Monday, June 25, 2007

I graduated in May. From college!
Okay, so I've graduated. It felt really good having the whole family there at the graduation ceremony. It was my dad's first time to attend any of his children's graduation ceremonies, and I heard he was still yelling out my name way after I appeared on stage. =].

Oh yes, what's even sweeter is that I feel like I extra-prepared myself to get a job. Did lots of homework to prepare me for interviews. I got a job. The school district and grade level I wanted. I feel so thankful. For now. =P

After that, I felt like a great weight was lifted off my shoulders, and I could happily graduate and go to summer school. I feel good. On graduation day I announced to everyone that I'd accepted a job, and I think my parents were relieved that one child is finally out of school. Right after my graduation lunch, we went back to my apartment and packed like hell to leave for Houston.

Next day, we went to Splashtown for the 12th year in a row, I believe. I had no idea we’ve kept up this tradition for that long until Thai mentioned it!

Around this time, I gave up the room in my house to a cousin from Boston. He was sooooo different from us. His family was thinking about moving here, and he was deliberating whether he would be here for a while until he found a permanent home in Houston. After about two weeks, he decided Houston wasn’t the place for his family, and he left. It’s awful to say, but I was happy. I missed having my own room!

For the rest of May, I basically was a bum. I’ve been planning how I wanted to spend my paychecks already! And graduate school... haha. I can’t help it. Sat around and figured out how I wanted to organize my classroom, and made the kids helped me organize the hundreds of books I was able to collect. It was so tiring! Through handling the books one by one, it became even more apparent what a wonderful collection I had. By the way, I bought most of the books without even knowing what I was getting.

So, due to an agreement, I'm back in school to take a summer class to prepare me for an extra teaching certification.

Lately I've been scoping the web for good deals on things to furnish my classroom with. So far I've bought a cute chair for $5 and got a free bookshelf. I'm still looking for some big pillows, beanbags, and another cheap comfortable chair. Teachers shell out so much money and work just to have a decent classroom.

In two weeks I'll be out of school for good. Woo-hoo! But it seems that school shopping will never end.

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