Unofficially Senior Year

I'm finally back in good ol' Jackson, Mississippi. It's hot. I wore a black shirt to school and at about 4:00 when I left and went to get gas in my car I was rather unpleasantly wet with sweat. So I discovered that its not very wise to wear black clothing in Jackson in August unless you want everyone else to know that you are just as sweaty as the next person.

It has been nice to be back. I am seeing old friends again and I'm sure I'll meet some new people in a few weeks too! I am staying at a lovely family's house from church and it has been so fun. We've played wii, watched movies, and of course enjoyed some good home cooking!! It's such a blessing to put off caf food for a little while longer ;) Oh and how could I forget the desserts: ice cream and popsicles!!

I started school. No, I didn't start my school, I started Elementary school. Yep, I didn't do so well and still managed to get into college but now I have to go back and retake everything. Just kidding!!!! As an education major you have to do a week of school at the beginning of the year so you are prepared for the start of the school when you are on your own. It's called SOS experience and whenever I hear it I think of that song "SOS, please someone help me..." It's always hard to explain because I'm like I have to do SOS and I'm sure no one would understand so usually I just say its part of student teaching, which is true because I have to have it to graduate and it is in the same classroom as my student teaching experience.

The first day was rather crazy as my teacher was unable to come so we had a substitute. Let's just say I got to practice teaching a lot earlier than I had thought. The kids are very cute and very Southern! I don't know how many times I heard, "Ms. Schreck....." but I suppose I should get used to it :)

So not only am I doing SOS and staying with the family from church but my old roomate is an RA again and doing SOS which can be cause for a bit of chaos and an awful lot to do. Sooooo that means her friends get to help out a little! We all pitched in to help her get her hall decorated.

If you are a college student at Belhaven, no the walls don't always look that nice and it does take quite a lot of planning and work to make them the lovely place you see every day. Her building's theme is Disney Princess movies. The movie she chose was Enchanted so half of the hall is Andalusia and half of it is New York. Though she's still tweaking and changing some things, its lookin' great! I was pretty tired but we still had fun :) Here's a few pics from my friend Annie who made some amazing and very realistic music notes out of foam board





Also side note....yes I am wearing a jacket. That is because places in the South like to crank the AC way up, which is nice when it is hot outside and you come inside but only for about 2 minutes til your body catches up and decides that blast of cold air is actually rather frigid. I think I need to invest in some jackets because you might possibly always see me in one in the dorms. I went from being an Egyptian princess (the sweltering heat of 3rd floor Caldwell, even though I complained secretly i liked living up there) to an ice queen (4th floor Gillespie), this should be interesting.