Ebjournal Revisited.

Jul 11 2005

Summer School

Oh, were this post about Marc Harmon and the campy 80’s movie… (favorite quote: “C, C, C, C, C, C, C…”)

Today I started summer school. First up, Intro to Technology (EDU 517) It’s odd seeing a 500 level class with me in it. Quick class, where I get to brush up on Keynote and Power Point.
Next week, we start more literacy stuff. (Very technical, “stuff”.) More on it as I go through it. My cohorts are nice, and once again, I am the solitary XY representative. Hopefully they’ll see past my snarkiness and too much talking to see that I really want to do well, and have fun. This week is hard, because I really don’t want to talk to much, even though I love technology, (hope the song is in your head) and since it’s an intro course, it’s really hard. Thankfully, my teacher is really cool, and knows LOTS of stuff about teaching and technology, so hopefully I won’t annoy her. It’s weird to feel like a student again… I’m sure I’ll get used to it again.

Holy not-conveying-what-I’m-trying-to-say.

I’ll try again: I think I’m nervous about grad school. I get to write a thesis, defend it, and hopefully learn a lot, without looking like a know-it-all dork. Think a very fat Hermione.

And with THAT particular image, good night.

Jul 11 2005

and… back!

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Yes, it’s been too long since I’ve updated, but at least I update (see: Josh, Waj).

We just got back yesterday from the Smoky Mountains, and hiding from redneck heaven. The smoky mountains are on the southeast border of Tennessee and the northwest border of North Carolina.

To give you an idea of the town, put this picture in your head:

Cross Branson, MO, with The Wisconsin Dells. Throw in a pinch of Wall Drug, and then cram it all together. Sounds great, right?

No, it should not sound great at all. It was scary. It took us an hour to drive 9 miles (that’s 9 mph for those of you playing at home) because of the touristy traffic.

But, gentle readers, this is not a sad story. Nay, we are here for good news! Our cabin was wonderful. It was up in the foothills of Pigeon Forge, TN, and nary a toothless person was to be found. In fact, it was nice and quiet. You can see pictures of the cabin here to give you an idea of the splendor in which we dwelled for three glorious nights. After the 11-plus hour drive on Thursday, we settled in to the hot tub for some R and R. On Friday we went to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and toured Cades Cove. It’s meant to be an auto tour, so we drove the 11 mile loop of the Cove and saw all the buildings. We grilled steaks on Friday night, and ate and drank ourselves silly. More hotubbing ensued, under the stars. We woke Saturday, and eventually headed back to the park. This time we went on two separate short hikes. I have to say that TLEMK was very stalwart on these hikes, not complaining once, even though she had a giant bruise and abrasion on her knee from falling down three stairs while we were packing. Laurel Falls was beautiful– Rich, you really should go on it. No bears, but we saw lots of deer. Overall. a wonderful experience. The park was very busy, but most of the people were very nice. (There is something to be said for Southern hospitality.) We can’t wait to go back… now I want to know which park we’re going to next. This entry really doesn’t do it justice. Suffice to say, we had a wonderful, romantic, rejuvenating time.

Jul 11 2005