Half-way there!

This is my last week student teaching in LeRoy. I am not sure what I think about that. I have had an excellent time teaching there, and I am going to miss the students and all the teachers I have collaborated with very much, but I am ready to begin my new experience in Rush Henrietta. It will be a whole class, not a consultant role, so I'm very excited to see how this experience will go.

Last night I went to a mock interview session at my school, and I was not scheduled for an interview. The session was going on last night and today, so half of us had interviews yesterday and the other half today. Well, when I walked in, I told the woman who was checking in names that I had just come to observe, and that my interview was the following day. She said that they had a cancellation, so that if I would like to interview I could. The interview was with the Human Resources Director at Rush Henrietta, so I figured I had to go! Well, I did, and it went awesome!!! He asked me some questions about my personal teaching philosophy, classroom management, and troubling children. He "strongly urged me to apply" and said that I interview very well, which was an awesome thing for me to hear :) I feel much better about the interviewing process now, which is good because I have my actual scheduled interview tonight with the superintendent of Webster Central Schools! I hope it goes as well as last night's interview went! Now that I am almost done, I can't help but worrying more and more about finding a full time job... I will just keep praying and hopefully something amazing will come along :)

Today was my great Uncle Ted's funeral. It was really sad. We were not terribly close in my adult years, but when I was younger I remember more family gatherings and he was just an awesome guy. He was married to my Aunt Dorothy for 64 years! Yikes! I cannot imagine being married that long! The ceremony was really beautiful, but I did not go to the burial. He was buried right next to my grandfather, and I just can't handle that. I haven't been to his grave since he passed. I hate losing control of my emotions, and that is exactly what would have happened today if I went to the grave site. I know I need closure on my grandpa's death, but I am just not ready yet.

Things with my friends are going alright. I really have only been talking to Marisa and Amy lately. Nobody else calls or texts and asks how my student teaching is going. I bet some of my "closest" friends don't even know my host teacher's name or anything that I have been doing in this placement. I guess that solidifies the saying that "If you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best". That saying is so true in my life right now. I have been so completely busy in this placement, and it is only going to get worse before graduation. I feel bad that I cannot put the time and effort into my friendships as I would like, but I cannot say how upset I get when someone calls me to talk about their life, and never once asks me how things are going with me. I am so ridiculously proud of myself for almost being done, so a little excitement from "friends" doesn't seem like too much to ask.