Hi Friends!
Here I am again with more good news! A few days ago I emailed the director of students at AIS (the guy who hired us) and asked if he knew yet what grade I would be teaching. When I left the career fair it looked like I would be in a second or third grade room. I was super excited to have a job, so I wasn't too concerned what grade I'd end up teaching, but I was elated when he responded saying they had four open positions and I got to pick what grade I'd be teaching! How crazy is that, getting to pick my first job?! My choices were between first, second, third and fourth and if you can't tell by the title of this post, second grade was the winner! I surprised myself a bit by choosing second grade. I have always LOVED fifth grade, so I was really considering fourth but I wanted to try something new, so second grade it is!
Now that I know what grade I will be teaching I want to start my lesson planning right away! I am excited to read all about the curriculum at AIS (here is the link for anyone interested!) I have already been searching blogs on Pineterest and have been finding such fun ideas. I am even more excited for August to come now. It is crazy to think that in only six short months I will be starting my first year of teaching. I can't wait to move and get started. I can't wait to meet my kids and my own classroom!
Until I have my own classroom I am loving subbing. I have been getting some fun ideas from different classrooms and meeting lots of fun kiddos. And of course my life is ever busy with dance. If there is one thing I will really miss about home (bedsides friends and family of course..) it is dance. Speaking of... I HAVE to shout out to all of the Almost Famous Girls. They competed in Davenport this weekend and kicked some serious booty! They had super tough competition and I think they were a bit intimidated, but they really came out on top. It was by far one of my most proud moments. Saying goodbye at the end of the season in May is going to be super hard and maybe a bit tearful. I love those crazy girls and wish I could keep teaching them!
Stay tuned, I am sure I'll be posting like crazy when I start getting some fun plans in place!
Yours faithfully,
Michelle
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Something Else to Keep Me Busy..
Hey All!
Where to start?! I must say these last few days have been some of the happiest! First, I accepted a job in Ho Chi Mihn City, Vietnam and nothing could top that! Then, I found out in April I have the chance to go back to New York City! LOVE! On top of that my healthy eating (most of the time) and working out have really started to pay off, I've reconnected with old friends, and I've been busying with dance, Zumba, and subbing!
I don't really need something else to keep me busy.. but I like having a busy life! So, I have decided to dip my toes into something new! In New Zealand I went on a couple of runs/jogs with my dear roomie, Krystal. I had a lot of fun, plus we had gorgeous scenery! We were talking after one of our runs about 5ks and I decided to make that my new goal, at some point in the summer of 2012, I was going to run a 5k. I have never been the best runner. I am terrible at finding my pace, I always want to go too fast and die out right away! So after getting back home to the cold, Iowa weather, I haven't even attempted to run (even though we have a treadmill in the basement, talk about lazy!) Well thanks to good ol' pinterest, I found my inspiration, The Color Run! If you haven't heard of it, you need to google it... right now!! I'll give you some time.... Are you back? Good! Did you like it?? ;) What a fun first, 5k to run! I am planning on running in Chicago on June 2 and super excited!
So now it is time to start running! I started off strong this morning. I went to pinterest (again) for some treadmill workouts and found one that looked good! It was 3 mile pyramid that took 30 minutes. I wasn't sure if I could even run 15 minutes but I thought I'd give it a go. I ran a bit slower than suggested, so I didn't finish the 3 miles, but I did run 2.5 and went the full 30 minutes! I am so proud of myself! Usually I am done after 10 minutes, if not before. So now that I know I just need to pace myself I am excited to add running to my workout routine! I love Zumba and burn tons of calories, but I do it five nights a weeks and my body needs a switch up. I love that in only 30 minutes of running I burned more that 375 calories!
I really hope I am able to keep finding the time to run. I am excited to be doing something different, and since I want to travel the world, running is something that can be done anywhere!
Your truly,
Michelle
Where to start?! I must say these last few days have been some of the happiest! First, I accepted a job in Ho Chi Mihn City, Vietnam and nothing could top that! Then, I found out in April I have the chance to go back to New York City! LOVE! On top of that my healthy eating (most of the time) and working out have really started to pay off, I've reconnected with old friends, and I've been busying with dance, Zumba, and subbing!
I don't really need something else to keep me busy.. but I like having a busy life! So, I have decided to dip my toes into something new! In New Zealand I went on a couple of runs/jogs with my dear roomie, Krystal. I had a lot of fun, plus we had gorgeous scenery! We were talking after one of our runs about 5ks and I decided to make that my new goal, at some point in the summer of 2012, I was going to run a 5k. I have never been the best runner. I am terrible at finding my pace, I always want to go too fast and die out right away! So after getting back home to the cold, Iowa weather, I haven't even attempted to run (even though we have a treadmill in the basement, talk about lazy!) Well thanks to good ol' pinterest, I found my inspiration, The Color Run! If you haven't heard of it, you need to google it... right now!! I'll give you some time.... Are you back? Good! Did you like it?? ;) What a fun first, 5k to run! I am planning on running in Chicago on June 2 and super excited!
So now it is time to start running! I started off strong this morning. I went to pinterest (again) for some treadmill workouts and found one that looked good! It was 3 mile pyramid that took 30 minutes. I wasn't sure if I could even run 15 minutes but I thought I'd give it a go. I ran a bit slower than suggested, so I didn't finish the 3 miles, but I did run 2.5 and went the full 30 minutes! I am so proud of myself! Usually I am done after 10 minutes, if not before. So now that I know I just need to pace myself I am excited to add running to my workout routine! I love Zumba and burn tons of calories, but I do it five nights a weeks and my body needs a switch up. I love that in only 30 minutes of running I burned more that 375 calories!
I really hope I am able to keep finding the time to run. I am excited to be doing something different, and since I want to travel the world, running is something that can be done anywhere!
Your truly,
Michelle
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