I'm alive... aka I promise not to use excessive Celine song titles and lyrics to label all of my posts...maybe

So it's official. I survived my first day of teacher orientation at IU and it was relatively painless. That is, unless you count the massive headache I had this morning, because I'm an idiot and thought that I could make it through hours of sitting in a classroom without caffeine. WRONG! This problem will be rectified tomorrow. Luckily I work for the French department, so at 1030 we had a coffee and croissant break. Nothing I love more than free food and coffee :-) The one downside to being in training is that we actually have homework. I can't remember the last time I actually sat at a table and completed an assignment. Yes, I realize that I JUST graduated with my BA, but trust me... it's been a while.

So, after 2 hrs of sitting at my dining room table with my beginning French book, notes from today and a heaping class of some rather crappy cheap inexpensive red wine, I have come up with lesson plan for 4 days of class which I am rather pleased with. Hopefully Dr. Sax will approve as well. If not, I guess I'll just have a nice chat with Dr. Cabernet tomorrow evening when I get home. :-)

Time for a change...

Well, here it is. Yet another attempt at blogging. I feel pretty sure that I will actually have some decent material pretty soon, what with teaching college students and all. Frankly, I'm slightly freaking out at this point. We start training tomorrow morning at 9am and I basically have no idea what to expect. Training will last a week and a half, then they throw us in with the sharks. Have I mentioned that I have never had any teaching experience before? Sure. I've tutored, but this is a whole new ballgame. I'm not really concerned about the material, it's more the students. It's strange to me that my students will be basically the same age as me and in some cases, even older. I'm sure that I'm just worrying for no reason and everything will be fine.

Other than that, I'm completely settled into Bloomington now. I really think that I'm going to like it here. It seems to be just the right size. I love my apt and campus is very close (about 10min by bike). Although, the first time I rode my bike to campus, I realized exactly how out of shape I am. The second day seemed better, and I'm going to make myself do it again today, I hope. haha. As for now, I need a break from the computer. Time for a good book. Is 2pm too early for a glass of wine? Books are always better with a glass of wine. :-)