Funny Wedding Photos

Ok, long story short....some of these photos are hilarious. Check them out!

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving, my brothers and I decided to visit mom in Oklahoma. Flights were WAY too expensive, so we decided to drive. We got to OK in 19 hours. Which were not the most comfortable in my 2 door car. But we survived and bonded in ways you can only bond on a 19 hour car drive.

Thanksgiving day was interesting. I had a headache that turned into a migraine. I was nauseous just as we sat down for lunch. I got rid of my breakfast as my family ate their lunch. I then napped on the couch. After a few hours nap my head ache was gone and I ate while everyone else napped.

I should be grading papers (the story of my life these days)....but I'm avoiding them by watch a 90210 marathon on TV in a hotel room in OK while my brothers are at the casino. Exciting holiday action here in OK. hahaha But a few quiet days of boredom may be just what the doctor ordered after my busy days with 23 ten year olds!

Christmas is just around the corner. WOW! Hard to believe its coming so fast. The older I get the faster time seems to fly. I cant believe that less than 5 months ago I was still in Africa. So much has happened between then and now. Seems like it was a life time ago.

Hugs

So I have often noticed that when I go to hug a person I often end up doing a bit of a head bob because I'm aiming wrong. Recently someone informed me that most people go in a certain direction when they hug. Their naturally instinct is to press a certain cheek to their friend. And apparently I go against the main stream in my preference for which cheek. Go figure. So I'm now curious and want to know more.

Which cheek do you present when hugging? (and I mean right or left, not face or butt!) hahaha
I've searched the Internet, but seen no comments or support for this theory online. I'm interested to know more, and the World Wide Web is letting me down. Thoughts?

Slacker

Ok, so I've always been a last minute kind of person. I like to wait til the last possible moment to really get anything done. If I have a deadline, I'll meet it every time. Until recently. I suppose there are many "new" things in life that I am dealing with (4th grade and all its quirks). I will think I have planned enough "last minute" time to complete something...and I never have. Papers don't get graded and sent home on time. I don't communicate information about special events at school with enough notice. I THINK I will have time to copy papers, gather materials, or boot the lap top so I can use the smartboard.....and I don't! And then I am unprepared and feel like a total slacker. Being a slacker on Saturday when I don't bother to clean the house or do laundry is acceptable. It only affects me. But not getting things done for work just creates more work as I try to play catch up. But I seem to be in a perpetual state of "catch-up" these days. I need a little motivation and a few steps ahead of the game. Lord help me!

Crazy

Ok, so in a weird twist of fate I have 2 students in Snowden AT THE SAME TIME. (Snowden= The Eastern Sate of Fred'burg). They are there for different reasons. One receives services regularly and has had hormonal swings lately, so this is no surprise. The other was angry and decided to attempt suicide.....in 4th grade!!

I'M NOT TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL!!! I'M TEACHING 4TH GRADE FOR PETE'S SAKE!!!

So a little prayer for the kids in my class would be appreciated. I don't know how to handle such things. My instinct is to tell them both to suck it up and get over themselves. LOL They haven't shown any major problems at school....thank God! Hopefully I can deal with things as they come and I wont have anyone else with major issues any time soon. Lord help us all.....this is our future and its looking a little crazy.

Routine?

Life has settled into a scary routine. In South Africa I craved a routine of some sort. Rules, expectations and deadlines to govern my days so I wouldn't be a major slacker. Now I have lots of rules, expectations and deadlines that govern my work day and seem to spill over into my private time as well. I'm still adjusting to the fact that this job seems to be taking most of my down time. I don't like it! So on the random weekends when I don't have any major school work to do (ok, honestly, I ALWAYS have school work to do!) I am a lazy bum. More lazy than usual. I rarely clean, I have 3 bills in my purse I haven't mailed yet because I can't get to the post office before it closes and I have no stamps!! And finding time to read seems to be a naughty luxury since I SHOULD be cleaning or grading papers. (*Damn papers!!*)

I enjoy the kids in my class. And I like that I'm in charge and know what I'm doing (for the most part). I love being back in the classroom. But I'm resenting that the "classroom" is taking up time beyond school hours! I'm the kind of girl who needs a lot of down time, and I'm not getting it. Yet another proof that I should never have children. I would never get down time and I'd lose my mind!!!

So life has this routine and pattern that I craved for a whole year while I was in SA. And I'm kinda hating the conformity of it all. My life itself is no longer the adventure (Living in a foreign country makes it easy to feel adventurous sitting on your balcony reading a book!!) So not I'm feeling the need to find/create a little adventure. Nothing like sky diving.....just weekend trips or new experiences. But then these ideas are always tempered by the thought "I'd have to be back home in time to get the lesson plans done and finish grading papers!!" School has taken over my life. I want my life back!

So I haven't blogged in a while because all there is to blog about is school!!! And I resent that in some ways. So when I stop being a ninny and get over myself and embrace the routine and predictable-ness of school I will probably bore you with the stories of 4th graders. Until then, excuse my complaining that I don't have a life! ;-)

SPOOL!!!!

Pictures of the spool for my college friends:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amberdawny/

For those of you who are not college friends, this spool served as our coffee table for 3 years at an apartment in college. We recorded important dates/events on the inside of the spool. We decorated 3 surfaces of the spool at different times through those 3 years.

In an effort to schlep the spool, Missa had a friend take it apart. No worries, it can be reassembled! It will live in my attic until another college friend claims it or we think of a suitable funeral for it. Until then, it has been recorded here for your digital viewing pleasure.