First: I turned 21!!!!! Which really doesn't effect me that much because I don't drink, but I am not considered a full real life adult! My best friend Jennifer through me a "suprise" party..which I wasn't too suprised about but was amazed at how many people were there! We had cake and "pinacolettas" (Non-alcholoic) and just had a lot of fun telling stories and being together! That same weekend my parents made the treck to Harding and we had a good little party of our own! They took me to Doc's for my birthday dinner...which is the only time I've gone there, and I opened presents from my parents and my brother and sister in law! My parents got me a watch, which to most people wouldn't be cool...but I really needed one and it is what I asked for! (my old one was all scratched and then it fell in the toilet as a hotel) Mark and Renee got me children's books, which I love. And Andrew and Whitney sent me a gift basket full of all sorts of goodies! All in all my birthday weekend was great, even though I still don't feel like I'm another year older!
Second: I got to go spend the weekend with My brother, Andrew and my sister in law, Whitney, and my neice, Eden! They live in Hooks, TX which is about 10min from Texarkana, so it only takes me about 3hrs to get there! I went in middle of October and just had a grand ole time visiting with Whitney and Eden during the day and Andrew at night! I played with Eden a lot while Whitney got some homework done and I just loved being there! It was really neat to see them in their new home and being a family! Whitney cooked for us and I just can't wait to go back down and see them again!
Third: I got to vote for the first time in the Presdiental election. Four years ago I missed the election by a little less than a year, so I was really excited to vote this year. It was really neat to vote with my mom, since the very first time I voted it was with my dad! That is all I will say about that. ..moving on...
fourth: I went home for a weekend away...and I had this awful pain in my right side (never a good sign) well it didn't go away so my parents made me go to the hospital..where after hours of being tested and waiting and Cat scans and pushing on my side...they decided that I had kidney stones...great...well they passed and on Sunday afternoon they released me and I drove back to Searcy a couple hours later...I had my unit(see below) to present that Monday morning!
Fifith: I presented my unit! To most you have no clue what this is or why I would write about it but it is a big deal. I have to plan a unit (lessons and activities for two weeks) all by myself. I am responsible for picking out which standards I use, the objectives, what we are going to do, how I will assess the kids, and so much more. Well then after you do all of that, I get to present it to the class. So I chose to do the Amazon rainforest as my topic and I made my area of the room a real life rainforest! I had vines, animals, tree, plants, books, crafts, posters...and a lot more! It looked great and I was truely proud of it! It made me feel like I am ready to be a teacher, and gave me confidence to take a leap of faith and do my own thing and use my creativity to the best of my ability! It was awesome!
Last: Just an update...I havent gotten to go see Robert and Amanda and the twins, but I have skyped with them a lot and being keeping up with them through facebook...but I think I will post some pictures just so everyone else can see them!
More has happened this semseter but I think they will come with later posts! Love ya bunches! I'll try to keep up with this better in the next coming weeks! God Bless!
-Meg
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