A New Leese on Life

I have started my internship at St. James School in Montgomery and will be here (I think) until May 3rd. I have to teach for 20 full days, 10 of which are consecutive. I thought I’d take my time and put those toward the end, however, my cooperating teacher has the flu and is home sick, so I have been asked to run rehearsals for 4 choirs in addition to other music classes. I am kind of excited to be thrown in this way, because I don’t have to worry about messing up in front of an expert. Today’s high school rehearsal went suprisingly well seeing as how I knew about 5 minutes before class that I would be teaching it. I am looking forward to learning more, but am nervous about completing all the required red tape in order to graduate and obtain my teaching certificate. As I side note: I have never seen a group of people more obsessed with Starbucks than this school. The teachers, the students, the parents…wow. My teacher must drink 4 cups a day! (Thankfully, I am not drinking coffee right now to help with my Acid Reflux. Otherwise, I would go broke!)

I was walking over to the local grocery store from my office (its about a 300ft walk) and I saw a guy I recognized. His name is Bill and I bought my wife’s engagement ring, wedding ring and my wedding ring from him. Nice guy. He was buying a newspaper when I walked by him so I said hello. We started chatting about the weather and when he made a point, he “Good gamed” me. Thats right, he smacked me on the butt with the newspaper. I was like, “Whoa. What just happened.” Thats what I thought, not said. It was a weird encounter, and being a 6’2″ overweight dude, people in general aren’t very physical with me, so it was a little strange, in deed.

Leroy

it used to be stress driven, but these days, I really don’t know what is causing my eyebrow to twitch. its pretty frequent, and pretty annoying.

i know this is a totally random thing to post about – but I am wondering if anyone else has the problem …?

I guess it could be slight sleep deprivation, but doubtful. I promise, I am not stressed, definitely had more stressful points in my life. Maybe i am deprived of a critical vitamin or something …maybe i need a banana.

Well as some of you know, I was delayed in knowing where I would be student teaching this semester. I was supposed to have known by November at the latest, but I didn’t get placed until Thursday…of this week. That’s right, I wasn’t notified of my placement until Thursday night and I start the training seminar on Monday. As of Thursday night, two other music interns weren’t placed yet. I feel very blessed to have a placement at all, however, I was placed in Montgomery, AL (my old hometown) 3 hours away from Leroy and our home. My parents have been gracious enough to let me move back in with them, but as you know, once you leave home for good, it’s hard to go back. God must have a plan somewhere in this madness, but it is very hard to see the positives in living away from my husband for four months.