I haven't updated since September?!
Oct. 11th, 2005 08:14 pmObviously, I have been busy.
The problem with being busy is that so much interesting stuff goes on that I want to blog about - and then I don't get the chance to update.
Work is work. I don't like talking about it because then I feel like I am still working. It's going okay... I don't have a fixed schedule yet, of course, and I am still a bit lacking in the training department. It looks like I will be teaching a third class at Murrow starting in mid-November when the cycle changes. And so that's the update there.
I was going to wish all of my Jewish friends a Shanah Tovah (happy new year) but did not get to, so now I will wish them G'mar Chatimah Tovah instead. A literal translation of that doesn't work so well, so I will just say that it mean/implies something along the lines of "may you be inscribed and sealed in the book of life" Basically, may you be destined to have a good year.
It is also customary at this time of year to ask for forgiveness from all those that I have wronged. Well, if I have wronged you in some way, let me know so that I can ask to be forgiven. Because this whole, "do you forgive me for anything I may have done wrong" thing doesn't feel so sincere. It's too general and done too casually. So if you think of something I need to be forgiven for, do let me know. This will also help me to not repeat the mistake.
In other news, I finally took a few more steps toward moving into my bedroom. Yes, yes, I know... I have had a month to move in... yeah, so I am still not done. But I am a bit closer... a little more of my floor is actually visible... But while I was going through my stuff, I found things I hadn't been able to find for a while - like an unused shower puff I was positive I had (which has now replaced my old one), the juggling balls I crocheted for myself at summer camp a few years back (nope. Still don't know how to juggle... would like to, though. Oh, wait. That would require spare time, wouldn't it...), and, in the outer pocket of a suitcase, the book I had bought two years ago to give to someone as a birthday gift. So I found that on Sunday.
Yesterday, I got a phone call from, guess who? Yes, the intended recipient of the gift. She was in the neighborhood, and wanted to take me and my sister out to dinner (did I mention my sister lives in the neighborhood now? It's so wonderful). As it happens, her birthday was also this past weekend. So I gave her the book - two years late - and managed to cover two birthdays at once! I also managed to spill her water all over her... oops. And, in honor of her birthday, the three of us ordered and shared three desserts.
Interesting thing about that: a few years ago, there is no way I would have been sticking my fork into other people's cake and letting them stick forks into mine. But now it doesn't bother me. And it was so much fun. (my dessert was the best...)
I feel like so much other stuff has happened as well - I am sure I have some interesting Rosh Hashanah stories, if only I could remember them...
A few nights ago, I was so exhausted that I put a pot of water up to boil for pasta - minus the water. Good thing Tashia noticed. It would have exploded rather nicely, I am sure.
And right now, I am supposed to be writing report cards - it seems like such a heavy responsibility. And my students did so poorly on the test... I feel like that reflects badly on my teaching - because it was so many of them.
Oh, and then there's all the other stuff I need to get done before I can go to sleep. Things like, say, packing for Yom Kippur? Lesson planning for tomorrow?
Well, off I go...
The problem with being busy is that so much interesting stuff goes on that I want to blog about - and then I don't get the chance to update.
Work is work. I don't like talking about it because then I feel like I am still working. It's going okay... I don't have a fixed schedule yet, of course, and I am still a bit lacking in the training department. It looks like I will be teaching a third class at Murrow starting in mid-November when the cycle changes. And so that's the update there.
I was going to wish all of my Jewish friends a Shanah Tovah (happy new year) but did not get to, so now I will wish them G'mar Chatimah Tovah instead. A literal translation of that doesn't work so well, so I will just say that it mean/implies something along the lines of "may you be inscribed and sealed in the book of life" Basically, may you be destined to have a good year.
It is also customary at this time of year to ask for forgiveness from all those that I have wronged. Well, if I have wronged you in some way, let me know so that I can ask to be forgiven. Because this whole, "do you forgive me for anything I may have done wrong" thing doesn't feel so sincere. It's too general and done too casually. So if you think of something I need to be forgiven for, do let me know. This will also help me to not repeat the mistake.
In other news, I finally took a few more steps toward moving into my bedroom. Yes, yes, I know... I have had a month to move in... yeah, so I am still not done. But I am a bit closer... a little more of my floor is actually visible... But while I was going through my stuff, I found things I hadn't been able to find for a while - like an unused shower puff I was positive I had (which has now replaced my old one), the juggling balls I crocheted for myself at summer camp a few years back (nope. Still don't know how to juggle... would like to, though. Oh, wait. That would require spare time, wouldn't it...), and, in the outer pocket of a suitcase, the book I had bought two years ago to give to someone as a birthday gift. So I found that on Sunday.
Yesterday, I got a phone call from, guess who? Yes, the intended recipient of the gift. She was in the neighborhood, and wanted to take me and my sister out to dinner (did I mention my sister lives in the neighborhood now? It's so wonderful). As it happens, her birthday was also this past weekend. So I gave her the book - two years late - and managed to cover two birthdays at once! I also managed to spill her water all over her... oops. And, in honor of her birthday, the three of us ordered and shared three desserts.
Interesting thing about that: a few years ago, there is no way I would have been sticking my fork into other people's cake and letting them stick forks into mine. But now it doesn't bother me. And it was so much fun. (my dessert was the best...)
I feel like so much other stuff has happened as well - I am sure I have some interesting Rosh Hashanah stories, if only I could remember them...
A few nights ago, I was so exhausted that I put a pot of water up to boil for pasta - minus the water. Good thing Tashia noticed. It would have exploded rather nicely, I am sure.
And right now, I am supposed to be writing report cards - it seems like such a heavy responsibility. And my students did so poorly on the test... I feel like that reflects badly on my teaching - because it was so many of them.
Oh, and then there's all the other stuff I need to get done before I can go to sleep. Things like, say, packing for Yom Kippur? Lesson planning for tomorrow?
Well, off I go...