Summer of Torture...almost over

So, we made it an entire summer. Rob finishes his internship a week from Thursday! I seriously can not keep from smiling when I think about it. It has not been fun living apart all summer. We were pretty lucky though because we did end up seeing each other about once a month.

I am finished with school!! Yes, my classes are finished. No, I have not graduated. I have to complete my internship first, so next April (with Rob) will be our big day. I also took the Praxis on Saturday and hopefully passed. Now I have a little bit of time to really focus on getting ready to teach in a few weeks. My classroom is beginning to come together. I finally sorted through all of the stuff/junk that was left in the classroom by the previous teacher and have begun to set things up the way I want them. There have been a few set backs:

• I finally received desks for my students. Now I have to figure out how to arrange 25 octagons in my room. Not an easy task (they couldn't round up 25 square ones? Seriously?). I swear these desks are ancient. They probably have petroglyphs on the inside and all kinds of disease lurking on them. Some of them students have actually drilled holes through the entire piece of laminated wood (ok, so no petroglyphs). I have no idea how many years of grinding a pencil into wood that would actually take.
• I still have no desk. There is a computer on the side counter. I could easily turn that space into some sort of desk. Problem: do I dare sitting down to face away from 25 six year olds? I DON'T THINK SO. If I do not get a desk I am considering getting huge mirrors to hang by the computer so I can see my students should I ever need to use the computer during class.

But a few good things have come out of this as well:

• I found out that my district office has laminating machines we can use. It only costs 1-2 cents per inch depending on which machine you use. I laminated over 20 feet of materials and paid less than five dollars. I could not believe it!
• I renewed my love for IKEA. I found these awesome stools for my reading center and readers theater! While I was there I wished I had kids because I think it would be incredibly fun to decorate a little kids room. (I guess I would also need a bigger house...or house in general).
• Shopping. Justified because I have to wear skirts or dresses everyday (I hate dress pants) so I'm going to need a few more! Thank goodness for birthday money!

Sorry for the long and boring post, but such is my life these days. Compared to last summer, which was filled with fun, camping trips, and soaking up the Arizona sun for weeks at a time...ahhh....the good old days. What happened to them? Maybe I'm finally becoming an adult. Unlikely, but possible.