HOW IS IT NOT FRIDAY ALREADY!?!?!? [Originally posted: 30 Aug 2007|07:43pm]

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sore ]




[ music | open toes - katharine mcphee ]

Oh. My. Gosh. It has been a LONG time since I've been in this much pain. Everything (back, feet, legs, etc.) hurts.

"What have you been doing, Charity? Lifting weights? Running? Yoga? Why are you so sore?"
Standing. ALL DAY. No, I haven't worked out, unless you wanna classify walking 3 miles with my classes outside today, in 95 degree weather and 90% humidity, exercise. Or it could be walking out to and from (4x a day) the bus I drive, to shuttle our athletes to and from the middle school and high school (about a quarter of a mile each way from the parking lot to my office inside). I need to ice my feet. I wear tennis shoes but they're not meant to be worn 12 hours a day, 5 days a week. And, my foot doctor told me not to wear my socks all day, but I really don't wanna change socks and expose people to sweat socks, lol...It's just a gross idea....Feet are disgusting!! Why do we have them?!?!?

So *that's* why I'm sore.

I am still in love with my classes though. Sixth graders absolutely rock. They are annoying and a little too clingy sometimes, but they are also pretty sweet and innocent and still have a thirst to learn. Which is pretty cool. They are starting to get the hang of the rules, but I definitely have to stay on them the ENTIRE time.

I've been doing good on my eating habits, too. So, hopefully, I might have lost a few pounds this week.

Oh, and I just found out my old college roomie/matron of honor is gonna have a baby boy!!! So exciting!!

This is definitely my least favorite time of the year: School starts. Football season starts (I lose a husband for 6 months). Volleyball season starts (I love coaching it, but it means longer workdays, lol). If I can manage to make it through this I can do anything ;) On that note, I talked to my fertility nurse/specialist lady and she said that I can probably start trying for a baby in the next month :) Please keep us in your prayers. We have been wanting to conceive for a few years now, and would love nothing more than God's blessing on this. Thanks so much. I love you guys!!

God Bless and have a wonderful weekend!!! I know I will enjoy all THREE BEAUTIFUL, GRAND, AND MAGNIFICENTLY LAZY DAYS OF IT :-)

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!! [Originally posted: 27 Aug 2007|06:15pm]

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[ music | paranoid android - sia ]

Well, 1 day down...186 more to go!!! lol...okay, so this was probably the best first day I've had in my career. Probably because, out of my 3 previous years of teaching, this is the first time I have the same assignment two years in a row!! WOO!!! Stable is good :-) The 6th graders (around 11 yrs old) were adorable wandering around, searching desperately for their classrooms. And, bless 'em if our campus isn't undergoing major renovations where half the classroomss listed on their schedules don't exist anymore, lol. Poor lil' guys!

I am being a hard teacher this year. I have told them they have to say "Yes M'am" and look people in the eye when someone's talking. Plus they have to cheer for one another anytime somebody does something right. And I'm making them keep a log of everything the eat and all their work outs so they can learn about calorie intake/outtake. But I'm gonna keep my own for them to use as a guide AND every time my PE classes work out, I work out. Volleyball practice starts Wednesday (AUGH!) at 6:30am. Then I get to go workout at 6pm. I am trying to lose like a TON of weight by the end of May. Plus, we are thinking of putting in a pool next summer!!!!! (Double AUGH!!!) Can u say "pool party"?? And you're all invited :-)

Oh, and as if this post couldn't get anymore random, I made spaghetti with fake ground beef crumbles last night (and leftovers for lunch today). It was delicioso!!! I never would've thought so, but it's true!

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GOOD WEEK!!! GOD BLESS!

Is there really just two days til school starts?? [Originally posted 24 Aug 2007|11:42pm]

[ mood | pensive ]





[ music | my playlist (on my myspace) ]

Well, I don't know that I'm stressing so much as I feel like I have lots to get done. Not that I'm rushed or anything, just that I want it all to come out really well so I really want to think about it before producing it. For example, I am going to have my Phys. Ed. students keep a nutrition and exercise log along with a goal calendar in my class. So, I'm creating mine as an example. Only problem is, I want it to be simple enough for them to be able to make one themselves (its in a 3-subject spiral notebook, you know, the kind with the built-in dividers?) but also complex enough for them to keep track of nutritional value, calorie expenditure, and whether or not they're meeting their goals. I really don't feel like I did my best last year as a PE teacher, so I really wanna do better this time around :) Once I make it I will post it here so you guys can see it, too! hehe...I think it could be a great thing if I follow-up with them on it and show them how easy it can be. But, the hardest part will be making sure I, myself, keep up with my own. Plus, I have to type up a rubric for how it will be graded, along with first-day of school rules, procedures, etc.

It wouldn't be so bad if my school wasn't undergoing major renovative construction on the gym!!! I have nowhere to work out with these kids!!! We will go outside when we can but it is a HUNDRED DEGREES OUTSIDE! So, I'm just trying to figure out how this can all work :)

I am so glad I get to sleep in tomorrow and Sunday! WOO!!!

I did find out that from Aug 29th until probably the first of October, I will be working eleven hour days 3 days a week and 16 hour days the other 2 days of the week. Why? Because we have to use an off-campus facility for volleyball practice due to the renovations on our school's gym. It pretty much sucks, but what can you do? I just have to turn it into a positive because for the kids because they are going through these growing pains, too. But don't worry, I'll be sure and fill you guys in on my exhaustion levels ;-)

YAY FOR THE WEEKEND!!!

God Bless!

Almost Done with Inservice!!! [Originally posted 23 Aug 2007|10:32pm]

[ mood | exhausted ]





[ music | Miscommunication - Timabaland feat. Keri ]

It's 10:30pm and I am so exhausted that I'm not sleepy...You know what I mean? Like, have you ever been so tired you couldn't fall asleep? I have not fallen asleep before 1am all week, and I've been getting up around 6-6:30am. I don't know what is wrong with me but its making me sleepy around midday but then I get less sleepy once I get home from work because I know thats the only time I have to do stuff *I* wanna do...hope this is making sense as I am really delirious right now, hehe.

RANDOM LIST OF MY TOP 5 LOVE SONGS AT THE MOMENT:
1. A Message - Coldplay
2. Life is Beautiful - Vega4
3. Sail Away - David Gray
4. Signal Fire - Snow Patrol
5. Your Guardian Angel - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Oh, and I never mentioned what books it was that I bought that day I went shopping with mi madre. Here they are:
*Aladdin and other Tales of Arabian Knights
*Gulliver's Travels
*Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales of Mystery and Imagination
*The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie the Pooh
*Best Known Works: Ibsen
*Best Known Works: Oscar Wilde
*The Once and Future King
*The Complete Ultimate Hitchhikers's Guide to the Galaxy

Here's a picture of the new IKEA bookshelf I put all my new books on :)


















And this is a random pic of where I put our new PC. The room will be eventually be a nursery **throws up a prayer** soon!!!


















Oh my gosh, am I tired?!?!?! We have spent all week in meetings--well, I take that back. Yesterday, the entire staff of the school I work for (Frank Seale MS) was taken on a "field trip", complete with school buses to the Ft. Worth Stockyards TEXAS HUMAN MAZE. It was a blast!!! It has been shown on the reality show, "The Amazing Race" and was a maze that we were put into teams of 6-7 for. My team had our principal on it. We had to decide whether to split up or stay together as a team and hunt through the maze for hole punches to punch our card to spell out the word "maze" and then find our way to the exit. It took me and my good friend Dawn 13 minutes to maneuver it together, but our team did not fare well, so we lost :( lol, but it was so much fun nobody really cared (that's what losers say, right? hehe)

The day before that every teacher in Midlothian (my district), Waxahachie, and Ennis Independent School Districts were brought to the Waxahachie Civic Center for a motivational speech from Ron Clark (www.ronclarkacademy.com). Well, if any of you know who he is, Ron was named Teacher of the Year here in the US and has a movie made about him (he's only like 35 or something, too!! it is crazy how awesome this guy is!!). He made me want to do everything I do differently...more passionately...the BEST motivational speaker I've ever heard. He is a Southern boy who has worked in economically disadvantaged schools (ON PURPOSE) and has completely revolutionized those schools. Because he gave a damn. Plain and simple.

Tomorrow, we get to work in our classrooms all day and we are not SUPPOSED to have any meetings but I've already got two that have been scheduled for me...oh wait, I take that back. THREE!!! woo :( Oh well, at least I can get work done on the comput----oh WAIT!! No, I can't do that because someone hogs the computer all day in our office :(

God Bless!