New Addiction

Starbucks will be the death of my checking account. I went by on Saturday night to get a hot chocolate since the weather was cold. I figured I'll just go through the drive thru and make it a quick trip. After I ordered the "kid" (I really don't know how old he was) at the window asked why I was dissing the Special Hot Chocolate. I told him I didn't know anything about it and he filled me in. He then said I can always ask for a sampling of anything on the drink menu to find out if I like it. He insisted I try the Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate which is his favorite. He quickly made one up for me to try. By the way the sample size looks like the size a child might have. He gave me the sample and I tried it. I have now been back twice for more!! I hate when I get addicted to something especially when it costs almost $4 a pop. Oh well, hopefully I won't have too many of them or else I really will go broke.

End of semester nears!!

As the end of the semester nears I realize that I almost bit off more than I could chew this semester. At least I have nearly finished with all of my assignments. I have 2 papers to write for one class, 1 reading and post over a discussion in another class, and the class discussion over our journals for my other class. I think if I hadn't had pneumonia I wouldn't have felt so overwhelmed at the very end of the classes. If I make at least a B in all the classes I will be fine. I expect to get at least one A just because the class is easy and 1 credit hour. The other 2 are the ones that I am hovering between A or B so all I can do is hope for the best with my last few assignments.

SICK!!!

I hate being sick. I spent all of yesterday asleep and then at the doctors office. They called this morning and told me I have the beginnings of pneumonia. I am not allowed to return to school until Monday. Luckily the other teachers have been wonderful and are covering everything for me. I guess I am lucky that none of my school work is due this week. I am suppose to go to the middle school and give a book talk which means I will have to take another half day off. In all my years of teaching, I have never missed so many days of school. The sad thing is I don't even miss the kids. They had me so frustrated on Monday and I just wanted to get out of there. Maybe it was the beginnings of getting sick but who knows.

Long Weekend Bummer

I decided to make this a long weekend and take off Friday and Monday from school. I thought I would be very productive and get a lot of course work done plus do a few things around the house. It is now Sunday night and I have done nothing around the house.

On Friday, I went with my mom and voted. After that I spent the day getting my 9 journal articles completed since they were due at 11:59 p.m. I managed to finish at 11:09 p.m. I love this teacher because she has already graded it and I got a 94!

On Saturday, I started feeling bad and spent most of the day sleeping. I guess that is what I get for putting things off. Everything seems to hit me at once. I think it is my allergies/sinuses that are bothering me again but who knows it may be a cold again.

Today, Sunday, I worked on my paper that I thought I had another week to complete but just figured out is due on Tuesday. I also wrote my lesson plan for my storytime activity with the prek class. I am doing that tomorrow morning and am very nervous. I have never taught a group of 4 and 5 year olds before. The closest I have ever been were the 2 days I substituted for kindergarten and that was about 7 years ago!! I know the kids will be great though because the teacher is really good and she has helped me a lot with the lesson.

Tomorrow ends my days off and I don't think I will have one minute of downtime. After the lesson, I have to take my vehicle to the dealership because I have a screw in my right rear tire! I have only had the vehicle for 3 months and already I am having issues. At least it is covered under my warranty. After that will be the many errands that must be done and then my dentist appointment. Not to mention all the laundry, grading, and other classwork I need to get done. Oh well, at least I am a little closer to the end of the semester.

Hopefully, it won't be so long before I post again.