oh, hello, there

So, yet again. i forgot i had one of these things.
i forgot my sign in name and everything. i had to try several email addresses before successfully logging in.
it is now 2010 and here is what is going on:
1) still in grad school. i am doing research on student engagement
2) i'm a real teacher (i lay down the law. or atleast try to)
3) i like and drink coffee now (on friday evenings and sunday mornings)
4) i completed my goal for reading a book a month in 2009. i read 26 books last year. this is excluding the close to 100 journal articles and my textbooks i read.
5) i am keeping track of my spending. i made an excel spreadsheet where i enter in everything that i spend money on. this is my way to get used to the idea of a 'budget'.
6) i try to be in bed before 8:30 or 9 most nights (excluding the weekends)
7) friday night has been deemed 'relax and do homework' night.
8) i am studying the book of galatians. love the emphasis of the gospel and the freedom that is in christ. i have begun to realize how natural and fluent paul talks about the gospel and this is something i want to grow in.
9) i am beginning to see what life in the 'real world' is like. and i kind of like it.