feel the love.

It is amazing seeing people who are so loving :)

This week Marilee was here in Garmisch with me, supervising me. I didn't expect her visit to help me as much as it did. She really is amazing at what she does. Having her coming so early in my student teaching I think really helped me get ready to make changes and go forward. She helped me see that my mess of classroom management is something that can be changed, something that there can be hope for. I had pretty much written that off... This week is going to be fun. My heart has always been in teaching, but it feels different now. If I want to get better where I am, I will need to be more proactive, but that is something that I can do and that I am ready to do. Woohoo!

Aside from just our mandatory teaching and observing we ate so much good food and had fun every moment we were together. Wednesday night we did American Idol night with traditional German food at Shanda's. Thursday night we had Bollywood, yummy Indian food with a lot of flavor. Friday night we went to Debbie's house and she made us Mexican food :) :) It was so so yummy! Saturday we went to Munich and ate at some pasta and pizza place.

So you would think that with all this food we woiuld be lethargic, no such chance. Marilee is the power-walking queen and I was honored to be in the court. We put quite a few mile on our sneakers and enjoyed good conversation, sights and smiles.

This week/end has been a breath of fresh air and for it I am thankful. Today I was able to relax and go to church. After church I was took a nap and finally caught up on sleep from my weekend in Prague. I'm finishing up my lesson planning for the week and seriously thinking about my classroom management expectations in each lesson. While writing lessons and channel surfing, I stumbled across a show called Sunday's Best... it's American Idol for gospel singers. Amazing. I also watched the end of an Extreme Home Makeover that made me bawl like a baby, some one gave 7 kids full ride scholarships. How can we report on so much bad when the world is full of so much good? I love letting people surprise me with their goodness. :)

I hope you are having a lovely weekend. Much love for you.