Wow! So, I blinked my eyes and lost two months. This summer has been crazy! I have a weak excuse for my complete lack of blog presence. Summer camp is exhausting. That's my excuse.
I worked at a camp for kids with Autism this summer. We started at 8 every morning and by the afternoon I'd be spent. Nine-year-old boys have a never ending supply of energy which they seem to use primarily for yelling, flailing and coming up with reasons why your choice of game is disappointing. It was a great experience though. I learned a lot about myself and about the area where I live. With camp, I got to go on some great day trips. Not only did I get very familiar with the community pool (way packed with groups like ours on Fridays), the splash pad (so many swim diapers) and a variety of area parks but I also got to go the the Indianapolis Children's Museum (awesome and huge) Brown County State Park (beautiful wilderness just outside town) and Kid Commons in painfully charming Columbus, Indiana. But alas, the summer of awkward tan lines has come to a close.
And a whole new adventure has taken its place! Graduate school!
Yep, I started working toward my Master's of Education last week. I'm in four classes and in a few weeks I will be shadowing in an elementary school classroom. The really scary thing is that in two years I will be a teacher. Yikes! But I'm so excited. It's taken me a while to figure out what I actually wanted to do with my life but I've figured it out and I'm actively trying to get there. That's a pretty good feeling.
So, what's coming up this fall, you ask? Well, I'll tell you. Boyfriend and I are moving so there will most likely be some new house posts, agony of packing and relocating posts and hopefully a few look-at-the-awesome-project-we-didn't-screw-up posts.
It's good to be back. I will do what I can to post again before November. Happy Almost Fall!
I worked at a camp for kids with Autism this summer. We started at 8 every morning and by the afternoon I'd be spent. Nine-year-old boys have a never ending supply of energy which they seem to use primarily for yelling, flailing and coming up with reasons why your choice of game is disappointing. It was a great experience though. I learned a lot about myself and about the area where I live. With camp, I got to go on some great day trips. Not only did I get very familiar with the community pool (way packed with groups like ours on Fridays), the splash pad (so many swim diapers) and a variety of area parks but I also got to go the the Indianapolis Children's Museum (awesome and huge) Brown County State Park (beautiful wilderness just outside town) and Kid Commons in painfully charming Columbus, Indiana. But alas, the summer of awkward tan lines has come to a close.
And a whole new adventure has taken its place! Graduate school!
Yep, I started working toward my Master's of Education last week. I'm in four classes and in a few weeks I will be shadowing in an elementary school classroom. The really scary thing is that in two years I will be a teacher. Yikes! But I'm so excited. It's taken me a while to figure out what I actually wanted to do with my life but I've figured it out and I'm actively trying to get there. That's a pretty good feeling.
So, what's coming up this fall, you ask? Well, I'll tell you. Boyfriend and I are moving so there will most likely be some new house posts, agony of packing and relocating posts and hopefully a few look-at-the-awesome-project-we-didn't-screw-up posts.
It's good to be back. I will do what I can to post again before November. Happy Almost Fall!