three day weekend

i have truely enjoyed my three day weekend. last weekend was really only one day since i took my praxis tests which started early in the morning. this time i slept until my body was ready to get up. even if that was 7am! i spent time with nick, read a bit in a novel i may be teaching when i am full time in the classroom in a few weeks, read magazines, and caught up on the latest with megan during our favorite show. today i went to a coffee shop with dawn and tanya and we got a lot done for student teaching. they were able to look ahead at curriculum and plan some things out while i searched for ideas on what to teach when i'm alone with my kids. i'm considering a poetry unit. it fits well after we talk about figurative language next week. it's a little scary though because i feel like i know nothing about poetry. i'm also not confident in my own poetry writing. it would be a good deal of work for me, but it can be done. not to mention it would be a growing experience for me. tonight i'll type up a few things i need for the week and get organized for the next few days. i'm not teaching my own lesson until thursday so i have some time to prepare more. the other days i'll just model what mrs. norris does.