Gathering for the future classroom.

So while my friends were having a grand ole time swing dancing which I had hoped to do tonight (but I was feeling slightly under the weather, body-wise), I got to talk with Miss EB... and the big news? She will be a kindergarten teacher at an elementary school near where I used to go to middle school! I always get so thrilled to hear when a friend gets a teaching job. It means they have climbed out of the feeding frenzy pool of applicants. They have shown experienced people that first-years have value and spunk. Someone believes in them. And they will prove to everyone who caused them heartache and hair-pulling in their teacher education journey wrong. Oh yes, it is a great feeling. The feeling of blissful unadulterated "na na na I told you so!"

Because of this wonderful news, it is definite now that we'll be roommates sometime this winter (once we have paid off our credit cards from grad school-- that is our goal at least); and we will have the best "teachers" apartment ever with resources galore. No, we're not trinket types where we must keep every apple-emblazoned clay object nor do we wear the holiday sweaters/vests with the hidden battery compartment to keep Light-Up Fabric Santa ho-ho-ho-ing all season long on our chests. So, why is it a teacher's apartment? The books. Purely the size and number of books. Oh, and probably some student artwork. That'll probably be on our fridge and walls because well, kids' artwork is awesome and adorable.

So to refer back to my woeful evening of non-dancing, Miss EB and I also put in a huge order at Oriental Trading tonight. This site is great for getting treasure box goodies, random craft projects, etc. EB said her second graders loved the "bendables," stickers, erasers, and rubber duckies. The ducks are just plain wonderful; if I were a second grader, I would be the most well-behaved kid so I could collect them all! Pssh, Pokemon has nothing on the classic rubber ducky.

Hmm, I need to invest in a plan book, too. I have way too many ideas rolling about in my head, and it's difficult to settle on just one.

On a bookish note, I have been buying book lots (as in large quantities of books in a single auction) on eBay, particularly Magic School Bus (yeah, that's nothing new) and American Girls. I haven't quite figured out how I'm organizing my library yet, but I do know I like the whole "genre" ordeal. I'm not really sold on the idea until I get and read this book. (It's on my Amazon.com wishlist for any of those bibliophiles wanting to gift books. ;) )

Okay, it's getting late, and I'm doing an early power-walking jaunt around the Reservoir with C.

- Miss Chelsea :)