Mixed Feelings..

My second to last semester of college is wrapping up.  I am filled with excitement as I turn in my final projects and prepare for the Christmas season!!  It is hard to believe that I will begin student teaching in only a month.  For those who do not know the process I will spend 8 weeks at one school and 8 weeks at another school.  At the moment it is confirmed which school I will be at the second 8 weeks but I am still waiting to hear about my first placement.  I am praying I will find out this week so I won't have to start worrying about it...(tee-hee).


As far as my mixed feelings...I am anxious and excited to finally have a "real" classroom to teach in and not have to think anymore about my hypothetical classroom of students.  Education majors you understand what I am talking about. I am also feeling extremely nervous and unprepared for what is ahead.  I know I have been going to school the last 4 years to do this but I still know there are going to be so many real life situations and challenges that school just cannot prepare me for.  


The thing I am most nervous about as I look ahead is balancing my life.  I will have student teaching which is basically a full-time unpaid job.  I will have my job at chick-fil-a to work and I am not sure what my availability is going to be like at this point or how many hours I will be able to handle.  I unfortunately will have one online class the first 8 weeks and one night class the second 8 weeks to keep up on.  Then lastly. the dreaded. portfolio.  I feel like I will never be able to finish that thing.  I am praying that throughout the semester I will continually work on it but I just know how unlikely that is and I know it will be like every other assignment where I try to cram it all in the week  or night before it is due.