This week I got lots of happy news!

1. I went for a meeting on Tuesday to talk about the class I’m scheduled to teach in the fall. After an hour long meeting, and still not being done covering what I needed to teach, I walked upstairs and told our program coordinator that I was absolutely petrified to teach the class because a) I didn’t feel confident or comfortable with about half the material I had to teach, and 2) It sounded like it was going to suck hours and hours out of my days. She said that she thought one of the new students coming in could probably teach it, so we pulled up his resume and looked over his experience. Long story short, I will no longer be teaching in the fall, and I have been assigned to be a research assistant. I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am to not have to teach. I wonder if this is the clear sign that I shouldn’t look for a job where I would have a heavy teaching load?

2. Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever find a class that I’m comfortable teaching. My media experience is not typical, and sometimes I feel like there’s nothing for me to teach. I’m not sure I’m too bothered by that.

3. My dad’s CyberKnife treatment got approved! Another long story – turns out that his case was never denied, but instead was classified as ‘in determination’. His case manager saw that, and apparently assumed it was going to be denied, so she just told my parents it was denied. She was wrong. Thankfully, my mom is aggressive, so when the case manager said they needed to take my dad off the schedule, my mom decided to be even more forward with her quest for answers. It was at this point that they discovered there was no denial. Um, oops. The issue being dealt with now is the apparent lack of knowledge that the case manager has when it comes to dealing with insurance.

4. I did yoga yesterday. This is part of my ‘kicking my butt’ plan (which I’m happy to say I’m doing well with – I’m actually hitting the gym 5 days a week, and have been for the past couple of weeks!). I haven’t done yoga or pilates in a long time, and I should, because it really helps my back. This class was fitness yoga. It kicked. my. ass. Wow. I can’t wait to go back.

5. I’ve learned that I have a very low tolerance – even more than I thought – for people who are all about the drama. I think that to people that don’t know me or understand me, I probably come off as a raging bitch. I just have no patience or desire to deal with it in my life. I can’t even give advice to people that deal with people in their lives that are huge into the drama. I think I come across sounding really harsh.

6. I’m so ready to be done teaching this ethics class. I’m really disappointed with how it’s gone. Yesterday only half of the class showed up, and 4 admitted that they didn’t do the reading. Want to know how much reading I assigned them? 8 pages. I know it’s summer, but come on. I told them “You guys are seniors. Don’t make me treat you like freshman and give you quizzes to make sure you’re reading. It’s 8 freaking pages. If you can’t handle that, then you should probably withdraw.” I’m going to go on the theory that it’s summer, and the kids just don’t care as much in the summer.

7. I have 10 more days until my conference in Chicago. I should probably figure out my presentation.

8. My boy bought us Auburn Football tickets. War Damn Eagle! I’m so freaking excited. Auburn football kicks off in 36 more days.

9. I’ve got half of one of my book chapters written. I’m really disappointed in myself with just how little work I’ve gotten done this summer. I know I need a break and all, but I’m not happy with how unmotivated I’ve become lately.

10. My long ass hair appointment – I can’t get used to my new hair. I went back to my natural color, which apparently includes quite a bit of red. It’s a lot darker than it’s been in a loooooooooong time (if ever) and when I look at myself in the mirror I get startled sometimes. Yeah. I’m just that weird.

I’m so ready for the weekend. I don’t know why…it’s not like I did anything hard this week that I need to recover from!