So, I kinda, sorta might have set into motion a chain of events that ended with someone being arrested...

I have been terrible at keeping this updated. I apologize to all the (probably nonexistent) readers. I'll just go through some of the highlights of the past few weeks.

1) Davis came to visit for a few days, and it was wonderful! I miss him a lot and don't want to wait until Easter to see him again, but unfortunately I have to.

2) I've been at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School for the past 2 weeks and am loving it! I've gotten to do a couple read alouds and teach a small group lesson. Next week I'm teaching a math lesson. The third graders are great too! It turns out that one of the girls in my class is the daughter of a woman I work with at the Ferg.

3) I went home last weekend (Valentine's weekend). School was cancelled on Friday because of "severe winter weather", so I took off early. I ended up driving in the snow most of the way home, which was really cool and magical. It was neat seeing the snow on all the trees and signs. Also, seeing Madison covered in snow was like a fairytale. Mom, Dad, and I made a Mardi Gras snowman that was taller than me - complete with a Saints towel, mardi gras beads, a CR bag in his golf club hand, and peace signs for buttons.

4) Class is still keeping me busy. Updating this blog is a procrastination technique.

5) Now, about the title of this post. The guys who live in the room above me have been really loud late at night/early in the morning almost every day this semester. I actually met one of them when I went to complain about the noise one day, and he gave me his number and told me to text him whenever they were being loud. Last Thursday, they were being exceptionally loud, so I asked him (Jordan) to get them quiet by 11 so I could sleep. By 11:30 they were loud again, so I text Jordan again. By midnight I hadn't heard back from him and they were still loud, so I called the RA. The RA went by to give them a warning. They were still loud at 12:45, at which point I texted Jordan telling him I was going to call the RA if they weren't quiet soon. Around 1am, I called the RA again. They quieted down shortly after that. When I woke up at 8, I had a text from Jordan telling me that "Just so you know one of my roommates was just arrested and the police have given many people slamms".

Now, I'm not sure what "slamms" are, but I'm pretty sure it means some kind of write-up, stern talking-to, or ticket. While I feel somewhat responsible for getting someone arrested, I figure that they had to be doing something pretty bad to get arrested. That made for an interesting situation.

6) I really should get back to writing my individual response to Fever, 1793. Ciao for now.

Going to TMS!!!

I'm really excited because tomorrow is our first day out in the schools! I'm a little nervous about spending my first full day there. I haven't spent more than about five and a half hours, so it will be interesting being there for a whole day. I feel like I'm prepared at the moment - my intro activity is ready to go and so is the video permission form. I think that the first day will be mostly observing to get a vibe about how the classroom runs on a daily basis.

Well, time to shower and get to bed early since I have to be up at 6am tomorrow...

Ciao!