#i've been in this course and working w/ this professor for 6 weeks and i'm already a walking franklin encyclopedia

[forestofsprites]

65% of my work atm is essentially taking historical maps/first-hand accounts and plotting them to modern day satellite, google earth imagery, and boy ! mapping in the 19th century, huh

[carlajean12]

POCKET BOOK

' BESTFRIEND '

Carla Jean Timoteo

"Thankyou for the letter, Mr. Mailman" My brother Damon greeted and the mailman smiled and walked away to deliver letters in the neighborhood.

I walked towards my brother and get the letter. I went up straight to my room and excitedly open the letter. I am greeted by the scent of the paper used. It smells like a fresh chamomile.

My Dearest Selena,

Hi Selena i've been busy with my study lately. I had a really great day today until one of my professors, scolded me for being late at school. Anyways, i've missed writing letters for you. I hope you are doing fine and I hope you'll reply to my letter take care.

-Sky de Vera

Sky is a boy i met online, 6 months ago. He is from New York. I've never seen him in personal. I just saw his pictures he usually talk online but he prefers sending me letters that makes me so happy all the time. I keep on smiling the whole day. My heart is so flattered by the letter that sky given me. He's so sweet by his word he seems so very lonely and gentleman. Suddenly my mind was filled of doubt's what if his only a poser using other name and other picture.

"Hello brother where's mom and dad?" Asking my brother while walking toward the dining area.

"On a date?" He answered with a shrug.

I rolled my eyes and eat silently. After eating i went straight to the bathroom and took a bath. I read the letter that sky have given me once more and get some scented paper to answer the letter .

I am blushing while writing the letter. I crumpled the paper and wrote again, the words was just so cheesy and i should act like Maria Clara. I wrote one more time, writing like professional that it would never give him a motive that i like him too. I smiled after keeping the letter amd went to sleep and enjoy my remaining vacation.

I woke up early and took a bath. I went to the dining area and eat with my family.

"Goodmorning, Selena" my mom greeted.

"Goodmorning, Mom. How's your date with dad?" I asked. I was confused on how my mom looks when i asked her that. She looks pale

"W-well, it went g-good" she answered stammering. I just nodded and smiled. I continued eating while they are talking about bussiness.

I check the time and it's already 9:35am in the morning. I excuse myself because im going to mail officer to deliver my letter to sky. I went out with my small Hermes bag and took a cab.

I was on my way when i passed to a group of kids selling a rose. The kids felt my presence and they run towards me. I smiled and bought all of it and pay them a hundred dollars.

"Keep the change" I smiled.

"Your so kind Ms. and your --- beautiful" said the taller kid. I smiled ang wave them.

"Goodmorning Ms." the body guard greeted and smile. I went to the counter and gave the letter to the staff.

After that, I went to the nearest mall and my eyes caught a crowd of girls. I rolled my eyes and continue walking; suddenly I bumped into something hard and smelled a hypnotizing perfume.

My senses comeback and I realized that it's a man with a sunglasses and a cap and he's wearing a plain tshirt and a khaki shorts.

"Excuse me Ms." the man said and continue walking without saying anything .

I realized that he is the one being surrounded by girls and I saw the murmuring and rolling their eyes on me. I just shrug my shouldee and continue walking while still thinking at the guy I just bumbed with, he looks like someone I know.

After buying some stuff, I took a cab and went home. I was about open the door when I heard mom and dad , it seems like they are fighting, I immediately open the door and their faces turned on me with a surprise look.

"Are u two fighting" I asked. Mom immediately comes near me and hug me. I hug mom back and I heard her sobbing. "We're so sorry, Selena, We can't be togethee anymore. Me and your dad are having a divorce". She talked while facing me and held my shoulder.

I felt a tear of drop in my eyes. I'm surprise and I can't say anything but "Why?" Mom hugged me again "I'm really sorry selena. Remember when you said how's my date with your dad? We weren't having a date we are working the papers for our divorce. I love you and Damon, but i can't take this anymore. Your dad has a mistress and she is pregnant. I'm so sorry" She said while sobbing.

After the revelations and explanations. I went to my room and cry. I thought my dad loves my mom so much. How dare he for having a mistress and got her pregnant and he really have the guts to go home.

NO!

This isn't a home after what happened.

I opened my laptop and message Sky, thankfuly he's online. I saw a lot of messages from him. I said, I'm sorry and he replies. I told him about what happend and he was worried about me. I felt so sleepy and closed my eyes.

I woke up early and read the messages from sky. I took a bath and stay on my room and open my Arena of Valor. I started playing for about how many hours. After playing, I went to the kitchen and I felt my heart tightened because there are no other people than me. Maybe they are busy processing the divorce paper and my brother must be on work. I cooked lucheon and egg for my breakfast and eat alone.

Suddenly the door bell rangs. I open the gate and saw a smiling mailman giving a letter for me, I smiled and accepted it. I walk towards my room and read the letter; my heart suddenly beats so fast as i open it. I was greeted again with a scented paper and read it.

I am smilling form ear to ear after reading. I hope I'll meet him someday. He's going to be the one I can rely on, my savior and the one I can feel comfortable.

I realized it's been a month since i message d my bestfriend . She's on a vacation right now and she didn't even inform me on me what's happening about her.

I dialed her number , and I've tried calling her 2 times and she wasn't answering it. Hays i need you clair.

It's been 6 months and my relationship with sky is still developing. How i wish i could see him. I suddenly felt my heart and i realized I love him already.

I open my phone and message Sky. He replied and we continued chatting that i didn't realize that it's getting late and I need to wake up early, today is the last day of vication. I'm having my class tomorrow.

I went to our classroom and thank god our proffesor hasn't arrived yet.I seat and Erin came closer to me.

"Hello Selena" Erin said.

"Hello" I answered. She nodded and smile. She sits beside me and puts cosmetics in her face.

After class, I went to the cafeteria with my bestfriends Claire and Nazi; we weren't classmate because we have different courses.

We took our food and eat, took selfies and I send it to sky. After eating we went out next subject. After my class, i text Claire that im going home early.

I opened my phone sky messaged me, I was surprised on what he said. I jumped in excitement because of the euphoria that i felt at that moment.

Finally, we're going to meet in personal. Im so happy that i can't remove the smile on my face.

He told me that he is going here nextweek.

It's been a week and this is it, today is the day at look at the clock , oh my gosh its almost noon!

I stand near the entrance my eyes searched for him and i waved my hand. He smiled widely and ran to me when something really horible happend.

A man started shooting randomly and pointed the gun at me. I saw sky running as fast as he could toward me and calling out my name. That next i knew was that sky hugging me and I hugged back i knew there was something wrong at i felt something sticky on my finger. The two of us on the floor, his head on my lap. I cried for help but no one was paying attention.

"Don't you die on me, Sky! I won't let that happen" I yelled him. He weakly reached and touched my face. He forced a smile and tears streamed down form his eyes. "Selena, I saw you at last "

"Just-just hang on. I'll-i'll call for help" he gently pulled my hand, forcing me to stay. "Just ... stay ... Here i don't want you to die".

"I don't want you to die either "

He flashed another smiled at me and out from his pocket khaki envelope and smiled "You should read this okay? Swear that you'll never forget me"

"Don't talk like that"

"Just swear to me, please" I sighed heavily and I heard plead.

"I swear" after his said, his eyes shut and he stopped breathing.

"SKY? SKY? Don't leave me!! Please don't leave me" Then medical team came aiding the victim. Sky didn't revive.

I went home after the accident. I open my room and i open the letter sky has given me.

Hey Selena

I just want to tell you how glad I am to met you. May life changed since the day we started to talk and writing each other. I was really happy when you trusted me with your secrets and seeing advices from me to solve your problems. You're a nice person, a good friend; and we have the same interest. Take care your self always, Selena.

- Sky De Vera

I cried for almost an hour its too late for the two of us. He proved his loved by taking that bullet for me. If it weren't for gun man. There could have been a happy life. I lost the one I loved the one I loved for almost year. I started at Sky's photos. I muttered "Sky, I won't forget you; I promise" How I wish I've seen him before.

This story i've imagine before will stay as my dream. If only i could turn back time but everything is too late.

Pre test

1. What is chamomile?

a. Perfume b. Flow c. Tea

2. Which word is similar to lucheon?

a. Luch b. Miryenda c. Meal

3. How did her parents seperate because of?

a. Financial Problem b. Mistress c. Bussines Tour

4. What is europhia means?

a. Feeling b. Secret c. Advice

5. When she hug sky, what she felt?

a. Sweat b. Bag c. Blood

Post test

1. How much she paid for the flower?

2. Who is the main character?

3. What is the name of her brother?

4. Who is the first person talk when selena have a family problem?

5. Where did sky die?

6. What can you say about the story?

7. How they met selena and sky?

8. What happen to her mom and dad?

9. Where sky live?

10. Who is marga's friends?

[hardyorange]

✨Productive morning journal✨

But also, what happened over the course of Monday afternoon and all of Tuesday, and things I learned about myself in that time.

First things first, this morning I:

✨ got out of bed by 6:30 am, which means my alarm went off twice before I got up; while I did lie down just after 9:00 pm last night and started out having restful yet productive thoughts about what I wanted to do today, that segued into thinking about Skyrim and sort of plotting out my next playthrough, and then my roommate's cat announced she had been in my room the whole time and now wanted to go out, so I don't think I actually fell asleep until close to 11:00 pm

✨ used the restroom, drank water, and was dressed by 6:45 am, which was a result of me considering my outfit last night in bed, not checking social media, and also not brushing my hair (I just left it in a braid overnight and now it's messy but still out of my way)

✨ finished cooking breakfast by 7:00 am; I fried a high-processed sausage and an egg, grabbed a banana and storebought seaweed salad, and made black tea with brown sugar and milk, which I'm eating now while I type this up

My plans for this morning are to:

✨ start working on my lesson plan presentation by 8:00 am; the main project in my Modern Methods of Teaching class is to deliver a complete lesson in 50 minutes on a topic and using a method that were both assigned to us; I finished my actual lesson plan over two weeks ago and got it revised by my professor (go me!), but I still need to finish working out the warmup problems I'm going to give my classmates, choose practice or ticket-out-the-door problems for them and work those out, and translate my long-form lesson plan into my typical half-sheet of notes to actually teach from

✨ go to class at 10:00 am; I've got Intro to Analysis on ms Teams again

Last night, I consider doing several different household tasks in this early morning time, but once I got up and actually looked at the kitchen, I just did not have the motivation, and I was worried that if I spent energy on talking myself through doing chores, I wouldn't have that energy for working on my lesson plan. So, I let that go, and I'm vaguely considering doing those chores after class today. I do want to actually cook so I have lunch and dinner for today and tomorrow made, but I'm not thinking too hard about what I want to make besides rice so that I don't get distracted

✨How Monday went after my productive morning✨

✨ Bat and I did get to both the post office and wm in between my class ending and office hours starting; at wm, I grabbed two henley's and three flannel button ups in my current size, so now I have multiple long sleeve shirts that fit me; the henley's will also double as the base for my novice, casual adventurer cosplays at AWA, which is this weekend (I did also get my deodorant exchanged)

✨ during office hours, my boss showed up and we chatted about a Calc II problem her son was struggling with; I'm no expert at all, but I took the class last fall while she hasn't seen the material in way more years than that, so we had a brainstorming session that ultimately seemed to resolve what she was stuck on so she could pass it along to her son

✨ after my boss logged off, I took the tablet into the kitchen while I made myself a burger for lunch, which I had with cheese, pickles, sauce, white hamburger bun, and a handful of white chocolate macadamia nut cookies from wm

✨ also during office hours, I completed the homework for Analysis that's due today; I had started it over the weekend, but I did not get far on it at all; it took me much longer than I would have liked, as I kept picking up my phone and scrolling on there instead of focusing, and I'm not sure how much I could change that without getting diagnosed and being prescribed meds; classes where I don't understand the material quickly can really kill my motivation and focus, but I'm cognizant of that and I think it will help me be more empathetic with my future students when they struggle; I was still proud of myself for turning in the Analysis homework two days early

✨ after office hours, I walked a mile on the treadmill and felt great while doing it and somewhat energized afterwards, which came in handy when I realized that it was Monday and my evening class was on campus and not online! it had taken me over an hour to even get up from my chair after office hours ended, so it was nearly 6:00 pm by the time I left the house and class was at 6:30 pm, but I still made it to campus in time!

✨ that class ends at 9:10 pm and we usually go over, so I wasn't home until at least 9:45 pm

✨ I really wanted to get all of my bedding washed all at once instead of putting a clean comforter over dirty sheets, so I pulled the sheets off my bed and started those, but then had to wait for them to go all the way through the dryer; I flipped my mattress and the foam topper and considered just sleeping on those, but I go sucked into social media and was still awake and not even in my pajamas when they were done washing and then done drying; I had one last blanket that I put in the wash before I went to sleep at around midnight at the earliest

✨How Tuesday went✨

✨ I got up and out of bed a bit before 7:00 am, so nearly all of my alarms had gone off

✨ I was not energized after less than six hours of sleep (I know I need eight hours minimum, and regularly getting less is a consistent problem that is one of my primary issues I want to fix by getting into productive habits), so I had my hair brushed by 7:20 am and was dressed by 7:40 am, meaning a cooked breakfast was not in the cards

✨ I had a protein bar, chocolate breakfast shake, and black tea with brown sugar and milk, and still wasn't out the door until 8:15 am

✨ I teach the first fifteen minutes of college trig every Tuesday and Thursday, and I think that went well; I reviewed the two problems most students missed on their test last Thursday, and they seemed to appreciate it; my boss started conic sections once she arrived, which is a unit I really enjoy; that class runs from 9:00 am to 10:10 am, and we usually run over and then I chat with my boss a bit after class, so I didn't leave campus until nearly 11:00 am

✨ I went to wm again, this time to get a long sleep shirt I would feel comfortable in at the hotel this weekend, as all my regular pajamas are too small and have developed a weird texture after multiple years of washes; I also grabbed some cleaning wipes because they were actually in stock, a bottle of knockoff pedialyte to take to the convention this weekend, and a tub of spinach and artichoke dip to eat with the bell peppers I bought at H Mart on the weekend

✨ I was not able to focus on work during office hours, and did not accomplish my goals, almost certainly due to lack of sleep

✨ I took a nap that was ultimately less than 45 minutes before my 6:10 pm online class (Exploring Math Through Play, which has been a hybrid of group theory and topology); I ate a pair of poptarts while contemplating our class topics before we got started, which did help me get in the zone even though it was so little time

✨ I wasn't particularly focused during class after all, but I made it through, and then remembered my blanket in the washing machine from the night before and went ahead and ran it again

✨ I got sucked into social media, especially yt shorts, so I was still up when my blanket was ready to go into the dryer; that broke me out of my endless scrolling, and, with a bit of help from being excited about my new sleep shirt and watching a calming bedtime routine video, I was in bed by 9:00 pm

I actually have some thoughts about that video and the nature of other "productive" vlogs I've watched, but it's almost 8:30 am now :facepalm: and I really need to start on my lesson plan work