Thanksgiving
Alright, let's see if I can catch up, so that way I'm not way behind.
Thanksgiving. This was my first holiday not with my family. There was supposed to be a time that I was going to be on duty for a holiday, but someone said they'd take it for me since they were going to be on campus...but, if I had stayed on campus, the family was going to come to me. This year they couldn't. I wasn't really homesick on Thanksgiving, because I was with people here who care about me. I had done my baking, and it was fun. I was able to sit outside in the 70 degree weather and drink wine and talk to people from home. There wasn't half the tension that's at home on a holiday (When I talked to my sisters at 3pm their time, the "Holiday Circle" was 3/4 complete)! It was great.
I got a little more homesick the day after Thanksgiving. I normally wake up at 5am, and head out shopping with Sue. This happens every year. Last year we waited in line at Best Buy for 2 hours, but it was fun since we were both making fun of the other people in line. Yesterday I woke up at about 9, showered, and went out to get breakfast. I decided after I ate my yogurt that I was going to brave the crowds at Target and JoAnn Fabrics. I got to JoAnn's, which happens to be across town, and Roger called to tell me his car was leaking transmission fluid, and would it be possible for me to pick him up from the car place...on the other side of town...I pulled out of JoAnn's, headed back towards their side of town, stopped at Target (picked up Napoleon Dynamite and Family Guy Season 3), and headed out to pick up Roger. Target was a breeze. I got front row parking, and I got right through line. Well, it took the old lady (whom Dan would have made fun of, since that's who Dan is) a few seconds to understand how to process my traveler's checks. I called home to talk to mom, and to let her know that I picked up the movie that I told her to pick up for me for St. Nick (Napoleon Dynamite). I picked up Roger, headed back to the house, ate lunch, and headed out to Learning is Fun (a teacher store in Vegas) and Michael's. Learning is Fun was awesome. Much better than the School House in Green Bay. Dropped some money there that I don't really have to spend, but I needed the books and such that I picked up. We didn't have time to make it to Michael's since we had to take Roger to get his car, so we decided to go out again the next day (today). I came home from shopping, and worked on my lessons. I was able to crank those out within an hour and a half! I was quite proud of myself. We then had leftovers for dinner, wine (which we have every night), watched the Badger game with Roger (it just happened to be the football game he wanted to watch...there's always some sporting event on in this house!), wrote a letter, played online, and went to bed.
Woke up this morning, showered, had my morning yogurt, and went out to JoAnn's and Michael's with Mary. I waited in line for my scrapbooks and paper for 30 minutes. Not cool. After JoAnn's we headed over to Michael's for my teaching stuff...yep, more teaching stuff. This stuff is more for classroom management. I had to get pompoms (the fuzzy little crafty balls that kids glue together for projects), tongue depressors, and a glass jar for the pompoms. I decided I was going to use the pompoms to help the class behave better. If you have a glass jar, you put in a pompom each time the class is doing something you like, i.e. working quietly, and if they're not doing something they should, they get one taken out. Once the jar is full, you get to do something special. I haven't figured out what that is, but I will. I only have 15 more school days before break (I do have the countdown going on!), and I don't know if they'll get that far. The tongue depressors are for me to put their names on. When I want to have someone come up to the board, I'll pick one out of another jar to make it fair. It's like winning the lottery for these kids! I came home from shopping, ate more leftovers, and watched more sporting events. I called home, and mom was saying how she missed me. She and dad were going through the ornaments for the Christmas tree to decide which ones to put up (since everyone at home is lazy, they didn't put up the big tree this year...although mom did tell me I could put it up when I come home...what's the point in that?). It's been the job of Erika and I to put up the ornaments ever since we were little, so that made mom choke up that we weren't doing it, and it made me homesick a little too. After dinner I decided to whip out the knitting while I was watching a football game with Roger (I'm beginning to understand football more now that I've watched it everyday since last Sunday). As I would look at the clock, I would think about how if I had been home, I'd have been at my 5 year high school class reunion with Dan. It would've rocked! I've been looking forward to this day for the past 4 years...only because (I'm evil with this one) I wanted to see who didn't make it. I wanted it to be the ones that always said that they'd make it here and here and here, but only because of daddy's money. Yeah, I wanted to see them to see if they made it out in the real world. That got me homesick today. Then, I decided to get Erika's letter out from the trunk of my car. I kept it there because I knew I wouldn't make it past the first page without crying if I had read it the first night I was in Vegas. I'm going to read it when I'm done updating this. I know I'm going to get homesick when I read that...
Alright, it's time to go read the letter, and head off to bed. Have a wonderful tomorrow!
Thanksgiving. This was my first holiday not with my family. There was supposed to be a time that I was going to be on duty for a holiday, but someone said they'd take it for me since they were going to be on campus...but, if I had stayed on campus, the family was going to come to me. This year they couldn't. I wasn't really homesick on Thanksgiving, because I was with people here who care about me. I had done my baking, and it was fun. I was able to sit outside in the 70 degree weather and drink wine and talk to people from home. There wasn't half the tension that's at home on a holiday (When I talked to my sisters at 3pm their time, the "Holiday Circle" was 3/4 complete)! It was great.
I got a little more homesick the day after Thanksgiving. I normally wake up at 5am, and head out shopping with Sue. This happens every year. Last year we waited in line at Best Buy for 2 hours, but it was fun since we were both making fun of the other people in line. Yesterday I woke up at about 9, showered, and went out to get breakfast. I decided after I ate my yogurt that I was going to brave the crowds at Target and JoAnn Fabrics. I got to JoAnn's, which happens to be across town, and Roger called to tell me his car was leaking transmission fluid, and would it be possible for me to pick him up from the car place...on the other side of town...I pulled out of JoAnn's, headed back towards their side of town, stopped at Target (picked up Napoleon Dynamite and Family Guy Season 3), and headed out to pick up Roger. Target was a breeze. I got front row parking, and I got right through line. Well, it took the old lady (whom Dan would have made fun of, since that's who Dan is) a few seconds to understand how to process my traveler's checks. I called home to talk to mom, and to let her know that I picked up the movie that I told her to pick up for me for St. Nick (Napoleon Dynamite). I picked up Roger, headed back to the house, ate lunch, and headed out to Learning is Fun (a teacher store in Vegas) and Michael's. Learning is Fun was awesome. Much better than the School House in Green Bay. Dropped some money there that I don't really have to spend, but I needed the books and such that I picked up. We didn't have time to make it to Michael's since we had to take Roger to get his car, so we decided to go out again the next day (today). I came home from shopping, and worked on my lessons. I was able to crank those out within an hour and a half! I was quite proud of myself. We then had leftovers for dinner, wine (which we have every night), watched the Badger game with Roger (it just happened to be the football game he wanted to watch...there's always some sporting event on in this house!), wrote a letter, played online, and went to bed.
Woke up this morning, showered, had my morning yogurt, and went out to JoAnn's and Michael's with Mary. I waited in line for my scrapbooks and paper for 30 minutes. Not cool. After JoAnn's we headed over to Michael's for my teaching stuff...yep, more teaching stuff. This stuff is more for classroom management. I had to get pompoms (the fuzzy little crafty balls that kids glue together for projects), tongue depressors, and a glass jar for the pompoms. I decided I was going to use the pompoms to help the class behave better. If you have a glass jar, you put in a pompom each time the class is doing something you like, i.e. working quietly, and if they're not doing something they should, they get one taken out. Once the jar is full, you get to do something special. I haven't figured out what that is, but I will. I only have 15 more school days before break (I do have the countdown going on!), and I don't know if they'll get that far. The tongue depressors are for me to put their names on. When I want to have someone come up to the board, I'll pick one out of another jar to make it fair. It's like winning the lottery for these kids! I came home from shopping, ate more leftovers, and watched more sporting events. I called home, and mom was saying how she missed me. She and dad were going through the ornaments for the Christmas tree to decide which ones to put up (since everyone at home is lazy, they didn't put up the big tree this year...although mom did tell me I could put it up when I come home...what's the point in that?). It's been the job of Erika and I to put up the ornaments ever since we were little, so that made mom choke up that we weren't doing it, and it made me homesick a little too. After dinner I decided to whip out the knitting while I was watching a football game with Roger (I'm beginning to understand football more now that I've watched it everyday since last Sunday). As I would look at the clock, I would think about how if I had been home, I'd have been at my 5 year high school class reunion with Dan. It would've rocked! I've been looking forward to this day for the past 4 years...only because (I'm evil with this one) I wanted to see who didn't make it. I wanted it to be the ones that always said that they'd make it here and here and here, but only because of daddy's money. Yeah, I wanted to see them to see if they made it out in the real world. That got me homesick today. Then, I decided to get Erika's letter out from the trunk of my car. I kept it there because I knew I wouldn't make it past the first page without crying if I had read it the first night I was in Vegas. I'm going to read it when I'm done updating this. I know I'm going to get homesick when I read that...
Alright, it's time to go read the letter, and head off to bed. Have a wonderful tomorrow!
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