Much needed update

Hello Everyone,
Sorry it has taken me so long to post. Life has been pretty hectic.

I am throughly enjoying my 4th grade placement. I am in the class for the full day on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. My mentor teacher is really great and the kids are really cute. I have been leading morning meeting, leading a reading group and helping kids throughout the day while the teacher is teaching certain lessons. My mentor teacher has been really great about including me in the class and encouraging me to make the class my own. I have been learning a lot from my mentor teacher and I am excited to put some of the things I have learned into practice during my lead teach week at the end of November.
Classes are also going pretty well, but the work load is starting to pick up. We have several projects and papers that are due with in the next few weeks along with the normal work load. I am learning some interesting things in my classes and they are not hard, but they are just a lot of work.
My weeks are pretty busy. I am in the school full day Monday with a class a night, the same thing on Tuesday, just a full day in the school on Wed, one class on Thursday and two on Friday. I am also leading Bible Study on Wed Night. Bible Study is going really well. It has been nice to meet some new girls and to get to know them better.

In my "free" time, I have been hanging out with my roommates. I am living with three good friends, which has been a lot of fun. It is fun to joke around with them and have fun. It helps to take away some of the stress that has built up throughout the week.

So, overall life is going well!! I just have to make it to mid December where I can get a month break, before the craziness doubles during spring semester!!

- Rachel