Word of the day is:
insuperable- incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome.
I find this word to be very interesting, not only do I think it's fun to say but I also think that you can use it in a lot of different situations. My Foundations of Deaf Ed homework is insuperable. Fiona believes singing a high F sharp is insuperable. George's ping pong skills were insuperable, therefore he won the tournament. But, I believe the best use of the word can be applied to my life. My introverted nature is appearing to be insuperable. I've been going to school with Chorus Boy since the first day of my first semester as a Freshman at college. I still have not spoken a word to him even though he has sat next to me for a whole hour and fifteen minutes before. He has asked me a question and I didn't even respond I just pointed at a page number instead of verbalizing the answer. I am a little ashamed of this- no, i take that back I'm really ashamed of this, but I just can't seem to get up the nerve to talk to him. It's a combination of being really shy and being really insecure. I don't want to start a relationship with him that is just a friendship because I have a huge crush on him and I have a bad tendency to put myself into horrible situations where I fall in love with my best friend (McDreamy a perfect example of that, but we're over it now) and end up being strung along and get my heart broken. I also don't want to start talking to him and find out that I'm not pretty enough, or skinny enough, or outgoing enough, or smart enough...etc etc. That would just lower my already plummeting self esteem. I just need to know that there's a strong possibility he could like me back, and until I do know that I don't know if I can talk to him.
They've placed another fan in my dorm room. Wait, I need to go back before that. At my school during the summer they did some repairs to the roof, but apparently they roofers did not do it correctly because a couple weeks into the semester we got a heavy rain and the ceiling above the walkway to the bathroom connected to our room began to leak. The leak got stronger as the rain continued and eventually we had four buckets underneath the ceiling collecting the water dropping from it. We called maintenence to fix it, but they did nothing because apparently roofers can't get up on the roof in the rain. After about a week the rain stopped and still no one fixed our ceiling, so I emailed the Dean and immidiately someone came to fix our room. They cut a hole in the wall and placed a very large dehumidifier in our room to prevent mold from growing in the walls, but apparently it's not drying fast enough so they placed a large fan there as well. Unfortunately both of these objects make a lot of noise and I can't think let alone sleep in my room anymore. The contractor keeps telling me that I can't shut it off and I keep telling him that I can't do my homework if it's this loud in my room. So I'll probably keep you all updated on that as time goes by.
I got my Halloween costume yesterday, but I still haven't gotten the book yet. I'm going to be Wonder Woman for Halloween and I'm pretty excited about it but now I have to find something to do on Halloween so I can wear the costume. I also need to decorate my dorm door... maybe I'll do that tonight with Addison.
Yesterday I spent a couple hours trying to figure out what my schedule would be for the next few years I'm in college. I'm trying to graduate in four years and be certified in a program that really takes five years to complete. I'm also trying to eliminate summer classes because I really enjoy going home in the summer and being with my friends. This semester I have 6 classes and 45 hours of practicum to complete over at a couple of the local schools near my college. I must be out of my mind, I not only chose the hardest major in my school (Deaf Education) but I want to focus on Secondary Ed meaning that I'll have to have a specialty area which I want to be math. I'm going to be in school forever, I have to complete four years at the college I'm at now and then I want to move on to Graduate School and get my specialty in Secondary Ed. My classes are:
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Life Science
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Life Science Lab
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Elementary Methods of Reading (15 hours over at the local elementary school)
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Human Learning and Development
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Foundations of Deaf Ed (30 hours at the local school for the Deaf)
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Chorus
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ASL 3
Now I have to go do my Human Learning and Development homework because I have that class tonight. Hopefully it won't take too long.
Ta for now!
-Becca
P.S. Here's a picture of Addison up on the large dehumidifier in our room. She can almost touch the ceiling.
