the princess talks...

Super fun day today - Saturday's as they ought to be. It started with sleeping until 9:30. That seems to be about as late as I can sleep these days if I haven't stayed up super late. Then I got to see my student teaching girls play basketball. That was super awesome as I hadn't seen the girls since I left in December. I got attacked at halftime and then again at the end of the game. It was so fun to see them. I also got to bring one of my friends from school along - it was nice to have someone to share it with. Then three friends and I headed up to the cities for an afternoon/evening of good food and shopping. We stopped at Olive Garden for their unlimited soup/salad/breadsticks. Such a deal! Then to a super huge Kohl's, Southdale mall, Old Navy, and finally Culver's. I spent quite a bit of money - but the sales were so awesome! They were all teacher clothes, and of course I'm not teaching at the moment, but I'm sure they'll be useful. Now the problem is the smallness of my closet. But oh well... it was worth it.

So I sit down at dinner in the cafeteria, only to hear my name coming from a table right next to ours. This made me a little curious, especially since I wasn't very close with the girls at the table. Upon further investigation (yes, I was eavesdropping...) I discovered they feel I am not capable of being Children's Theater producer and that another person they had talked to agreed. I attempted to stare them down, hoping that they'd at least realize that the person they were talking about could hear them, but they didn't notice. Now I'm upset. It's not that they think that I can't produce that bugs me, because I know that I can. But just the thought of people thinking I'm incapable of something or that people are putting me down really makes me annoyed. I'm just as guilty about talking about other people as the next person - but seriously - when you don't even know me, what's the point? I guess I'm just a people pleaser - and I know that - and the thought that there are people out there that are not pleased with me drives me crazy, especially when they haven't even taken the chance to get to know me. Reminds me of 8th grade all over again.

Cross week one off the list of things to survive. Add about a million other things on the list of things to do. There is a reason that the school puts a limit on the number of credits you can take in a semester... and there's a reason I've found a few loopholes in that rule - I'm nuts. At the moment I feel slightly overwhelmed. But I'm sure that in about a week overwhelmed will be the norm and I'll be just fine with it. It's as if I feel useless if I'm not surrounded by things I need to do. It will all get done, and I'll feel a huge sense of accomplishment, and then summer will come.

Got to see my kids play basketball today (or at least my boys). It was so fun to be with them again. There's nothing like hanging out with grade school boys for the afternoon - and I really mean that. They played so hard in their games. I was super proud. And my supervisor was worried about me bonding with the kids... ha.