Day 30: Well, How 'Bout That? BEDA is over.

Ok, so I failed miserably at blogging every day. But you know what? I'm calling it a personal success because it got me blogging again. I really will try to keep it up now.

Yeah, you've heard that one before.

Important things I want to tell you before BEDA ends:

1. Twice now during this blog post I have typed VEDA instead of BEDA. That in itself should tell you how serious I was about this project. No, but I really did try!

2. The special ed teacher has still not asked me out, although he does still say hi to me when we pass each other. We haven't had much conversation beyond that, but I haven't given up hope yet. Also, I've decided to change his alias to Hottie McGorgeous, because (a.) he is, and (b.) that's how we've christened him on Twitter.

3. THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS MY BIRTHDAY AND I WENT TO NEW YORK CITY. OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG. It was amazing because (a.) I crashed with Sean and got to hang out with him all weekend, (b.) Sean and I drank screwdrivers at 11 AM on Saturday, (c.) WE MET MARKY and got to spend an entire day with him and his super-fun friends, (d.) I went to Coney Island for the first time and rode the Cyclone, which is the world's most amazingly fun roller coaster (and let me tell you, if your girl moves her body like THAT cyclone, your life is awesome), (e.) Sean's production company premiered its film Dots on Saturday night, and we all got to attend said premiere, (f.) I met Sean's brother Tyler, who is fun and adorable, and proceeded to get plastered in NYC with said brother, and (g.) we took some exciting video footage, which you can see tomorrow on SHVP!

4. My afternoon school as a whole no longer makes me want to commit suicide, but my fifth period class still does. Almost cried today. A football coach had to intervene. I wrote two kids up - my first write-ups!

5. I'm about halfway through Mockingjay, so don't spoil me.

6. My scary-looking (but probably very nice) assistant principal told me that my lesson plans were very good. She probably wouldn't know it if they were bad, though.

Ok, I'm tired. And I'm recovering from a weird sickness I picked up over the weekend. And I need to read some more Mockingjay.

End-of-BEDAtastically yours,
Kaitlyn

P.S. That's three times now that I've typed VEDA instead of BEDA. Fail.

Day 18: At Least I Looked Cute Today

I am sleepy and cranky. I don't like how exhausted I am after school every day.

At least Meet the Robinsons is on tv. Boy, do I love this movie.

Today was a pretty hard day. I actually had a great day at my first school. My other school gave me a lot of grief, though. Those kids are so obnoxious. I don't think it's their fault, really; I feel like teachers have treated them a certain way for so long that they expect everyone to do the same. I tried to plan a really fun fine arts class. It should've been an easy A as long as they participated. But nooooo, they were so offended that I actually wanted them to do stuff. The few who did participate had to complain about everything.

So tomorrow we're going to watch a movie in silence. They're going to watch a movie, while I sit there and silent worry that everyone is going to quit my choir.

"Phineas and Ferb" is now on. I love this show. If you don't love this show, you must be completely unaware of how brilliant and hilarious the music on this show is. I don't remember why I decided to mention "Phineas and Ferb" in this here blog post. That's how tired I am. Either way, I love it.

OK, SO MY COMMENTS APPEAR TO BE WORKING NOW!!! So feel free to leave comments. And if you're really feeling ambitious, you can always go back and leave comments on previous BEDA posts. :-P

K, I'm going now. Let's hope tomorrow is better than today was.

Blaaaaaaahhhhh-ishly yours,
Kaitlyn

Day 17: I Believe I Can Fly

OKAY! I reverted my blog back to one of the default templates, so I'm hoping that will fix the problem with the comments. If you STILL can't comment now, please tweet me again @kaitlynwithakay. Thanks to everyone who did that yesterday.

On the bright side, it's nice to know that people have been trying to leave comments after all. I guess I'm not so uncool after all.

Today was day 2 of teaching, and it was another good but CRAZY day. I'm in love with my 2nd period fine arts class. They're a lot of fun and pretty open to trying all of the crazy games I make them play. My other two fine arts classes are out-of-control crazy and probably don't understand what I'm teaching them, but hey, it's a hell of a lot more fun than math. I'm a little worried about the choir. Our numbers are small due to scheduling problems, and I have several severely untalented singers. But they're there and they're willing, so I'm going to do my damndest to teach them.

In other news, my dad got laid off. He was an award-winning district manager at a pharmaceutical company, so I thought for sure he'd be safe. But for now I'm the only person in this family with a full-time job. He doesn't seem too worried, though. Hopefully he'll find something else soon.

In OTHER other news, I'm about to book a flight!!!! To where, you may ask? You will find out in due time, my readers!

Secretively yours,
Kaitlyn

Day 16: I'm in the Real World Now

Well, I survived my first day as a teacher! I had a really fun day. Most of my students are pretty crazy, but I think I'm going to like this job.

I'm already totally smitten with one of my coworkers. I know, ridiculous. I spotted his beautifulness immediately when I got to my first teacher meeting, but I didn't say anything to him then. I didn't say anything to him the next day either, but before I left he came up to me and introduced himself. He smiled at me, and it was glorious. Then TODAY he made sure to walk past me and say hi during the morning assembly.

So basically, I'm pretty sure we're in love. Not to get ahead of myself or anything.

He's the special ed teacher (so he must be sensitive, right?), so from here on I shall refer to him as Mr. Sped.

Is anyone having trouble commenting on my blog? More than one person has told me so. If you're reading this and you are unable to comment on this post, please tweet me @kaitlynwithakay. Anyone know how to fix this problem?

Now I'm going to finish planning tomorrow's lessons and go to sleep. Tomorrow they're learning the parts of the theater! Woohoo!

Theatrically yours,
Kaitlyn

Day 15: To Insanity and Beyond

Life update: I think I want to go to grad school in publishing.

Why am I telling you this now, on the eve of my first day as a REAL TEACHER?
-it was on my mind
-I haven't blogged in a few days
-writing this blog right now means I don't have to work on my lesson plans and syllabi yet

Besides, I've always known that I don't want to get my masters in music.

I will now tell you the reasons why I want to study publishing.
-I love books more than I love most other things
-I love grammar and correcting other people's grammar
-I'm a pretty good writer
-I feel like being immersed in the world of books would be wonderful

I attempted to procrastinate further by looking up grad programs. A program such as this one at Emerson College would be perfect. I know that grad programs in publishing aren't all over the place, so they're probably pretty hard to get into. We're just talking ideals here.

On a slightly different note, Emerson also has a masters in theatre education that looks pretty fun.

So yeah, I'm going to be a teacher tomorrow. I'm ready mentally, but not so much physically. I don't mean, like, my body - I mean that my syllabi and other important paperwork are not ready. My procrastination knows no bounds. If I hadn't procrastinated I could be out boating on Lake Pontchartrain with the rest of my family, but it's also pretty nice to have the house to myself today. Besides, I had to go to Shreveport yesterday to visit choir camp (which was weird and nostalgic, but it was so great to see everyone)!

I guess I should start working now, but first I'm going to finish reading this article on Inception theories. FASCINATING.

In other news, I have finally found a male celebrity crush in Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Beautiful, beautiful man. I've gotten over Emma Watson after that interesting haircut of hers.

See you on the other side, kids.
Kaitlyn

Day 12: I'm a Success Story (Even When I Fail)

So clearly I am not blogging every day, but at least I'm blogging at all.

I am tired and therefore only have three things to say:

1. I saw Inception. HOLY FUCK. OMG. So crazy. I forgot how to use my brain for at least two hours after watching that. Incredible.

2. I started my first real job! I'm the new choir teacher at two high schools. My first day of training was today. It was alright - lots of meetings, lots of meeting people. I have one very attractive coworker, but I haven't talked to him. Tomorrow will be a lot like today was, and then I start teaching on Monday! Yikes.

3. Tomorrow I'm going to Shreveport once again! It's tradition for alumni to come back and visit during choir camp, so really excited to go there and see everyone. I miss that life so much.

And now I'm going to bed. Woohoo. Sorry for the boringness of this post. Sometimes I am boring.

Boringly yours,
Kaitlyn

Day 9: I'm Officially an Adult

It's day two of being brunette, and I still love it. I love it even more than I did yesterday. I look like a different person, so I feel like a different person, which is a good thing at this juncture of my life! So yes, all is well in the hair department.

Today I went to a meeting with all of the choir teachers in my parish (that's the Louisiana word for county). Actually, I'm technically in a different parish than the rest of them, but as I'm the only choir teacher in my parish they let me come to their parties. Since I grew up doing music in this parish, about half of my colleagues used to be my teachers. It is SO weird having to call your old teachers by their first names. Difficile est.

I just watched Kristina's monday video on fiveawesomegirls, and she mentioned that she wants to visit all 50 states before she dies. I've always had the same desire, so I counted up how many I've visited so far. My current number is 34, which means I'm well on my way. And check out how organized my map looks.


visited 34 states (68%)
Create your own visited map of The United States

I also want to visit all 7 continents, but I've only made it to 3 so far (North America, Europe, Australia).

And now I'm extremely sleepy. Goodnight.

Jet-settingly yours,
Kaitlyn