So, this is my official first blog post for Currins 545.

A little about me...

 
      I am currently 28. I'm a huge fan girl. I love all things fantasy and scifi. I have 10 tattoos and counting. My next one is poison ivy, appointment for July 24th. (I'm a huge poison ivy fan, if you couldn't tell with my background.) I have an amazing sense of humor, although I might think I'm funnier than others think I am. When I'm not at work, school or having Netflix marathons of Doctor Who, I love drawing, preferably with charcoal or pastels. I really enjoy geocaching. If you don't know what this is, I highly recommend googling it; it's amazing! (This is probably the most outdoorsy I get.) I'm probably the most outgoing shy person you'll ever meet. I'm usually nervous and quite around big crowds or people I don't know. But once you get to know me and I feel comfortable around you, you'd wish I'd shut up. I'm currently in a long term relationship; going on 3.5 years. (crossing my fingers on becoming Mrs. Tim Auber).

He's pretty amazing and very supportive, especially financially (school is expensive!) We are the proud parents of two furr babys, Oenomaus (Spartacus)

and Shredder (TMNT.) If I weren't with him, I'd probably be dating my best friend Maggie, she's a huge fan girl too, (she brings out the nerd in me and I love it!)

I am in my last year of college (took me long enough.) I am a math major, going into high school education. (I might be a little crazy, I mean you gotta be to teach high school, right?) I'm nervous yet excited to finish and start teaching.


Background...

      I was born and raised in Racine, WI. (Not the nicest of place in Wisconsin or the richest.) I have two sisters. One 3 years older, one 8 years younger (surprise!). We were definitely lower middle class, possibly lower than that. My mom jumped from job to job and had major anger problems. She was abusive to both my dad and us kids. Later in life she had some serious health problems, (diabetes, lost of legs, strokes, heart attacks, lung disease). She died last year at the age of 53. My parents got divorced when I was 13. My dad came out of the closet during the divorce. My dad worked 30+ years at the same small factory making $13/hr before he finally moved to Florida with my younger sister and his partner (Chuck, whose amazing; cooks, cleans, is funny, smart, and makes good money, definitely an upgrade.) My older sister has a crazy temper, like my mom, and scares most people. And is seriously socially awkward (think she might have asperger's or be bipolar.) My younger sister is very sheltered (not sure how) and a cry baby to say the least. I'm the most normal of the bunch and that's not saying much. (fair warning).


So this is me... I'm not sure what to expect from the class. I hope this class is as fun and stimulating as our discussions were on the first day. However, finding 6-8 sources for a paper on math is pretty intimidating. Math isn't an easy subject to write a paper on.