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Well...it had been my intent to blog throughout my student teaching...but obviously that never happened. I think I just got overwhelmingly busy, lost interest int blogging, or maybe a combination of both.

Anyway, student teaching is behind me and I'm now focused on other things. It was a great, tumultous, frustrating, tear-inducing, empowering experience and I'm glad it's over. Although I will miss (some of) my students terribly.

Currently, I'm working part time at a local flower nursery and searching for a teaching job for next year. I have an interview at my old middle school on Thursday and I REALLY hope I get the job...for so many reasons. I really want to start my career, feel like I'm getting somewhere and contributing to the field of education. I also really, really want Ryan and I to start moving toward some of our goals, one of which involves searching for our first house. It's probably a far stretch right now, since even if I get this job, I will have only started working, but it's worth a shot. Just being able to feel more secure financially will be a big plus.

Three months to go before the big day...wedding day! I can't believe it's coming so fast. Most of the main components are planned out...now we're just figuring out some smaller details.

I've had a lot of free time lately to catch up on reading, cooking, cleaning, wedding planning, and other things I've wanted to do the past months of the year. Today, I just finished reading The Watchers, and old book by Dean Koontz. I have only read a couple of his other books at most, but our photographer recommended it to me because she knows I am a fellow pet-lover. I actually really liked it, and had a hard time putting it down. Maybe I'll read more of his books in the future--my dad has a whole collection. Next, I plan on reading The Catcher in the Rye--which I'm ashamed to say, I've never read. *Embarrassed*

I've also been reading a lot of Taste of Home, which my grandmother got me a subscription for awhile back. It's so nice to start collecting recipes that don't involve a lot of crazy ingredients that you can't find easily in the store. My goal is to make two new recipes a week. I've already tried a couple, and both were big hits with the FH.