March Madness…& Mattresses?!

I know, I am horrible at updating this thing! I have been super busy since graduation and it is hard to find the time. So here I sit, updating this at work…yikes.

So, like I said, I’ve graduated. Yeah for me. And you know what, the adjustment has been kind of strange. I feel like my last semester at Purdue I wasn’t really a student at all because I was student teaching, getting up early EVERY morning, and basically in charge of my own classroom. So you would think the trasistion to the ‘real world’ would be easier…it’s not. I’ve gone from living in WesLaffy with some of my closest friends to living in Warsaw where friends are far away…that is by far the hardest part. Here is a pic of my math ed friends and I to prove WE DID IT!

But I’ve been keeping busy, very busy. I’m still working with CB Richard Ellis 3 days a weeks and working at Sylvan Learning Center in the evenings. It makes for some long days, but I love it! It has been great to teach kids ages preschool through high school and to really see them grasp material and shine! This next week I will be teaching a seminar called “forgotten math” at a local library for parents so that they can help their students at home. I’m also tutoring an algebra student a couple times a week.

I’m on the search for  full-time teaching job…checking job postings daily and sending out applications/resumes. I had an interview in Crawfordsville, IN with North Montgomery School Corporation. I haven’t heard back from them yet, but I am hopeful that it went well. It is hard because I’m not exactly sure where God is leading me right now, I want to go wherever he wants me to be…so I am praying for guidance that I can find that place and follow his direction.

So yes, March has clearly been “mad” so far! And now on to the mattresses…

Last Saturday I was on my way home from working at Sylvan and just as I was nearing my house I passed a pickup on the road with, you guessed it, mattresses in the cab. Mattresses that were NOT tied down. Now, it has been windy and just as I neared the truck a queen size mattress and box springs fly out of the truck toward my car. I quickly glance in the rear-view mirror and when I don’t see anyone behind me I SLAM on my breaks to avoid hitting it. Well, they were unavoidable so crash goes the mattress into my car. My new car. My new car that I am still making payments on. Sad.

But there is a happy ending, there was no severe damage to my vehicle, we (and by ‘we’ I mean my mechanic)  just needed to pop in the front quarter panel. It could have been a LOT worse than it was, if I wouldn’t have been able to stop the matress would have hit my windshield and who knows what may have happened.

In other news…I am beyond ready for warm weather and a vacation. In April I am headed to Washington, DC for the annual National Council for Teachers of Mathematics conference. I’m pumped to learn some great ideas for my future classroom (wherever it may be) and to take in the sights! I’ll be home for a week and then I’m heading to Boca Rotan, FL to soak in the sun and relax…it is much needed!