The Joys of Pe

Now that I am back in college , I have realised how much fun it is ! Because that I had failed , I had just assumed that I would have no fun ! I was wrong ! Last week in pe , I laughed so hard I almost cried !
Have you ever heard of synchronised swimming ? I will post a clip up here later. of it. It was the most fun I've ever had. The whole lesson was based around creative dance. The first thing we did was a Christmas themed "make up your own dance". My group ended up incorporating Gangam style into our dance as 'riding the reindeer' ! Mortifying but such fun !
The synchronised swimming was the most fun by a mile ! We tried to do the frog but failed ! We ended up with the Mexican wave after 20 of a prep session.
I was telling my friend about it later on and he didn't believe me ! I forgot to say , there was no swimming pool ! It was the most heart breaking thing ever ! I showed my friend the video I will post up and we both cried with laughter !
I missed this ! I may not be with my real friends but some of these guys aren't so bad. I'm having fun so why let anything else get me down :)

Rock bottom ?

So I got my results today from the repeat repeat exams. I found out that I failed. I had already said that it would break me if I failed and it has. My eyes are puffy since 10.30 this morning from crying. It makes me wonder if I'm cut out for teaching at all. Does it matter how many times I repeat these exams, am I still going to fail? Will I ever make it into my senior freshman year ? Or will I be stuck as a junior freshman for the rest of my days ? 

How do you deal with losing the one passion you've ever had? There isn't anything else in the world that I would want and yet here I am , holding back the tears , wondering what I'm going to do for the next couple months. I have myself convinced that this is a sign that I'm not cut out for teaching......

To make things worse , the people who passed all of their exams the first time around are the ones who failed teaching practice and the ones who didn't go to most of their lectures. It's hurtful to think that I went to all of my lectures last year and got 2 distinction on my placement and I still fail. 

I don't think life gets worse.....this is rock bottom :(

Let the Fun Begin.....Again !!!

So we're now 5 weeks back into college and once more I am having a blast. It's incredible to think that the summer has passed and we are now in 2nd year, we are senior freshmen! We didn't really do much today in college, we just talked about fairy tales. We had to hand up an assignment based on the ears and anxieties associated with fairy tales. It was such an interesting assignment and I think the only one I've enjoyed doing so far. Although, it totally RUINED fairy tales for me :( 
After that, we just drank loads of coffee and then we had the chats ! All in all it was a great day in college! 
For those of you who don't know, I've had a pretty rough start to college this year. I had to do some repeat exams. I was back at college for 2 weeks and loving it, getting to see my friends again and getting back my independence. I was devastated when I found out that I failed exams. I cried so much! I decided to look for a job and work in the city for the year. I had been out of college for three weeks when I found out that the college were willing to do a "special" sitting of the exams for us. I had never been so happy. I went back to college and realised how much I missed the day to day life of being a college student. 
I sat my exam and am waiting for the results. Hopefully they are better than before cause I am loving life in college at the minute and I am having so much fun :D 

No New Reports

As the journey continues, there is nothing new to report. My two week break is nearly over. i have already started to plan what I will do when I return to Dublin. These two weeks were definitely needed. Today I slept until half twelve. I went to bed just after eleven. Not a bad nights sleep I would say ! I am starting to get agitated by being at home though. I sold my car and I haven't replaced it yet. I can't go anywhere or do anything. All of my friends are in Dublin or at the Gaeltacht so I am quite lonely. 
From Monday onwards I will have daily updates of what I did each day. I'm hoping that the innocence will continue!!

My Journey to Teaching

I've decided to slightly alter the point behind my posts. I'm going to begin keeping track of the 4year journey to becomming a teacher.
I have posted about bits and bobs before, including daily routines re college , etc.
I have finished my three weeks of tp. The most enjoyable three weeks of the course so far. I owned a classroom. I was in charge of children. I decided what they learned , how i taught and what homework they got. We had two inspections during the three weeks. I am not one to blow my own trumpet but i did very well on both. The first inspection i though went well anyway. I got an honours in it which was fab. I the second one , being perfectly honest , went okay i thought. Turns out he thought it was better. There were tears when i had to leave !!
Keep posted for more on my journey :)

Valentine's Day :*

Okay yet another bright and bubbly day in college. We started off the day with religion in which i read One Day for most of....he literally nade us watch as he tickled Elmo ! Okay i can't really complain about that !
We had a three jour break where i got to thinking about being alone on Valentines Day ! I'm texting a guy for quite a while now and he has asked me put on a date which has never happened !
If you read all about me you already know  that i am studying teaching. There are plenty of good looking guys in my college (i am sitting beside  one as i blog ) and i coyld chance my arm with any of them....the joys of being single !
I am blogging from an event called Take Me Out in which girls turn off their lights for boys who aren't they're type and keep them on for the guys who are....it's all in aid of  cancer , my good deed for the day !!

Back to Normality

I started lectures at 10 this morning , is there anything better than an early start ?! I started the day with Child Psychology and then proceeded to History of Education , probably the most boring lecture in the world ! He literally harps on about the joys of education and how we got to where we are today , education wise of course !
I got such a good "welcome back" reception this morning it was very funny ! And then i was told that i was missed because one of my girlies had no one to gossip with , i have never felt more loved !
I am on a bit of a health kick at the minute and i decided to have salad for dinner. I was very proud of myself ! We locked my room mate outside the apt this evening and i really did  think i was going to wet myself , it was the funniest thing ever..unfortunately no photographic evidence !
Have i told you about James ? You will have to read tomorrow's entry for all of that information ! ;)

I Want My Mommy

I'm on my way back up to the wonderful city of Dublin as I have class in the morning. For those of you who don't know me , i live at hone part time. Because i was sick last week i stayed at home so as you can imagine after two weeks at home i had major seperation anxiety.
On the way to the bus , mom told me that i was pretty quiet. I don't normally mind going back to Dublin but i was fighting to hold back tears. I got on the bus and thank God it was dark 'cause i cried my tears as silently as i could. I've already decided that i'm going to commute next fall.
I only have 3weeks in college and then i'm back into school teaching for 3weeks and then it's easter and i've two weeks off. 5weeks off in total , i won't nake it back up to my unwelcoming, unhomly , damp , smelly apartment ! It's nothing like what i thought my first year would be like :(

5 Colours in Her Hair

For all of you who have never clapped eyes on me.....i have experimented. I have 10 piercings in total betweeb my ears (9) and my belly button. I get a lot of comments from my parents telling me that i'm the first cousin of a sponge with all the holes and what not. I like piercing , i like the thrill of getting a new one.
I also have a hair dye addiction. I had 4 colours in my hair this morning: brown (my natural colour) , blonde , red and black. I started when i was 16 , I got purple and i loved purple until one day i didn't love purple and decided i wanted to go back to brown....so i did but then that got boring too. So i decided i'd give black a go since i had all the piercings anyway. I loved black. These were all temp dyes until one day i had enough and i decided that i only wanted black in my hair so i dyed it a permenant colour of black.
Yeah i didn't like black. Red was the colour i wanted until i didn't want. Blonde was the colour i wanted. Well , it was the only colour i wasn't. But i think it was for a reason....it just wasn't meant to be.
I am now the proud "wearer" of one shade of warm , chocolate coloured hair and it's wow ! You really won't beat a hair salon's finished product !

Cocktail of Herbal Goodness

Okay so yeaterday my mom came home with a cocktail of pills for me to take. I was thinking oh god !! But then as i thought about it i was leaning towards give me anything that will make me better !! So when i was told i had to take liqorice and black cherry and loads of other exotic nice sounding things i thought great sure what could be so so bad.....it was horrific ! Did you know liqorice was root of a plant originally ? Yeah neither did I , that was a shocker. The black cherry wasn't available so thankfully i haven't had the joy of tasting yet but if it's as misleading as the rest i'd rather leave it !
Yeasterday i also watched Little Black Book , if you haven't ever heard of it look it up on the Youtube machine. That's where i first heard of it. It is a great movie with Holly Hunter and the wonderfullly talented and sadly missed Brittany Murphy. This film had me in stitches and in tears. Oh the mom from PS I Love You is in it too :D

Looking Good

Tonight was the first time all week that i actually lookied in the mirror and what a shock i got ! I looked like utter crap.
I'm still sick and exhausted . I seem to do nothing all day simply because i have no energy and i'm so tired then from doing nothing.
On the plus side , this "flu diet" has worked wonders. I really wish this would go away. Today i watched Wild Child , No Strings Attached and every soap that was on the telly. I'm running out of things to do and to watch...any ideas ?? :/

The Joys of Being Sick

Sick. Oh the joys. For the past two weeks I have had the flu and it isn't getting any better. It's really no fun being sick. I was on teaching practice this week too which is what made things so much worse. I had to be sent home from the school. I'm only in my first year so every day that i'm in the class i'm faced with more and more challenges. It's all experience and it builds up but if i'm sick every time i'm sent out to the school what good is experience to me ?! I'll never get the opportunity to teach anyway....i should just retire to my bed now and wait till i grow old.....

My Giant Camera

I'm going to be really boring in this and I am just going to talk about my day. I have never realised how much fun it is being in college. I am studying primary school teaching and up until now, we've jut been acting like children. It's been great !! Last week we made a gigantic camera out of cardboard and we put paper mache over it. This week we were to paint it....but someone else did it for us!! To say I was very upset was an understatement !!!