Firstly, I start prac in less than a week! I'm really nervous, but still also excited. Hopefully I'll be able to meet my mentor teacher on Friday, which should ease my nerves a bit. I feel like so much is going to be expected of me though and that's what scares me the most. I know I'm with year 2's, so it should be good and fun. But there's still a feeling that it'll wear me out.
I'm currently working on two assignments at the moment, both of which are due on Thursday and I'm kind of freaking out I won't get them finished or done to a decent standard. There's so much thought and prep that goes into lesson plans and researching stuff that will help with other parts. Ugh. And on top of that, this week we've been starting on our next assignments, as we have prac for 2 weeks (so no classes), then 2 weeks holidays and then basically straight after holidays the next assignments are due. It's all getting too much, trying to concentrate on one set of assignments, yet learning about others. And new content we'll have to research for ourselves and whatnot.
I really hope that I can get away for at least a day (maybe more) during the holidays. Because I'm having a hard time dealing with stuff at the moment.
The only upside of this past week was that I hung out/went on a date with a girl last Thursday night (who I haven't really seen since high school a few years ago). We were originally gonna go for ice cream, but then I suggested going somewhere for food/dinner first and then getting ice cream. So I picked her up and by the time we found a park, we had to walk a little ways. But that just gave us more time together :P But the dinner was nice and I got to know her better and we told some stories from our childhood. Before we knew it, there was only 20 minutes before the ice cream place closed. So instead of rushing off, we decided that we could leave it to another time. So we payed for dinner and walked back to the car. Then when I dropped her home, I finally got to hug her (after telling her multiple times in online conversations that I wanted to) and it was a really nice, tight, somewhat affectionate hug. And then just before we said goodbye, I complimented her, saying that she looked beautiful and she joked she would go and hide her blush. All in all, it was a good night and I'm looking forward to seeing her again.