Skool!

This week is immersion week at school. That means that I get spend the whole week with my grade 1-2 class. So far its been a blast and I am slowly getting the hang of things. Here are a few things I've learned so far:

1. If you wear shiny shoes, people are going to feel a need to touch them.
2. Never take someone's eraser without asking AND waiting for them to say yes...they may burst into tears.
3. Recess is seems even shorter when you're a teacher.
4. It's hard to sniff smelly markers without colouring your nose.

I'll keep you posted on what else I learn!

Back to School

I started school on Monday! It's hard to believe it's finally here. I'm a bit nervous since its been a while since I had to do homework, write papers etc. but I'm also pretty excited. For my field placements I'll be in a grade 1/2 classroom until November-ish and then I'll be at the Alberta Wilderness Association which is conveniently located up the street from my house! I think it'll probably take a few weeks to get used to being back at school but hopefully I'll catch on quick!

I wish I went to Stanford

I went to visit my sister in California over the long weekend. Well, to be fair since I'm "retired" I took an extra long weekend (Thursday-Tuesday). Being the organized sibling Kath had a whole itinerary set up for us so we got a lot of great tourist work done. A few highlights from the trip:
- The monterey aquarium: the otters are hillarious and they had a brand new Great White Shark! oooooh! To be honest, it was a baby Great White Shark...so not exactly Great...more like pretty big for a baby.
- Shopping!: J.Crew and DSW officially have all my money.
- Visit to the redwood forest: We totally won the hike. estimated time: 2 hours, our time: 45 minutes. Woohoo!!
- Sea Lions at the beach: We saw Sea Lions at the beach!!! at least I think they were Sea Lions...I'm not sure I totally know which one is a Seal and which one is a Sea Lion...