Almost there...

So this is it, the last week before Christmas vacation! It will be so refreshing to have a few weeks to relax and sleep in. I have been so busy with school, basketball, and parent meetings that I rarely have time to do anything that is just for me.

This is what this week looks like for me (besides the obvious, school 8-4)
Monday: Basketball practice 5:30 - 7:00. Christmas program 7:00-???
Tuesday: Leave school early at 1:40, basketball in Bonanza at 3:30, bus doesn't leave until the boys varsity game around 9:30.
Wednesday: Practice 4:00-5:30, school parent meeting 7:00-8:00
Thursday: Basketball game at 4:30
Friday: leave at noon for Gilchrist, game at 3:30, boys at 6:30, return home
Saturday: return to Gilchrist, come back home.

Despite how busy it is making me, I really am loving coaching baskeball. My JV team lost 12-41 to Chiloquin in our opener. (At half time we only had 4 points and my motivational speech was "Let's try to get our score into the teens." We came close.) Hopefully we'll do better tomorrow! Our varsity hasn't won anything yet either :(

After the semester break, which is the end of January, I will take over as the 1st grade teacher because our current 1st grade teacher is going on maturnity leave. I will have my 2nd graders about half of the day and the rest of the time they will be with the 3-4th graders. It will be a big adjustment for all of us. It is tough but the economy is how it is and we couldn't afford to find a long term sub so I was the lucky winner of that one who gets to teach the first graders. At least I already know all of them because I have them for P.E. My student load goes from 9 to 18, plus I will have the 9 2nd graders for part time, so sometimes up to 27. It shall be interesting.

I'm looking forward to the holidays and desperately wish I could see all of you.

8 Things

Okay Bonnie, I'll play along, but only because I haven't posted anything in forever! And I am also going to take the liberty to change favorite bands/singers to favorite books because I just really only listen to the radio.

8 Favorite TV Shows (of all time)
1. Alias
2. The X-Files
3. Grey’s Anatomy
4. NCIS
5. How I Met Your Mother
6. Criminal Minds
7. Realities: Survivor, The Amazing Race, Big Brother (season 7 in particular with Janelle and Kaysar)
8. Comedies: Friends, Gary Unmarried, The New Adventures of Old Christine.

8 Things I Did Yesterday
1. Tried to settle my students down
2. Had a meeting with Shauna
3. Learned I get a new student starting Monday!
4. Ate a delicious Thanksgiving Feast with my students
5. Coached basketball
6. Made dinner from the box (the only way to do it, really) Pizza pasta, yu ummy!
7. Watched NCIS!
8. Watched The Mentalist

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. El Mariachi
2. Samoa Cookhouse in Eureka!
3. Red Robin
4. Abbys Pizza
5. Mongolian Grill
6. Winger's
7. Blondies
8. Starvin' Marvins!

8 Favorite Movies
1. This is way to hard for me to choose, sorry.
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8 Favorite Actors/Actresses
1. George Clooney
2. Michael Weatherly
3. Cote de Pablo
4. Jennifer Garner
5. David Duchovney
6. Victor Garber
7. Patrick Dempsy
8. Jon Jin

8 Favorite Books
1. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
2. Night Sins by Tami Hoag
3. The Pact by Jodi Picoult
4. The Shining by Stephen King..such a classic.
5. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
6. One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
7. The Client by John Grisham
8. A Child called "it" by David Pelzer (but only because I just read it).

8 Things on My Wish List
1. bills to go away
2. a nicer house
3. the gift of organization
4. summer
5. for my students to get along
6. to have restful holidays
7. to have an impact on my students
8. a coat

Morning Prayer

Every morning right after we say the pledge of allegience we have prayer time. I ask the students if they have any prayer requests. After all the prayer requests are in I ask the class if anyone would like to pray. I allow anyone to pray if they want to and we usually go around in a circle and I always close the prayer out. Praying with 2nd graders is the funniest thing. Here are samples from our morning prayers...

"Dear Lord, please please please help my mom say yes when I ask her if we can go to China!"

"Dear Lord, please help my big Poofball to stop scratching me and for the kittens to stop chasing me."

"Lord, I pray for the eagles so they won't be extinct."

"I pray that my dad will get off work on time on Thanksgiving so I don't have to eat at MIDNIGHT because I was so STARVING last year." (Yes, the capital letters do denote screaming at the top of her lungs).

There are a lot more funny ones that I just can't remember right now but I'm sure I'll post more in the future.

My Birthday

My birthday was 2 days ago. I love my birthday. No matter how old I get I can't help but feel "special" on this day. I know I'm a nerd but it's true, I just love when it's my birthday. I really try to squeeze all that I can out of it too. Kyle laughs at me because on the 23rd (my bday's on the 24th) we were deciding which show to watch and I explained to him that because it was my birthday eve I definitely got to choose. Eventually birthday eve goes on to be "well, it's my birthday month, therefore..."

Anyways, I had a good day at school with my students. They all made me cards which were very sweet. I brought treats for the students and I even let them watch The Lion King. Yes, my kids get spoiled when it is my birthday. Kyle delivered flowers to me at work which was very surprising and sweet and we went out to Abby's, our favorite pizza place, with my parents and Kyle's parents. This is one of the many reasons that I enjoy living in the same town as our parents! Thanks mom and dad.

Overall it was a very fun birthday. It was extra cool because I turned 24 on the 24th. Now I have to wait 6 months until my half birthday. Until then...

I guess I'll start this up again...

So I started this blog more than a year ago because it was one of my assignments in Ed Tech, a course that was required for my masters. Since all of my siblings now have a blog, I find myself wanting to share moments from my life and I figure the best way to do that is on here. So I shall resume this blog and I will try to be fairly regular about it...I hope. Have fun reading.