Just a quick comment: I finally found a new template for my blog and in my colors! So, I thought I would change it as it seems everyone has been changing theirs. ;-)

Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine, that is what that big bright yellow thing in the sky is, right? I was beginning to feel like we were in the Pacific Northwest...well, for the rain, not the temp. I love walking in the mornings and seeing everything so green but was thinking that when it starts getting really hot, it'll feel like a sauna as the sun heats up the moisture in the ground. Better enjoy while we can, it's suppose to rain some more over the weekend.

I'm catching up on yard and house work. Fridays are my day off from school and I try to cram as much of everything else into the day. My teacher said we shouldn't study math for more then 30min. at a time because our short term memory can't store the information beyond that. She suggested that we study for 30min. and then take a break before coming back to it for another 30min. I was thinking about that and wondered if after our first 30min. in class is all we are going to comprehend and the rest of 2.5 hrs. is lost on us. The interesting thing about the proceedures, rules and steps I have to remember to solve the different math equations, do seem to catch up with me several hours later in the day. I'll probably work on a few pages later today, we have another test on Tue.
Enjoy the day!

Okay everyone, I’ve had my first algebra test and passed it! However, I’m not happy about the grade, but I have given myself permission to get less then 100% on everything and as long as I'm doing my best then that’s okay, I’ll work a bit harder and try to do better the next time.

I woke really early today having dreamt that I was doing math problems, should I be concerned? I have a teacher friend who is from Peru and she was helping me to learn some Spanish years ago when we both taught at the same private school. When I mentioned that I was dreaming and speaking Spanish, she got really exciting and said that it indicated that my brain was “getting” it and I was "thinking" in the language even if only while I was sleeping. Maybe, my most recent dream is along the same idea and I’m starting to get it and think in math terms. I just hope that I’ll be “getting” it while I’m awake, especially while taking test!

I spend several hours per week working on extra math problems just to get more comfortable with what I’m doing. My husband has been really patient about my need to have my work checked. . .every few problems at a time rather then do a whole page and then have it checked. There was one day this week where I was actually getting into the flow of working the problems out and I found myself thinking that I might be enjoying what I was doing. It was a fleeting moment. . .I’m still not changing my major to teaching math. ;-)