UGH! I spent $500 and 3 HOURS at the garage getting an oil change & new tires. Seriously they move at a GD snail's pace there. They mostly stood around talking, staring at the car and smoking ciggs. Ironically there's a NO SMOKING sign in the lobby. Next time I think I'll order online and see if my mom's fiance will put them on.
I've got three days in with kids already. I was worn out last night, and I slept until almost noon today. My classes are a lot smaller than last year because we got two more teachers, which allowed us to run an additional section of each class. I'm down from 35 kids to 20. Yay! I really need to be spending my day doing things around the house. We are under construction, so there are always things that need cleaning up and straightening up. However, I'm having to make lesson plans because my partner teacher didn't do her part over the summer. She was doing the first two units, and I was doing the second two . . . but she didn't do them. Now we need hers, and it's not done. Ugh.
Ugh. Luckily my local garage is less than a half mile walk away. I drop off my car for service, walk home and go back when it's done!
Congrats, Ms. I! My sister is in San Francisco right now for a nursing assignment and has been begging me to come see her. Last weekend she found out she has Labor Day weekend off so I booked myself a plane ticket! We will be visiting Alcatraz, Chinatown, the tiled stairs, Fisherman's Wharf, the Painted Ladies row houses, maybe even find the Full House! Since I fly out of San Jose we are also going to visit the Winchester Mystery House. I've never been to SF or SJ. I can't wait!!!
Run... fun... we went to the Winchester house. It was pretty cool and very interesting....never knew it was there. Lol.
I always usually have my phone so I just listened to Pandora, played Temple Run and observed the "wonderful" townies in the waiting room with me.
The last time I went to get my car serviced it took about 45 minutes. I had a book with me but also the garage owner's wife was there chatting with me and she had her dog with her so I played with her cute little doggy for a while. I just can't stand waiting rooms if I have nothing to do.
Well, when the Olympics is over, so is my summer vacation & I start a new job on Monday morning! I'm glad it worked out that way...a nice end to a nice, but always too short summer!
My professor just posted a syllabus for one of my grad classes. I'm nerding out, SO EXCITED and can't wait to begin. 8/29! I think it's the challenge I need and will help make me a better teacher. Next year will be even better because I'll be getting paid to intern as a Reading specialist!
My daughter's final season of her collegiate soccer career starts on Friday. So excited, but sad for the end; I've been watching her play soccer for almost 15 years!
I remember my dad talking about it a lot when I was a kid so I am very excited to finally see it myself.
Glad that I moved back to 2nd grade; this is more of my element. First grade is not for me anymore. It is funny until I tasted 2nd grade, I thought that 1st grade was the grade that was for me.
Today is the last day of summer school, finally!! Then I don't go back until after labor day. I can't wait to have some free time!
My 5 year old's ESY ended last week so now I have both kids at home until school starts (after Labor Day). Going to attempt to take them with me later this week to start setting up my room, we'll see how that goes Hoping I can throw a movie up on the projector to keep the little guy occupied for at least a little while.
It's Dec. already! Time flies. We're a tad less than a month away from 2017! I can't wait to shop for a wreath & Christmas tree. I love the smell of pine!
Haven't seen this thread in a while! Today is my last day of school before the break. I have so much to do to get ready for Christmas. I always shop at the last minute
We're still in school until the end of the day on Friday. I still have some shopping and lots of baking to do. Things are proving a little (a lot) more challenging this year with a cast in my broken wrist!
I am with you, TeacherNY. My last day was also Wednesday. The boys didn't give us their lists until just a few days before Christmas so we had some last minute shopping to do. Sweets and I hosted Christmas Day for my family, and suffice it to say even though I was working almost nonstop from Thursday morning on somethings just didn't get done. There were no cookies baked, no pie was made, and more than half of the decorations are still in storage. None of it was missed, though.
I've been working on school stuff for 12 hours today and it's the most productive I've been in weeks. School was cancelled today for an ice storm that doesn't hit until tonight/tomorrow, but I spent 5 hours cleaning my classroom and printing stuff off, and another 1.5hr reorganizing my binder for guided reading, and another hour planning reading groups. I'm hoping the productivity lasts through the night because I need to plan everything else for next week, but today was awesome.
The weather was so nice today, I had to get out of the house. Went to give my Mom an Easter card since I may not see her on Easter (but probably the week after), got a rotisserie chicken, & some Chinese food (mostly chicken & veggies).
I'm rather excited. Yesterday we went apartment shopping in the city. It will be my first time living in an actual city. We didn't expect to actually choose anything yet, but we walked into one, and we were both like "let's sign up now." It's literally NEXT DOOR to where I'll be taking the bulk if not all of my classes, and it's just one block away from where my partner works, so we'll both be commuting by walking for a few years, and I can simply walk to his place and we can have lunch together whenever we want (which has never happened since we started dating 7 years ago). The apartment is beautiful and has a view of the mountain and the river and the city all at once, and is in walking distance to the riverside, and is right next to two modes of public transportation. I'm most excited about the kitchen which is luxurious compared to our current closet of a kitchen. (I like to cook) I'm now totally counting the days until the end of the year, and I'm moving right after the school year ends.
I did things similarly to you Peregrin. I moved into my apt in very early June to have all summer to get settled in. Since we're on this topic, my lease is up for renewal. I can't believe how much they're increasing it this year! I knew it would be a lot, but it's even more than I thought...$120 more a month!!! So I either agree to it or move out. I guess I'll probably live here another year, but I'll be working on trying to get out of here after that.
Just got the rings this week. I worked with a jeweler in NZ to custom design them. I don't really know how I'm going to propose yet. I'm thinking a hike in the forest might be best. Neither of us would appreciate the attention proposing in a public place would get. Any ideas? I pretty much have zero romantic bones in my body. The thought of kneeling down and doing a sappy proposal thing slightly makes me shudder, but I will do it for him if I have to.
A hike sounds completely romantic. Its not (in my opinion) about a show or how it looks, its about a mutual decision to share your lives. You are opening this discussion, not putting on a performance. And maybe the discussion is just a simple question, with a simple answer. Joyful sigh!
I proposed this weekend, and he said yes (I already knew he would though, because he kept asking me when I would propose)! I ended up asking at the beach while we had a picnic. We don't want a big wedding, and will probably just do something small with a few friends in a park.
