Solutions to all Talkative Kids

Today was not especially thrilling. My kiddos are already getting spring fever! They are such chatter boxes and their behavior is thru the roof! I am sure all teachers about this time are questioning the logic in going to college to get a degree to stress over kids!

Anyways, I asked one of my kids today what I should do with the kids that keep talking. She replied in the most sincere and innocent way " We could get duck tape and put it over their mouths!" Thinking she was finished with the conversation and about to run to play, she continued with " and you know that closet in our room, we can put them in there...oh and get some rope!" At this point I was laughing so hard, that she was laughing at me laughing at her! In my mind I was thinking "Don't tempt me!" Thankful she is a good kid and would never have to see the inside of a closet nor have to have duck tape put over her mouth. I thought that was a funny way to end my not so fun day! Hopefully I can stay consistant with my kids long enough to last to the end of the year! 48 days and counting!!!!!!

“Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support.”

I am feeling very nostalgic these days. I am missing a lot of my friends from college. I really miss having an apartment, inviting friends over, drinking wine, laughing, drinking bud light, saying BEER ME! talking for hours with no worries of work the next day, laughing and crying (yes even those crying moments left good lasting memories) and so many more memories. As a child I had a fear of getting older. I would lie in my moms bed and cry for hours and spill that I was terrified of getting older. Seriously. As an adult I realized that I just fear change and the uncertain, but on the upside I am excited to see what is going to happen in the future!

On a fun note, last night I got to hang out with some friends from high school. Natalie Scott texted me and said they were at Logan's in Addison and I jumped at the chance to get out of the house after not doing much socially in three weeks. I am really glad I went out. Natalie, David Rios and Lauren Leahy were there and it was nice to catch up with them. Hopefully they will put up some pics on facebook!

Spring Break from Hell!

Needless to say, I am alive! I have spent everyday since Friday when I got off of work in my house, either in bed or on the couch complaining. It all started with the horrible pain from working out, but you can read the previous blog about that. Then on top of the muscle aches I got a severe sinus infection! Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, I woke up on Monday morning with wonderul pink eye! This has not been the Spring Break that I had hoped for at all. I am sorry to those that I have not called or been able to visit (KATE!!!). I literally shut the world out. I just wanted to write to tell you all that I am alive, but I am just waiting to see what the rest of the spring break brings in sickness!
box of Kleenex 2.49
Tylenol Severe Sinus 8.99
Icy Hot Muscle Rub 5.49
Finding pink eye medicine already in your cabinet: priceless...

My Birthday

Well for my birthday I stayed at school allllll day! We had Open House and I was at school getting ready all day. The Open House didn't even start til 6:30. It was great when my mom showed up and brought cupcakes for my kids to eat during Open House. She also made a poster for me and decorated my room. She is totally awesome! The kids enjoyed it and I got a lot of well wishes. Elizabeth also came to Open House and sat in the back making fun of me with my mom! Good times! Then after OH, Elizabeth and Christina ( another great first grade teacher) and I went to the Turkey with me to have a few drinks. What? I had to celebrate on the day of my birth. Overall I enjoyed the suprises that the day brought. I am excited to see what the next year brings!

No Pain No Gain!!!!

OOOOOOHHHHHH MMMYYYYYY GGGGGOOOOOSSSSSHHHHH!!!!! I am in pain! I hate this feeling. My first testing out the trainer was on Wednesday and today is now Friday and I am the most pain I have physically felt in a very very very long time. My trainer had asked me "On a scale from one to 10, how determined are you to lose the weight?" I said a 9. He asked me why and I told him that I was still wanting to be lazy! Right now I want to be home and not dealing with kids. I had to have a kid help me take off my jacket and another put my lanyard on my neck. This is a sad situation. I can't even go out to celebrate my birthday because I feel so miserable. Oh well! I am going to go home take a long hot bath and go to sleep!

A New Chapter

FINALLY! I have something to write about! Yesterday I embarked on a new chapter in my life. A chapter that is going to be filled with pain, agony, and wishing I had never started. I found myself a personal trainer. After years of being unhappy with myself, I bit the bullet and pinched the wallet and got me one of those horrid things! I will be joining my wonderful trainer twice a week for the next year to get to my goal of ...wait for it ...wait for it...15 % body fat! Yeah you dont even want to know what it is now. I am excited, yet terrified to start this journey. I know that this is something that I have been wanting to do for a very long and never had the courage to actually take the step in the gym. By the way, that was the worst part of this whole thing, going into that gym and thinking to myself, "everyone in this gym is thinking that I am the biggest person here and there is not wonder I am there". I know...I know... that is not the way to think, but I couldn't help it. All my life I have been super worried about what people thought! Hopefully, a year from now, I will be thinking the same thing, only in a healthier manner.