Wild Child

I don't understand how some of my students think that their behavior is okay. I know they weren't taught manners at home and that is the main problem. Everyday, I have duty in the bus lane. I walk the bus riders out monitor students while they go to their bus. Everyday, we have students that play and wander instead of getting on the bus. Well, today, I had one student shock the hell out of me. I know it won't sound as strange in writing as compared to being there. I'm standing beside my teammate talking and cutting up, when all of a sudden I see F running at me. Yes, at me... kind of like a bull charging. He proceeds to jump AND wrap his ARMS AND LEGS around my body. He is then hanging on me and I am just too stunned for words. My teammate begins to yell at him. I'm just trying to figure out what to do. I didn't want to drop him and hurt him, but I sure as hell didn't want to hold him and encourage the behavior. He finally got down and went to his bus. I'm still in shock. Can you believe that a 6th grade boy just ran and jumped on me? Wow! This is also the second day in a row that someone has pulled the fire alarm when busses were being dismissed. All I can say is that there is never a dull moment. : )

Music and Dinners

I'm not very trendy and really don't listen to a lot of new music. (unless it's country) I am usually the last one to figure out what a song is or who sings it. Tonight I went my friend Chele to Super Suppers. (more to come) We were in her minivan chatting and catching up, when an oldy but goody came on. Unchained Melody! I love that song. It was one of my favorites even before Ghost with Patrick Swayze. So I started thinking...what are some of my favorite songs? Most are slow and sappy. I guess I'm just a sucker for a love song. My other fav is Wonderful Tonight. I had a third, but because I'm trying to remember it, I can't. I also love old movies. I have Casablanca on dvd and I want to get White Christmas. I know, I'm odd.

Wow! Super Suppers. What a place?!?!!? It was so cool. You go in, follow the directions that are posted at each station and leave with great meals. They have everything set up perfectly. Your food containers are sitting on shelves with labels and bags. All of the ingredients are in coolers perfectly chopped with measuring cups waiting for you to mix the ingredients. You just put it all together and pop it in your freezer at home. The BEST thing about it (besides no prep) is that You don't CLEAN UP the mess you make. Whatever you used to mix or measure, you just leave it sitting there and it magically diappears. Awesome! I think I will try this place again.

Random Thoughts

It will probably be freezing next Saturday, since I'm going to an outdoor Halloween party. We're going as Pebbles and Bambam. Speaking of next Saturday...I am going to be one busy girl. I'm participating in Race for the Cure. Go Team Teach!! Then, I have a wedding shower to go to at my aunt's house and finally the party.

I'm frustrated. I weighed myself this morning and I was 107 pounds. I haven't felt great lately and I guess I'm getting the effects now.

Have I told you how cute my bestfriend is? Lucky is so adorable. Baby Girl is finally starting to make her belly stick out a little more. Time is flying by. I'm throwing her babyshower in December.

I'm not looking forward to starting all over again next school year. New teachers, new administration, new rules...

Our first basketball game is Thursday, so I will be busy almost every Monday and Thursday until Christmas. Hubby's running the clock at our home games. Hope this wins me brownie points with admin.

I'm getting a flu shot tomorrow....I think my second Hep B shot is the same day that I leave to go to Nashville. hmmm.....might need a sub twice in one day...

I finally got an estimate to fix my engagement ring.....$175.00. I guess I need to shop around. My solitaire is loose. It needs to be polished. The split on back needs to be mended. I got an estimate on my wedding band....$60 to tighten 2 stones and polish it. That man was very proud of his work. I'm checking with another jeweler this week.

I'm bored and trying to entertain myself, but I think I am just boring anyone that was nice enough to read this far.
Have a great week!!

Tuesday

I can't believe it's only Tuesday. For some reason it feels more like Thursday. I guess coming back from Fall Break and getting back into the swing of things has me all confused on my days. Don't faint, but I actually went to the gym today. Can you believe it? They even made a crack about me showing up after all this time. I ran on the eliptical for 20 minutes. Yep, that's right, I made it 20 minutes plus a 5 minute cool down. That is amazing for me. After about 5 minutes, my thighs started to burn so I had to really focus to make my goal. (i was probably only lightly jogging b/c i only made it like 1.8 miles.) I need to do something to relieve stress and the gym seemed like the best idea to start. I drink enough and I don't want to start smoking again. This week back hasn't been stressful yet. It's actually been one of my best weeks at school. (knock on wood) We do have a faculty meeting tomorrow that I assume will be long. But, Wednesdays mean going to Granny's for dinner. Yummy! (and i don't have to cook) Back to creating my test for Friday. : )

I freakin' hate to go shopping

I am so sick of going shopping and coming home with nothing to wear. I went to the mall today to return a pair of pants that my mother-in-law bought me for my birthday. I love them. They just don't fit. length=good, legs=good, waist= way too big... Tried on several pairs. No luck. So I ended up with store credit at Dillards. I left the women's department and headed over to the juniors. I know some of you out there will say that you want to wear those clothes, but come on. I am twenty-seven years old. I do not need to dress like that. Well, I gave up looking for pants and started looking for dresses. Most everything out right now is black or red. Should I wear black to my brother's wedding? I can't wear red b/c then I would blend in the with the bridesmaid. No luck on dresses. Leave the mall. hmmm.....maybe Old Navy will have some pants that I can wear. Grab four pair of pants two of the a size 2 and two a size 4. The size 2's fit okay in the waist, but are tight on my legs. If I washed them once, they wouldn't fit again. The size 4's I can take off without unbuttoning them. fuck, shit, damn, and all the other words I can't think of right now. Why? Why? Why are clothes sized so differently? I do not have huge legs. I don't run all the time. I don't have fat legs either. If anything is big it's got to be my hips. They sure have spread a lot in the past few years. I am so frustrated!!! And the mall is so crowded with people. Besides pants and a dress, I need a new bra. So, I went to the section in Macy's where the kids section and bras seem to blend together. (never thought about it, but that's kind of weird.) Back to bra searching, at least these are sized about the same. I've just picked up a bra and I hear my name being called...It was my old friend, Blair. We used to work together at Peabody. I even went on his bachelor party in Boston. (no, i was not the stripper. But, i'm sure i did provide some entertainment. ha!) I turn around(bra in hand) and I am face to face with him, his wife, and his son. Face immeadiately turns beet red. I'm not that shy, but I want to choose who I show my bra to. Plus, I had kind of not returned this guy's phone call in quite awhile. We hug, chat, and split. Put bra back, something about them all seeing me with it made me not want it. So to cheer myself up, I went on a mission for Jana's baby shower. It's not until December, but I'm trying to prepare. Enough of my bitching...

Warning: Just in case anyone was thinking of leaving me a "oh, i wish i had that problem." or "you're so lucky to have this problem." kinda comment. You better be quick and duck b/c I'm coming through your computer to punch the shit out of you.
My day will come and I won't stay this thin forever. I don't have children to help me put the pounds on. I have a condition that doesn't let me absorb all of my food. (you can have it, i'll switch with you) So, please just let bitch.

What to wear?

I need clothes!!! I need some new clothes because most of mine are very old. BUT, what I really need is something for my brother's wedding. The wedding is December 2nd. brrrrrr What should the sister of the groom wear? I don't think I'm supposed to be as dressy as my mom. I just don't know. I need a fun dressy dress for our dinner on Friday night. Mom and I are planning what is traditionally called the rehersal dinner. We want to rename it since rehersal is on Thursday and our party is going to ROCK!! I've taken the day off work to decorate the 19th CC. (the place where I got married) We're gonna have dinner, poker, a coffee bar, a slideshow. All kinds of fun stuff. The best part is that we are not telling the bride or the groom anything that we are doing. My point is that I really need to shop and I hate dressing up in the winter. I stay cold and that's not pretty. I guess it could be worse... I could be Lucky. Poor, Lucky. I've thought about her all day. Remember she doesn't have clothes that fit right now and especially not WARM clothes.
And on a sad note....my fall break is almost over. I have to go back to work on Monday. hrmf (go ahead call me a bitch) lol

mememe

Since everyone else is doing it.....

Three people who make me laugh
1) Jason
2) my fellow teachers
3) my students

Three things I hate
1) change
2) irresponsible parents
3) food stuck in my teeth

Three things I do not understand
1) why everything i want costs more than i'm willing to spend
2) why my dog doesn't clean the house while i'm at work
3) some things about my job that i can't mention

Three things I am doing right now
1) blogging
2) watching My Name is Earl
3) trying to figure out where to start cleaning

Three things I want to do before I die
1) have children
2) go back to Mexico
3) help someone else

Three things I am able to do
1) teach children
2) love my husband
3) make a fool of myself

Three words to describe me
1) lazy
2) helpful
3) eager

Three things I cannot do
1) say "no" (except to students)
2) organize my life
3) write across my board in a straight line

Three things I want to learn
1) patience with adults
2) how to sew
3) how to stick to a schedule

Three favorite foods
1) mexican
2) steak
3) pasta

Three beverages I drink regularly
1) coffee
2) coke
3) Coor's Light

Three shows I watched as a kid (i'm going with teenager since i can't remember the others)
1) Beverly Hills 90210
2) Friends
3) The Cosby Show

Three people I tag
1) Those who read
2) but pretend that
3) they don't. : )

Cutie Pie, Honey Bun!!!

This is Brian. Brian is 16 months old. He is the youngest of three great-grandchildren for my Granny. He is my "little" cousins first and only baby. (my little cousin is almost 6ft tall and twenty-three years old) He is the only little one in the family right now. We all smother him with kisses and giggle when he does the most ordinary things.

Isn't he a cutie?!?!?!?!? He weighed 9 lbs. 5 oz. when he was born. He's a chunker. I like playing with him because then I don't have to go to the gym. lol Everytime I would get the camera out, he would put his face against it. When the light from the flash started he would back away and that is how I captured this great shot.


We were checking out Granny's puppy dogs. Oh! I could just eat him up. He loves to give hi-fives. It's the first thing he does when you see him. Just thought I would share a cute baby picture. : )

"The Wedding"

Let me just start by saying that hubby and I waited until 30 days out to buy plane tickets. This resulted in the two of us not sitting together on the plane. Which was fine because I listened to my nano and read a magazine. Two other bridesmaids were on our plane....they were a row in front of me. Oh, joy. (do you sense my excitement) We were lucky and didn't check a bag with the whole liquids issue and national security. That being said, we were picked up and proceeded to ride around the airport while the others waited for their bags. (I am so on top of things. ha!) We were in the truck with my boyfriend and his bridezilla (I like her, don't read too much in to that) she mentions casually, "I'm working on the seating chart and you and hubby CAN'T sit together."

Am I fuckin' crazy??!?!? Is that almost as bad as splitting up the bride and groom on their wedding day? My husband and I are both IN the wedding. We have already shelled out $1200.oo for your wedding, BUT we MAY not eat dinner together b/c it would fuck up the toast. I felt like saying "Kiss my southern ass!" But instead I went with the southern hospitatlity....."Don't worry about that. No big deal. mmm...yeah, head table...uh, huh.....no..no...problem" (alone in room with hubby....wtf..we are so changing her seating chart)
I'm beginning to realize that I might be a bit of a control freak.

Rehersal - 45 minute drive from hotel. On the road we lost 2 groomsman and 2 bridesmaids.

Dinner - started atleast 45 minutes late.
After dinner, rednecks took over. We filled the sinks with beer and ice and proceeded to drink the night away. (i was in bed before midnight)

D-day: I have completely changed the itenarary for the day. I will no longer be thumbing a ride to bride's mom to drop off and dress just to ride back to hotel and get my hair done. I have a bridesmaid in charge of taking bride to get hair done. My hubby will pick up and drop off after I get my hair done. NO! Other bridesmaid fails duty. Leaves bride with no ride. My hubby rushes in at the last moment and saves the day.

After running late all day.....drinking 2 bottles of champagne.....arive at church. Note in bridal room: "You're Late." Nice. Well, not as late as the bride's father. Ready to go...where's dad? He thought the wedding was 5, not 4. he showed up at 4:45. I kid you not, the wedding was that late. I snuck in and told the grooms side what was going on. (my side) I spoke to the groom's mom and I can't tell you what she said b/c that 5-foot woman threatened my life if I ever repeated it. (yes, i'm scared)

On to dinner and dancing...hubby switched seats with my dinner partner. All good. Dinner=yummy.
After dinner..............it felt like for-ev-er before anything was going to happen. I had drank enough that I really just didn't give a shit. My sex toy asked me to dance so I did. (before the bride and groom..I know, tacky) We were bored!!! Finally, we made it through all the formalities and just partied. We drank a lot. We drank so much that I don't even remember many pictures that were taken of me that night. No, I am not going to post those. They are "that bad". I'm not talking about "ah, shucks, it really is a bad picture". I'm talking "If you send this picture to anyone else, I may boil your pet rabbit in your kitchen.' (j/k. I love animals)

So, I guess what I am trying to say is my boyfriend is married. I wish him the best of luck. It's done and I may need therapy. But, the hotel sex was worth it. Almost every muscle in my body was sore from it on Monday.

Pics of what I've done lately

One is from "the wedding" in Detroit. It's very sad that my boyfriend is now married and I do actually have to take his wife's feeling into consideration. (damn those feelings). At least my "sex toy" is still single. The other is Flowers, my sanity in constant insanity. I know it's a great picture of us. We were out drinking for my b-day. I have more coming that are crazy and some I'm not sure I can post. If I get time I'll try to post things that have been going on. Time flies when you .....drink a lot.

CIty vs. County

Where do I go? The city is devouring my school like a kid with his first piece of candy. Next school year I will no longer be with my beloved faculty, my family away from my family, my mentors and heroes. It's so sad to think about it. I know I have to make the best of this year, because at this point my future is very uncertain. Where will I be working next year? What grade? What subject? All I can think about is how much this changes things in my life. I'm not a person that really likes change. I work very close to home. I don't want a long drive to work. I really want to throw myself in the floor and kick and scream like a two-year old.

: (

Girl

I don't know if I can express how excited I was to find out that Lucky was having a girl. I would have been equally excited if it was a boy. I am just so glad that I can now finally call my niece a niece, baby girl, she, her, etc. It seems like only yesterday Lucky called and told me the news. I ran outwith pickles in tow to calm her or just shriek with excitement. While I can barely tell that this life is growing inside her I can't help but think about what is to come. I wonder if our children will go through the same realization that I went through with my mom's best friend's family. "what?!?! we aren't really related? (crying)" I can't wait to welcome her into the world, make her laugh, watch her take her first step, hold mom's hand when she goes off to kindergarten...oh, I could go on and on. But, I will stop before I cry. Most of all, I really want this little girl to know how loved she is and how many of us are waiting to be a part of her life.

Go Vols!

Let me just say...what a great start! It was a lot more pleasant around my house this weekend than I thought it would be. So pleasant that we went out to celebrate and didn't get home until about 5 AM. Yep, that's true. I am entirely toooooo old to go out and party like that. Where do you go 'til 4:30 in the morning? We started with dinner at El Patron. (my absolute fav-o-rite mexican restaurant) I had a few Tecates with my very yummy dinner. Then we went to Fox and the Hound to play pool. The boys played a little bit of pool, but I think they were way too drunk to care what they did. We spent most of the time talking to my boyfriend about his upcoming marriage. I'm scared. He has cold feet and I really just want him to be happy. I don't care if it is with her or without. Just happy. I think if he has concerns he needs to think long and hard about all of this. We stayed there until about 1 in the morning. Then we decided we need to go wake up our boy, I'll just call him Multi-ball. (not what you are thinking! it actually is from his golf game) Remember it is ONE'o'clock in the morning. He lives alone thank goodness. We banged on his door, no answer. We called his house, no answer. The dog was barking and the cat was running, no answer. Finally, my drunk friend Nurse Betty set off his truck alarm when she fell on top of it. He came flying to the door. It was like a freakin' movie. We all ambushed the place. There was 6 of us and we took over. We drank his beer, played with the animals, you name it. We convinced him to get up and go to The Pony with us. The Pony has $5 pitchers of beer. We spent $14 just to get in the damn place. We did have a good time after all was said and done. I felt like I was going to fall asleep on the way home and I did as soon as my sweet head hit the pillow. I woke up at 7:20 AM to the sound of my mother-in-law picking up my husband to play golf. I sure am glad I didn't have to get up for any reason, so I rolled back over and got up around one in the afternoon. We did nothing the rest of the day on Sunday. No-thing~I am too old to shit like this. I do have some thoughts on strippers that I will try to get to later. For now, I need to finish my paperwork for my eval on Thursday. Wish me luck! It's my last year of evals for a while.

New Look

I was inspired by my friends. I don't know if I will keep it. We shall see...

That's it, period.

Standing outside my class door..watching students go to their lockers...tired at the end of the day...a girl that appears to have a rat's nest on top of her head approaches me...

Mrs. G.
Yes
um, at the end of every month...i'm going to be having my period.
Oh, um..well, just let me know if you...need to.be.excused to the restroom
(skipping away and smiling broadly) ok, thanks.

I know her appearance had nothing to do with the story, but let me just say
DO YOU LOOK AT YOUR CHILD BEFORE YOU ALLOW THEM TO GO OUT IN PUBLIC?? please notice i didn't use the word ask. i have a daily reminder of the fact that you don't.
You would not believe the children that come to school and look like a homeless rag doll... nappy hair, stained clothes, revealing clothes..I know that not all children have the best home life, but I've met some of these parents. I teach 11/12-year olds not the 3 year olds that are just finding their independence and want to dress themselves. (You know like on the McDonald's commercial with the little girl wearing the big hat and feather boa. that's cute. or silly shoes or a halloween shirt in the middle of February. i understand that.)
Also, note to parents...you may bathe your children now, but please hug them when they get in middle school so that you will know for sure whether or not they learned to bathe themselves. No one wants to sit beside or work in a group with your stinky child. He/she will become an outcast. They will be teased. The teacher will even want to avoid them. (key word: want) It is very difficult to get on to a student when you understand why they won't work with them.
Please tell them that you love them....I don't need to be the only one that they hear it from. Yes, I tell every class EVERY day that no matter what they do, I will still love them all because they are my children. Do you know how difficult that is? All I can say is....3 day weekend!
Shhhh! I secretly love my job. Don't tell.

Memphis Mom

My baby left Memphis today. I know that she is safe and happy with her parents, but I sure do miss her already. My "baby" is actually Jason's cousin. Her name is Brenna and she will be three on Halloween. I earned the nickname "Memphis Mom" when Brenna was about 2 months old. I picked her up and then never put her down. When she would get upset, her parents would come find me to calm her down. She is so beautiful and intelligent. I wish I had taken my camera with me so that I could post a picture of her. She is so talkative and inquisitive. We shared french fries on Saturday night and she kept saying, "We share because we're friends." Soooo sweet. Oh, I could just eat her up. I miss her already. We read books, played games, and took care of new baby, her baby doll. I asked what the doll's name was and she said, "New Baby." Ah, to be young again.

What a week!

Well, we have our new teacher in 6th grade. We also have a student teacher that suprise, suprise I know! (You probably know, too.) I knew the last student teacher that was at our school from a bowling league years ago. This student teacher graduated high school wtih me, Ms. Busby. It's funny how small this town can be. But on to why this has been one hell of a week.....

a kid urinated in my classroom yesterday

a kid kept playing/adjusting himself in my class yesterday

a kid puked in the hall today

I had 2 weeks worth of lesson plans due today.

I received my bridesmaid dress yesterday. My boobs are too little and I have to have it altered. (that's nothing new)

My subfolder is due tomorrow.

I am science chair and have 2 new this week science teachers to get caught up.

I am fighting off being sick.

I have an evaluation meeting next Tuesday morning, so I am starting to get nervous.

I have a mosquito bite under my armpit, so I look like a monkey scratching.

I already need a break. One more week and we get the day off for Labor Day. : )

I think that is enough for now. I have work to do.

Math

So, I'm teaching one Math class starting Monday. : ) I'm excited, but really feel like I don't know what the heck I'm doing. I've never taught math. I haven't even watched anyone teach math in a very long time. We are a bit crowded at school and we've gained a new teacher. She's taking Social Studies from me. Thanks goodness! I will be teaching 2 science classes and 1 math everyday. I guess I'll be completing my math homework on Sunday. Ha! Not too much new here. Just busy teaching, planning, cleaning, & living. I have some great names in my classes this year. I would love to share with you all, but for fear that someone would see I'll have to wait.

This morning I was still in bed when Jason got up to go to football practice. (he had to be there at 9) The dog gets really excited and jumps all over the bed when Jason comes in to kiss me good-bye. He usually flops on me or licks me. I don't know what he did this morning, but my dog jumped on my neck and my chest. I have 4 claw marks that start half way up my neck and go down to my boob! It hurt. I guess I need to clip his nails. The worst part is that when my husband came back home and saw them he laughed and said "good luck explaining that at work." I've been informed that they look like "sex" marks. Turtleneck in August?

More Destin Pics

I just wanted to show some more pics from Destin. I'll try to type out the ball hunting story later. I'm going to try to coordinate it with Lucky since she has the pics of the big bush. I'll tell you, after spending a week with two dirty minded boys....well,at least they helped prepare me for going back to school. hehehe
School starts Monday. Wish me luck!

Destin pictures

Here are a few pictures from our vacation on the beach. It sure was hard coming back to reality and seeing so much concrete instead of water.
On the left, you have loving couple that have just celebrated their 2nd anniversary.



Next, is a young teacher relaxing before going back to the books.












I just don't know what to say about this last one.....
1) a great- looking couple taking a picture of themselves and two crazy people that just escaped off an island.
2) Two random tourists that get their kicks from ruining other people's pictures.
3) My bestfriend and her husband, well, just
being themselves.
We had a great time. One of us will post more pictures soon and stories of ball hunting. Lucky has the bush shot, so maybe I'll let her tell that story.