My Cardboard Balcony

This week has been a week of adaptation. I have had to adapt to lesson plans, filming, working with students at both my student teaching site and private school, schedules, wedding plans, and other such things. I have had many positive things happen in my week, but other things make me wary. I'm worried about falling behind in my classwork, and I have had to deal with hiccups in my process of obtaining my credential. Apparently, I still have to take a Constitution test despite taking AP U.S. History. Joy and jubilation. Next week is going to be a huge test of endurance, patience, and confidence. I will be filmed for PACT next week, to name the biggest thing. I know I can do this, and I know I can handle my class. But God, sometimes I wish certain things would be easier or just change. I wish the political climate would be less hostile and cruel and violent. I wish the world weren't bubbling like an overheated cauldron. I wish I could travel to New Zealand with my fiancée ...

It's Inevitable by Belinda Roddie This star will go out once you stop smiling, love.

Claudia loved it when people orbited around her. It was like she had a gravitational pull, an attraction that drew everyone of all genders, races, sizes, creeds, and interests. Just one glance in your direction and a batting of her naturally long eyelashes was enough to get half a dozen people scurrying over to her in class as soon as the biology professor told the students to get into pairs or small groups for lab time. The only person who didn't seem affected by her pheromones or behavior was, of course, yours truly.