Really Relaxed...:)
I did something this weekend that I haven't done in forever. I painted and crafted in general. I'm so relaxed right now, and if I didn't have the day off tomorrow, I would be ready for it. I wouldn't be dreading going to school. It's not that I dread going to school. I go to school everyday thinking that it's going to be a great day, that the kids are going to be wonderful, and I won't have to raise my voice or repeat myself.
Friday was an okay day. I got to school really worried about my post-observation meeting with my assistant principal, so I sat down and thought of all of the things that she would've seen that need to be fixed. I created new ways to fix them, and went in with a list of things to go over with her. I got to her office (stomach in knots, mouth feeling like I had woken up with a ginormous hangover) with my list, and started the meeting with it. It turns out that the things I had on my list were the things she was going to bring up, but most of the things were good things. She pointed out some things that I may not see since I'm in there everyday and deal with it, and she's someone who's coming in and doesn't observe my class everyday. It turned out to be a great meeting, and I came out of it in a very good mood. 30 minutes later, I had to go pick up my kids from Art. My good mood quickly faded. They were whiny and complaining, and can't solve their own problems. I know that they're only 2nd graders, but still, my kindergartners could solve more than these kids can. I decided at lunch that I needed something comforting for dinner, and decided to go with tacos. I left school later than usual on a Friday night, but that meant I got to talk to Dan while I grocery shopped and drove home. He was heading out to Copp's, so we were both shopping together. We decided that one of us needs to move closer to the other, or we needed to find a happy medium and both move there. I just told Dan to hop a flight to Vegas for the weekend. That solves everything. :) I got home, crashed for awhile, and decided to make dinner while I was on the phone with my sisters (Sue figured out how to do 3 way calling on her phone, and so we were all talking and Sue found out we could call mom and talk to her too). I got done cooking and talking, ate dinner, and then sat down really enthused about working on my lessons. I don't know why I was enthused, but I was. It slowly wore off, and I was calling everyone. Peanut Butter Jelly came on my winamp, so I had to call Erika knowing that she would enjoy it. Then Sue called. I finished with my hand written lessons, and was beginning when my phone rang (it was 10:30 my time, and 12:30 back home, so I knew it had to be Sue calling back for some reason.). It turned out that Adam had stayed up late and decided to call. And then he called me a loser for doing lessons on a Friday night. I told him I do that every Friday since then I don't have to worry about them the rest of the week. It was a good convo, ended it with a smile.
Saturday rolled around, and I decided I needed to get my laundry done and finish my lessons. It was really windy yesterday. I think the people above me moved out (not the inconsiderate college kids), and left their doors open on their balcony, because a door kept hitting the building and banging everytime there was a large gust of wind (every 30 seconds). Anyhoo...finished my lessons and laundry and decided to go run my errands. I had to get some stuff for school, and then some crafty stuff since I finally figured out what to do about not having large collage frames that I'd like. I was looking at a photo album from senior year when I saw how I had dealt with the same thing. I used twine and clothespins. This time I wanted to get clothespins, but paint them so they didn't look sketch. I found clothespins and cute clothesline at the Dollar Tree, along with some of the other things I was looking for. As I was shopping, it began to "rain"! I put it in quotation marks because it was just barely raining. It was more like drizzle, but I'll still take it since I miss the rain like crazy! I finished my errands, grabbed something for dinner (was way to lazy to cook last night), and headed back to the apartment. I sat down and ate, and then was trying to decide what I was going to do next. I really wanted to craft, but I knew it was Chick Flick Night. I decided to take a break from Chick Flick Night, and made it into Craft Night. I watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (a classic, and it has my favoritest song from a movie, "Pure Imagination"), and then put in Anchorman to finish Craft Night, and to drink along with. I ended up painting 61 clothespins, twice. I painted the base color (15 different colors), and then added "flair" to each one with different colors. I was content, came online, talked to Erika to make sure she was alright and would feel better in order to go to sleep (it's fun worrying about someone you love 2000 miles away...), and then went to bed myself.
I woke up this morning, much later than I wanted, and realized it was still cloudy out. I peaked out and noticed that it had rained while I was sleeping, and then opened up my blinds covering my patio door. It was still raining! And it wasn't just drizzle, it was full blown rain! I don't think I've gotten dressed as quick as I did today, in years! I was out the door to go out in the rain. I ran my errands before the rush (which I think I'll have to do from now on), and got to see it rain! I noticed that the mountains closest to my apartment were covered with snow. They've never had snow on them! Before I took off on my errands, I looked at the Weather Channel to see what the temp was. They were actually talking about the weather here, and how there was a possibility of snow! I was ecstatic!! I could see the clouds and rain coming down the mountainside to where I was. It was really cool. It was like when my family and I would be up in Door County and see the rain coming in off the bay...it was just really cool. I came home, made some monkey bread, and then continued with my crafting. I was done with the clothespins, but now was the task of putting up all of my hooks to hang the clothesline from. I hung up my Spongebob lights (it took me forever Erika, I'm sorry. I just couldn't figure out the best place for them!), and then began cutting the clothesline and such. It took all afternoon, but it makes the apartment feel less sterile. I know it has to look kinda sketch, but it's better than nothing. I have all of the pictures I want to see everyday up in all of the rooms in my apartment, minus the bathroom. I put up a map of Wisconsin on my wall in my room. I put up maps of downtown Madison and Green Bay, and Door County. I put pictures around my closet in my room (which I'll be able to look at every day when I wake up, and every night as I fall asleep). It just feels like a home now. No place I live is complete without all of my pictures hanging, ask anyone who was ever in my dorm room! I took pictures and put them in my photo album on yahoo. Finished everything for school (new behavior charts and such, and hall passes that I got to paint). Watched my Sunday night shows (damn you Olympics for taking off West Wing!), and then came online to see who was on. No one's really on right now. I did get to talk to Hooch though. No night is complete without talking to Hooch now. Now my apartment looks like crap, so I must clean it tomorrow. Great way to spend my last day off until the middle of April. I'm really hungry right now (even though I ate most of the spaghetti I made, and then a peach afterward...), so maybe I'll have a piece of cake before I go lay down in bed and do my nightly word puzzles. Yes, I have a word puzzle book laying on the floor next to my bed. I've become a geek. I need to do me a crossword or something to that effect before I go to bed at night...what can I say, it keeps my mind sharp!
Anyhoos, here's a great President's Day off!!
Friday was an okay day. I got to school really worried about my post-observation meeting with my assistant principal, so I sat down and thought of all of the things that she would've seen that need to be fixed. I created new ways to fix them, and went in with a list of things to go over with her. I got to her office (stomach in knots, mouth feeling like I had woken up with a ginormous hangover) with my list, and started the meeting with it. It turns out that the things I had on my list were the things she was going to bring up, but most of the things were good things. She pointed out some things that I may not see since I'm in there everyday and deal with it, and she's someone who's coming in and doesn't observe my class everyday. It turned out to be a great meeting, and I came out of it in a very good mood. 30 minutes later, I had to go pick up my kids from Art. My good mood quickly faded. They were whiny and complaining, and can't solve their own problems. I know that they're only 2nd graders, but still, my kindergartners could solve more than these kids can. I decided at lunch that I needed something comforting for dinner, and decided to go with tacos. I left school later than usual on a Friday night, but that meant I got to talk to Dan while I grocery shopped and drove home. He was heading out to Copp's, so we were both shopping together. We decided that one of us needs to move closer to the other, or we needed to find a happy medium and both move there. I just told Dan to hop a flight to Vegas for the weekend. That solves everything. :) I got home, crashed for awhile, and decided to make dinner while I was on the phone with my sisters (Sue figured out how to do 3 way calling on her phone, and so we were all talking and Sue found out we could call mom and talk to her too). I got done cooking and talking, ate dinner, and then sat down really enthused about working on my lessons. I don't know why I was enthused, but I was. It slowly wore off, and I was calling everyone. Peanut Butter Jelly came on my winamp, so I had to call Erika knowing that she would enjoy it. Then Sue called. I finished with my hand written lessons, and was beginning when my phone rang (it was 10:30 my time, and 12:30 back home, so I knew it had to be Sue calling back for some reason.). It turned out that Adam had stayed up late and decided to call. And then he called me a loser for doing lessons on a Friday night. I told him I do that every Friday since then I don't have to worry about them the rest of the week. It was a good convo, ended it with a smile.
Saturday rolled around, and I decided I needed to get my laundry done and finish my lessons. It was really windy yesterday. I think the people above me moved out (not the inconsiderate college kids), and left their doors open on their balcony, because a door kept hitting the building and banging everytime there was a large gust of wind (every 30 seconds). Anyhoo...finished my lessons and laundry and decided to go run my errands. I had to get some stuff for school, and then some crafty stuff since I finally figured out what to do about not having large collage frames that I'd like. I was looking at a photo album from senior year when I saw how I had dealt with the same thing. I used twine and clothespins. This time I wanted to get clothespins, but paint them so they didn't look sketch. I found clothespins and cute clothesline at the Dollar Tree, along with some of the other things I was looking for. As I was shopping, it began to "rain"! I put it in quotation marks because it was just barely raining. It was more like drizzle, but I'll still take it since I miss the rain like crazy! I finished my errands, grabbed something for dinner (was way to lazy to cook last night), and headed back to the apartment. I sat down and ate, and then was trying to decide what I was going to do next. I really wanted to craft, but I knew it was Chick Flick Night. I decided to take a break from Chick Flick Night, and made it into Craft Night. I watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (a classic, and it has my favoritest song from a movie, "Pure Imagination"), and then put in Anchorman to finish Craft Night, and to drink along with. I ended up painting 61 clothespins, twice. I painted the base color (15 different colors), and then added "flair" to each one with different colors. I was content, came online, talked to Erika to make sure she was alright and would feel better in order to go to sleep (it's fun worrying about someone you love 2000 miles away...), and then went to bed myself.
I woke up this morning, much later than I wanted, and realized it was still cloudy out. I peaked out and noticed that it had rained while I was sleeping, and then opened up my blinds covering my patio door. It was still raining! And it wasn't just drizzle, it was full blown rain! I don't think I've gotten dressed as quick as I did today, in years! I was out the door to go out in the rain. I ran my errands before the rush (which I think I'll have to do from now on), and got to see it rain! I noticed that the mountains closest to my apartment were covered with snow. They've never had snow on them! Before I took off on my errands, I looked at the Weather Channel to see what the temp was. They were actually talking about the weather here, and how there was a possibility of snow! I was ecstatic!! I could see the clouds and rain coming down the mountainside to where I was. It was really cool. It was like when my family and I would be up in Door County and see the rain coming in off the bay...it was just really cool. I came home, made some monkey bread, and then continued with my crafting. I was done with the clothespins, but now was the task of putting up all of my hooks to hang the clothesline from. I hung up my Spongebob lights (it took me forever Erika, I'm sorry. I just couldn't figure out the best place for them!), and then began cutting the clothesline and such. It took all afternoon, but it makes the apartment feel less sterile. I know it has to look kinda sketch, but it's better than nothing. I have all of the pictures I want to see everyday up in all of the rooms in my apartment, minus the bathroom. I put up a map of Wisconsin on my wall in my room. I put up maps of downtown Madison and Green Bay, and Door County. I put pictures around my closet in my room (which I'll be able to look at every day when I wake up, and every night as I fall asleep). It just feels like a home now. No place I live is complete without all of my pictures hanging, ask anyone who was ever in my dorm room! I took pictures and put them in my photo album on yahoo. Finished everything for school (new behavior charts and such, and hall passes that I got to paint). Watched my Sunday night shows (damn you Olympics for taking off West Wing!), and then came online to see who was on. No one's really on right now. I did get to talk to Hooch though. No night is complete without talking to Hooch now. Now my apartment looks like crap, so I must clean it tomorrow. Great way to spend my last day off until the middle of April. I'm really hungry right now (even though I ate most of the spaghetti I made, and then a peach afterward...), so maybe I'll have a piece of cake before I go lay down in bed and do my nightly word puzzles. Yes, I have a word puzzle book laying on the floor next to my bed. I've become a geek. I need to do me a crossword or something to that effect before I go to bed at night...what can I say, it keeps my mind sharp!
Anyhoos, here's a great President's Day off!!
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