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Update on Life: I'm alive.

Really, everything else is the same. Fall Break is this weekend, but I'm staying to work. Yuck, but hey---it's money and will allow me to focus on a paper on Sunday, so maybe a blessing in disguise---and I just went home a couple of weekends ago, so its okay :)

I hope all is well with everyone!

P.S. Kristi Cash White- I definitely researched that whole Google Street Views thing: And I saw your house...and it put a smile on my face (but it is weird that random people can see your house)

So this kid----wow one of the funniest kids I have listen to in my life. This is the commercial that made him famous..



And this is his new commercial...



soooooooo adorable.

This whole car thing helped me keeping growing up.
Over the past week I have had to deal with insurance people and places in Abilene to fix my car. I have had to work with the insurance company to set up a rental car, so I can go home this weekend. I do not like being the vulnerable one, but being a young college girl alone in a small town, I had to bite the bullet in order to get things taken care of.
As of tomorrow, I will be in a rental car and I will take my car to the body shop, who ordered the parts from Ft Worth today (Abilene does NOT have Land Rover parts).

This past week has been emotionally tough with the car crud, my first week back at work with a co worker who is NOT my biggest fan (but her last day is Monday...so yay), three tests, and the constant headaches that will NOT go away.

I have been strong for myself due to the lack of presence of others. It feels okay. I still like having others, but I know I cant always depend on that. My parents are amazing and have been supporting me, but not babying me because if I plan on moving away, I have to grow up.

In this past week I have found that there is a lot of things that I need to think about and re-analyze my life and what I value as important. Emotions generally bring this out in me and we all know I have had my share this past week.

So I took care of me this past week. And it was lonely and there were tears shed, but I did it...and I know it will just keep getting easier the more experienced I become (but lets hope it DOES NOT involve my car anymore...good grief.)


P.S. Watch the mom video below---HILARIOUS

I have recently started observing at the closest thing Abilene has to a pure inner city school. In Texas, they are called Title 1 schools. I am not sure about elsewhere. My first day was Thursday and I was at Lee Elementary from 8-1. It was a very interesting experience for me. I was put in Mrs. Anderson's 2nd grade classroom. Not only was I an a title 1 elementary, a place where I had never been, but I was in an inclusion class. An inclusion class is where they try to mainstream kids with special needs. Not extreme needs, but more of the stuff like: autism, and extreme ADHD, etc. Jaggar is a precious boy in this class. A precious boy, who on the first day sent my mind spinning. He has a bad case of some kind of autism, and must me standing, walking around, or talking at all times. Then quiet Jacob was across the room and looked like he was only 5 years old. He is so sweet and all he wants to do is carry on a conversation with somebody.
There were kids all of colors, sizes, and abilities. I jumped right in and sat next to kids, helped them, and just got to know a little bit about their lives. A lot of these kids have emotional needs that need to be met while at school, and I tried my best for the five hours I was there, to give them a little squeeze on the shoulder and to talk to each individual one so that no one felt left out. It was amazing. I want to be a teacher more now than ever. And I still definitely want an inner city school.
I get to go back as much a I want and I am pretty positive I will every Thursday.

Sometimes, I just wish people would STOP HITTING MY CAR. You know, but only SOMETIMES.