We're Engaged!

Here is a quick precurser to the engagement story, and I promise it relates. We started dating on my birthday, August 1. We'd been getting our flirt on for a while, and I decided to send him a message to show I was interested. So that night, we had driven my cousin home, and we parked behind my house, we got out of the car, started walking to the apartment, but behind the house I pushed him against the wall. Then I took his glasses off and said, "what if I kissed you right now," and he made some lame reference to Boy Meets World, then I kissed him, put his glasses back on, and said "Happy birthday to me!"

So earlier this week, Corbin asked me on a date for last Friday, and he told me we were going to go to Comedy Sportz and get a crepe, which is what we did on our first date. "Ah" I said to myself. "He's going the whole recreate-our-first-date route for proposing. But there was a slight snag. Friday he went to the doctor and found out he has swine flu and strep. So obviously we didn't go out that night. Little did I know he had picked up the ring that day.

Saturday rolled around, and we spent the day watching movies, him being sick, and me trying to nurse him back to health. At about 10 that night, he told me he was going to take me home, but before he did, he played me a song he had written. It was so sweet, and I absolutely swooned! Then we drove back to my apartment and parked behind my house. I pulled my backpack out of the car, and as I was putting it on, Corbin offered to be a gentleman and hold it for me. I thought this was a little silly, because he was sick and weak, and it was only my backpack. But as we got close to thE wall, he pushed me up against it (a little awkward when carrying a backpack). He looked me in the eye and asked, "what would you do if I asked you to marry me right now?" "I would say yes" thinking to myself, duh, we've been wanting to get married forever! But then he got down on his knee, and proposed! I was so shocked, but through the shock I said yes. He put the ring on my finger, and I was done for. I burst out in tears, and we hugged and hugged (no kissing allowed due to diseases of various sorts).

So that's the story, definitely unique, I would say. But most definitely us. =)

My Guided Reading

School's In!

This week in teaching has been totally crazy. It seems like a lot of worth while things work this way: the days are long but the weeks are short. When I'm in the classroom I feel like I've been there for 12 hours instead of two, but looking back and knowing I've been at Barnett for a whole week already... it's gone by in a flash. I love being in the schools and seeing the unique personalities and abilities of every student. But at the same time it's challenging trying to run the class the way Mrs. Hanson does, and think of good lessons that will actually be useful to the students. It's really an emotional roller coaster, but I like roller coasters. =)
Going to work after school seems so slow now that I have to deal with the pace of 2nd grade. I wonder how I can spice it up while still getting things done.
The other slivers of my day are crazy, trying to fit in homework and assignments and lesson plans and finding a professional outfit for the next day. Fortunately I still get to see Corbin every once in a while, and I think that's what keeps me sane.
I wonder how I will have changed by the end of the practicum?