Travels

Well, I had a wonderful relaxing weekend. Got to spend time with the family, which is always special but hard to go. I wish that I had one of those jobs that I could just pick up and move---it doesn't work that way. On the ride up, I was able to spend a lot of time thinking and sorting things out, which was so helpful for me.

I was also able to narrow down my thesis---thanks to the help of my wonderful cousin and best friend. I will be doing a literature review on experiential learning theory, John Dewey and David Kolb and how NCLB runs the other way. Which ought to be interesting, I hope. It just makes me nervous to be writing something like this, I never thought of myself as a writer but I guess I have to be.

While traveling I was jamming out to my Ipod and found a few songs that really, really describe things right now. One that really sticks out to me is Papa Roach's song, Scars. The lines in that song that describe me so well is "my weakness is that I care to much, my scars remind us that the past is real...." I think I really do care to much, about everything. I put so much effort into everyone else I barely make time for me, which is hard. I spend so many hours a day thinking about my students, and how to make life better for them that I don't make like better for me--I run myself ragged. I just hope that one day, all this work pays itself off.

Well it's time for another work week, watching 9/11 tributes makes me think about how much the world has changed. Just far to much to think about. Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!!!