Three days

This has been a long, busy week!!! So much has happened and I am ready for Christmas break. I am definitely glad I have Monday off.

After I posted on Tuesday night, poor Manny woke up completely disillusioned. He had no idea what day it was and he thought he was late for work (on Wednesday). Haha! I was laughing so hard.

Wednesday night, Manny and I watched this movie on Netflix called "The Forgotten." It was a really good thriller. The main character has a son who died. Everyone was trying to convince her that she never had a son. Thursday night we watched a movie called "Insomnia." It was about a detective who killed his partner. The whole movie he was investigating a case and the case of him killing his partner was being investigated since he had lied about killing his partner. This was another good thriller movie. Both times I fell asleep right before the end of the movie, so Thursday night Manny sent me to bed at 8:30. He stayed up and played video games.

On Thursday we went to dinner at Madres Mexican Restaurant. Afterwards Manny and I got Ice cream. He made a little baby ice cream cone...

I offered to give him mine, but he didn't want it.

Yesterday one of my kids brought me a box of tissues which is perfect because I am starting to not feel so well. One of the stinky things about working with kids. I also got a sample of a boogie wipe in the mail. It also came with a puff's tissue sample.

Another sample I got was some all natural disinfectant wipes...

Last night we went shopkicking. We stopped at Kirkland's and saw this gorgeous painting:

I want to try painting something like that :-)

We also bought this amazing Gelatto from Kroger. It came in these cute little tubs and Manny said "We can reuse them!" Haha He is starting to think like a teacher.

I was vacuuming and mopping today. Muñeca thought it was a game. She ran away from the vacuum to hide and then ran back out. She enjoyed chasing the mop back and forth. After cleaning, I got some water. I dropped an ice cube in the ground. Muñeca carried it around the house.

I couldn't get a picture of her holding it in her mouth, but oh well. She cracks me up!!! Manny thought she would be a boring dog because she doesn't have another dog to play with. I think she's good.

I hope everyone has a blessed three day weekend :-)

Busy busy!!!

Last night Manny worked a 24 hour shift at a fire station. They had 12 calls. He was telling me all about them while he drove me to work. He went to my parent's house after dropping me off. He said he wanted to just stay there and sleep. Poor guy only got 45ish minutes of sleep. At least he has a few days to recover before his next 24 hour shift. 

Manny didn't get much sleep today either because he has to take Muñeca for her 8 week shots. The Vet noted that she is skinny! She recommended a whole bunch of fancy dog foods to fatten her up. I told Manny that in a year or so she will be noting on Muñeca's chart that she is too fat. Hahaha!! She eats when she wants so I am not worried about her. I really rather not have a fat wiener dog. The vet also cleaned Muñeca's ears and Manny said they were really dirty. He was embarrassed. I told him there was no way all the earwax was from her time with us. We have only had her for three weeks. The vet gave us some ear cleaner. This vet is fancy. Man!! Haha

Yesterday one of my kids went home crying. He doesn't know much English. Poor baby. Apparently he was upset because he bought a lunch but his mom had packed him one. Today when his mom picked him up, he was jumping up and down. It was cute! He really enjoyed math time :-) and he ate the lunch his mom packed him. Seeing his excitement is what makes me want to teach.

Tomorrow I am getting a new student. At least it's not like last year where I got a new student 10 days before summer. In Kindergarten, you are constantly teaching and reteaching, so it shouldn't be hard to bring her up to speed. Should be fun! Hoping our numbers stay low though. I like having 18. 

On a side note, I am not the only one to set off the smoke detectors in this building. Manny and I were sitting in the livingroom and we heard this loud beeping sound. We were just continuing doing what we were doing, then we looked at each other. Right when I said "I think it's a smoke detector. I wonder where it's coming from," the smoke alarm stopped. I am not embarrassed anymore for setting off the smoke detector. I have been pretty proactive when I am cooking. No new smoke detector stories. I hope it stays that way for a while *knock on wood*. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful evening and a blessed Wednesday :-) I am going to try to go to bed again early. I went to bed at 8:30 last night. It was so nice except that Muñeca knew it wasn't bed time because Manny wasn't home. She stayed up playing and barking. She better sleep tonight!! Haha 

Firsts

Whew!! I am alive! Today was the first day of school. I don't think this year will be too bad. I have a few chatty ones, but I can deal with that. I pray it's only talking, no misbehaviors.

It was fun getting to see my old students. I definitely miss them though. I had them trained well. Now I have to break in a whole new group... 176 more school days! Haha

What's crazy is that by the time I got home from work at 5:30, I had been awake for over 12 hours. I am definitely feeling that.

There's nothing like coming home to a puppy happy to see you :-) I missed her while I was at school. I wish I could bring her with me. I know the kids wouldn't mind. Haha

Yesterday I decided to make soft pretzels. They were sooooo good!!

 The top two are cinnamon sugar and the other two are plain.

The two on the right are parmesan and the two on the left are salted.

Manny had a shift yesterday at a hospital. It was his first clinical as an EMT. He was in the ER. He had a lot of fun. He has two 24 hour shifts this week. Boo!! At least he is having fun.

Ok well this grandma needs to go to bed! I can't keep my eyes open any longer.

Stop and rest

Sorry I disappeared for a while, but as many of you know, it's back to school time *insert tears here.*

Thursday we had meetings at school. Our principal allowed us a few hours in the morning to work in our rooms. I started writing the kids' names on everything. So many things to write their names on!!! Class lists we posted Thursday afternoon. I left school not too long after 4pm because I had a massive headache. The dust and mold in the building bothers me a lot. Hopefully it gets better and not everyday ends with a headache.

We had "Meet the Teacher" and "Parent Orientation" Friday evening. I got the chance to meet all of my kids. Manny took their pictures so I could put their pictures on their book boxes. I will be doing that sometime this week. *Fingers crossed*

Here is my room all ready for Meet the Teacher! I will have to take a close up of their tables. Each student has a cup with their crayons, pencil, scissors, and glue stick in it.

For "Meet the Teacher," I put an "All about me" paper on their tables so they could read about me :-) I also put a paper of how to sign up for remind 101 which is a way to text your parents without them getting your phone number. It's pretty cool. I hope to get a good response about it from the parents. Lastly, I put a poem on their tables. Our awesome Kinder Team Lead found this cute poem to read the night before school starts. We put a little bag of confetti in with the poem because in the poem it says to sprinkle some under their pillow for a great year :-)

Friday night, Manny and I watched the movie "Olympus has Fallen." I fell asleep at the end so I didn't know what happened. I told Manny I wanted to finish it before he took it back to Redbox. He told me I should've stayed awake. Haha how rude! He let me finish it though. Movies like that are so funny! One guy saving everyone. Macgyver! It was a pretty good movie though.

Today has been emotionally draining! I have done so much crying it's not even funny. First Manny had to tell me that something was wrong with Muñeca while I was at a wedding shower. My sister offered to take me home, but I stuck it out and stayed. Later today some more drama happened. I am just worn out. Manny and I went grocery shopping around 4 and my eyes were just killing me. I just wanted to sleep. I am not sure what all of this means or why this is happening to me, but I am still moving on. I saw this on Facebook and it just got me thinking...

"Don't worry about people TALKING about you. If no one is TALKING about you, then you're not doing ANYTHING. And the only REASON they're not talking about you then, is because they don't know you EXIST. Let the dogs BARK, but the caravan keeps MOVING."

Well this caravan is still moving! Haha!

To end on a lighter note, I changed the sheets the other day. Manny decided that he wants to sleep under the mattress pad because it is cooler. Bahahahaha!!

The bed is a little lumpy :-)

I hope everyone had a restful Saturday. Enjoy your Sunday and go to church! Haha :-)

Warning!!

Today all teachers had to go to a Professional Development (fancy word for training) at various schools throughout the district. I went to one about using a prompting guide when I am with my reading groups. Well the presenter did not talk about the book. Ugh. So I still have no idea how this book is supposed to be used. Lame! Oh well...

I got home at 4:30 and let the dog out. We lock her in the bathroom while we are at work. She had peed in two spots and pooped on her pee pad. When I was trying to flush her poop, she decided to walk through it. I had to give the dog a bath, then I was able to clean up the bathroom. Fun fun! Today we bought 101 training pads for her. It has 101 because of the 101 Dalmatians. I wonder how many pee pads they needed!?!

Not long after I finished cleaning up, Manny called saying he was headed home from work. Usually he doesn't call until 5 and he gets home by 6. So poop! I was going to make bread for dinner, but his coming home early didn't leave me enough time. When he got home, I told him the bread would be late. He said it would be dessert. Haha I made french bread!! I was testing out my yeast because I thought maybe it was dead, but nope, it is good. Yay!!!

When I was packing Manny's lunch, I put some chips in a bag. I had tried a whole chip the other day and my mouth was on fire. This time one little tiny crumb fell on the counter so I ate it. I thought a crumb wouldn't be very spicy. I was wrong. Believe the bag!!!

Like the bag says... It was "freakin' hot" and that caution tape is for real! 

I got up at 5 again today to go run. Woohoo! Only 180 more days of that. I think I can... I know my oldest sister has already placed her bets on when I will stop getting up at 5 to run. We shall see :-P Go ahead and make your bets. You won't hurt my feelings.

I hope everyone has a blessed hump day :-)

Back to business

Yesterday I had my first experience with getting ink out of clothes. Yay! Manny accidentally left two pens in his uniform shirts. Luckily the pens didn't explode, but his shirts were covered in little pen marks. I ran to Kroger to get some pen remover while Manny washed his shirts the old fashion way by stepping on them in the bathtub. Haha! I got home and he pulled the shirts out of the tub. A lot of the pen mark was gone, but I put some stain remover on the stops that were still there. He chose the best shirt and I ironed it so he could wear it today. He took his other three shirts to show the Chief and he will be able to get new shirts Friday. I had warned Manny that I don't check pockets. Now he knows that I really don't. Maybe I should. Especially since sometimes I end up with toys in my pockets at work. 

Today was my first day back at work. Man, if only the kids knew how much work we do. People probably think teaching is such a skate job. Work 7:45-3:45 and get off all summer. Psh! If people only knew... If the people who create the laws for schools only knew. Ha! I usually work 50-60 hours a week. Trust me, I have worked my summer! 

So far this year is going well. I don't feel as overwhelmed as I did this time last year. I hope this continues. I would love to have a nice calm year! Every teacher's dream :-) Last year wasn't too bad after the first nine weeks. The very first week is so critical! It sets the tone for the rest of the year. Last year, the first nine weeks were spent trying to get my kids to listen. This year, I hope I can accomplish that in half the time. That's my goal! My room is ready and I think I'm ready. Bring on the kids! 

I hope I don't seem like I don't like my job. I love teaching kids!!! It is definitely a passion of mine. The only thing I dislike is getting up early. I am not a morning person at all. This year I decided I am going to work out before school so I got up at 5am this morning. When I got to the gym, Nick@Nite was on TV. Seriously!?! Even the TV knows that 5am is not morning! We shall see how long this getting up at 5 thing lasts. The only thing that helps is that Manny gets up at 5 to go to work too. As I leave for the gym, he leaves for work. He runs on very little sleep. Man I need my 10 hours or I get grumpy. Haha

As everyone gets back into their routines and gets ready to send little ones off to school, I pray that your nights are full of rest and your mornings are full of peace :-) Have a blessed evening. Enjoy your family time!

Blessed

Today has been an exciting day! We went to Office Depot this morning at 9am for their Teacher Appreciation Day. I got a bag with a planner and a fancy pin (the button on top isn't a clicker, it's an eraser!!). Manny and I stuck around for the raffle. We ate out breakfast tacos courtesy of Rudy's. Their BBQ is definitely better than their breakfast tacos that's for sure! But oh well, it was free.... I won one of the raffle items. I got an X-Acto Pencil Sharpener. I already had one at school, so now I have one at home :-) The second Office Depot we went to, gave me a bag with a planner and a fancy pen too. We ate our fruit and Chick-Fil-A breakfast sandwich while we waited for the raffle. I won!!! This time I had a choice between a teacher rolling cart, a wireless mouse, or a 32GB flashdrive... I chose the flashdrive. I don't know if I will ever fill 32GBs. Sweet!!

When I told my oldest sister that I had won, she wasn't surprised. I bet my mom won't be either when I tell her. I'm not lucky, just blessed :-)

The goods:

After Office Depot, we went to my last soccer game for the summer. Luckily the fall season starts in a few weeks! I can't miss soccer for long. Haha

The most exciting part of today was finishing my classroom. YAY!!!! I finally managed to put everything where it belongs. I didn't take a lot of detail shots, I only took one from the doorway, but now you can see the tabletops. Sweet! 

All ready to go! Just add minions. 

I almost cried last night thinking about going back to work. I have to stay positive and tell myself it's going to be a good year. It will be a busy year for sure, but I can do it. I cannot be defeated and I refuse to quit. 

I'm glad to be back with all my teacher friends. I missed them a lot over the summer. I told Manny I want a job where I don't have to do any work, I just have to socialize with my friends :-) If only life was that easy. Haha 

Well I have a few more projects to finish for school. I need to get to work. Plus when Manny finishes this chapter, we are going to watch another episode of The Bachelorette. Two more episodes to go!!! Yes!! 

Have a wonderful weekend and be blessed :-)