The travels have ended... or at least paused for the next 3 weeks. I am now settled in a college apartment in the mountains of NC and the only traveling I anticipate doing is the walk up and down 390 steps on the way to and from my classroom multiple times a day. Oh, and don't worry, those steps are still separated by sufficient uphills too. Quite the difference from Indiana I dare say. I can see a windmill from my apartment window and many mountain tops from my classroom window. Beautiful. It rains quite frequently, or at least it did today. I've learned to always carry my umbrella and raincoat with me. And no, I didn't learn the hard way. I was just thankful the rain always fell while I was inside.
On a completely unrelated note... have you ever wondered what happens when you google your name? I had the sudden urge to do so this evening (while I was taking a break from lesson planning). The first link was for my blog and the second was for my facebook page. The fifth link went to my school's website and everything else on that first page was related to running- race times and such. The majority of the links on the following four pages were also for meet results. So there you are. I guess that's a pretty accurate picture of my life over the past 12 years.
While one can never truly have 'too much' planning time, I'm ready to have the students arrive tomorrow and get the ball rolling for this summer. I'm super excited to be teaching Algebra I- it's definitely a favorite of mine. Of course that may simply be because I've taught it the longest. Either way, it'll be grand. Hooray Duke TIP 2010!
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