My Journal

First Day of School

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:28:13 GMT

I made it through the first day of school with little stress. I just let most of the things that I couldn’t change just slide off of me…I’m very proud of that.

We were only supposed to have 17 children in our class today but one child who wasn’t supposed to be there just got dropped off. He is in our class but isn’t scheduled to come on Wednesdays. 18 is a lot of children for our room, and it was a hectic day with more than our share of potty accidents (I have 2 year olds) and one child who threw up at lunch. But I just trudged though it and did my best and kept my mouth shut, because there is nothing that I could have done about it anyway.

The Evils of Texting & Other Stuff

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:04:05 GMT

She was reading an article online about the top 10 texting offences and I mentioned that I don’t see the point of texting. She went off trying to explain it to me and I had an answer for everything she said. “Well it’s great for when my husband can’t answer his phone”…if he can’t answer his phone how is he able to answer his text message without being rude to someone or without doing it under the table which is deceiving? “I don’t like getting into long phone conversations”…I know people how have long text conversations, just say what you need to say and say goodbye, I do it all the time. She actually even started to say “well texting is great…When Jenny is in surgery (Jenny is the surgen!!!!!!)”…I interrupted her and said, I think surgery is more important than your text message. Why not just leave her a voice mail if you are going to leave her a text while she is in surgery. She accused me of just not getting it. I said you’re right….I would rather be more personal and actually talk to people! I was actually very proud that I managed to piss her off with that conversation. Texting is just dumb. PICK UP THE DAMN PHONE AND TALK TO THE PERSON. I have never had the need to text someone. Just because it is new technology does not mean that it is better technology.

I’m glad I pissed her off. It made me feel better after getting my hours cut today. They only took about 5 hours off and I was getting overtime to begin with but that time adds up. I’m trying to look at the positive…at least now I have time when I can schedule doctors appointments if I need them. And at least I still have a job.

I still need to work on the diarrhea of the mouth thing. I was pissed off today about my hours being cut and said some things that I probably shouldn’t have said.

Nickelback ROCKS!

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:19:56 GMT

My hubby and I won free tickets to the Nickelback concert here in town for last night. We also got to meet Daniel, the drummer from the band.

So a few hours before the concert Daniel was signing autographs at a local music store. It was not heavily advertized so there were not a lot of people there. We got there 2 hours early because Wuzzy was said that a lady (Brandy) from a fan site that he runs was driving 6 hours to be there really early and he wanted to give her some company while she waited in line. Brandy was really awesome, so it was entertaining to stand in line for 2 hours and talk with her. When Daniel came out Brandy actually pinched me, she was so excited. :-D

OMG! I did not know that Daniel was sooo hot.

And such a nice person. He took the time to sign multiple things and personalize them too. We have a lot of autographed pictures at home, and we have collected drumsticks and guitar pics from various concerts that we have been to so we thought it would be fun and different to have Daniel sign a symbol.

We were actually a little disappointed that we won tickets to the concert because we had to leave right away to get food and get to the concert before the gates opened so that we could get a good spot because we had lawn seats (first come first spot). If we hadn’t won the tickets we would have been able to stay and wait till the few people that were there got their autographs and been able to get a few more pictures and talked a little bit with Daniel. Like I said he is supper nice and probably wouldn’t have minded. And my husband runs one of the bigger fan websites. Oh well. The concert was still really fun.

I’m trying something new

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:10:53 GMT

So I haven’t posted anything in forever. I don’t see the point. I have been keeping in touch with people by calling and email…so why have an online journal??

Well recently (all this year) my life has been crap. I know I shouldn’t complain because there is always someone out there whose life is worse than mine, but it does just feel like the world is against me right now. One of my friends suggested that I try journaling as a form of therapy and stress relief. My thought was that if I’m going to take the time to write something I might as well post it, right?

So here is to trying something new and hoping that I stick to it. (I never stick to anything for more than a week).

So what first started it all… There was a lot of stressful stuff that happened with my mortgage bill and property tax bill this past year as well as the fact that my husband lost his job. I just don’t know what to do anymore. We are very lucky that we have a good savings account and as soon as my husband lost his job we started cutting back everything that wasn’t necessary. We have been a bit relaxed on that lately because we have actually been saving more money now that he doesn’t have a job. While we really don’t have to worry about money right now I’m still very stressed. It has been 7 months and NOTHING. He has gone to some interviews but then they don’t call him back. Now he is looking for just anything but even retail store have told him “your qualifications don’t match what we are looking for”. Which is a nice way of saying “you are over qualified”. He doesn’t have enough experience for the job that he really wants and he is overqualified for everything less.

I’m also so very sick and tired of the people at work trying to give me advice. My husband is TRYING to get a job. But they sit there and harp on me all day about has he tried this or done that, well I heard about this…I’M DONE WITH IT! I want him to get a job so bad just to I can move.

I was so afraid that when school stared again my hours were going to be cut because we are trying to watch out budget at school. Well my hours weren’t cut but they were shifted around in a way that completely pissed me off. I am now scheduled in for the afterschool program all five days. This means that I do not have any days that I get off early enough to make doctors appointments or generally run errands. When teachers are scheduled into the afterschool program the only ones who know exactly what time they are getting off work are the teachers that stay until the school closes. And that means that you stay nine and a half hours. TOO LONG.

Ok so this is my rant for now…hopefully this will also help me from having what we at school call diarrhea of the mouth. Meaning I hope this keeps me from just spewing my problems to anyone at work who will listen. Because I came to a very sad realization the other day…I talk to my family on the phone and talk to the girls at work but other than that I have no real friends. I have no one that I just hangout with, no one other than family that I call when I need to talk, no one to go do things with. The girls that I talk to at work are just coworkers and not much more…they ask each other to hangout and go out to do things but they never seem to ask me. :(

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:06:43 GMT

I got this from coonassblondie . In my undergrad work I did a lot of research on Howard Gardner, so I found this very interesting.

Your result for Howard Gardner's Eight Types of Intelligence Test ...

Logical

35% Logical, 31% Spatial, 16% Linguistic, 31% Intrapersonal, 35% Interpersonal, 16% Musical, 35% Bodily-Kinesthetic and 25% Naturalistic!

"This area has to do with logic, abstractions, inductive and deductive reasoning, and numbers. While it is often assumed that those with this intelligence naturally excel in mathematics, chess, computer programming, and other logical or numerical activities, a more accurate definition places emphasis less on traditional mathematical ability and more reasoning capabilities, abstract pattern recognition, scientific thinking and investigation, and the ability to perform complex calculations.

Careers which suit those with this intelligence include scientists, mathematicians, engineers, doctors and economists." (Wikipedia)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:04:48 GMT

Not what I thought it would say, because these things are usually way off. But this one is so me. I'm very indecisive and a perfectionist. I'm always driving people crazy over the little things.

You're a Ravenpuff!: You are a very analytical and ingenius person, someone that likes to invent new things. The way you look at life is with wonder, and sometimes you're even a little naive. But people love you for that trait and they feel the need to protect you from the harsh facts of life so that you can retain your innocence. You are very capable person and when there is trouble people turn to you because you're able to stay calm and collected. You like balance in your life and you try not to make many waves. Even still, if there is something that you believe strongly in, you will commit yourself totally to that cause. Your weakness is that sometimes you can be indecisive and perfectionist, especially about little details and you drive people crazy sometimes with these traits. With the
innocence of a Hufflepuff and the calm of a Ravenclaw you will be loved in life!

http://www.quizilla.com/quizzes/282165/which-mix-of-the-hogwarts-houses-are-you

Why me?

Sat, 10 May 2008 19:12:32 GMT

Why does it always seem that when we are finally doing good something bad happens. After a really shitty day at work (16 kids and only 2 teachers, one of my teachers called in sick and didn’t get a sub) I called my husband to say I was on my way home. He told me he had a flat tire on the way to work. So I’m thinking “oh great how much is this going to cost us.” Then I get home to find the front door busted open. Yep. We were robbed. Some punks kicked in our front door. They stole our 42 in DHTV from the living room and my laptop. However they did leave everything else and I’m thankful for that. They could have done a lot more damage but didn’t. I’m glad they didn’t trash the place. But I still feel so violated. I’m afraid to be in my own home alone. The break in happened on Wednesday. Thursday my husband stayed home to wait for someone to fix the front door. I got home first on Friday and was terrified to walk into my own home. That’s just not right. I work so hard for the things I have. I’m an honest person. I try my best to do good things. The only thing that makes me feel better is knowing that they can’t use my laptop because its password protected. When I forgot the passwords we couldn’t bypass the system and my husband is a computer geek.

I haven’t eaten much of anything in the past 3 days because of nerves. I’ve lost 3lbs already because of this. I would never wish this feeling of violation on my worst enemy. It’s horrible.

My Happy Place

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:43:40 GMT

I’m on cloud 9. On Friday I realized that we finally met our goal for our emergency savings account. I feel safe knowing that I have a decent amount saved up just in case something happens. My husband got an over the phone interview with a station from Iowa on Monday. Also on Monday I got paid twice and didn’t have to work at all. It was a paid holiday from school and so I was scheduled to babysit for my regular family. The mom called me when I was half way to their house Monday morning and told me to turn around and go home. She and her son were both sick but she said she was still going to pay me because she felt bad because I could have made plans to babysit for someone else. (How sweet is she). So this morning after carpool was over there was an envelope on my desk from my babysitting mom. She wrote me a note with the check thanking me for understanding and explaining that she wrote the check for five extra dollars because I had to waste the gas to drive all the way out there for nothing Monday morning. (I work for the greatest family ever. They are so great to me.) At lunch I called my husband and found out that he talked to the people from the station in Iowa again and they asked for samples of his on-air work. *Hopes and Dreams he gets this job* It sounds really hopeful. It would be so scary to move but at the same time I really want to leave this place. I need new scenery. I’ve never even been to Iowa. And to top it all off, I have officially lost 20 lbs since the beginning of December. I’m so proud of myself. It’s been one hell of a long weekend.

Funny Email

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:46:02 GMT

So I got this email from one of my teachers this evening and it was just so funny I had to share. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. I actually just ran into some of my school parents this past weekend at the bowling ally and the mom knew me but the dad just kind of looked at me funny. Dads don’t usually know the teachers too well. I’m sure he didn’t remember the one time we’ve met before. That just makes the email that much funnier.

I THINK YOU'RE THE FATHER OF ONE OF MY KIDS...

A guy goes to the supermarket and notices an attractive woman waving at him.? She says, "Hello!" He's rather taken a back because he can't place where he knows her from. So he says, "Do you know me?" To which she replies, "I think you're the father of one of my kids."

Now his mind travels back to the only time he has ever been unfaithful to his wife and says, "My God, are you the stripper from my bachelor party that I made love to on the pool table with all my buddies watching while your partner whipped my butt with wet celery???"

She looks into his eyes and says calmly, "No, I'm your son's teacher."

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:29:12 GMT

I'm a POET and didn't even know until recently. That’s right I’m a Pissed Off Early-childhood Teacher! I love my children. It's the adults I can't stand. I tend to get a little pissy when my other teahcers leave me by meyself with 13 two and three year olds after they have been hyped up with sugar. FUN SHIT. Someones getting ripped a new one on Monday.

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:59:05 GMT

I got this from coonassblondie

1.EVER BEEN GIVEN AN ENGAGEMENT RING?

Yes, and I’m still wearing it.

2. LONGEST RELATIONSHIP?
6 ½ Years: 1 Year Friendship – 1 ½ Years Dating – 1 ½ Years Engaged – 2 ½ Years and still married to the same man

3. LAST GIFT YOU RECEIVED?
America 24/7 (Book) From a parents at my school

4. EVER DROPPED A CELL PHONE?
Yep

5. THING(S) YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON?
Bills

8. LAST FOOD YOU ATE?
Toast

9. FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Hair

10. ONE FAVORITE SONG?
Into The Night - Chad Kroeger and Charles Santana

11. WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Indianapolis, IN

12. HIGH SCHOOL YOU ATTENDED:
Columbus East HS

13. CELL PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER:
AT&T Wireless

14. FAVORITE STORE:
Kohls

15. LONGEST JOB YOU HAD:
Wal-Mart – 6 of the worst years of my life…but it paid for my first car.

16. DO YOU OWN A PAIR OF DICE?
Yes

17. DO YOU PRANK CALL PEOPLE?:

UMM….NO

18. LAST WEDDING YOU ATTENDED:
Mine J

19. FIRST FRIEND YOU'D CALL IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY:

Russell (My Husband)

20. LAST TIME YOU SAW YOUR BEST FRIEND:
About 2 seconds ago (He just came in to give me a kiss)

21. FAVORITE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT:
Arby’s

22. BIGGEST LIE YOU HAVE EVER HEARD:
I Love You

23. WHERE'S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT WITH FRIENDS?
Buffalo Wild Wings

24. CAN YOU COOK?
HELL NO…well, does driving to Arby’s count as cooking???

25. WHAT CAR DO YOU DRIVE?
Chevy Cavalier

26. BEST KISSER:
I plead the 5^th (I love my husband dearly but he is not the best kisser)

27. LAST TIME YOU CRIED?:
Two weeks ago on Friday. I came home from work early with a bad migraine, the worst ever. I felt like I wanted to die.

28. MOST DISLIKED FOODS:
Seafood

29. THING YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
My patients

30. THING YOU DISLIKE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF:
My hair

31. LONGEST SHIFT YOU HAVE WORKED AT A JOB?
12 hours

32. FAVORITE MOVIE?
All of the Harry Potter Movies

33. CAN YOU SING?
Hell no, but I do when I’m alone anyway

34. LAST CONCERT ATTENDED?
March Mayhem a couple of years ago: Breaking Benjamin, Theory of a Deadman, and The Exies

37. LAST KISS?
About 10 min ago now (that’s how long it’s taking me to do this…Hey I had to stop and get lunch)

38. LAST MOVIE RENTED:
Oh man, I don’t remember because we don’t rent movies that often

39.ONE THING YOU NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT:
Keys

40. FAVORITE VACATION SPOT:
Anywhere outside of Indiana

41. LAPTOP OR DESKTOP COMPUTER?
We own both, and I love both

42. FAVORITE COMEDIAN?
Dane Cook

43. DO YOU SMOKE?
HELL NO – Too expensive and it smells

44. SLEEP WITH OR WITHOUT CLOTHES?
With…I’m always too cold to go without

45. WHO SLEEPS WITH YOU EVERY NIGHT?
My husband

46. DO LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS WORK?
Only for special people….Not me

47. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE?
Twice – The first time I was pulling out of the HS parking lot and just didn’t see and undercover speeding in front of the school and he nearly hit me, I just got a warning. The second time I was in college leaving for a break with my roommate and got pulled over because my roommate was not wearing her seatbelt. I got a ticket too for not wearing mine even though I had mine on the entire time. My dad even called Bull Shit on the cop because I always wear my seatbelt and said that they were just out to get the college students.

48. PANCAKES OR FRENCH TOAST?
Pancakes

49. DO YOU LIKE COFFEE?
Nope, I don’t dink anything hot

50 HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS?
As fully grown chickens

51. DO YOU BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY?
No

52. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Daddy

53. LAST PERSON ON YOUR MISSED CALL LIST?

One of my classroom parents

54. WHAT WAS THE LAST TEXT MESSAGE YOU SENT?
I don’t text

55 NUMBER OF PILLOWS?
2 one for Russell and one for me

56. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW?
My workout clothes

57. PICK A LYRIC, ANY LYRIC:
I like your pants around your feet Nickelback – Figured You Out

58. WHAT KIND OF JELLY DO YOU LIKE ON YOUR PB & J?
No J just PB

59. CAN YOU SHOOT POOL?
surprisingly I’m better when I’ve had a few to dink, so Yes

60. CAN YOU SWIM?

Yes. I grew up in Texas and when I lived there I lived for the water.

61. FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Vanilla with M&Ms

62. DO YOU LIKE MAPS?
Yes, I’m and awesome navigator. Which is great because my husband sucks at it

63. TELL ME A RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOURSELF:
Still scared of the monsters under my bed.

64. EVER ATTEND A THEME PARTY?
Yes and we just aren’t going to talk about it

65. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON:
Spring

66. LAST TIME YOU LAUGHED AT SOMETHING STUPID?
Last week

67. WHAT TIME DID YOU WAKE UP THIS MORNING?
Woke up at 7:36. Got my ass out of bed at 11:42

68. BEST THING ABOUT WINTER?
Snow

69. LAST TIME A COP GAVE YOU A TICKET?
2003

70. NAME OF YOUR FIRST PET?
Fulton

71. DO YOU THINK PIRATES ARE COOL OR OVERRATED?
Oh so cool

72. WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND?
Nothing

73. BIRTHDATE:
Jan 8, 1982

74. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE?
Happy

75. ARE YOU ON A LAPTOP?
Nope

76. ARE YOU SMILING?
Yes

77. DO YOU MISS SOMEONE RIGHT NOW?

No

78. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE WOULD YOU GO?
Europe

79. ARE YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL?
No

80. DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH?
No

81. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NAME?
Charlie

82. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BATHING SUIT?
Black and blue

83. DOES YOUR SCHOOL START IN AUGUST?
Yes

84. DID YOU GO ON VACATION LAST MONTH?
Yes, a weekend in Chicago…nothing big

85. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A CRUISE?
No

86. DO YOU HAVE A SISTER?

Yes

87. ARE YOU UPSTAIRS?
No

88. ARE YOU IN LOVE?
Yes

89. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL?
Yes

90. DO YOU WISH YOU COULD SEE ANYONE PARTICULAR RIGHT NOW?
No

91. WHAT JEWELRY ARE YOU WEARING?
Wedding Ring and Engagement Ring

92. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO AFTER THIS SURVEY?

Read Fan Fiction

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:32:05 GMT

Happy New Year to all of my Jewish friends. May you all have a happy and sweet new year.

I don't get it

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:55:09 GMT

How is is that the mortgage company can send me a check for $128 saying that it is for my overpaid escrow and then not even a month later send me a bill saying that I have a shortage of $1500 in escrow?? WTF

I (Almost) survived

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:55:41 GMT

I have almost survived the first two weeks of summer camp. I have never wanted the weekend so bad.

Nothing can go right for me this summer. I was missing one of my teachers the entire first week of camp and then this Monday I was missing one of my aftercare teachers because her daughter was sick and she didn’t happen to get a sub or anything. Then about half of my Tuesday kids were screaming all day because they only come two days a week and last week was a shock but this week it sunk in that mom and dad are just leaving them at this unknown place. On Wednesdays I have to work with my Mother-In-Law…oh yeah, lost of fun seeing as I am the lead teacher in the room. It was so awkward for me to have to tell her “Listen…I know you aren’t used to having kids ALL day because during the year you get little breaks in between the different groups that you teach…but down here with the younger kids we have them ALL of the time…no official breaks…you can’t just disappear on me in the middle of the day without telling me where you are going and leave me with 13 toddlers and two teachers. It doesn’t work that way. It’s fine if you need a break, BUT YOU HAVE TO TELL ME BEFORE YOU LEAVE.” To top it off I gave up my third teacher today to the other toddler room because they only had two teachers and more kids than me. So I was stuck with my only regular teacher who is with me every day. She just happens to be a very negative person. I was finding it hard to smile at the end of the day. Before I left today I was told by my director that one of my dads is going to be coming to his daughter’s Shabbat service tomorrow and he is a very prominent member of the temple. (In other words “Kiss ass because we don’t want to get of the bad side of this family”). One more day….I only have to make it one more day, and six more weeks.

Summer Fun

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:43:54 GMT

My first day in summer camp as a lead teacher and I already need to let out a primordial scream.

On our first day I had a sub in my room…none other than my MOTHER-IN-LAW. Oh yeah this summer is going to be fun. The only other teacher in my room that is scheduled everyday of the week full days and aftercare is going to be gone ALL WEEK. Which means that I’m not only screwed during the day but I’m short an aftercare teacher too. She has some rash that isn’t highly contagious but very dangerous for pregnant women to be around. And seeing as how we have three pregnant teachers not to mention at least five pregnant moms that are in and out of the building all day, my teacher can’t come back till it is all cleared up.

Heaven help me now, I’m going to lose my mind by the end of the week.

Forgive me I'm new at this

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:16:40 GMT

So is it sad that I only started this journal so that I could see great pics that other people have done?