Adults who make mistakes...VOLUME 1

My name is Ms. G.  And I have made a mistake.

I am an adult and I am fully capable of admitting when I have made a mistake. I know my limitations.

Let's get real. I know that deep inside I am a lazy procrastinating, bum. I would trade in this job in a heartbeat to live on an beach somewhere. Far away from people's children.

I am in a Master's program at the University of Florida. I have a 4.0 average which means that people think I am really smart. Really, I am just the queen of the last minute paper.  I am studying Curriculum and Instruction.  My concentration is reading.  Thus meaning by the time this program ends, I will be able to explain to parents with some degree of certainty to my parents the reason why their children cannot read. I will also be able to come up with amazing ways to assist these non-reading children.

I will be a reading goddess.

Sadly, at this moment I am nothing more than a lowly working grad student.

Another teacher who is also a grad student with me asked me today if I read the syllabus. She reminded me that class started on Monday and that our first paper was due Tuesday (SHIT). The blank stare I gave her confirmed that not only had I not read the syllabus, but had not purchased the books either (SHIIIIIIIIIT). So now $95 later I will have the books by Sunday so that I can read these two chapters and prepare this stupid paper. There is only one problem here: I DON'T WANNA.

I really just want to sit and watch mindless TV when I get home from a day here.  I want to be lazy. But sadly, that is just not a part of my world right now.

My classmate/co-worker says in her most chipper uber excited white girl voice ( because after all, she is an uber excited white girl) that she is so proud of us because if we can get through this grueling summer we will only have TWO more years until we get this degree.

TWO YEARS!!!! (SHIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!)

I could have punched her.

I'll do it tomorrow. Or maybe not.

 After all, I am both lazy and a procrastinator.

Don't like job or school today. UGGH!