Shit...it's been a while since I updated. I have been really busy with school. The kids had their second quarter Interim Exams for the past two weeks and I had to grade and hand them in yesterday along with their second quarter grades. I was handed the third quarter curriculum yesterday, three days after the third quarter started, and now I am trying to read all the material and make preparations to start it next week. The teacher I replaced left some of his materials and plans in the classroom which is helping me a great deal. It also helps that the curriculum is similar to what I did with my eighth graders last year.
My apartment has been cold, and my heating bills have been outrageous. I live in a typical old east side house, and the windows are drafty. I put up plastic over some of them, but with this weather it doesn't really help that much. The new apartment is almost twice as expensive as my old place, and now I am paying it all on my own. I'm managing all right, and I love my new location and all the extra space, but I miss not paying utilities and cranking the heat all winter. My classroom is always warm and toasty, and on these cold mornings I actually look forward to getting to my room early and standing in front of the old school radiators for a while. I have to crack my windows open sometimes because the kids get hot after gym.
Barnaby and I have been seeing each other every few days. It's nice. We aren't back together, but we have been getting along well. He's almost finished applying to Ph.D. programs, and he'll be done with his masters in a few months. He's applying to a bunch of local schools, but he has also applied to places all over the country, so he might not even be in Rhode Island much longer. I'm crossing my fingers that he gets into Brown. He thinks it's a long shot, but I think he has a good chance. We are taking things slowly, and it's working for both of us.
Well, thats about it for me. I'm going to go huddle up underneath my electric blanket with my kitty, and watch some of the crap on my DVR that I have been too busy to watch.
Oh, and i recently discovered Regina Spektor.
My apartment has been cold, and my heating bills have been outrageous. I live in a typical old east side house, and the windows are drafty. I put up plastic over some of them, but with this weather it doesn't really help that much. The new apartment is almost twice as expensive as my old place, and now I am paying it all on my own. I'm managing all right, and I love my new location and all the extra space, but I miss not paying utilities and cranking the heat all winter. My classroom is always warm and toasty, and on these cold mornings I actually look forward to getting to my room early and standing in front of the old school radiators for a while. I have to crack my windows open sometimes because the kids get hot after gym.
Barnaby and I have been seeing each other every few days. It's nice. We aren't back together, but we have been getting along well. He's almost finished applying to Ph.D. programs, and he'll be done with his masters in a few months. He's applying to a bunch of local schools, but he has also applied to places all over the country, so he might not even be in Rhode Island much longer. I'm crossing my fingers that he gets into Brown. He thinks it's a long shot, but I think he has a good chance. We are taking things slowly, and it's working for both of us.
Well, thats about it for me. I'm going to go huddle up underneath my electric blanket with my kitty, and watch some of the crap on my DVR that I have been too busy to watch.
Oh, and i recently discovered Regina Spektor.
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avenger:
that's me with the Australian pop superstars The Veronicas...
y:
Shouldn't be gone too long; month or two maybe 
You'll need to find a replacement janitor/caretaker in Hirsute 
You'll need to find a replacement janitor/caretaker in Hirsute