Somebody put the rest of this school year in perspective...

In our district we only have 8 Mondays left!!! EIGHT!!!!!!!! :-D Considering my dislike for Monday in general... this is GREAT news!

It also makes me realize there's little time left of this school year and I'm SINCERELY hoping that I get an interview on my campus and that I get a position there, too! It would be incredibly nice to get to stay somewhere where I already know so many people that I've come to love and regard as close friends. I'd really like to have my first year teaching to be somewhere that I already have a wonderful support system in place. Pray, cross your fingers, whatever you must... :)

Until later.. I must jet off now to decorate Stephie's birthday cake... she's turning 30 tomorrow... I finally found a use for all that leftover black frosting... KIDDING KIDDING!

Tuesday is no better...

I'm not looking forward to my day. This could have something to do with waking up TOTALLY wiped out, sneezing my head off, and dealing with allergies. It also has a lot to do with the fact that yesterday my student did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. That's right, he refused to do any work all day... for the majority of the day he didn't even talk... he'd just whimper and shrug his shoulders in answer to any questions... when he finally got around to talking again, he did 1 assignment, and then he refused to work on the computer program they used yesterday... and that situation ended with him saying his teacher "sucks" (not me, the classroom teacher). Anyhow, she'll be out today to go to the Dr... and that will again throw off his schedule (yesterday being late threw off his schedule). UGH!

I just want to crawl back into bed today!

Why are Mondays...

Why are Mondays SOOOO hard?!?! After every weekend, even if I do absolutely nothing at all and try and get as much rest as possible, Monday comes around and I feel completely unrested! I even took a 2 hour nap yesterday... and I can't tell today at all! I feel completely wiped out. Maybe this is just how my body works... I always feel like I'm dragging... back in HS I was tested 2 times for Anemia... my iron was a little low, but nothing like it would've been if I were anemic.

I'm tired, and I really don't want to go to work today... because Mondays tend to be more difficult with my student. I think 2 days off (for him) makes it difficult to get back in the swing of the school schedule. I just want to take a nap already and that's a terrible way to start the day!

I don't think I'm alone in saying...

I don't think I'm alone in saying I wish it were Friday already! Maybe it's because I've been waking up every morning sweating (because apparently my parents don't believe in A/C and even though I have 2 fans going on in my room all night long, it gets hotter than Hell in there! Or maybe it's because I know that Friday is a half day for the kids, which means, it'll go by fast and we'll be THAT much closer to the weekend! UGH!

TWILIGHT!

Today is the day! I got my copy... have you gotten yours??? I'll be watching this tonight with a bowl of popcorn in my lap!

Busy, long, and EXHAUSTING week

This week was jam-packed of things going on! Monday after work I went to buy a new pair of athletic shoes, and then upon returning home, Max and I went on an hour long walk. It was a nice day out and we thoroughly enjoyed the adventure. Tuesday was overall a good day... especially with my student who had 100% behavior again that day! I came home pooped and took a nap when I got home. On Weds. we had a pretty good day at work, and then I came on home and again, fell asleep! lol Thursday was a pretty good day, too... we had a meeting in the morning with about 10 of us dealing with some concerns with my student and how we can address them, etc. It was productive, and then the rest of the day went well... he again got 100% on his behavior, and he got a 100 on his practice spelling test. I came home and I worked on updating my resume... with the intention to work this weekend on adding more of my lesson plans from student teaching (as well as student work/pictures of them in action) to my portfolio in preparation for "interview season!" Then today was a pretty good day... my student had a little bit of a breakdown this afternoon, but we honestly should've seen it coming because he had a change in schedule, and autistic kiddos don't do well with getting off their schedule... hopefully we can avoid that in the future... but otherwise he did very well, and he did calm down by the end of the day!

This weekend will be fairly busy. Tomorrow morning I'm going out at 9am to get my copy of Twilight on DVD... then I will be going at 12:30 to get my hair done (I need to have the roots touched up on my low-lights and get a bit of a trim) and then after that I have a date with Daughn and Amy for pedicures. Then tomorrow night is poker night... so we'll be hanging out (hopefully watching TWILIGHT!) and spending time together! Anyhow, then Sunday I will be working on my portfolio stuff... it'll be a nice laid-back day to do that!

Off I go for now! I need some more down time!

100% day!

Well, I'm hoping that my student is easing out of the transition to having me as his full time aide... he's having better and better days. On his behavior contract he got a 100% for the day! This is the 2nd time he's done this... and he never was able to achieve this before I started working with him full time!

Additionally, he presented a drawing he did this morning at the Talent Showcase and he did a FANTASTIC job telling the students about his drawing, and giving a little history lesson as well (he drew a picture of a Mexican Uniform from the Battle of the Alamo).

Not much else is really going on... it's the beginning of 'hiring season' so I'm making sure that my resume is current and that I update my portfolio in various sections (mainly adding some more lesson plan examples, and possibly drudging out some examples of student work from my student teaching) so that I'm prepared. I think I will also let my principal know again that I love the campus and would really love to interview for any openings (there's a 2nd grade position opening up for sure, because a teacher is retiring... so I was first dibs!).

Pizza Pictures

As promised, a few pictures of my homemade pizza. YUMMY!
Picture numero uno:



Here's another shot.

Break, and other things...

Well, I'm on Spring Break... and I'm enjoying it quite a bit! I've pretty much caught up on my DVR stuff (YAY!) and started off my break with a busy weekend. Dustin's 4th birthday party was Sunday... I agreed a while back to make cake for it. So, Thursday and Friday I spent my evenings making icing. I made a total of 5 batches (4 white, and 1 colored black) I was going to be icing nearly 100 cupcakes shaping them as 2 black/white checkered racing flags. I'm happy to say that they turned out REALLY great!



We had a blast! His NASCAR birthday was a big hit, and the kids all had a great time racing the course Damian mapped out in the power wheels that were there! One of his Tball teammates (the only girl) even wore a hot pink racing outfit! lol It was adorable!

So, yesterday (Monday) I spent the day recouperating from the weekend... which was a whole day pretty much comprised of baking cupcakes and then a day doing the party! Monday my internal alarm clock went off bright and early at 6am... I managed to get myself back to sleep...! And then proceeded to nap on and off all day in between watching shows on the DVR and reading my book!

Today my cousin is coming over to play Wii and have dinner with my parents and I! I had initially planned on making chicken parmesan... but he apparently gave up all meat (other than fish/shellfish) for Lent! So, I asked him if homemade pizza would be good, because it's easy to make one veggie! So, here I am... I've mixed my dough... it's in the refridgerator resting. I'll pull it out of the box around 3pm so that it can rest/rise and then I'll get it ready along with the sauce and the pizza stone around 5:30. YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY! This is my first time using a pizza stone... usually I use pizza pans, but a pizza stone gives a crunchier crust... I'm excited to try it out and hope it bakes well! I even splurged and got fresh mozzarella and basil! haha I'm trying to baby him right now (this is my cuz that's like a baby brother to me... we grew up more like siblings because my mom watched him while his parents worked til he was about in middle school) because he and his girlfriend just split up about a month ago. They had been dating about 3-1/2 years... so he took it hard. She's just not at the same place in life as him (she's about 3 years younger than him... just turned 21). Anyhow... hopefully it'll keep his mind off things... although, he's already talking about dating again! I guess I'm more set in the single life than he is...! I like not dating and all LOL

Anyhow... perhaps I'll take some pics of my pizza later and post them... if I'm proud of it, that is!

May I just say...

That I am completely, utterly, wholly ready for Spring Break to start! I can make it 1 more day, right?! :( I'll update when I get home... lots has been going on!

***Update***

This is coming later than promised, but it's been a SUPER busy time! I'm working one-on-one again ya know...? And I'm trying to figure out why one minute he's totally normal and happy-go-lucky... and the next he wants to A) die/kill himself, B) kill someone else, C) just be outright defiant without provocation! Thursday my kiddo had a SUPER day... he got a 100 on his spelling test AND on his behavior chart for the day! I let him go to the prize box and he was really proud of himself, and I was proud of him, too! Friday he came to school a little late, and had a good morning... then he decided to play dodgeball instead of volleyball during PE and was using the other students as moving targets! He sat out. Then he came back to class, got right to work and cranked out a 2 page "friendly letter!" What...the...heck?! Then he didn't want to go to lunch, tried running off while in transit, and finally ended up in ISS for a 1/2 day because he punched someone in the face. Why, you might ask? Not because they said or did something to him... just because he wanted to. That's my work life... it's been hectic and crazy...!

Lastly, Dustin's 4th birthday is tomorrow!!! It's THE DUSTIN 4th00!!! We're going to have a blast...! Because of this I've been SUPER busy, because I'm making 2 black/white checkered flags out of CUPCAKES for his party. Each flag has 40 cupcakes! So I've been really busy making icing and coloring some black and all... and it's just been busy! In addition I FINALLY made an appointment to have Max fixed. I'm taking him to SNAP (Spay Neuter Assistance Program) on Thursday. They offer reduced price rates for services, and some qualify for free services. So I'm able to get him neutered for $50... which is about half of what I would've paid my regular family vet! I'm glad I was able to schedule it during my Spring Break!!!

And about my Spring Break, Kate... I'm NOT happy it's so early. I mean, I did need a break now that I've been working with this new kiddo... but I would've MUCH rather ours have been scheduled 2 weeks from now because it'll be a LOOONG time til we have another day off or 1/2 day or anything! :(