Monday I had a day off from work –my first in over two weeks– but I had to spend it working on my lesson I presented yesterday. I taught the class a section in the chapter on Ancient Rome. It covered Caesar, Augustus, the Early Empire and the Pax Romana (all the important stuff about Rome). It went so well. I finished with just enough time to give them a review quiz and summarize the chapter before the bell rang. The class seemed genuinely interested in the lesson –something I contribute to the material and not necessarily my instruction– and they asked a ton of questions. I did a PowerPoint presentation which I think they really liked. I’m so used to professors using PowerPoint that I’d forgotten how little it was used in high school. Today in class, one of the students even suggested that the teacher use PowerPoints from now on because it helped her learn and another told me the way I taught made it easier for him to take notes yesterday.
After school yesterday I went back to work and it seemed like an eternity since I’d been off –I’ve grown so accustomed to being in uniform and pouring coffee and whatnot. Yesterday night I went over to my Grandparents’ to watch the Sabres stomp the Leafs on the road which was sweet.
Today went rather smoothly and I had the day off again. Surprisingly, I was not called in and I was able to get some errands run which always makes me feel good. I found out I have over $1000 in the bank for the first time since the summer of ’07 so I’m pretty damn proud of myself about that. All in all, I’m feeling pretty good. I’m not even worrying too much about my thesis right now, I’m just trying to not let things get to me and I have to admit it is so much better this way.
I watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall just a couple of hours ago and I thought it was great. It’s probably due more to my overall mood these past few days but I laughed out loud all by myself watching it. It was hilarious and Mila Kunis definitely redeemed herself for her role in Max Payne because that movie was definitely not good. I’m sure if I had watched it at any other point in my life, it wouldn’t have seemed so good to me but I did and so it did.
That’s it right now. Just wanted to put down some thoughts on how good I’ve been feeling.
19.2.09
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