2 days in a row??

I know, crazy. I write like once every 3 weeks and here I am on a consecutive day writing in this blog. Well I had a little life realization a little while ago. I wanted to record it, because anyone who knows me will be just shocked for this one.

As my parents, friends, roommates, and boyfriend will attest, I am not the neatest person in the world. Far from it. However, today as I vacuumed and mopped the floors and cleaned my bathroom I found a little source of joy deep within my heart. I thought to myself, "what is this? I'm happy about cleaning?" Weird, I know. But hear me out...I realized that it was in fact joy that I was feeling as I scrubbed the floors and even cleaned the toilet. I realize that this is my home. Sure, I'm not necessarily paying the rent, what college kid has $550 a month to pay? But, when people come over they are going to see this space and know that it's mine. When I wake up in the morning and take a shower I know that this nicely smelling room (thanks to the bath and body works wallflower that is plugged into my far wall) is mine. It's clean, it's neat, and it's mine. I feel so much better in the morning when I wake up and make the bed versus throwing the blankets aside and crawling out. My room looks so happy and comforting. Now, I know it is only the first week. Skeptics out there would say, "just wait. It's going to be just as messy as your room at home or your dorm room." But I think I've genuinely turned over a new leaf. It's kind of exciting. So, if you think I'm not going to make it last, don't tell me. Just prepare to be amazed in a few months when it is clean still. :)

Welcome to My New Home

So, I'm all moved into my new apartment. It is so exciting to move through rooms as if I am in a real house. You see, for the last 3 years I have lived in the dorms. Now my dorm had AC and it was pretty large as far as dorms go, but it seemed like it was getting smaller every day. Now, I am living at The Verge with my two roommates Chelsea and Colleen. So far it's been pretty nice. I go to sleep at night in pitch dark and I wake up and turn on an overhead light. I don't have to crawl from a lofted bed and I can keep my room a little neater now that I have a little more space.
So far we have laid by the pool a lot! It's so nice because it is literally right downstairs; we don't even have to walk to a different building. The only problem I have with it is that it is 987 degrees, but I guess that's not the pool's fault. It's usually not very crowded, maybe like 3 other people there. I can just take my book and relax for a few hours, come back up for lunch, and then back out again until later in the evening.
But, it hasn't been all fun and sun, I've had to go to my school a lot this week in preparation for student teaching. I'm really excited to be working at Morris Grove Elementary this year in the 4th grade! So far I've been to a staff meeting, the CHCCS convocation, and the classroom for a little prep time. Tomorrow we are going over all of the test scores from last year to plan for the incoming group of kids. By then we should have our class lists which will make this seem even more real to me. Monday night is meet teacher night, I'm so excited to meet all of the kids and parents that I will be working with this year! Maybe we should make a class blog, that would be cool, huh? Well, I guess I am going to settle in for the night. Goodnight!