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Day in the Life and September Currently

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This week I tried to do a Day in the Life of a Teacher. It so didn't work. I even tried two separate times. I guess that goes to show you how busy us teachers are!!





Ever since I found out about the monthly currently over at Oh' Boy 4th Grade, I have been loving it. Here is this month's currently.


Needing...
Now that I have been teaching for 5 weeks, I am now back into my routine of getting things done. Now I need to schedule time for work, studying for my masters, exercising, crafting, and spending time with my family. There is never enough time in the day. It's either pick one thing over the other each day.

Favorite Things...
I am loving my new macbook pro. I still have my desktop computer that is a windows machine, but I love that I have an apple computer as well. It is so handy and very easy to use. I am absolutely in love with imovie. Usually when I edit my videos, I used my work laptop or my husband's work computer. Now I don't have to worry about either of those because now I have my own!!!

Last night I went to dinner with my BFF at Village Inn. We spent the entire time just talking and hanging out since we haven't really done that in a long time!! It was nice to relax after a long short week of work. Why is it that 4 day work weeks always seem longer than normal weeks?

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  1. RebeccaSeptember 8, 2012 at 12:58 PM

    Hi! I am your newest follower! I found you through Farley's Currently linkup! I just love your little video clip...and good for you for remembering to get parent permission to video your students. You are awesome for posting your video!! Love it!!

    I usually plan on Friday after school and then copy stuff on Monday morning as most of the teachers at my building copy things on Friday afternoon. Love your blog!

    Rebecca
    Teaching First

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    1. JenniferSeptember 8, 2012 at 1:57 PM

      Well thank you for following! I'm headed over to your blog right now. Friday after school I get a lot of things done as well if I'm having a pretty productive day. All of our teachers leave right on time on Friday so Fridays are a good day to copy if I haven't got my copies done by Wednesday.

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  2. oh' boySeptember 15, 2012 at 6:08 AM

    thanks so much for linking up... I think 4 day weeks are the loooooooooongest too!!!

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