Home Alone

The husband is gone! He's at a coaches conference until Friday. And I have a cold. The kind of cold that prevents all air passage through the nostrils, and any words I say that ends with an N sounds like a D. Miserable and annoying. I'm a teacher... 5 days BEFORE school starts... with a cold. This does not usually happen until after few weeks around the new germs students. This cold emerged the morning after the dreaded Meet The Teacher Night. I love meeting my new students, and I love getting to know their parents and understanding where they come from. yadda yadda yadda. But I do NOT enjoy Meet The Teacher Night. I get extremely nervous, sweaty, and awkward. I know the parents judge... I would. They judge me, the classroom, the way I speak to their child, the things I ask, the answers I give. It's never ending. I might as well be in a glass box on a stage where they can stare. I know they're just worried about who the heck this lady is that they will be leaving their precious child with all day. It's exhausting. Glad that it's over... until next year.

this day is poisoned

I sit here on my couch at 11:00 on the morning of the LAST day of summer. I don't know what to do. Do I go to work? Do I remain lazy all day? Do I do household chores? Get a pedicure? Go to the gym? Lounge at the pool? I'm so conflicted and I know I'll regret it later if I choose wrong. In the meantime, I will watch reruns of Grey's Anatomy, and sip on cold coffee. Last night the city of Dallas decided that it was a good idea to spray us with poison. As in, small airplanes flying over the town sprinkling pesticides to the world below. Why? Mosquitos ... and West Nile Virus. Seriously, last night I could HEAR the planes flying around. I thought I was going to have a panic attack, and I have yet to go outside today. I have read a lot online about the mixture that was rained upon us. It's not good. First of all, this is the time of year where mosquitos naturally start to disappear. It's cyclical. The people who are in charge of making the decision of spraying or not spraying have FAILED US. I felt like I was in one of those futuristic movies where all the people wear plastic clothing to be protected from the disgusting polluted atmosphere that was caused by years and years of horrible human habits. I am terrified of what's to come if this is the best they can do. Environmentalists are out there rocking themselves in a corner of their eco-friendly houses. How is it that SO much research is done about protecting the environment and the effects of all the crap thats put into our air, and they sprayed poison over an entire city! Like...100's of square miles. Over a city that is already polluted. This obviously angers me. It makes me think of the whole YOLO fad (dumb young people making excuses for their idiotic mistakes). You have one lifetime, and guess what, we have ONE Earth. Ruin it and we might all die. Ok, maybe I'm being dramatic. But this is what is in my mind and I can't help but feel like there should have been a way to opt out of aerial spraying. I'll be scrubbing all of my locally grown veggies with extra caution for weeks.

Ready?

Today was a success. I had tons to do and got pretty much all of it done! I unfortunately had to start my day with treatment #7 of laser hair removal...only 2 more to go! Thank goodness. Then, I did something I consider very lazy. I took my new work pants to a tailor to be hemmed. I have always done my own (well since I moved out of Mom's house). But with the school year just around the corner...I just don't have the time and I'm gonna need those pants. After the errands...it was time to get to work at school! I'm finally feeling like I'm close to ready. Does that even make sense? I know I'll be ready on the 27th and that's really all that matters. I spent the majority of today cutting out laminated things and shredding old stuff. At this very moment the hubs is cutting even more laminated things. It feels never ending. Isn't he sweet :) he also unloaded the dishwasher without me saying anything...hmm. Must be those new soccer shoes he wants. Anyway, I found something very exciting out today! My Donors Choose stuff is on its way! My very first project has been funded and all my goodies are in transit to my classroom. I'm so excited to get this stuff! The kids will love it. I think every teacher is secretly obsessed with school supplies. ANOTHER obsession I have right now: Ballet Barre class. I was in ballet for about 15 years. I quit freshman year of college. This class is amazing. I love it so much. BUT I bought it from a Groupon and I only get to go 1 more time. The membership to join the gym is a million dollars. Well, in teacher salary terms it is. I'm on the hunt for a place that offers a better deal. EVERY PLACE SHOULD OFFER A TEACHER DISCOUNT. So sad. The hubs and I are trying to have hobbies...his is indoor soccer, and mine is TBD. I want it to be Ballet Barre class. This is a very random blog post. My eyes and brain are sleepy. I apologize.

The Countdown BEGINS!

Every teacher (well I hope every teacher) finds the end of the summer equal parts depressing, and energizing. I am slowly coming out of the depression stage and into the OMG-I-have-so-much-to-do stage. I like it much better than the depression stage. I spent the majority of today in my classroom fixing things, making things, laminating things, the usual. I had to FIX a lot of things that the kiddos from last year picked at. It really drives me to drinking when my students pick at the stuff on the walls, or worse...draw on them. I mean...okay, they don't know I'm at school all these crazy hours in a sweaty classroom while I COULD be sun-bathing. Oh and this is even worse----> I had to re-do a whole board because I had a student last year who had to sit at her own desk away from the other students. She had her own desk at the front of the room against the wall. She also had very...umm...fancy hair. Very fancy, and greased up hair. Her hair always looked adorable, but jeez girl! Her hair would rub on the wall and leave residue that stained the paper AND ERASED PERMANENT MARKER from the lamination! yeah! I honestly wanted to ask her mom what she used so I could buy some. It's really hard work getting permanent marker off laminated things. But we just didn't have that kind of relationship. So it was kinda gross and HAD to be redone. So today was spent redoing all those little things that take a beating through the school year. I also finished operation organize! Just look at how beautiful my cabinet is. I would have taken a picture of all the cabinets, but this is my favorite. I should have taken a before, but it was slightly embarrassing. After a busy day of sweaty classroom work, I came home a made this...NUMBER 27 out of 50! I've gotta get a move on! Shrimp Topped Chopped Avocado Salad. I highly recommend trying this one! it's on my pinterest :)