FYI…the friend I am referring to below happens to be Ashley, for those of you I might have confused It’s been a great day!!!

do you ever feel like things just won’t slow down? do you ever just feel like you’ve got so much on your plate, you are just gonna have to start shoveling it down your face just to make it all go away? do you ever just wish you could stay late after work just to have a little bit of time to get things under control at work? Well i do! I feel like things are just going non stop. I’ve got stuff to do all the time with either work or class. It’s insane! I’ve got plenty I should be doing right now but I’m too exhausted to work on anything. I’ve got required assessments by the state of TX to do and then required assessments to do for my action research project…and they are both equally important and I dont have enough time in that the kids can work independently that i can get them done. Then after school, i just pray for days that i don’t have to be at class or have meetings because i just wanna stay in my classroom and work. I’ve got stuff to do, lessons to write, things to organize, things to make, referrals to take care of and it just keeps going but i never get the chance to stay late because of the other time commitments i have. I never thought i’d get to the point that I wished I could stay at school. Oh well, it has arrived!

Ok now moving along to the exciting things…the weather is changing!!! That means I can actually wear long sleeves without burning up everyday! That means I can actually enjoy recess and not be bombarded with 20 kids telling me they are hot and ready to go back inside. It’s absolutely beautiful outside these days. I love it! And the fair starts soon. What more could you ask for then great weather, a Fletchers Corny Dog (not corn dog), and something fried to go along with it? The new thing this year is fried coke….don’t ask me how they do it…i’ll skip that fried treat. Anyways, the fair is great fun!!! And to make it even better, we get a day off from school because of the state fair. Fair day is monday…..but i surely won’t be there. I’ve chosen another day to go, a day without 20 + school districts there! Something else I love this time of the year is my birthday!!! Of course, this year i’m getting closer to 30, yikes!!! Oh well, i guess that just means i’m wiser Alright so maybe things aren’t so bad…until next time…

Well…today I met someone that I have a feeling I’m gonna be seeing an awful lot of in the years to come. I am referring to a guy but not a guy that is mine. It’s one of my very good friends’ bf, and let me just say that they are perfect for each other…absolutely perfect!!! This was the first time I’ve met him…i’ve heard lots about him and how great he is but never met him. Well, I’m gonna give my approval on this relationship. I was only around the 2 of them for a few hours but in that amount of time I could just tell that they just complete each other. He is so perfect for her…or at least it appeared that way. The whole long distance thing has worked for the 2 of them and I am completely 100% happy for the both of them. She deserves nothing but the best and I don’t think she will settle for anything less than God’s best for her. I have seen her wait and and pray for God’s best and finally, out of nowhere, He brought him to her. Only time will tell what the future holds for the 2 of them, but I think the outcome will be positive. Now the selfish part of me comes out….when’s it my turn? When is it my turn to find someone that completes me, that is not completely perfect but perfect for me? When do I get to have butterflies in my stomach because I’ve met Mr. Wonderful…the One? I want a turn! I see friends before my very eyes fall in love and discover that they have found the One that God has made for them. I want that too. I don’t just wanna witness other people experiencing that, I want to experience it for myself. I’m learning to be patient day after day, week after week, month after month, and year after year. I keep telling myself, “one day my prince will come.” One day he will sweep me off my feet and he’ll be more than I ever imagined. It is worth the wait, but man, the wait sure is long! In the meantime, i’ll keep praying and learning more about myself, about the woman God made me to be and then when God gives me the perfect man, i won’t have to spend so much time figuring myself out…i’ll get to spend time learning about the love of my life!!!

they decided to split one of the bilingual classes because the sub didn’t show up. So at about 11:30 my class of 22 went to a class of 28. Let me remind you that most of my students are 5 years old. Let’s just say that it was a little crazy. My line was the neverending line of kindergartners. We survived the afternoon! I’m glad it’s friday!!!

I was reading a story to my students today when one of my little “angels” sneezed and said almost excitedly, “look, look at what i just did!” She held up her arm with a big gross aftermath of a sneeze. I think you know what i’m referring to. All i can say is that is was pretty gross. It was almost like she was proud of herself that something came out of her nose. I’m not even gonna let you know my response…..just imagine. I probably wasn’t the kindest teacher at that point. Then she did it again at the end of the day and said, “look at what i just did again!”

Wow! So I got my assignments that are gonna be assigned to me tomorrow in my cohort masters class and let me just say, i’m gonna be busy. No social life for me until Dec 11. It’s a good thing I am a very disciplined person because i’m gonna need that discipline. I’ve got a week to write a paper that I thought would be due in a few weeks. Nope, its due next wednesday so i’ll be busy this weekend with the paper. I was kinda hoping it would be due in 2 weeks because i’d have lots of airport time that I could use to work on my laptop between now and then….not so much. Yeah, i’ll be busy! Good luck to me…pray for me and when i have to decline a nice social engagement because of school work, just know that i do love you but it’s gotta be done.

Do you ever meet someone and you just don’t know what to think about them? I’m not really sure how to go about explaining what I mean by that question. I guess I mean you meet someone and you have mixed feelings about them…you think they are a pretty great person but then part of you just doesn’t know about it, there’s lots of questions you have that might not make that person so great. I’m not sure if this is making sense, it probably isn’t. Its just that theres this person and I just dont know what to think, i’m torn, that’s all.

It never fails…i always cry at the end…its such a good classic movie!

I bought another ticket today for my European travel. We (my brother and I) decided to go ahead and purchase our ticket from scotland to ireland…so we did. It was a good price. I had to do some research though. I looked on American OneWorld first for the ticket and the price had gone up. So I looked on Aerlingus which is the airline that we would have been flying on if we had bought the ticket through American. The ticket on Aerlingus was less than half the price of the ticket that we would have gotten on American. It was the exact same flight and everything. I figured we’d like to pay the lower price so I didn’t buy through the American site. Of course my brother was just like, do whatever…if its cheap then go ahead and buy it as long as we are on the plane together. So now i’ve just gotta do some research on getting from London to Scotland…which airlines, what airport to leave from. Oh what fun!!!

Wouldn’t it be neat to experience Antarctica? I think it would be, if it wasn’t so expensive. Maybe one day!!!

This is how it all started…We were reading a big book that happened to have an elephant in it. Well it reminded me of a few times in college, Kelly had an “elephant in her pocket.” Of course it wasn’t a real elephant but it was just her finger that she made to look like an elephant and made a great elephant noise. So when I saw the elephant in the story, I told my kids that I had an elephant at home that was really shy. He was so small that he would fit in my pocket. They all just sat there amazed that I had a baby elephant. Now I’ve joked with them before about pretend things so the first thing one of them asked, “for real?” I tried to avoid the question. Well they have asked for the past 2 days about the elephant and of course I had forgotten about it, so luckily i had pants on without pockets so I used that as my excuse and I told them the elephant wasn’t ready to come see them yet, he was still too shy. So I think I’ll bring my baby elephant tomorrow to school in my pocket and finally show the kids what I’ve been talking about. The things I come up with sometimes.

And, I’m so tired already of saying, “Oh thats so sad…” You try saying that at least 10 times a day.

And that reminds me about the crazy drivers I thought were gonna get out of the car this morning and have a throw down right there in front of me. They stopped right in front of my lane after cutting me off. While one of the ladies proceeded to get out of her car and the other one in the other car had her head out the window, I decided that it might be best if I went around them….so that’s what I did. If they wanna stay there and argue all morning, go for it! But as for me, i had places to be. They sure were mad about something.

Enough randomness…