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!

Back to the daily grind...

So, yesterday was the first day back at work after the holiday break. And it was quite unwelcomed due to the fact that I had a really restless night of sleep the night before... I think I only got about 2 hours of sleep!!! I kept waking up and looking at the clock to make sure I hadn't overslept. UGH!

The day went okay, tho. I spent the morning in the front office because we had so many parents in there enrolling kiddos... we had 12 new enroll yesterday... and 10 more today!!! Most of them are in 1st grade... which is sort of odd. Anyhow, my new assignment at work is helping in the resource room in the Special Ed. dept. (At least for now... if my student moves back, then I'll work 1-on-1 with him again because that's what I was hired for).

SO, things have been going well in there. It's never been an issue for me to "click" with students quickly. Building rapport (with students, faculty, co-workers, and parents) has always been a strength of mine... and it's working to my advantage. It's easy to get the kids to work on things and finish assignments because they want to make me happy and get praise. :)

Another good thing with this semester? I now only have to do a 30 minute lunch duty (as opposed to the solid hour... with the last 30 minutes including the extremely LOUD 4th graders!)... YAY for getting to eat lunch before 1pm! haha

Not much else is going on... well, other than the fact that I went and saw Twilight again last night with Jamey... who just finished the first book Sunday night... haha I've gotten her hooked... and she now wants to marry Edward Cullen *almost* as much as me... ;) Anyhow, off I go to shower and hit the hay!

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I don't post for over a week... nearly 2!!! lol I hope everyone had a splendid Christmas! I had a very enjoyable one (and am excited that I will have yet another in Jan 2009 as we share Christmas gifts and such with my brother, SIL, and nephew!)... I got several spiffy gifts, including a beautiful quilt from my Grandma and a gift card set for dinner/movie from my cousins. I got my Cricut cutting system from my parents (it was the startup set, so it included the carrying case, all the possible tools needed, the cutting system, a cartridge, and a pad of cardstock) which was all I could've asked for from them (or anyone and everyone!)... they also got me a new calendar (it's the kind where each month as a pocket to store things such as bills and all for the month) and my Mom got me a new message board (the kind that has ribbons criss-crossed on it to tuck your messages under). Daughn went overboard (as per usual) and got me a hand/stand mixer combo and a bunch of Halloween decor (I knew about the Halloween stuff b/c she had me pick it out at Kohls when it was all 80% off) and a new cookbook. Jamey got me "stress relief" stuff from B&BW and a Chili's gift card. I got a lava lamp from my uncle (which I'm pretty stoked about... c'mon I have to use an appropriate word to describe that!)...

What's more I had a rather enjoyable time with my family and now I'm just enjoying my time off from work (the week I have left, that is!)

I can explain my absence from posting in 2 words: Twilight Saga. I finished it all in about 2 weeks... I saw the movie... (a bunch of times due to a co-worker enabling my current obsession by finding and burning to a disc a copy of the movie off the internet for me!) I think I've watched it at least 20 times... I've read the draft of Midnight Sun on Stephenie Meyers' website... and I can't wait for that book to finally get published (whenever that may be) even though it's just a different perspective on the first book and not a continuation of the wonderfulness that is the Twilight Saga. I can't wait for New Moon to come out in theaters next year, and I'm really excited about the great potential for a trip to Forks, WA this June with Stephie. It's a real possibility, and I would be incredibly excited to visit Forks, and Port Angeles as well as First Beach in La Push, WA... I will be taking pictures like a mad woman... especially of specific landmarks like Bella italia in Port Angeles. I just haven't decided if I will go this summer or next... or possibly March 2010 for Spring Break... but I WILL go in the next couple years... and it will be magnificent.

Anyhow... hopefully I'll find motivation to post something this coming week... I'm sure I will because the D3's are going to Denver on the 30th and won't return until Jan 5th. Bummer... but at least I have some sort of plans for NYE.

Yeah, yeah... I know...

I didn't post about my Christmas light-seeing excursion thru the Texas hill country with pictures and all... yet. Yesterday I had some errands to run... tried getting Christmas cards done... and was trying to figure out just exactly how many cookies I'm going to have to bake for co-workers... Time got away from me... and then I headed to the D3's at like, 2:45 b/c we were planning on going to Fiesta Texas last night for the Holiday in the Park (get the last bit of use of our season passes... ya know?). I didn't end up getting home til like, 9... and at that point, I just wanted to wind down before bedtime and take a shower and all... and I was pretty tired (even tho I didn't end up falling asleep til about 11:30... to then wake up at 5am... ack!

But... NOW I'M COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS!!! 4-1/2!!!!!! WOOHOO!!! YAY!!! CEL-A-BRATE GOOD TIMES, C'MON!!!!!!! ;-) I have so many cookies to bake tonight and tomorrow, it's silly! :( Today after work I'm stopping by the Forum to pick up a few of my holiday shopping items... then I'm stopping by the store to get some stuff for lunches this week (possibly for potluck on Friday) and to get all the cookie ingredients... then I am coming home to mix up cookie stuff, bake, finish off Christmas cards... and read Breaking Dawn (because I'm apparently coming up on a really good part!)... I've been reading the last book slowly because I don't want it to be over yet... and also because I know it will be nearly a year before the next movie comes out in theaters... at which point I entirely plan on going to see the movie with Stephanie from work... because I think she's the only other person here that's as obsessed and flippin' passionate about the book/story/characters. Both of us want to marry Edward Cullen... and really dislike Jacob Black (I think I dislike him more than she does...!) Anyhow, until later...

Peace, Love, Happiness
Kels

Just a quick note...

Well, I have finished reading Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse... and I'm reading Breaking Dawn (the last published book in the saga). After I read this one I plan on reading the unpublished rough draft on Stephenie Meyers' website.

I CAN NOT WAIT for the 2nd book's movie to come out... and I'm totally addicted. I'm convinced that I should marry a vampire (because Edward Cullen is the epitome of a gentleman) and my friend Steph from work is the same way... we feed the other's addiction... we're enablers in the worst possible way. For example, Friday as I pulled into work I saw I had a new text from Steph... it said, "I have a gift for you... come by and get it from me." Well, when I went by her room and saw her, she gave me a disc with the Twilight movie on it...! lol She apparently found it on the internet, and downloaded the movie (in 2 parts... 2 files)... it's pretty clear... I watched it this morning... and I'm already ready to watch again... except I want to read more of Breaking Dawn, so I'm doing that instead! :) Until next time (where I'll talk about my travels for the evening and where they took me and will include some pics).....

Peace, Love, Happiness
Kels

Feeling a little... exhilarated!

I went to see the Twilight movie today after I got home and rested a bit... I went by myself because no one wanted to go with... and I HAD to see the movie! ;)

I feel a little odd being magnetically attracted to a book/movie character that's "17" even if he HAS been that age for "awhile." I'm going to start reading the next book in the series... it's SO exciting!

I leave you with the trailer... (hopefully this works!)