Oh Hey There

Yup. Slacker. But you should know why. So this girl isn't making any excuses.

So, would you like some randomness today? Because that's what I feel like dishing out. Let's go.

I'm going to be honest here. I don't love my job. Yet. I'm sure I will. But it would be really nice if that would happen now.

Got the good news that my cousin from SoCal is coming up in September! Yay! I get to see her and her family. And her belly! Yup, she's due in October. With a girl. I'm more than a little excited.

I read a rumor/possibility last night that the Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block are in talks to TOUR TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My head almost exploded from the awesomeness. Now that I have a job I can definitely say: I WILL BE THERE.

Hubby used the bread machine for the first time yesterday. I can feel the love handles forming already...

I decided I want to do a tacos and beer night. Who's interested? It sounds baaamb right now.

I really really really really wish I could sew right now. But it's hard to do it when I feel like there are things that NEED to be done. Maybe Saturday if I'm lucky.

I can't wait for October. It will be the return of UFC at our place. I love UFC nights. And I even like hosting it.

Okay. That's enough randomness for y'all today. I'll TRY to get a picture up tomorrow. TRY. No promises. Tonight is Back to School Night. It doesn't start until 6:30. And it'll take me almost a half hour to get home. So no promises. I may just want to pass out when I get here.

5 Things

Hola. It's your favorite school teacher here to prove that I'm still surviving.

Actually, week two is going okay. So I don't really have much to complain about. Except my need for extra hours in the day. In fact, let's go into exactly what I would do with more hours in the day...

5 Things I Would Do With More Hours in the Day

1. SLEEP!!! My pillow is giving me longing looks every time I walk into the room. My pajamas beg me to wear them. And I'm pretty sure the weeping I hear is my brain begging me for mercy.
2. Clean. My classroom that is. I didn't get to go through everything that was in there before school started. So I'm doing without some transparencies and posters that lessons are calling for. I'm making my own stuff as needed, but it would be really nice to know where everything is.
3. Plan. If I could just get ahead on lesson plans, I would be able to have a little more time. I know I'll get ahead at some point, but sooner would be much preferable to later.
4. Relax. I miss hubby. We haven't gone to a movie in a while. He got to go to one with my brother today. I miss those weekday movie trips.
5. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Veg. Read a book. Take a nap. All of the above. I know they probably count as relaxing, but I'm giving them their own category.

I know I probably sound like a MASSIVE whiner. But y'all have to know I'm not totally serious. I do like what I'm doing. Is it stressful? HECK yes. But it'll get better. My bestie promised me that you catch up and get ahead and it gets better from there. And she said her second year has been easier. So I'm sure I'll be fine.

But if you do find a way to get some extra hours in the day, send me your time machine. :)

Monday Coolness

I have another commercial for you. Because I'm easily amused. It's another Geico one, have you seen the piggy?




I giggled wildly when this commercial came on last night. It could partly be that I STILL feel tired from last week and tomorrow another week starts. But this commercial just gets me. I read some comments on youtube and there are ACTUALLY people who hate the little piggy. HOW can you hate him???

Happy Monday.

WEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Kids Obsess About Things

I've known that children can be obsessive about things. I've noticed that Tad picks some odd things to fixate on sometimes. But it's usually pretty amusing.

Like yesterday.

My mom bought him some 3D chalk. (Have you seen this stuff? It's actually really cool!) So of course we have to test it out. While we're out he draws what looks like a squiggly line with a circle on top. Then starts drawing something at the bottom. So I ask him what it is.

"A cow getting sucked up in a twister. Remember? Like the ride? He's saying 'Moooooooo!'"

Of course I died laughing because I totally know what he's talking about. In Orlando there was an "experience" based on the movie Twister. In line they showed movie clips and the main actors talking about tornadoes and the cow scene got shown. That cow scene apparently stuck with him. So he drew cows being sucked into tornadoes.

So what did we do? Went out and bought the movie for him last night. And watched it while we ate. I think he liked it :)

Friday Non Photo

Yeah, you get one more day of me not trying. I really will try to be back to normal next week. Or at least close to normal.

So you wanna hear how the first day went?

I was tired. I was tired enough that all I wanted to do was come home and take a nap. The kids were tired by the end of the day. I don't remember being that tired as a kid. I think my parents were pretty good about having me trained for early bedtimes again before school started. I don't think all of mine were ready.

I thought I had enough prepared. I'm not so sure. I felt like the end of the day was dragging a little. So this weekend will be spent OVER preparing for next week. And no matter how hard I hoped, I DON'T have a classroom full of Tads. :)

I took pictures of my room. Let's hope I get the time to pull them off my camera this weekend. For now, happy Friday. I'll be celebrating the weekend with the meteor shower and a bottle of champagne in my driveway.

Yeah, be jealous.

Hi

Things are a little crazy here with school starting tomorrow. I had a rough night last night thanks to working all day and some issues later. All's fine, I'm just worn out this morning. I'll definitely be making a Starbucks run on the way to work right now.

If I have energy left I'll post a wish list later today, or maybe tomorrow. Things may be a little bumpy around here for a little while while I get started at school. Just stick around. You know I won't abandon you.

:)

5 Things

So a bunch of people around me are pregnant. And it's fun, because I'm excited for all of them. But it leads to questions.

Yeah, I've been getting asked when hubby and I are going to populate the world.

The excuse used to be that I didn't have a job so there was no way we could afford a baby. But now I have a job. So I'm going to share with you some things that I would like to happen before I get my own baby bump...

5 Things I Hope Happen Before I Have a Baby

1. Get through my BTSA program. It's two years of some extra classes to clear my credential. It would be nice to be done with that before I have wee one.
2. Go to Hawaii. This is definitely on the schedule. We've discussed it several times.
3. Go to Spain. This may end up being a several-countries-in-Europe trip. Depends on the timing and the funds. But for sure Spain.
4. Buy a house. Or at least be ready to buy. I could handle one kid in the house we're in, but it would be nice to have more room for the second kid one day.
5. Go on a road trip. I have not been on a proper road trip. Multiple days, eating at local places, bare feet hanging out the window... I want to do that.

So no baby right now. You don't have to ask for awhile. :)