Friday, February 17, 2006

Life is Crazy...

Its hard to believe how much has been going on in my life lately. Plenty of good stuff, but lots of stuff nonetheless.

The best thing in my life lately without a doubt has been finding George. We've been having an absolute blast together regardless of what we are doing. We seem to be in sync in terms of what to do. We don't seem to have much trouble agreeing to go out to see music, to stay in, to hang out with friends, to make snowmen, or go workout. Its pretty cool. On top of that, he knows what I'm thinking about something before I even have to say it. It makes communicating really easy. There's never too much confusion even when I don't express things as clearly as I could. I could say a lot more, but I don't want to go overboard here. In a nutshell, its crazy, but its crazy in a really good way.

I guess the other 'crazy' stuff is just a result of having a full schedule and a busy life. I've had some craziness at school this past week. (Some of which could have been avoided if I had a better academic advisor!!) Also, my roommate is moving out and I'm finding myself scrambling to find a new one, after the person who'd planned to move in had to back out. Lots of schoolwork, work piling up at the office.

Then, there's the huge news of the week/(month?). Becca and Dave got engaged! I'm so happy for them. I really think they will be wonderfully happy together. Purdy purdy ring, too. Happy stuff.

Then there's the recent thoughts of Hawaii. More happy stuff. That has definitely got me thinking about how things could work. Cool stuff, even though I don't think I could describe how much I will miss DC and my sister and my friends here.

Friday, February 10, 2006

MIddle School Teachers in Danger?

My Mom sent this to me. It was from an article in the online version of the St.Louis Post-Dispatch. Apparently I'm entering a rather dangerous line of work!

To view the full story, click here.

1. Police officers
2. Corrections officers
3. Cab drivers
4. Security guards
5. Bartenders
6. Custodians
7. Special ed teachers
8. Gas station workers
9. Junior high teachers
10. Convenience store workers

These are the jobs with the highest rates of workplace violence in 2001.

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics