Well I am starting the second week of a brand new semester. After my first weekend doing homework in this new semester I asked myself, "What have I gotten myself into?" I spent every moment, minus the needed time to eat, sleep, and other needed breaks, to finish my homework. The sad thing is, after looking ahead to what is coming, this is by far my easiest weekend of work. Bye Bye Sanity. The next nine weeks I expect to be very stressful as I prepare to end my career as a student at Baker College.

This coming Saturday I will be taking my content area certification tests, which is stressing me out. If I am unable to pass these test, there is only one more chance I have at taking the test before I am able to student teach. So between the pressures of homework and my upcoming certification test, stress has gotten the best of me. Someone once told me that writing is a good stress reliever, so I am hoping that writing this blog will relieve some of the stress.

"Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness." ~Richard Carlson

"How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward." ~Spanish Proverb

"Sometimes a headache is all in your head. Relax." ~Hartman Jule

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths." ~Etty Hillesum

Quotes taken from ;"The Quote Garden"