Almost over!

The last spring and summer semesters have been an experience to say the least.
On the academic front, I taught 15 hours of classes at Marshall Community and Technical College while concurrently taking 18 hours towards my undergraduate. This summer, I took 12 hours to finish my undergraduate degree while also teaching one class and becoming the IT 101 Coordinator at MCTC which requires me to create the syllabus template that all faculty members who teach IT 101 must go by, as well as planning and coordinating training for our returning IT 101 faculty. I also attended the first day of the July 2008 training for Globaloria while Dr. Randall Jones covered my summer IT 101 class for me.

On the personal business side, my girlfriend and I shot a wedding in Jamaica, shot a senior portraits session, took pictures of some handmade Amish furniture from which we made two brochures, shot a sweet 16 birthday party, then a family portrait session of the family of sweet 16's family, and finally, shot a local wedding.
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So, now, with August 15th, the last day of my summer classes, looming, I am reflecting on those previous hectic months, proud that I made it through them. I know there will be challenges this fall semester, but I plan to embrace them. This fall I am teaching 5 classes, all with different preps. The preparation that goes into these classes can be intense, but I like having a variety of classes. The saying "use it or lose it" comes to mind, and if I am constantly keeping my skills varied, then at the same time, I am keeping them up-to-date. If life didn't have challenges, I don't know if there would be much of a reason to get out of bed.