I'm at the middle school right now. I just ran the entire 8th grade orchestra period by myself. How exciting. Yay. It actually went fairly smoothly. Sometimes I really feel like I'm being a complete bitch to the kids. It's like everything that I hated about my past orchestra directors is coming back to haunt me. How can I be nice to the kids and shut them up at the same time? How can I get the kids to like me without being too soft? Goodness...

Anyways, this whole student teaching experience has kinda made me think about teaching. I really wouldn't mind doing this for a living. Maybe I could be good at it. The keyword is "could." I'm definitely not ready for a group of my own yet. I have so much more to learn before I can have confidence in everything that I say and do in a classroom.

I have flea bites all over me. They're all over the fucking house! How can I get rid of them? I've tried everything I can think of...nothing works! ARGH...