ahead. That is going to be my goal after I get this first year under my belt. This goes hand in hand with the fact that I want to…
- Be a better teacher. This will also require me to ex the whole procrastination thing, but I want to be a better teacher content-wise. I think I’m good at showing most of my students that I care about them, but I hope that I can be better at teaching them the technical things they need to know to be an excellent English student– and a student in general.
- Gather information on a new house. I’m going to go to a place called UBuildIt and get all the info they have. Apparently, I can save thousands if I build a house through them. I can plan my own house and pay them for the blueprints, and then contract out all the stuff that has to be done. It may be a little slower or a little faster, but we’ll see. I may not have time to deal with them. I may just have to hire a builder to do all that jazz.
- And, for fun, I want to learn and memorize the placement of powerchords on my electric guitar. I love it!
Okay, is that good? Are you happy? I’ve made two lists. I don’t do new year’s resolutions. I just don’t, but I always have goals in mind. Many of my goals are actually revolved around the school calendar, since that’s really when I begin again.
Did I mention that I can’t wait until summer break?
Have a very safe and happy 2007!
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