one year ago today i was enrolled in the culminating course of my reading endorsement, the practicum. oh man, was that ever rough...and only the beginning of a very challenging year. i didn't really know anyone in the program, and i was sure none of us would be lifelong friends. boy was i wrong.
i met some of the most amazing, smart, beautiful, and funny people i know (all thanks to Martha Gesling Weber aka MGDubs) who died and gave her money so that we may attend graduate school for free and teach cute kids to read.
i want you to know them, so here's the quick and dirty:
em-j
em-j is the cutest thing since minnie mouse. she is no bigger than a minute. young and old men alike swoon over em. she shares a love of dr. o with me, and she was our very own GRADUATE STUDENT OF THE YEAR. this is the trophy she won for her accomplishments (completing an outstanding project under the supervision of a not-so-outstanding chairperson/committee). she also listened to me complain and cry A LOT.
lynnie
lynne is such a wonderful little surprise of a person. she's professional, responsible, and mature, yet she enjoys the occasional oversized pair of colored sunglasses as much as the next person. she can cook literally anything and can plan any event in 15 minutes. ladies and gents, lynne.
MO
her parents didn't give her this name; M and O are her initials (although, she does look like a MO, doesn't she?! hendy thinks so at least) MO likes strawberry daiquiris like you wouldn't believe. i mean, if kobayashi drank daiquiris completitively, MO would KILL him. she also has somanygreatdancemoves...like jai ho. and she has a wonderful boyfriend who watched over us all year. thanks, nolan. look at that face...i love her faces.
cooper
cooper is a dream. she's SO FUNNY and she lets me swing my hair in her face in professional settings. reading and watching what not to wear are of equal importance to her. i once saw her interview at a job fair, and i wanted to hire her. she can make you feel better about yourself in less than a second, guaranteed. oh! and she looks really good with a flower growing out of her head.
bingy
bingy is SO PRETTY (for the record, i only have pretty friends...it just worked out that way). she's wayyyy smarter than i am, and she is always wearing the best dress/skirt/headband ever. mail carriers tend to fall madly in love with her, and she shouts some of my favorite quotes at inappropriate times...actually, inappropriate is not even a word in her vocabulary. these quotes include, but are not limited to, "that's what she said"; "nothing to see here!"; "what's ____"; and "whyyyyyyy?" she's so witty...and looks like one of my style icons, michelle obama.
i love and miss them SO MUCH!
