I love Sundays! Sunday is truly a rest day for me. I have so much other stuff going on during the week that Sunday is the perfect day of rest. I love that there is at least one day a week in which all troubles and problems can be pushed to the back of my mind and I can concentrate on better, more uplifting things. I get to talk and laugh with people I only see once a week. I feel the Spirit more strongly and have a more positive outlook on the world and life in general. Rest really does a body and mind good.
I will be moving in a little over a month. Not out of beautiful SA but to another area of SA. A co-worker of mine is moving out of her place and knew I was searching for a new place as well. One of her friend's at her second job was telling her about the apartment complex that she lives in and found a great place. She told me, I checked it out and I will be moving in July. 800 Square feet for only 600 a month. The best part, it comes with a washer and dryer. That is such a bonus! It's a quiet and small community with only 200 units. Gated for added security (gates don't mean perps can't get in, but it does give a little sense of security). There aren't a lot of students that live there nor are there a lot of families with little kids running around. I love kids, I do, but when I am at home after a long day of miscreants I don't really want to hear those voices. Home is a place of security, peace and rest from the rest of the world. I think I have found the place to get all those things.
This weekend, thankfully, will continue through tomorrow since it is Memorial Day. To all those who put their lives on the line to protect this land, to the families that have lost loved ones in this great cause, to all those who have passed on, have a great Memorial Day and your service is never forgotten.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Still Keepin Busy
Rest is definitely needed right now. I feel like I have been running on all cylinders for the past month and a half but have gotten nowhere. Stress is still building. A little was relieved but new ones have come to take their place. I received an e-mail from my great-uncle Del on Friday saying that he was doing well and that he didn't have a heart attack but that his heart just needed a jump start. Leave it to him to try to ease everyone else's burdens by making things not sound as bad. I hope he takes better care of himself and is around for many more years.
We had the grand opening of the gym this week along with a fundraiser. The whole ceremony was a joke and highly boring. The kiddos were bored out of their minds and the adults were just as interested. If I weren't standing I probably would have fallen asleep. In fact, at some point I think I did fall asleep. All I know is there was someone speaking and then there was someone else speaking all of a sudden. Then there was the fundraiser. There weren't a lot of people there so we didn't make a lot of money. It was also a Thursday night, at the end of the month and only about four weeks since the last fundraiser. Money is a little tight about that time of the month. One of the teachers did a "Kiss the Donkey" contest. Different teachers volunteered to be a part of the contest. Kids put money, well tickets, into the container with the teacher that they wanted to see kiss the donkey. Yes, a real donkey named Stinky. Thankfully there were a couple of kids that have it out for this one biology teacher because they are failing her class and wanted to see her kiss the donkey and placed about $40 in her container. Those boys made sure she kissed the donkey. I didn't have any in my container. I thought there would be tons of tickets in my container considering all the dirty looks and rollings eyes and the fact I am kind of a hard nose when it comes to discipline in my class and in the halls. I guess there are other enemies of the students out there. I still had fun watching teachers and students go into the dunk tank, kissing a donkey and recruiting people to play different games. There was also a parent there that was reading fortunes. This lady cracks me up because she is so out there. She has two kids in the school, one is somewhat normal and the other is almost off the deep end. They are such different people you would not know they were a part of the same family. She calls me over and asks me to pick three stones from the bag. I had no clue what she was about to do. I pick the three stones and two had some weird symbol and the other was blank. She reviews her material then gives me a five minute reading about my life. Basically, it went like this: "You are not centered right now. You have a lot going on in your life. You have many things that are stressing and you are not able to focus on getting your life balanced. You are giver and care more about other people than yourself. You have a hard time saying no to people and it is catching up to you. Although you have cut back you still are not centered and balanced. You still give too much and care to much about others and that is holding you back in your life right now." Is she right? I don't know. I actually think I have become more selfish over the past few years. I spend so much time at home when I could be out doing more social activities and service for others. I feel like such a hermit sometimes. Shouldn't our lives be focused on helping others and making their lives better? When we serve others we are easing their burdens and making their lives a little easier. In the process we are receiving the blessings that our Father in heaven wants to bestow upon us. Is this crazy right in her "reading" of my fortune? How out of balance is my life?
Friday night I had a great time at the mini-enrichment. I was able to teach baklava and lachmacun (la-ma-jun). The food was incredible (to me anyway) and the conversations and sisterhood were even better. Even though I left the main ingredient for the baklava at home and had run back to get it, it turned out to be a good evening. Thankfully, I now have tons of leftovers so I won't go hungry this week. =0)
Only eight more school days four of which are half days, so technically there are only six full days left. I am looking forward to the summer right now. Taking a couple of extra classes, moving to a new apartment and getting my life "back in balance". Those are my new goals for the summer. Let's see how it all works out.
We had the grand opening of the gym this week along with a fundraiser. The whole ceremony was a joke and highly boring. The kiddos were bored out of their minds and the adults were just as interested. If I weren't standing I probably would have fallen asleep. In fact, at some point I think I did fall asleep. All I know is there was someone speaking and then there was someone else speaking all of a sudden. Then there was the fundraiser. There weren't a lot of people there so we didn't make a lot of money. It was also a Thursday night, at the end of the month and only about four weeks since the last fundraiser. Money is a little tight about that time of the month. One of the teachers did a "Kiss the Donkey" contest. Different teachers volunteered to be a part of the contest. Kids put money, well tickets, into the container with the teacher that they wanted to see kiss the donkey. Yes, a real donkey named Stinky. Thankfully there were a couple of kids that have it out for this one biology teacher because they are failing her class and wanted to see her kiss the donkey and placed about $40 in her container. Those boys made sure she kissed the donkey. I didn't have any in my container. I thought there would be tons of tickets in my container considering all the dirty looks and rollings eyes and the fact I am kind of a hard nose when it comes to discipline in my class and in the halls. I guess there are other enemies of the students out there. I still had fun watching teachers and students go into the dunk tank, kissing a donkey and recruiting people to play different games. There was also a parent there that was reading fortunes. This lady cracks me up because she is so out there. She has two kids in the school, one is somewhat normal and the other is almost off the deep end. They are such different people you would not know they were a part of the same family. She calls me over and asks me to pick three stones from the bag. I had no clue what she was about to do. I pick the three stones and two had some weird symbol and the other was blank. She reviews her material then gives me a five minute reading about my life. Basically, it went like this: "You are not centered right now. You have a lot going on in your life. You have many things that are stressing and you are not able to focus on getting your life balanced. You are giver and care more about other people than yourself. You have a hard time saying no to people and it is catching up to you. Although you have cut back you still are not centered and balanced. You still give too much and care to much about others and that is holding you back in your life right now." Is she right? I don't know. I actually think I have become more selfish over the past few years. I spend so much time at home when I could be out doing more social activities and service for others. I feel like such a hermit sometimes. Shouldn't our lives be focused on helping others and making their lives better? When we serve others we are easing their burdens and making their lives a little easier. In the process we are receiving the blessings that our Father in heaven wants to bestow upon us. Is this crazy right in her "reading" of my fortune? How out of balance is my life?
Friday night I had a great time at the mini-enrichment. I was able to teach baklava and lachmacun (la-ma-jun). The food was incredible (to me anyway) and the conversations and sisterhood were even better. Even though I left the main ingredient for the baklava at home and had run back to get it, it turned out to be a good evening. Thankfully, I now have tons of leftovers so I won't go hungry this week. =0)
Only eight more school days four of which are half days, so technically there are only six full days left. I am looking forward to the summer right now. Taking a couple of extra classes, moving to a new apartment and getting my life "back in balance". Those are my new goals for the summer. Let's see how it all works out.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Some Thoughts
This whole Nancy Pelosi thing is hilarious to me. The Speaker of the House of Represetatives and third from the Presidency is just an astounding, well, idiot. Sorry, I am not creative enough to come up with another word, but she is an idiot. What person would go on national (and even international) TV and tell the world that she had no idea waterboarding was being used and records show that she was at those briefings? I mean, either you did what a lot of people did in college and had someone sign in for you to or you had no idea what was going on and didnt ask the questions you needed to in order to understand the operation fully. Then on top of that she goes on the record in another press conference saying that the CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, the people that are a part of the whol system that keeps us safe at night while we sleep is lying! Okay, let's think about this Ms. Pelosi. The people who have made sure you still have the freedoms you have and can hold the position you do are lying? This is aming for a really good sitcom right now. You can tell in the press conference that she was lying. It doesn't take a genius to read the tell tale signs of liars. The fact that she had to use the notes and couldn't find her statement about the whole thing is one sign. The next sign, walking around like she had no idea where she was, the shocked look on her face, the inabiliy to field questions satisfactorily(is that even a word?). Who couldn't tell she was making it up as she goes? Funny stuff, funny, funny stuff. Now people in her own party are distancing themsleves from her, a little. I don't think she should be the Speaker of the House if this is how she is going act. You have to be honest in the face of the American people or they are going to have a field day when the next election comes around. I think Pelosi should man-up to what she has said and either a) prove that the CIA is lying or 2) step down as Speaker. If she is not going to relinquish her spot in the House then she should at least relinquish her position as Speaker. Anyone else agree?
Some things have happened recently that have really added some stress to my life. The first thing is not knowing where I will be working next year. Application after application going in and letter after letter going out and there is nothing for me. On top of that I have to wait another two weeks before I know if I will be hired back next year where I am. This whole not knowing what's going on with my job and essentially, my life, just deosn't sit well with me. Then I find out this weekend that my great-grandma Aurea is really in the latest stages of Alzheimers and has refused to eat, drink or do anything else is really causing some stress. I know if she does die that it is really the best for her. She hasn't known who her family is for years now and I am sure she has been in tons of pain and been sick so many times going through numerous treatments that it would be better for her. I can see her walking into the open arms of a loving Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ with a smile on her face saying, "I have done what you sent me to do and I am now home. now let's work on that whole baptism thing." With her personality I could see her taking one of the angels and sitting them down and telling them, "Now teach me, I want to know more and I want my family to be eternal". It would be a sight to behold. I hope she can hold on until I have some free time so I can actually be there for the funeral. You know the second week of June or third week of July would be perfect for me, but we all know Aurea Riviello has and always will do her own thing.
I alos found out this weekend that my great-uncle Del had a heart attack. This is the second one in less than a year for him. I don't know how much longer he has either. Poor Aunt Edna, if grandma and Del left this world she would be a wreck. She lives her life for those two people. I have never seen someone so dedicated to family. Thankfully, my grandma and grandpa Gilmore are in TB right now helping take care of everything. Maybe this is the perfect time to get Del and Edna to move to SC with them. It would make thing alot easier for all of them. We'll see how things go.
A new worry deals with Family Home Evening. The Alamo ward is now spliting and I don't kow what's going to happen with FHE. Will we have combined ward FHE's or will the wards be seperated? What's the budget going to look like? Hoow many people are actually going to be there considering the ones that go now are mostly from the East. Will I even be the FHE coordinator anymore? I really need some answers and less vagueness to really be comfotable with all of this. Things always work out for the best, right?
I just needed an outlet right now and this just happened to be the place. Things are just heavy on my mind and not knowing what is going does not sit well with me. I sure hope things fall into place quickly.
Some things have happened recently that have really added some stress to my life. The first thing is not knowing where I will be working next year. Application after application going in and letter after letter going out and there is nothing for me. On top of that I have to wait another two weeks before I know if I will be hired back next year where I am. This whole not knowing what's going on with my job and essentially, my life, just deosn't sit well with me. Then I find out this weekend that my great-grandma Aurea is really in the latest stages of Alzheimers and has refused to eat, drink or do anything else is really causing some stress. I know if she does die that it is really the best for her. She hasn't known who her family is for years now and I am sure she has been in tons of pain and been sick so many times going through numerous treatments that it would be better for her. I can see her walking into the open arms of a loving Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ with a smile on her face saying, "I have done what you sent me to do and I am now home. now let's work on that whole baptism thing." With her personality I could see her taking one of the angels and sitting them down and telling them, "Now teach me, I want to know more and I want my family to be eternal". It would be a sight to behold. I hope she can hold on until I have some free time so I can actually be there for the funeral. You know the second week of June or third week of July would be perfect for me, but we all know Aurea Riviello has and always will do her own thing.
I alos found out this weekend that my great-uncle Del had a heart attack. This is the second one in less than a year for him. I don't know how much longer he has either. Poor Aunt Edna, if grandma and Del left this world she would be a wreck. She lives her life for those two people. I have never seen someone so dedicated to family. Thankfully, my grandma and grandpa Gilmore are in TB right now helping take care of everything. Maybe this is the perfect time to get Del and Edna to move to SC with them. It would make thing alot easier for all of them. We'll see how things go.
A new worry deals with Family Home Evening. The Alamo ward is now spliting and I don't kow what's going to happen with FHE. Will we have combined ward FHE's or will the wards be seperated? What's the budget going to look like? Hoow many people are actually going to be there considering the ones that go now are mostly from the East. Will I even be the FHE coordinator anymore? I really need some answers and less vagueness to really be comfotable with all of this. Things always work out for the best, right?
I just needed an outlet right now and this just happened to be the place. Things are just heavy on my mind and not knowing what is going does not sit well with me. I sure hope things fall into place quickly.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Rude Awakening
People need to pay a little more attention to what is going on when they are driving. I fell asleep on my couch on Friday night with the patio door open for the cool air to fill my apartment. At 12:30am I heard something like a truck and trailer going over the speed bump just in front of my building. It was so loud I woke up and wondered what was going on. I thought it was just a truck and a trailer going over the bump a little too fast until I started thinking about the sound. It sounded as though two cars were crunching together. I started thinking that some drunk driver had smashed into cars that were parked and that my car may have been one of the ones hit. My heart was about pounding out of my chest when I stood and walked onto my patio. I saw that all the cars in front of my building were okay, then I saw it. A car was upside down on top of the fence that separates my complex from the complex next door. There was some sort of liquid shooting out from the bottom of the vehicle. Thankfully, it wasn't gasoline or oil. I never saw anyone get out of the car but there were three people after the car was flipped upright and moved that were carrying contents from the vehicle back to one of the apartments. Thankfully no one was injured and it was a miracle too. The tow truck arrived flipped the car back up and the whole passenger side was obliterated. It was a scary scene.
Some people were either drunk or totally insensitive as they checked out the scene. A group came walking from somewhere around the corner and went for a closer look. On their way back I heard a couple of them say that was the most awesome thing they had ever seen and were glad they went to check it out. Another group from the apartments next to mine were laughing and climbing the fence before the car had been flipped back to normal. It was a little irritating that people would see something like that and say it was the most awesome thing they had ever seen and laugh about it. I was watching the whole time hoping that everyone was okay and no one was trapped inside. I hope to never be in a situation like that or see one like that again.
On Thursday right in front of the school I work at there was a huge accident on the highway that I was a witness to. All these car accidents make me worry about drivers on the road and how often drivers tend to think they are the only ones out there or they are so wrapped up in themselves, their phones, or in a rush that they don't think when behind the wheel of a two ton hunk of metal and glass. I will definitely be more careful behind the wheel before I become a victim of the driving world. What a wake-up call!
Some people were either drunk or totally insensitive as they checked out the scene. A group came walking from somewhere around the corner and went for a closer look. On their way back I heard a couple of them say that was the most awesome thing they had ever seen and were glad they went to check it out. Another group from the apartments next to mine were laughing and climbing the fence before the car had been flipped back to normal. It was a little irritating that people would see something like that and say it was the most awesome thing they had ever seen and laugh about it. I was watching the whole time hoping that everyone was okay and no one was trapped inside. I hope to never be in a situation like that or see one like that again.
On Thursday right in front of the school I work at there was a huge accident on the highway that I was a witness to. All these car accidents make me worry about drivers on the road and how often drivers tend to think they are the only ones out there or they are so wrapped up in themselves, their phones, or in a rush that they don't think when behind the wheel of a two ton hunk of metal and glass. I will definitely be more careful behind the wheel before I become a victim of the driving world. What a wake-up call!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Let the Good Times Roll!
What a week it was! So much stuff happened this pass week and kept me really busy. I apologize if this week's issue is a bit lengthy.
Monday: Don't we all just love Monday? I was suppose to be in my brand new gym this week. Ha ha, didn't happen. I was really hoping that something that came out of my administrator's mouths about this gym would actually happen. Again, epic fail. Monday night's Family Home Evening was a blast! We went to Brighton Gardens Retirement and Assisted Living Center and did an evening of BINGO! with some wonderful ladies. There was one lady that was just hilariously inpatient. This is the first time any of us have ever been there doing what were were doing. One lady, once she got all her BINGO cards and chips, was ready to go. She didn't care about anyone else being ready. All she kept saying was, "young lady, young lady! We need to get started now". I asked if everyone was ready and from her corner came an exasperated, "Yes, finally, let's just get on with it!" So I am calling the numbers and some of the ladies couldn't hear me. Another sweet lady pointed out that there was a podium with a microphone in the corner. I stopped the game to get the podium and I hear, "What's she doing now? Hurry up and let's finish this game." All I could do was chuckle to myself. Good times, good times. About ten minutes into the first game more people started showing up to play. All in all it was a great evening and the residents and staff have asked us to come back.
Tuesday was an, "I'm so tired that I can't do anything else" kind of day. Why was I tired? I don't ever know why I am so tired, but I am. I went home and fell asleep at around 7pm then awoke at about 8pm then went to bed. Good thing I did that because I needed the rest.
Wednesday I went and did laundry. After work. I love Institute and all, but not having it on Wednesday freed up some time for me to do a Saturday chore on another night leaving my Saturday open to do better, more meaningful things which I will discuss later. At work that afternoon I caught a kid trying to steal a box of cereal from the school. He thought he was being super ninja and that I didn't see him. When I caught him I asked him what he was doing. "I didn't take my meds today and I am super hungry." That means he gets to take whatever he wants to take because he didn't take his meds for his ADHD. "I know it's wrong, but I just can't help myself when I don't take my meds and I'm this hungry. I haven't eaten since lunch today." Translation: Don't blame me. It's not my fault I didn't take my meds. I know I shouldn't be doing it, but because I didn't take my meds I am really hungry so you can't blame me for taking the stuff. I have no control over myself even though I know what I am doing is wrong. Dealing with that was quite fun.
Thursday: I am sitting in my office doing work (yes, I was actually doing work not just playing on the computer like I normally do) and my principal stops by. "Ms. Gilmore, when you were in the gym last week showing the students the area, did you see any of them jump through the window of one of the offices? One of the office window frames is broken and there is a shoe print. Are you sure you didn't see anyone jump through the windows?" I go in and check things out then I remember that one of the kids was jumping through a window, but he never placed his feet on the frame (he's a parque runner and that is unheard of in a small space like that) and it wasn't even the window that was damaged. I am royally upset that someone would destroy something this brand spanking new! Who does stuff like that? Seriously!
Friday was quite a day. I had to finish my teaching folder in the morning since I had forgotten a couple of things. That was the east part. The rest of the day was just one big stressor. My classes were acting like dee dee dees. Then I never received important e-mails or calls from people that I really need to hear back from. If someone says they will call with the details then they need to do so. It was also the not a lot of the high school kids went to the dance. probably because all the middle school kids were there too. The high school kids are getting tired of the middle school kids. That's one of the problems of being in such a small school. High schoolers don't have the spirit and excitement about anything the middle schoolers are a art of. Why can't it be just high schoolers at the dance? Thankfully, there was no drama at the dance. The younger middle schoolers behaved themselves and seemed to have a good time. I just had a problem with the energy level and the music. The entire dance, except for about 30 minutes, was hip-hop music. The kids were iffy about the music but they danced anyway. The eighth graders danced like they were in the club. I had so many people roll their eyes at me. It was fun telling them to separate. The looks were priceless and I will never forget them. The eye rolls are fabulous! You know you are an adult when teenagers begin rolling eyes at you. After the dance I went to the airport to pick up my mom for her Mother's Day Excursion.
Saturday wasn't really an excursion but it was a relaxing day. I flew my mom from the EP for the weekend, well day really. We spent the day shopping and gorging ourselves on delicious food. Mom really wanted to go shopping at NorthStar Mall so we went there first thing in the morning and spent most of it in Macy's. Macy's has really great sales. I'm a fan now. Mom didn't find what she was looking for, but I found a really cute denim dress that actually looks good on me. I am usually a skirt and shirt type of gal, but this dress was too cute to pass up. I thought it was going to be $40 but as it turns out, it was 1/2 off. There were some other really cute clothes as well, but they weren't on sale so it was a no go. Then it was off to the other stores to try to find something else for Mom, but again no luck. Then it was shoe shopping for me to find a pair of really cute and eclectic shoes for me. We went to Journey's since they have the best eclectic, eccentric shoes I have ever seen. I found two pairs that are were abfab. I mean, I could not have gone on a better day to find these shoes. I am all about the outrageous shoe. you can have all the plain and sophisticated clothing you want, but your shoes, they have to make a statement. Boy do these shoes make a statement! I love them! I don;t have the pics downloaded yet, but they are coming, I promise. After the shopping was finished and Mom was unsuccessful in her search for the perfect shirt, we left for lunch at India Palace. If I ever have to move from the SA I will have to have India Palace shipped to me. It is the best, and I mean THE BEST, Indian food I have ever had, and I have been to many Indian food restaurants. Nothing compares to India Palace. After lunch it was more shopping! Mom finally found the perfect shirt. The shirt looks really nice on her and can be dressed up or dressed down and looks amazing on her. After that we went home and created a Wii Mii for Mom and let her play on it for a little bit. Then it was power naps during a Glenn Beck review of the week. Then off to Cow Catcher's. I have once blogged about that place once before, but I am showing my lack of technological knowledge by not knowing how to form a link to it. The sad thing, after driving all the way out there, the place was closed. Sadness! We ended up going to Salt Grass and had a fabulous dinner. It was the fattiest dinner that I have had in a long time and boy do I feel it, but it was sooo delicious. It was back home for bed.
Sunday we ate a sushi brunch then I took Mom to the airport so she could go back to the EP. I went to church and did my thing then went to a friend's dinner party for her birthday. Listened to some boys play guitar then headed home for the end of a very, very long week.
It is now Monday and looks like another long week is ahead of me. I will survive!
Monday: Don't we all just love Monday? I was suppose to be in my brand new gym this week. Ha ha, didn't happen. I was really hoping that something that came out of my administrator's mouths about this gym would actually happen. Again, epic fail. Monday night's Family Home Evening was a blast! We went to Brighton Gardens Retirement and Assisted Living Center and did an evening of BINGO! with some wonderful ladies. There was one lady that was just hilariously inpatient. This is the first time any of us have ever been there doing what were were doing. One lady, once she got all her BINGO cards and chips, was ready to go. She didn't care about anyone else being ready. All she kept saying was, "young lady, young lady! We need to get started now". I asked if everyone was ready and from her corner came an exasperated, "Yes, finally, let's just get on with it!" So I am calling the numbers and some of the ladies couldn't hear me. Another sweet lady pointed out that there was a podium with a microphone in the corner. I stopped the game to get the podium and I hear, "What's she doing now? Hurry up and let's finish this game." All I could do was chuckle to myself. Good times, good times. About ten minutes into the first game more people started showing up to play. All in all it was a great evening and the residents and staff have asked us to come back.
Tuesday was an, "I'm so tired that I can't do anything else" kind of day. Why was I tired? I don't ever know why I am so tired, but I am. I went home and fell asleep at around 7pm then awoke at about 8pm then went to bed. Good thing I did that because I needed the rest.
Wednesday I went and did laundry. After work. I love Institute and all, but not having it on Wednesday freed up some time for me to do a Saturday chore on another night leaving my Saturday open to do better, more meaningful things which I will discuss later. At work that afternoon I caught a kid trying to steal a box of cereal from the school. He thought he was being super ninja and that I didn't see him. When I caught him I asked him what he was doing. "I didn't take my meds today and I am super hungry." That means he gets to take whatever he wants to take because he didn't take his meds for his ADHD. "I know it's wrong, but I just can't help myself when I don't take my meds and I'm this hungry. I haven't eaten since lunch today." Translation: Don't blame me. It's not my fault I didn't take my meds. I know I shouldn't be doing it, but because I didn't take my meds I am really hungry so you can't blame me for taking the stuff. I have no control over myself even though I know what I am doing is wrong. Dealing with that was quite fun.
Thursday: I am sitting in my office doing work (yes, I was actually doing work not just playing on the computer like I normally do) and my principal stops by. "Ms. Gilmore, when you were in the gym last week showing the students the area, did you see any of them jump through the window of one of the offices? One of the office window frames is broken and there is a shoe print. Are you sure you didn't see anyone jump through the windows?" I go in and check things out then I remember that one of the kids was jumping through a window, but he never placed his feet on the frame (he's a parque runner and that is unheard of in a small space like that) and it wasn't even the window that was damaged. I am royally upset that someone would destroy something this brand spanking new! Who does stuff like that? Seriously!
Friday was quite a day. I had to finish my teaching folder in the morning since I had forgotten a couple of things. That was the east part. The rest of the day was just one big stressor. My classes were acting like dee dee dees. Then I never received important e-mails or calls from people that I really need to hear back from. If someone says they will call with the details then they need to do so. It was also the not a lot of the high school kids went to the dance. probably because all the middle school kids were there too. The high school kids are getting tired of the middle school kids. That's one of the problems of being in such a small school. High schoolers don't have the spirit and excitement about anything the middle schoolers are a art of. Why can't it be just high schoolers at the dance? Thankfully, there was no drama at the dance. The younger middle schoolers behaved themselves and seemed to have a good time. I just had a problem with the energy level and the music. The entire dance, except for about 30 minutes, was hip-hop music. The kids were iffy about the music but they danced anyway. The eighth graders danced like they were in the club. I had so many people roll their eyes at me. It was fun telling them to separate. The looks were priceless and I will never forget them. The eye rolls are fabulous! You know you are an adult when teenagers begin rolling eyes at you. After the dance I went to the airport to pick up my mom for her Mother's Day Excursion.
Saturday wasn't really an excursion but it was a relaxing day. I flew my mom from the EP for the weekend, well day really. We spent the day shopping and gorging ourselves on delicious food. Mom really wanted to go shopping at NorthStar Mall so we went there first thing in the morning and spent most of it in Macy's. Macy's has really great sales. I'm a fan now. Mom didn't find what she was looking for, but I found a really cute denim dress that actually looks good on me. I am usually a skirt and shirt type of gal, but this dress was too cute to pass up. I thought it was going to be $40 but as it turns out, it was 1/2 off. There were some other really cute clothes as well, but they weren't on sale so it was a no go. Then it was off to the other stores to try to find something else for Mom, but again no luck. Then it was shoe shopping for me to find a pair of really cute and eclectic shoes for me. We went to Journey's since they have the best eclectic, eccentric shoes I have ever seen. I found two pairs that are were abfab. I mean, I could not have gone on a better day to find these shoes. I am all about the outrageous shoe. you can have all the plain and sophisticated clothing you want, but your shoes, they have to make a statement. Boy do these shoes make a statement! I love them! I don;t have the pics downloaded yet, but they are coming, I promise. After the shopping was finished and Mom was unsuccessful in her search for the perfect shirt, we left for lunch at India Palace. If I ever have to move from the SA I will have to have India Palace shipped to me. It is the best, and I mean THE BEST, Indian food I have ever had, and I have been to many Indian food restaurants. Nothing compares to India Palace. After lunch it was more shopping! Mom finally found the perfect shirt. The shirt looks really nice on her and can be dressed up or dressed down and looks amazing on her. After that we went home and created a Wii Mii for Mom and let her play on it for a little bit. Then it was power naps during a Glenn Beck review of the week. Then off to Cow Catcher's. I have once blogged about that place once before, but I am showing my lack of technological knowledge by not knowing how to form a link to it. The sad thing, after driving all the way out there, the place was closed. Sadness! We ended up going to Salt Grass and had a fabulous dinner. It was the fattiest dinner that I have had in a long time and boy do I feel it, but it was sooo delicious. It was back home for bed.
Sunday we ate a sushi brunch then I took Mom to the airport so she could go back to the EP. I went to church and did my thing then went to a friend's dinner party for her birthday. Listened to some boys play guitar then headed home for the end of a very, very long week.
It is now Monday and looks like another long week is ahead of me. I will survive!
Monday, May 4, 2009
Swine Flu
Swine flu-whatever! I am so over this whole swine flu thing. Schools around here are closing like crazy because they are afraid of the flu. After talking to many health care professionals my ideas are not far fetched about this thing. The swine flu is just a regular old flu. You know, the same flu you get if you don't get your flu shot and come in contact with someone who is still contagious. The only difference with this flu is that is last a little longer. That's it, it last a little longer? Is the media making too big of a deal about this? I think so, unless the White House knows something that they aren't sharing with the public then we are making too big of a deal about it. If someone sneezes because he/she has dust in his/her nose then everyone around that person looks at him/her like they have the swine flu. To date, in the US anyway, there has only been one death due to the swine flu and it was a kid from Mexico who came to the US to get treatment albeit a little too late. Why are there so many deaths from this thing in Mexico? Lack of proper medical care. If there was better medical care then there would not have been the deaths associated by it. By the way, like the regular flu, those that are more susceptible to dying from this thing are the very young, very old, and those in overall bad health. Again, just like the regular flu. School districts have been closing down like crazy. Some have waited to get through the TAKS testing while other closed the week of TAKS testing. Everyone is being told to be careful, don't go to alot of social gathering or gathering spots. I say, take care of yourself, wash your hands, have good hygiene and if you feel sick, stay home, don't try to be the hero and go to work ill. Am I worried about this thing? Only that it might close the school and we would have to make those days up and I have a class two weeks after school gets out that will be wasting $400 if I have to work at that time. Other than that, I am not worried. I just have to take care of myself and not let these little disease carriers touch me or do anything else around me. How do you think a no breathing policy would work in my class, hmmmmmm? Whether it's a real threat or not I am not going to let this thing change my lifestyle. Unless the entire city is on mandatory lock down, I am not to worried. If the city did go into mandatory lock down I would have such a blast playing on my Wii =0) This whole swine flu thing has been all the talk and attention this week. Not much else went on except the TAKS testing which is a waste of time. Oops did I just say that? Yep, sure did and I'll say it again. TAKS is a waste of time. A test that determines whether or not your school is a good school and has good teachers based on if the kids show up and take the test seriously or if they show up and decide to just fill in bubbles. What a great way to see if your teachers are any good. Did you happen to think it's not the teacher but the kid that just doesn't get it and maybe needs to stay an extra year in that grade, or can't comprehend English, or just doesn't care enough about school to want to try on a test, or, you catch my drift right? The test is a big waste of time. The real test is what these kids do when they get out of school. What are they doing in life? How do they treat others around them? Are they successful in their eyes? So they have a determination and drive to do more and be better? That's the true test. I don't remember anything I learned in middle school and I barely know what I learned in high school, but I sure do make what knowledge I do have work. The bell is getting ready to ring, Peace out!
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