Oh what a day!

Craziness. Well, actually, not that crazy. But definitely a little crazy.

My principal (who is amazing) just popped his head in my office. We had a brief meeting where he told me---MY ENTIRE JOB IS CHANGING. Well, maybe I shouldn't be that dramatic. But the kids I used to work with, I will no longer work with. Well, except a few. I don't really know. All I do know was that I was a little blown away.

I'm still processing for sure...

Still processing...

Okay, well maybe it won't be that bad. The only thing I'm really sad about is the fact that I won't see some of my precious bees on a regular basis anymore. :( That makes me very sad. But, I am totally on board with the changes. It will just be a very different spring.

On a much different note, I am FINISHED Christmas shopping. I haven't received everything yet, but it should all be somewhere in transit. This year I did 80% of my shopping online (up from 50% last year). Online is the way to go! I hate malls, but I especially hate Christmas crowds. What joy that I have not been in a mall since before Thanksgiving!! Thanks to some lovely deals, I almost got everything at a discount and shipped for free. Happy times. I have 4.5 days till Christmas break! Oh, and my 8-10 page paper---FINISHED! Really, I guess I should be celebrating this day. I will just worry about all the rest later.

Hope you are having a good day, too!

I cannot believe it's December!

Happy December! There are officially 24 days until Christmas, and I cannot believe it. This time last year, I was stressing about finals and Christmas parties. I had no idea that I had even gotten TFA. It's crazy to think about how quickly things can change...

Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving break. I had an absolutely WONDERFUL time with family and friends. It was so happy just to do nothing for a few days. Now, I'm paying for it a little. I am putting in some late nights to get caught up, but slowly it's happening. I feel like I am going to blink, and it's going to be Christmas break. We get out the 17th! That's only 16 days away (12 school days--not that I've counted). I am sad because the year will be half over, but I'm also thrilled to get to go home and be with the fam.

I'm so pumped for these next few weeks because they are filled with fun things. Tonight, I'm going to a little ladies get together with my church. This weekend, I am packing the roomies up to Ky for granny's Christmas events :). The week before we get out we have our school Christmas Choir concert and my LAST night class. (PRAISE THE LORD!). I cannot wait for December 17th!!

To celebrate 2010, I have ordered and received my new planner. This is probably the best planner ever, with pages for day-to-day broken down by times. I have used it since freshman year of college. There are lots of fun colors, and you can get your name embossed for a small charge. I encourage anyone seeking a fun planner to check out the website. It may seem expensive, but when you divide the total over 12 months, you can see the value.


http://www.jennibick.com/2005-moderno-planner.html

Hope you all are having a lovely start to December! Love!!

I miss my friends.

For the first time since graduation, I am in that place where I am really missing my UK friends. I'm especially missing the sisters and the Garden Girls.

Until now, I have been too busy to think about it. But since Halloween (and memories of suuuuper fun date parties and trick-or-treat nights), I am a little blue without them. It's sad to hear M & S talking about eating at Gattitown together (which I have been known to go eat at alone--best salad bar in Lex) and not be there with them. It's sad watching football games/basketball and not being anywhere close. I mean, I was never a diehard fan, but it was so much fun just to be there. I miss running into old friends on campus. I miss always having someone to go eat Cracker Barrell with. I miss stopping by the Pizzle house and seeing the babies and Mom C. I miss going to church on Sunday without J & J. I miss KB and EF and our happy house times together. It was such a wonderful senior year.

Oh boo, I guess I'm just a little blue. :( I need to make some calls.

Friday!!

YAY! This has officially been the fastest week ever. Yesterday went by suuuper quickly even though I had night class till 9pm. I cannot believe it's Friday. I mean, I'm pumped, but I still cannot believe it.

One of my little bees is really pushing it today. I took away her drawing in reading class, and she went ballistic and refused to do anything till I gave it back. Ooooh boy, was she mad at me!?! Then, (as I'm trying to use logic and tell her she can have it back when her work is finished), the lead teacher just took it. I'm so glad. I was about to have to throw it away myself just to show her she couldn't act that way. Luckily, he was the bad guy. Now she's mad at both of us, and for once, I'm kind of enjoying it. She was all singing in the hallway. I said "Be quiet," She looked at me and rolled her eyes and kept singing. The teacher came down and said "Who is talking? They need detention." Old girl stopped, and I said "What did you say Mr. ___, I don't think _______ believes us."

Oooh. If looks could kill. :) Guess who was (at least a little) the bad guy?

Have a great weekend!

My lunch today.

I am sitting here right now with one of my school's most notorious bees. Oh my, he is a mess in class. This little bee is just mean. He calls kids bad names (I mean, things that make kids cry), picks on really sad kids, and is SOO disrespectful to teachers.

Now, he is sitting here and telling me about going home and playing basketball. He is so sweet. He is telling me about his old school and how much he loved it. Apparently, he was kicked out for (guess what?) behavior. He wants to go back. I don't know if that is going to happen. I don't know what his deal is. I'm praying he can turn it around. He is so smart and wasting his brain because he keeps getting kicked out of class.

Poor precious bee.

I'm feeling bad.

Sinus infection. No good. I'm trying to get into the doctor. Apparently, two other teachers have fevers with this and are out of school. That could be me tomorrow. I must get some meds and take care of this.

On a happier note, I had a fantabulous weekend at home. My bees are being good today, and I made it to school on time this morning. I must try to focus on the good.

What I'm really wanting is a diet coke from Sonic. Maybe even a diet coke with vanilla. mmm... I have been off diet coke (and all caffeine) for 12 days now. The withdrawals were brutal (headaches at 3pm everyday!), but I have been feeling better. Now, I have a sinus headache and am just dying for that burn from a DC. Oh well. :( I will stay strong. Hope you're feeling better than I am.

Happy November!

I cannot believe Halloween and October are over! As those of you who know me well can attest, I am a HUGE decorator for holidays. It feels like I just put all my Halloween decs up, and now it's time to take them down. My little house hosted its first Halloween party on Saturday night for a bunch of teachers and friends. I was so excited that Lourdes and JB stopped by! Exciting times.

Yesterday (Sunday) was a HUUUUGELY productive day for me. I did one of my marathon Panera work days. I have not done once since I graduated from UK. It felt so good to get ahead for the first time all year. I even had some time to work on my room last night. I finally carried up some bookshelves and arranged knic-knacs. Very happy.

Must run and teach some bees to read! Hope you're having a happy day! Love to you all!