And so it ends again

Like an afternoon summer storm, my little break is over. I start summer class tomorrow. This is the last class before I start teaching and we're going to be working with a summer reading program and focusing on RTI and remedial reading tools. We start a week earlier than regular university classes, so the first week is lecture on the diagnostic tools we'll be using. This is the part I don't care for, I love the students and working with them but 8:55-11:35 each day of lecture time is not going to make my happy. I got a lot of the things done around the house that I needed to do so that is a blessing but I feel like another week would do wonders for me.

Product Fail

I had a pretty low key weekend by any standard but on this Memorial Day (let us take a moment to remember everyone who died so we can live the blessed life we live) I am awake at 3 am. My 5 shelf bookcase decided to collapse and completely rip apart in the process. Note to self: bargain shopping is a great thing but when it comes to items that need to serve a purpose such as holding all my heavy lesson plan binders and portfolios, a cheap bookcase will not do. Ever. Now that I know I'm not dying of a heart attack, no one is breaking in, and I have cleaned all this mess up I might try and go back to sleep.

Summer Essentials in Photos

Adventures in Online Dating

Collected from various sources, what you see here are attempts at first contact.

The Poet
This morning I took a look outside,
then I sat down and wonder to myself,
why every morning does the sunrise.
then when I took a look at you face,
and now I feel its my duty to tell you,
It rises ever morning becase of your beauty!


Mr. Missed the Grammer and Punctuation Lessons At School
i like you pics your a cutie
(this was sent to a fellow teacher who no doubt cringed upon reading it)


There are no words for this one
WELL I CHECK THE WATER BEFORE I GET IN.. LOL I HAVE BEEN TRYN TO GET MY PICS OFF MY PHONE BUT CANT FIGURE IT OUT IF U WANT U CAN TEX ME AT 504-xxx-xxxx... NO BIGGIE IF NOT BUT I AINT A PERV... HOPE TO HEAR BACK FROM U IF NOT KEEP YOUR FOCUS ON UR LIFE IT SOUNDS NICE.. TAKE CAR
Take car where?

Dry Shampoo

I've used dry shampoo before but found that a little baby powder worked just as well. Now that I'm leaving my hair dark, I decided to try TreSemme's dry shampoo. It's a pretty good product to revive hair after a night out when there's no time to shampoo the next morning. My hair is very very thick and it worked well. It took away that greasy look and it smells fresh and pleasant, not too overwhelming. With it being only $5, I'll definitely buy it again. CVS also has TreSemme products on sale 3/$10 from time to time so that makes it an even better deal.

Confessions

I am a bedding hoarder. I get all crazy excited over sheets, duvets and pillows. It's so silly because I can only use one set at a time but I can't help it. While I prefer to stick to a nice damask or solid on my bed, there are other choices for the adventurous.

Wallpaper on Cabinets

I really really hate my cabinets. I don't really want to replace them right now or paint them so I've come up with another idea. I'm going to do wallpaper as shown here. The 1st pic is Jill of Real Housewives of NY's apartment kitchen. I'm thinking a black and white damask will go well with my red walls and stainless/black appliances. Worse case scenario, if I mess up I can paint them.

What I'm Loving Right Now

From lowest price (Fossil $95) to medium (Toywatch $295) and high price (Chanel $4100) I am loving the white watch. I'm sporting the low price currently but I really really want the Toywatch.

It's Over

Tomorrow, I go for my final check-out in what was the hardest semester ever. I've spent the past 4 months having God and everybody watch me teach, jumping through whatever hoops I've been asked to jump through, all while maintaining a smile on my face when I wanted to cry. I made nothing less than a B, have managed to impress every single one of my professors, and have done a great job of proving myself. It was a crazy ride. Some days I would teach K lessons at one school, then teach 3rd grade that afternoon.

Now the hand-holding is over. I've gone through this journey with a support group behind me but when that door shuts on the first day of school, I'll have to rely on myself and what I've learned in order to make it work in my classroom.

For now, I'm not going to stress over having a job next year. I know the economy is bad and there are going to be cuts. I won't know anything most likely until mere days before school starts and worst case scenario, I get called in after school begins. At this point, I have to let go and let God. I can't spend my entire summer worrying about something I can't control.

Tomorrow after check out, I'm going to the nearest drive thru daiquiri place and ordering the largest, quad shot of whatever I want. Then, I'm going to put on my bathing suit and not care that it doesn't look as good on as last year. I'm going to sit by the pool until it gets dark.