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Name: Gwyn
Country: United States
State: Ohio
Metro: Columbus
Birthday: 7/19/1984
Gender: Female
Interests: Traveling, learning about God, spending time with my A-mazing friends, movies, history, psychology, music, reading my Bible, laughing, various other things...
Expertise: Taking those yellow locks out of movies...
Occupation: Student
Industry: Education
Message: message me
AIM:  TheLittlePenGwyn
Member Since:
3/19/2004
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| I'm going to post some thoughts about graduation soon--within the next week I guess. I have it mostly written, I just have a few things that I want to change on it.
For now though--I'm moving in less than 12 hours. I'm moving into my own apartment with no roommates. I love my current roommates--they are all great friends, but I can't live with them any more. Most of that has nothing to do with them and a lot to do with me, so I'm moving. They are still more than welcome to visit me whenever they want (provided that they call first)-and so is everyone else!
I hate that packing is such a difficult task for me. What's worse is that unpacking is usually more difficult.
After I'm done moving, I'm gonna stick around and unpack some things--so that when I come back from Christmas I won't have to make my bed or hang up a shower curtain before I can sleep or shower. Then, I will be driving to Knoxville to hang out with some friends there--then it will be off to Ohio where I will be working on the 24, 25, and 29th; spending time with my family and friends; packing/getting rid of everything that is mine at my parents house; then driving back down to Cleveland on the 30th so I can begin decorating my classroom and finish unpacking. I have a jam-packed January that will involve a 2 day visit to Ohio, company at my new apartment for 2 weeks, and stating a teaching job at Cleveland High School. I'm really excited about the things that God has in store for my life. I know the things that I want to do--but God know what I'm supposed to do and where I'm supposed to be. I need to trust him to lead me to where he wants me.
Also--I'm 98% certain that I'm going to start training to run a 5K sometime before my birthday in July and then possibly a 10K in October. I'm pretty excited.
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| This week is the culmination of a very hectic semester/year/college career and the start of a hectic new year--and I couldn't be more excited/thrilled!
Wednesday is the last day of my student teaching placement at Lake Forest Middle School--my time there has been short, but I've LOVED it. The students are all sweet, intelligent (sometimes), mostly-behaved students and I will miss them.
Thursday is regalia clearance where I will pick up my cap and gown. Clearance will be followed by graduation rehearsal and then a Christmas party for my church, and then possibly some packing.
Friday I will meet my parents, sister, and brother-in-law for a late lunch (they are leaving Ohio at midnight and driving down) and the possibly shopping. I will also start packing (in hopes to get most of the non-clothing items out of my room and the clothing items somewhere besides my floor) because my aunt and cousin are driving down here for my graduation and they are staying with m while the rest of my family is staying in a hotel. Friday evening is Commissioning where I will receive my $65,000 Bible and listen to a few graduates (whom I probably won't know because I was supposed to graduate last year) reminisce about their time here at Lee.
On Saturday I will graduate from college. Words cannot even begin to describe how excited I am about this day! I've been in college for 5.5 years, and for most of that time, working on my degree has been a lot of blood, sweat, and tears--more so than for most people. Graduating tells me that I can do anything--regardless of the things that I have going against me--it may take me longer, I may have to do it slightly differently than everyone else, but I can do it. At around 12:25 on Saturday, I will turn my tassel and become a college graduate.
Sunday I will have church and saying farewell for about a week to my family (I won't be going home for Christmas until the 22 or 23).
Monday through Friday of next week is going to involve a lot of packing, cleaning, and figuring out what I want to put where in my new apartment that I am moving into next Saturday. Possibly also some decorating (curtains, pictures, other things I can move easily by myself).
Next Saturday I am moving. I am moving out of the house that I have called home for 2.5 years and moving into half of a nice little duplex by myself. Some people from my church are helping me move as well as hopefully a few others. If you would be interested in lending arms to hold things and legs to move said things in arms into and out of a moving truck, please let me know--the more people we have, the quicker things will go. After moving all of my stuff in and probably setting up my bed, I will be driving to Ohio to spend the holidays with my family. I will be returning early though, around the 29ish because I have a classroom to decorate and an apartment to unpack.
I start teaching my own classroom with my own students on January 7th. The thought is terrifying and exciting all at the same time. It makes me think back to the other week when I went to my church's mid-week meeting and my pastor asked me how I was doing. I looked back at him and told him that I was exhausted!! He asked me if I loved it though, despite the exhaustion. I had no other response but to smile and say "YES!" I do LOVE teaching--I just feel like I have so much stuff that I have to get done between now and then that I'm not sure that it will all happen. But, the world won't end if my classroom isn't decorated as much as I want to to be when school starts in January. Nor will the world end, if I don't have every unit planned before school starts. I know that I am doing what I am supposed to be doing. I know that I am working where I am supposed to be working. And, I know that I am living where I am supposed to be living. This semester didn't start out as planned--it didn't end as planned either--but both of those unplanned placements allowed things for next year to just fall into my lap (my job and my apartment). I know everything will work out--even if it's not in the time that I want them to work out in or the way I want them to work out--everything will still work out in the ed.
I'm going to be having several guests at my new apartment in the next few months--my cousin will be staying with me during two different audits that she will be doing in Cleveland during January. My friend Katy will be flying down on SkyBus to spend a few days of her spring break here with me in Cleveland. I will hopefully be getting a weekly game night going--technically through my church--but I want anyone that I know to feel welcome to come--we'll have lots of different games to play and different types to choose from (board, TV based, video games, cards, etc.).
So this was really long--but I wanted to let everyone know what all is going on in my life.
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| You Know You're in Cleveland, Tennessee If...
10) Wal-Mart is not only the coolest place to hang out, but the only one.
9)
Everyone and their aunt is aspiring to be a gospel singer and takes
every opportunity to audition, even in the middle of Tres Hermanos.
8) Democrats are considered to be a strange alien race.
7) The posted speed limit is generally disregarded by about 10 mph, but not in the direction you'd expect.
6) You're advised to get Meth Lab Insurance just in case the trailer next door to you unexpectedly explodes.
5) God flips a coin every morning to decide whether it will smell like chocolate or sewage that day.
4) There's a Mexican restaurant on every corner, or even two if there are enough stray cats in the area.
3) Stores and restaurants close at 9 PM so everyone can go to bed.
2)
The cops have nothing better to do than to lie in wait behind bushes,
trees, fences, or other cops for those notorious Bradley County
speedsters .
1) There are more churches than Christians. | | |
| It took me 3.5 hours to get through Cincinnati today. For those of you who don't know--it's less than 30 miles and usually take no more than 35/40 minutes, even during rush hour.
In other news...
I'm thankful for a lot of things in my life. I just wanted to share. I feel content and happy with where I am and where I am going for the first time in a REALLY long time.
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