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| I am AWESOME at updating!So, guess what? Now school is starting again, next week - I didn't update this once this summer. Sigh. The only real reason I keep this thing around is so that I can get daily updates on what people are doing. Maybe if I wrote more often and made this more interesting, people would read it and comment! Maybe not. Anyway, this summer has been amazing and terrible all in one. Amazing parts - Ryan and I grew a lot closer and had a lot of fun working together. I had a good time being mini-Michella, aka the summer registrar. I got to ride Dodger and spend a lot of time with Laredo too. I loved, LOVED the girls at the ranch and was so proud of their growth this year. Not so good - this summer was HARD. Whereas last summer, Ryan and I just kind of breezed away the days and didn't have to deal with a lot of conflict, this summer we did (especially him). It was one of those kinds of situations where sometimes you just fell into bed at night, exhausted by running around, putting out fires...and dreaded doing the same thing again the next day. We also felt somewhat disconnected from the rest of the staff, and we're starting to feel old - which is ironic since we're 21 and 22. But being married changes something. Case in point: we didn't make it into the staff video because the videographers didn't even realize that we were summer staff. Hmm. Not a big deal, but it just kind of illustrates why we felt disconnected from everyone. Also, just last Friday, Laredo colicked really badly as Ryan and I were trying to enjoy our only chance to get away this summer in Mackinac, and we had to make the really difficult choice to put him down as we were still 2 hrs. away. I would say that I'm still very much grieving that. And probably will for a while. Lastly, school is starting. This is both good and bad. Good because I'm looking forward to it, bad because I'm not at all prepared. Good returning teachers get their classrooms set up and do lesson planning. I'm a bad returning teacher because I am NOT at all prepared for the beginning of the school year. I still have yet to move stuff into my new classroom from my old one. SIGH! Well, I guess that's good enough for an update. How is everyone else? | | |
| Yay! Only 14 more days left of school & I'M DONE with my first year.  365 days ago, Ryan and I were enjoying our first day of our honeymoon in Mexico... sigh. I wish that could happen all over again! | | |
| Hello my friends!Okay, so I rarely post on Xanga, so I don't blame you if I don't receive much traffic here. However, I do feel like it's important to let people know what I'm doing, sooooo... It's hard to believe that there are only 7 weeks left of school. I have enjoyed my year @ BCC thoroughly, and am wondering about next year. I have a chance to get in @ Grand Ledge, but I am enjoying the life of a Bearcat. It will take a lot of prayer and consideration, but at this time I'm leaning toward staying where I am... So anyway, Ryan and I got a horse last fall in case you didn't know. His name is Laredo, and he is adorable. Today he became a gelding, which I don't think he was a big fan of. I think he's pondering the meaning of life right now while resting in the box stall. Poor buddy! I watched the vet do it and I think I threw up a little in my mouth. He was knocked out cold (snoring), but he definitely was um, sore when he awoke. This summer Ryan & I will be coming back to camp, and this time I'll actually have a job! WOW! Raking in the money.  I'm excited to be working in the office. I know that teachers are supposed to have their summers off, but I definitely need to keep busy or I'm at loose ends...and that's not good for me. I get lazy. Another plus of working at camp is that I'll see AMY, JEN, MARLA, KAYLA, and lots of other girls that are pretty awesome. Anyway, I think that that's enough for an update. Shall we meet again sometime soon? LOVE!
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| midtermsAHHH. I am so stressed and bogged down with schoolwork, plus I am going to be missing two days of school this week to attend a conference - right before my students take their midterms! I am wigging out.  | | |
| Well hello everybody! Happy belated holidays to everyone. A 2006 reflection... - I did my student teaching. Grand Ledge was amazing and I would do a lot of extreme things in order to get a job there in the future. Go Comets!
- I quit my job @ Flagstar. Although my career as a banker was brief, it was enjoyable, and I miss working there and my awesome coworkers.
- I graduated. I enjoyed that immensely. I miss college like crazy, I miss certain professors, and I really miss being in GR sometimes. I miss my friends. I reminisce about the days when my biggest stressor of the day was getting my h/w done...wow. I miss that a lot.
- I got married. That is pretty cool, but there are times when I sit back and think, hmm, I have a husband now. I'm not old enough for that! However, I do highly recommend marrying Ryan Prudhomme, which is unfortunate for the rest of you because he is taken. He will remain so for a long while.
- After a sweet honeymoon, I went from 5-star resort in Mexico to Grace Adventures staff training and then moved into a camper for four weeks and then into a two-room cabin at Paradise Ranch. Not ideal for the first few months of marriage. However, after I got over my pampered, selfish desires of living in a place with insulation and indoor plumbing, things went really well and God worked on my heart a ton while I volunteered @ Grace.
- My best friend got married. I was the matron of honor. What an honor. They had a lovely wedding and I couldn't be more ecstatic that she married the guy she did and is so happy.
- I got turned down for my first big job interview. It hurt. Leslie H.S. seemed perfect, but obviously Someone had bigger plans for me.
- I got a job. Battle Creek Central High. I teach now. I shape lives. No doubt I am some students' least favorite teacher (after all, some people are crazy), but I have connected with quite a few students and I do enjoy my job. I do not enjoy the following things about it: meetings, mouthy kids, 5:00 a.m. wakeup call, and a 50-minute commute (one-way). However, making $$ is sweet.
- I turned 22. I no longer have any birthdays to look forward to except bad ones (i.e. 30, 40, 50).
- I realized that the next big turning points in my life will be moving somewhere unknown and starting a family. Both of those thoughts are numbing.
So, all in all, 2006 was a good year. Here's to 2007 and here's hoping that God blesses each and everyone of you VERY richly in the next 11 and a half months. | | |
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