I thought this was supposed to be easy.

So far "teacher's college" has been fairly straight forward. Aside from the lack of communication between the faculty and the students, things have been flying along at a pretty steady pace. Nothing has been too challenging academically, and I've been acing all of my assignments. So why then am I so stressed and on the verge of crying at the thought of this week of work?

I notice when I am under pressure that several things consistently happen. I get moody. Testy. If you are looking to start an argument, or if you say something completely innocent and innocuous, chances are I'll take whatever you have to say the wrong way, and you just might catch the bad side of me. I tend to get really tense and hold a lot of my stress in, resulting in a cranky crampy natalie. I usually come close to hyperventilating before finally accepting my fate and getting down to work.
I pity anyone who comes into contact with me this week. I apologize in advance for venting my frustrations on you. Don't worry. I'll return to normal sometime in between Christmas and New Year (the only time off I'll have in the next couple of months).

Why am I stressing right now? I am taking my assignments way to personally- which you are supposed to do I guess. The work I do here is the foundation of my entire career; the foundation of the rest of my life.

good god.

I'm listening to my Hawksley Workman station on pandora right now, and it's pissing me off that it keeps skipping. Something must be running in the background slowing it down.
Arrrrggggg!!!

Ok Natalie. Take control of you emotions. Talk about something fun.
Ok.

The Dixie Chicks on Friday night were amazing! To repeat: I am not a big country music fan. However, these girls know how to put on a great show. They rocked it out for a full 2 hours, non stop, full of energy. I am really impressed with Natalie Mains' voice and stamina. I'm pretty sure she's my new favorite thing. The other chicks and the back up band were equally impressive. May I recommend them to all who might not necessarily like country. These girls are on the ball.

So right now I'm avoiding school work. Obviously. I really don't want to write this essay, but I guess there is no avoiding it. I must face reality. Sigh. Ok.
Back to work.