Santa Shop - So it's been a week since I last did this, and I felt like I need a break from the Thanksgiving Break. Well not having a driver license really limited my driving radius. I was thankful for spending the time with my cuz and sis. I am thankful for winning some $ over break too. I'm thankful for Pass Kickerz now defending champs, woohoo 2-peat! Unfortunately, losing in the Finals at Dumar's sucked, but fun to go up against some great players.

Only 6 more days of student teaching, and looking back I feel like I actually learned or changed some things about myself. It's been wierd being isolated from everyone, but it really puts somethings into perspective. I guess, after this break I was kind of tired taking the initiative on things. Paul said we should always be in praise, for Him. We often don't give enough, and the recognition just ain't there. Gosh, we take advantage of Him so much and peeps miss out on other things. Kinda sad, I just gotta keep doing my thing I guess.

Siam

Lincoln - Wow, did the other class take the Canada Lesson Plan I created and ran away with it! Ellen's group did everything possible but times 2 on everything, Katrina's group video recorded themselves doing an Alberta newscast, Brandon's group did powerpoint, and Johnny's group made a huge brochure for Ontario. Yes, I am a proud teach because these groups were the homerun hitters from both 6th grade classes.

So I bypassed going to WB V-ball, because I wanted to be sure I had everything for the weekend. I mean I don't have to go in on Wednesday :) However, I got a lil hazing over the phone because I guess my return is being anticipating from some of the peeps.

Ya know what's wierd is being in school dressing like GQ just because it's "professional" then when I'm outtie, it's all bout the jerseys, cut-offs, shorts, and bandanas for me. Finally, I can go a whole day to dress the way I wanna dress for this break, another thing to be thankful for :)

It's unfortunate that I could not make my debut at the Y. However, reading from the G-Men's blog, it looks like I need to and see how the comp is. I wanna meet this Brian guy too now, he seems like an intriguing fellow.

Vision

MNM - As Sunday ends, woohoo a shorten week! Or is it for me? Well, first off the CBC Pistons are off to a 2-0 start and we are the only undefeated team left in the league. It's wierd running into a lot of peeps that I know in the Twp or the U area. A lot of fans are now cheering against us since we blew out one team by 20 points last week. However, it was fun silencing the crowd tonight because I hit the game winning free throws. I don't hear those thunderstix now :)

I'm excited for Monday because my cuz, Derrick is coming back for the week. I'm looking forward to spending time with him.

Tuesday is gonna be sweet because I plan on making my return to W-B V-ball since my surgery.

Wednesday, my sis is coming back home and I need to pick her up. The last time I saw her was when we drove down to Charlotte which was back in May I think? However, after that I gotta go straight to Joe D's for playoff v-ball. I wanna get to the Finals to face Rambo Management! Not many can sense it, but the guys are just fooling around with the rest of the L. These guys have immense power levels that I haven't faced since the Warren Leagues.

Thursday, I wanna eat turkey with the family! Mmmmmm my mommy's turkey is so delicious! Then if I can, my late night ritual to decide if I will shop the next day. However I must cut down on the eating.

Friday, I need to cut down because of the U of M Dearborn Tournament on this day. Ya think a guy could lax over the break? Anyways, woohoo I get to wear my belt because Pass Kickerz are defending champs. I'm looking forward to facing the teams from Cleveland, and Windsor this time.

Well, that's my week that I foresee will happen. All I can ask for is 2 good days at school, and to finish my work and win the ultimate battle. Now time for some Sunday night football!

Double Chokeslam

Red Carpet - So reflecting back on what I was blogging about yesterday got me thinking. Am I really gonna let this student teaching thing suck the life out of me? I can say on one hand I have done an excellent job making it my top priority. On the other hand, I've made it such a top priority that my spiritual growth has hit a snag. Plus my usual workouts have really affected my play too. So, this week my goal is to finish out all sorts of planning for my tenure. On most days, I will stay at work until 8 p.m., how many teachers do you know that stay that late? I do this because it is pissing me off missing worship again just to grade papers, plan projects, make tests, etc.

I had this gut feeling on my way to Lifetime that I was going to run into someone from the Mustangs. I thought I saw Bridget (older sis of Shane-O), whom I just met at conferences who plays v-ball. However, I thought it was my imagination until Shane-O came up to me during warm-ups. Now I have a fan, and it's wierd knowing that one of my students is watching me play. The CBC Pistons are now 1-0 at Lifetime, but it sucks for me because man my conditioning sucked. My guy scored 8 straight points on me! For sure, I am going to get my lesson plans done this week so I can go back to working out and focusing on every aspect of my life.

What was funny too, was after the game I ran into one of the 2nd grade teachers at Mustangs. Someone hold me accountable to finishing what I want to finish by the end of this week. I want to give back to the community in the U, The Heights, and Twp.

RIP Eddie G. (67-05)

Snipers - Well, I notice this teaching thing is taking a lot out of me. Now I am stuck to like weekly updates, man if only the Mustangs used PC's. I had a good time with my class this past Friday and I can totally feel the love for me. They all want me to fail student teaching so I can be with them until the end of the school year. This is one of my weaknesses is growing so attached to them. Kayla, whom I love a lot and I feel bad that she does not have that role model at home. Her maturity in every way possible is way farther ahead of everyone else's. She wrote me a note asking me to make sure I come back in May for her birthday party. No doubt I will be there.

Christmas, Miss Canada, Hailey's Comet, Corky, and Da Brat all have their own websites. I've been surfing through each one all though they don't know yet. Well, maybe Christmas because she wrote me her website asking me to check it out. Anyways, it's cute and funny because they post all sorts of ya know girl gossip about crushes and all that. I'm thankful though because they each wrote about me being their favorite teacher. I wonder if I should break the news to them that I know their website?

Lastly, so there is only like less than 20 days left of this thing and I am still battling Teach and Ogre. I am doing my best to continue to remain faithful through my trials. So what is my plan of attack? I am gonna do the lesson plan book with the remainder of my tenure so that is one less thing I have to do!

Even in my times of sin, and negativity He continues to bless me. This past Friday, Corky's mom spoke to me about tutoring Corky and Chaz. This has been something I've been praying for, some way for me to stay connected to the school when I am done. I love them both, and it don't matter to me that they are not in my class but it is a start.

LatchKey

Freestyle - It's November now, and this is the downhill part of student teaching where everything goes by super quick. I'm sad because I won't get to see my kids everyday anymore. I'm happy because I don't have to see other peeps everyday anymore. I'm slacking because I got work to do for lesson plans but I'm obviously not doing it. I'm struggling with how my grade will turn out but I must remain faithful.

One thing is this though, it will be a big burden lifted off my shoulders once student teaching is over. Peeps complain about their 5 day working schedule, well try working 7 days then come see me. I work 7 days, doing 3 different jobs. 1 v-ball season is almost under wraps heading into the playoffs with the Stickx Warriors lockin down the 2 spot. However, come December it will be back to 4 v-ball leagues again :) and then this weekend is the Season opener for Lifetime B-ball. I'm looking forward to do it because it's new competition. I've lost my motivation at CBC because it's the same peeps over and over again. I miss playing against the trash talkin brothas. It's exciting though to think about being able to train my body at Lifetime too now.

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