3rd Grade?!?!

Well it is official. I am going to be teaching THIRD grade next year!? How do i feel about that some might ask.... I am not sure? It will be a new adventure that is for sure. I have successfully survived 3 years in 6th grade and loved it. So i am ready to try a younger grade to see how they compare. Some of you may think 6th grade is awful and that a new grade is wonderful, I however LOVE 6th grade and have had so many memories and lessons learned since i started teaching. But year 4 is a great year to start something new. I am moving up.... or down? And i hear the little kids worship their teachers, so i may have some new fans.. Ha we will see. I am not sure i can be sweet enough for 8 year olds, but they will be 9 by the end of the year, so maybe by then i will be nice and more knowledgeable about what to do with them? In order to get prepared i started reading a book called "32 third graders and one class bunny." It is not just about third grade, it is about teaching in general but i thought it was a good place to start. I also went out and started buying books and resources for third grade.... I was excited to figure out what i was going to teach! So that's right, the planning begins and i get to start over developing a plan and classroom curriculum, which means more hard work! But more new adventures come from hard work... Look for more stories as i prepare for my new journey~

OH and HAPPY EASTER!

Don't worry be HAPPY!

Ok so i have made a personal goal to try to be more positive.... Needless to say that is super tough for me! Everything is up in the air and stressful, as usual. But i really believe that there is a strong power in positive thinking, so i am just trying to dance away and think of the great things i am blessed with instead of stressing myself sick about everything. My favorite saying has become my motto for life... "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain."

And I am Back.... FINALLY!

I think i totally got lost.... or dropped off the blogging world, either one. I guess i lost the blogging vibe and just haven't up dated anything recently! But i will do better to create fun and exciting and more frequent blogs.

The first being, oh how i love the sunshine! I am SO excited for spring i can't even tell you, I love love love flowers and sunshine it is so time for it to all happen. The only problem with the change of the seasons is the kids at school go CRAZY! Especially when one day it is beautiful and the next there is snow. But if that is the steps we have to take to get better weather than i am all for it!

Back to School....

Well, it has come.... The return to school. Ya know going off track is so interesting, I love the time off, but it takes almost a week to get in the swing of relaxing and taking care of stuff that has been neglected while i teach, then i enjoy the second week and by the time the third and last week comes along, i have a panic attack anxious that i have to go back to school. It is a weird block of time. And then it is 9 weeks of teaching, like nothing happened and we do it all again. School is interesting, i switched schools so i could keep teaching 6th grade, and now i am at the same roadblock yet again i get to switch grades next year. I think i will end up teaching 3rd or 4th. But i am not sure. They never know until later which makes it hard to plan and get ready. But i have to go with the flow. I am excited that i only have a year left of my master's program, and at the end of this year i will officially have my level 2 teaching license. It will be great to start year 4 of teaching! I will no longer be a provisional teacher!!! It's serious now... haha Anyway i am taking a whole bunch of classes and working with district people to nail down classroom management and other issues in the classroom. I am also reading a lot of books about being able to stand up for myself and be assertive and say NO without feeling guilty. I think it will really be beneficial. I apparently have the "disease to please" and just want to make everyone else happy before i focus on myself or my needs. I think that if i stick with it i will be able to really make a difference in my life. I hope. I just need to be more confident and positive. There are always things i want to work on, but they seem to get lost in the shuffle of things, but this time i really want to make it happen. I want to be a better person, share openly, not be so selfish. I want to be proud of my accomplishments, i want to be happy with myself. I think it is interesting to look at happiness. It really is a state of mind, not an accomplishment or something you achieve. It is a choice. And i want to make it a more frequent choice in my life.

What teachers make.....

I will admit, that occasionally i have to watch this video to remember why i am a teacher....

Super weekend full of.... school? Yikes!

Ok so i am taking classes for my masters degree, and seriously what an awesome weekend of class! Yuck! I have class every other weekend Friday nights and all day Saturday. What an awesome way to spend my weekend. But the other weekends aren't too exciting either. I will just be glad when i have made it through and gotten to the end. My classes are fun and beneficial, dont get me wrong it's just lame that i have nothing better to do.

And my mom is back in the hospital with pneumonia. It is sad how sick she gets so often. And my dad is in Reno for his regional baseball meeting, so I am doing what i can to help out.

I am still living the up and down roller coaster of my relationship.... Not strong enough to jump either way. And i feel like life is just kind of standing still. I hope that i will find light again soon and make progress instead of standing at a stand still...

Other than that i am dreading my birthday this week. I will be 25 and only getting older! Maybe i will write again telling you all how old and lame i am hahaha. That would be exciting! I am not really doing much for my birthday. Maybe i will go visit my sister, seeing as it is her birthday too!!

Anyway another lame day to check off the calendar.

YOURS TRULY,
WAITING FOR AN ADVENTURE

New day, new life... NEW HAIR

Lots of new things have happened. I got a new hair cut! My sister moved into a new house. And i am on a new journey in life. I am loving the break from school, trying to catch up on everything. I am still sick... it seems like a never ending battle, but thats ok. I am trying to turn my life around, exercise more, eat right, make better choices in life. Basically find my way back to me again... Hope it works! Anyway i haven't posted in awhile cuz i couldn't really see the point of posting to no one.... it is almost like talking to myself online, but I had to post this picture of my nephews and my niece, they are my love!!! PLUS i get to show off my new hair cut! Enjoy life!