Midterms ending = Erin gets a life? And votes?

Oh hey everybody. Yeah you read the title right, I DID actually vote, allllll the way from Washington. GO KITZHABER! Even though you're losing I still believe in you! And Oregon, y'all suck for voting no on Measure 74, just saying.

But yeah, the whole Erin gets a life thing, is going alright. I think up until Monday of this week, I have consistantly had a paper to write, or at least outline and then think about for the next five hours. It has been super stressful lately, and I was honestly sooo glad when this Monday rolled around. In addition to papers due (btw...I got an A on the latest Humanities paper I received back[!!!!]), I had a German midterm that day, so yeah again I cannot stress enough how happy I was for it to be over.

Halloween was alright, to be totally honest. I have never really been one to go out and drink and party, (and not to mention I had a shit-ton of homework and studying to do), so my night mostly consisted of dressing up as Mickey Mouse and drinking smoothies and hanging out with my friends. Some of us were going to go for a scary movie, but that just ended in a hallway massage train. Don't ask.

OH! I don't think I have mentioned on here either that I got a job! Two and a half weeks ago! haha. This is yet another piece of proof that I fail at blogging. Oh well. But yeah I work for Jumpstart, which is an AmeriCorps program through SU. Basically I work within a preschool (in my case, Tiny Tots Preschool) Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-4pm with a group of around three kids and help/teach them to read, write, and play with them. I am one of three Corps Members in my group that goes to Tiny Tots in that timeslot, and we have a Team Leader who teaches the class as a whole. Part of my job as well is also getting together with my team leader and corps members and planning lessons for class. I am really excited for this because it fits in really well with my schedule, and I love kids. So it works out great :). I have been going through twice weekly trainings for the past two and a half weeks, and today was the last one. Next Tuesday will be my first day in the classroom, but only for observation/orientation. The 16th is my actual first day teaching. Ah! Soooo excited! Here's hoping my kids aren't little terrors...

Welp, that's about it for now. I will be sure to update again soon, I PROMISE.

<3

~Erin :)