Fun times this weekend in the big D!!! Friday night was the HHH scary version. Everyone had great costumes and it was quite exciting Pictures coming soon. Last night we all went to the Iron Cactus for my birthday. It was a neat place with great food….the atmosphere was fun! Then we invaded a place down the street, took tons of pictures and basically just had a great time. What more could I ask for….amazing friends, a great brother, and tons of fun!!! Now i’ve got some shopping to do with all my gift cards

I hope my voice comes back before school tomorrow. The chances are slim though. It’ll probably only get worse…oh well, that’s part of being a teacher. Actually my students listen so much better when my voice is gone, at least they did last year

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Today I felt like a high roller. I went with Chase to a Lexus event. Since he’s the one with the Lexus, he was invited and he asked me if I wanted to go with him so I figured sure why not. So anyways, we got there and we had these special name tags, and got to see the new Lexus cars. They had lots of classy food that consisted of quite a lot of cream cheese (is cream cheese the food of the rich?) and high class water at this event too. Then we got to test drive the new cars….ones with reclining back seats and ones with no back seats….all of them were pretty nice. It was pretty exciting! Then we got this lame gift for spending some of our time with Lexus. I thought I might sell my gift on ebay. Maybe they’ll invite me to some other events that they have in the area now that they have my name in their database.

On Tuesday, which also happens to be my birthday, I’ve voluteered 2 hours of my time to participate in a research study about teaching materials. Of course I really would rather not spend two hours doing that on my birthday but the incentive was the $100 that I’ll be making. I haven’t decided what I want to do with that money….maybe save it, maybe spend it, I haven’t decided.

Next weekend’s gonna be exciting Halloween party friday, birthday celebration saturday, great friends to hang out with and lots of fun!!!

Sometimes I get tired of tieing shoes and buttoning pants. I get tired of kids plopping their shoes up in my lap and expect me tie them without asking. One day my own kid is gonna be the worlds youngest shoe tier or I might have to resort to the velcro or slip on shoes. And my kid is also wearing elastic until they have the manpower to button those snaps in their pants…..and no hard belts to unbuckle.

I had my observation today. I’m not sure what to think. Of course my students were talkative as usual but they were all actively engaged in the lesson and answering questions they just tend to whisper things to themselves constantly. At least its over!

So I had this doctors appt today that literally took me less than 5 minutes once I saw the doctor. The sad part…i sat there for almost an hour and was the last person in the office at one point. Everyone that came in after me had been seen before me. I started once to ask if I really had an appt today and at that point they called my name. The other sad thing…i spent more time in traffic getting there and leaving than I did at the office. Oh well, i dont have to go back until march. Greatness!!!

Today was a much needed day at school. I got to sleep a little later and leave a little later and sit in traffic a little longer because of the weather. No big deal because we had a day without kids. It was a staff development day. Usually we never know what to expect until we get to school on those days. I knew some people would be out of the building for different reasons getting different training on different things but K, 1 and 4 were the three chosen grades that got to stay at school all day to just strictly work in our rooms. I had so much to get done. I had forgotten how much needed to be done until i sat down and started working. I still didnt get everything done that needed to be done but I feel so much better and so much more organized. Everything has its place, that’s how I like it. And I got my flu shot at the health fair so i’m hopefully protected from that nasty sickness. I did have class tonight however. The good news was that we got to leave early. So we left about 20 minutes early, so i head home. While I was driving I hear something that sounded like my tire. Well I wasn’t in the best part of town so I opted to keep going until I felt safe getting out of my car. I found a place, got out to check out the tire, and discovered a big fat nail in my tire. Well, daddy couldnt come to the rescue tonight because he was working at the fair with my mom and he couldnt leave. So it wasn’t too flat to make my way up to the tire store. So I headed up there, gave them the keys to my car, went next door to my gym to work out, came back, had some great phone conversations with different people, and about 1.5 hours later, i my car was ready for me. I went to pay, and to my surprise they charged me nothing at all. I think it was because the computers were shut down because i was the last customer. Hooray for me, saving money and taking care of myself on my own….no help, lol! I’ll admit, i’m a daddys girl…he does take good care of me though:) Now i’m home and its about time to go to sleep and get ready for tuesday. My 2 week observation window opens tomorrow so my assistant principal could come in at anytime to observe in my classroom for 45 minutes. So it may be a somewhat stressful week….however, she did say she would try to come tomorrow. So its been a productive day…until next time…

I’ve got just a few things that I thought would be blog worthy so here I go….

First of all, i went to the fair! I love going to the fair every year. As a child I remember going with my family after school, usually on the first day it opened. It never seemed to be as crowded that day. I never got to ride the rides though because the thought of riding something that could be folded down and then put right back up scared my parents. I did get to visit the fun houses and the miror maze if we were lucky. I never liked going inside all the buildings though. But of course that’s the first place we went. Well nowadays I love going in the buildings looking at the new cars (i love the smell of new leather) and checking out the many overpriced things that venders have to sell even though I never buy anything. This year I enjoyed my corny dogs, fried pickles and chocolate crepe that happened to be prepared by a real french person. It was great! I did see some odd outfits thought. It was supposed to be cold that day, well i guess it was too cold for the lady with her earmuffs on. I loved the muscial Dirty Rotten Scoundrels that was showing. Of course I always love the musicals. BTW, next year it’s Lion King and I’m getting tickets, so who’s going with me? Anyways, besides experiencing the great fair food and the musical, the Marilyn Monroe Exhibit, the sheep herding, and the Marine Band Parade, I also got to spend time with a great friend amongst all the sites, smells, and sounds of the fair. What more can I ask for then great food, great company, and men in uniforms?

Moving on from the fair……..do you ever have the fear that you won’t be a good parent? You know, lately that fear has crossed my mind. What if I don’t connect with my child? What if I’m just not cutout to be a good mommy? What if my kid is the bad kid in class? Why do I worry about that? I mean I’m sure I’ve got quite some time until i’m a mommy. It’s just a thought that has crossed my mind lately. Maybe i’m spending too much time thinking about my little “angels” at school and about the dog i’m taking care of, which by the way, I am not keeping. I do not have enough time to take care of her. She needs more love right now than I have to give her. She’s sweet, she’s cute, she’s a good dog, but not for me right now. I think she’s going to a better home.

Well I think i might finally see my ny cousins after quite sometime of not seeing them. Looks like part of christmas break will be spent in austin together with what is left of my dads side of the family. I’m actually looking forward to this. It’s been a long time since we have all been together….i’m thinking its been at least 15 years or so. It’s been a while, so this will be a nice reunion!

Well I think that’s about all….so until next time…

I definitely know i’m not cut out to be a parent just yet in life. I love my time a little too much. I learned this after I started taking care of Chase’s dog for him while he’s gonna be out of town recruiting. She is a sweet dog but I guess maybe i’m just selfish and don’t wanna have to take a dog out to go pee and poo all the time and clean up the mess after them. I certainly don’t want my house or myself smelling like a dog at this point, and i’d like a small furry dog that can comfortably sit in my lap without digging into my flesh. I’d also like this all to take place in the summertime when i have a little more time to devote to an animal. I like to pick up and go and do things when i want instead of worrying about a dog. I love dogs but now is not the time for a dog, a child or anything of the sorts!!!

ok, let me just be negative for a little bit….i hate being treated like i don’t matter but expected to be exemplary!!! I need encouragement, I need words of affirmation!!! 1.5 more years…i will make it!

ok, now that i’m done with the negativity…its been a great day!!! i love my new kid, he’s so sweet he did call me ms. lauren today though. not sure where he got that from, hmmm. I’m pretty sure my name doesn’t sound like that. Maybe that was his old teacher. We had a great day until I had to be the librarian, then after that our day was great!

So my new news, i may be getting a dog. Chase decided that he can’t really take care of Kaylee the way she needs someone to take care of her, so he said that I could have her. So after next week when I keep her while he’s out of town, we’ll see how it goes and what i think. She is such a great little dog, house trained and all. She likes to cuddle and she’s not too hyper. She’s the perfect size too. I think I may like her

Anyways, life is busy….i got a busy weekend ahead with lots of reading and probably multiple trips to the public library. What fun!!!