Home from KYA and a few updates

So, as many of you know, I became the Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA) sponsor for Meyzeek Middle School about five weeks ago. After a ton of preparation in a very limited amount of time the conference finally arrived and I spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday in a hotel that contained 1400 middle school students from all around Kentucky. Even more frightening was that I was responsible for 38 of these students.

All in all the conference was an astounding success. The students showed up at all the right meetings, participated and did a fabulous job debating. Overall, 2 of our 4 bills were passed and 2 of our delegates received outstanding speaker awards. This all made for a very proud sponsor:)

However, I must admit that they were completely exhausting. I have absolutely no recollection of having that much energy at the age of 13.

Other than that, life goes on. Tomorrow night is my last night of school of the semester and I must admit I am relieved. This semester has been a total nightmare and as a result of everything I have decided to not go back next semester. Plus, after Bellarmine's latest shenanigans, I highly doubt that I will be finishing my MAT at Bellarmine, so in the spring I am going to look into IUS and UL and try to decide which school will fit my needs better. I absolutely loved my undergrad experience at Bellarmine and would still recommend them to students just out of high school. However, for MAT purposes I will absolutely never refer anyone to Bellarmine because of the nightmare that it has been for the last two semesters.

As for a good school experience, Jason is having one at IUS. He is doing awesome in his Japanese class and is registered for spring semester. I am so proud of the work he is doing over there.

Lastly, we cannot wait to go on vacation at the end of the month. We are very very very ready to get away from Louisville and the cold for a week and enjoy the beach:)

That's all for now!