It's Monday...again

Mondays just keep on coming. Remember when I came home from Hawaii and I said I had the aloha spirit in me? Well, it lasted for the rest of summer break and a few days after I started working and now it's gone...completely. I'm so sad about that.

So this week it's my mission to get it back. I love the aloha spirit. It makes everything (even lunch duty) a pleasant experience.

Looking at pictures like this one may help me to get back into the Hawaiian mindset...


Listening to Jason Mraz radio on Pandora helps too. Wish me luck in getting my alohaness back.

Just some randomness and zip lining...

I've never really thought about what my favorite Adam Sandler movie is until Friday night when I was watching a little bit of the Wedding Singer on TBS and I realized that it's my favorite.

I love the part when Adam Sandler is in the bar with his friend and he's sad because he loves Drew Barrymore but she's getting hitched to someone else. The old drunk guy in the bar makes me laugh. He yells out,"You need a prostitute!" That's not appropriate Old Guy, but very very funny.

Later Friday night I had a dream I was talking to Michael Cera...



In my dream I poked him in the arm and told him I was really excited to see his movie, Paper Heart. I then told him that I love the characters he plays. He said that he thought people liked him in movies because he speaks in a monotone. I got all excited and said,"That's why I LOVE your characters!"

I'm still having technical difficulties with my camera...my camera is fine but uploading to the computer is the problem right now. Here's a picture I took last night with my phone...


Here's a picture I hadn't seen for awhile but I saw it when I was looking for my cell phone picture. It was taken last November. I think John looks sexy in it.



John took this video in Maui while he was zip lining. In case you're wondering, I did not take a video of myself zip lining. I don't think we'd still have a camera...

Fit Friday...

I love Fit Friday...mainly because that means it's Friday. What a delightful day of the week. Definitely not as delightful as Saturday but still pretty fantastic.

I have to share with you what I've been doing for the last month for my strength training. It's been awesome. I feel toner. I definitely DO NOT look like Jillian but that's ok.

Ah to dream...




Click here to check out the routine. If you're up for something new I highly recommend it. It's the one that Evangeline Lilly from Lost does...or did...or at least endorses. I'm up for something new pretty soon too. Any suggestions?

Strong Emotions...

Hi Friends. I decided for today that I'm going to list events from this week that are either of excitement or extreme disdain. They're in no specific order:

• Embarrassment and shock over said statements about me as a teacher.

• Relief when said statements weren't about me. (The statements were a misunderstanding anyway).

• Sweating like a woman in a sauna every day. I'd like to have a day without that feeling.

• Unprotected left turns...I have the pleasure of making these at least once a day.

• Almost losing all of my Lester weight. Sorry if you don't know who/what Lester is. I'm too lazy to link it.

• Having a student say to me,"I'm getting smarter huh?" How cute is that?

• Eating breakfast for dinner courtesy of John. Tonight I came home to scrambled eggs and turkey bacon. How awesome is my husband?

• Talking to my very excited niece about starting kindergarten.
  
  Here I am with the excited kindergartner back in July...
  
  
  

This week has been good but I'm kind of already ready for the weekend. Is that bad?

Misunderstandings

This week I found myself being baffled by what a student told his parents about me...it was not good. I was told this information in front of five colleagues. Awesome. I stayed professional but my feelings were hurt.

To make a short story even shorter, it wasn't me he had been talking about. Phew. The parents now know that too. All is well once again in every part of this situation.

Weekend Highlights...

• Watched the movie, "What Just Happened?" You can miss that one. It's just ok.

• Ate way too much candy at the movie theatre.

• Watched Inglorious Bastards. Most of it anyway. If you're familiar with Quentin Tarentino movies then you know that someone with a weak stomach can't handle watching every moment.

• Hung out with amigos.

• Shopped, shopped, shopped.

• Domestic stuff.

• Organized myself for the week.

• Talked to the mama.

• Was entertained by Hung and Entourage.

Weekends are awesome. I hope you had a great one and are rejuvenated for the week.

Here's a picture from my awesome summer...(I really am wearing a swimsuit)

Update

I think that most of you know that I'm a teacher...I've made that pretty obvious. I don't think I've made what kind of teacher I am too obvious. I'm a Special Education teacher. I work with students who have learning disabilities. In El Paso I did this at a middle school and now in AZ I work with elementary school students.

This is my 10th year teaching...yikes. I thought by my 10th year I would feel like a master teacher. I so DO NOT feel that way. Not even a little bit.

So far this year has been going pretty well. It's only been two weeks but hey, things could have started out rocky but they didn't. My students are awesome. They usually are. When I do have stress at work 9 times out of 10 it's not about my students.


(This picture has nothing to do with the post but I thought my post needed a picture.)

Every year I have students who are just neat young people with very special and unique personalities. Last year I had a lot of really funny kids. This year my students are just so sweet and happy. I mainly work with the 4th and 5th grade students and my Resource partner works with the younger ones.

I'd say I'm pretty happy with my job even though I never thought I'd be a teacher. I wanted to go more on the counseling route but I get to do that some too.

Maybe when I grow up I'll be a counselor.