my life is consumed by 5 year olds

sorry i haven't posted in a few days. i have been really busy with student teaching with meetings and the multicultural festival last night. here's the past few days, all dealing with my kindergartners studying pakistan...

February 24th: me wearing a traditional pakistan scarf

February 25th: my friend who is on the cricket team at UNC came and explained it to my kindergartners. aren't they cute :)

February 26th: one of the posters of my class for the multicultural festival, when they got to hold all the cricket stuff and posed for a picture. we also wore a hat and scarf and played hopscotch.

it was a fun week! but long. i take over full time next week, and then start my unit the week after. so far it hasn't been as bad as i thought it could be. hopefully it continues to be alright! i saw shutter island last night - weird movie! but really really good. it was a psychological thriller that made me think, and i like those. i have a lot of lesson plans to write (hopefully will work on those today) and do the P90X workout i missed yesterday. then hopefully seeing new moon in the union :) and maybe going out tonight? hope it's a good weekend.

"teaching is one of the noblest professions"

February 23rd: my new cup!

it changes color to a blue color (sorta looks purple on here) when something cold hits it. it is really cool - yes i'm easily amused i guess. it's from the unc school of education and i really like the quote.

i was at a seminar for 2 hours this afternoon and while it was a pain to be gone for like 12 hours of my day (got home around 7) it was nice to get together with my fellow student teachers. only 3 days left in the week. busy, busy, busy. hope it goes by quick. for now, i'm really beat.

goodnight stars.

one day down

February 22nd: the newest background on my computer

no interesting photo opportunities today, so i decided to show the current background on my computer. i love it and it reminds me to be calm and peaceful admits all the stress.

my meeting with my supervisor and teacher went pretty well. she said my unit was one of the best she saw, so that's a plus. i'm excited to get into teaching it, actually. today wasn't awful, which is always a good thing. i was productive at home after school. i worked out, did laundry, got activities prepared for the week and watched the grey's i missed last week. 4 more days til the weekend. i have a long meeting til 6 tomorrow, florida state game wednesday, and an after school event friday that lasts until 8. i hope this week isn't as long as it seems it may be.

goodnight monday.

boys like t.swift cause she's tall

February 20th: night with the girls, before going out

February 21st: beautiful day for iced coffee and sitting outside at starbucks

i hate when the weekends go by too fast. and i hate when i feel like i didn't get as much done as i needed. i'm not organized, hence my staying up til 12:30am to get shit done for student teaching. and now i'm going to start the week off being really exhausted. hopefully i can fit a nap in tomorrow. today was so pretty outside and i just wanted to sit at starbucks forever. i really like the picture i took. tomorrow i have my three way conference with my supervisor and cooperating teacher and i'm actually really nervous. i hope my day doesn't suck tomorrow. at least my weekend was fun!

sleep, i hope to find you sometime this week.

TGIF

February 19th: raspberry vodka.

i have the power to stop underage drinking!

made a trip to the liquor store this evening with meg and bethany. i could spend hours in the liquor store looking at all the pretty bottles. i went with the basic smirnoff (i'm afraid to drink burnetts anymore because i'm afraid i'll easily get sick, so i splurge for a classier brand haha) with a raspberry twist. i had it before a long time ago - it's tasty! i only had one drink tonight. saving the rest for tomorrow night. the plan is to get a little dressed up, go out to eat, then have a night of drinking. justin got hurt in his game tonight, so that nixes the plans to go watch him play tomorrow. i'm pretty bummed.

tonight was nice hanging out with meg and betho. we just had girl talk. i haven't hung out with girls in a long time so it was really refreshing to sit around with my best friends for a few hours. i'm looking forward to tomorrow too.

i decided that this weekend, i am really going to get my life back in order. i'm going to get all my lesson plans done early and plan ahead for some things, plus revamp my unit. i'm gonna give my room a good clean and organization. i'm going to do my workouts (stretch and yoga). i'm going to make a grocery list and plan out healthy meals and actually stick to them this week. i really need to start cooking and stop eating crap stuff. i miss real meals, and i can make it happen if i put in the effort. and then of course let loose a little with friends :)

hopefully i can accomplish at least of few of those...

so excited to sleep in! goodnight.

tomorrow is friday, tomorrow is friday

what a long week.

i messed up and forgot to take a picture on tuesday. i knew it was bound to happen!

here's the past 2 days...

February 17th: bye bye chocolate

i decided to give up sweets for lent. i have been eating a lot of them lately, mixed with parties at school, random treats given to us, and valentine's candy. i try to always limit, but they are so hard to resist so i think it will be a fitting challenge, especially since i will be offered them more often than i have in the past. i'll miss you, chocolate and candy.

February 18th: a typical morning routine

here is my oatmeal and computer, basically how i eat breakfast every morning. i quickly took this picture this morning, figuring i may not have another opportunity for a good picture the rest of the day.

it's 10:45 and i've already taken a nap this evening and i'm about to go to bed. being a teacher sure wears me out. the boys are gone to DC this weekend, but bethany is coming to CH, so it should be fun. and we're going to watch justin play baseball and hang out with some old friends. looking forward to it. and being able to sleep in!

today was mine and chris' 22 month anniversary. 2 more months until our 2 year! i've never been with anyone for so long. i guess i'll keep him around :)

is it the weekend?

February 15th: some of the stuff my kiddies got me for valentine's day :)

even though i wasn't able to make the celebration, i still got all the great things my students brought me. they are so so so sweet. i love them to death, even though they drive me crazy. i've been working on lesson plans and planning all evening for like 4 hours. it's after midnight, so i need to try to sleep. goodnight!

ups and downs

i haven't blogged in a while. i got really sick (bad stomach virus accompanied with fever going around my classroom right now) and was out of commission for a few days. i finally felt 100% better yesterday. so here is what has been going on since last tuesday...

February 10th: my first set of sentence strips/lamination job

i found, wrote out, and laminated this poem for valentine's day for my kindergartners. sadly, i only got to read it with them one day before my sickness.

the duke game was also this day, but we lost so i didn't want to recount it :)

February 11th: sickness day one

that night, i woke up a few hours after i went to sleep and was up the rest of the night with awful stomach pains and getting sick to my stomach. i had a fever when i checked it in the morning, and then laid around all day. chris bought me gatorade and sara gave me crackers. i finally drank and ate a little that night when i felt a little better. miserable day.

February 12th: sickness day two

chris was kind enough to bring me this tasty coffee drink while he was out running errands. that and saltines were the only thing i managed to eat, but my fever was gone and i wasn't sick to my stomach anymore. a better day. had to miss my class valentine's party though :(

February 13th: 100 years of carolina basketball!

this is actually at the state game. i felt better saturday, so i used my ticket and went. this was at halftime and these are former players from all the decades. it was really neat and fun to be a part of and see. and we beat state!

February 14th: valentine's flowers from the boy :)

i had a good valentine's day and felt 100% better. i spent the morning making the peanut butter cookies with the hersey kiss in the middle that chris likes. then he came and brought me these pretty flowers, a wall decoration that says "laugh", and a candle, and we went to see "valentine's day" - it was a really good movie i thought! a lot of things at the end i didn't see coming. then we had sushi...yum. it was a good day.

i might be back tonight to post my picture for today. i just did this before i worked out and did work/planning for tomorrow because i needed a break. maybe this week will actually be my first full week at school? hopefully so.

100 + pajamas

February 9th: pajama day at school!

i got to rock some sweet bottoms today. they are actually sara's; i unfortunately don't have any cute pajamas up here (or probably not at all) but sara kindly let me borrow. it was nice to dress down for a day. and the kids looked SO cute in their pajamas and robes. and then we did 100 day activities all day and made crowns and the school had a parade. it was a lot of fun. i forgot i had brought my camera, but maybe my CT can send me some pictures. they were so cute and had a lot of fun. it definitely reminded me of why i wanted to be a teacher once again. things are slowly getting better and i am starting to look more forward to each day.

i'm waking up at 5am to do yoga because i won't have another chance tomorrow. we play dook, i'm going, and we better win...which could be a long shot.

goodnight kids.

nothing says love like candy

February 8th: the valentines i bought for my kindergartners

i lamented for several minutes in CVS trying to pick out the box of valentines for the kids in my class (shocker, i know). i was going to get these dog ones with red lollipops, but the cards displayed on the box were weird...i'm hoping these are appropriate enough. and i'm sure the kids like dum dum's...although in hindsight, i can imagine them fighting over flavors on friday. oh well. the thing that really got me was the 2 teacher cards i can give to each of my cooperating teachers ;)

it's an exciting week at the school. 100th day tomorrow and valentine's day celebration friday. i think i'm getting the hang of this teacher thing...it's growing on me, which is good since it will be my profession soon, ha. my read aloud flopped this afternoon because the kids weren't paying attention/were excited but you win some and lose some.

bed time. pajama day tomorrow too!

goodnight valentines.

case of the mondays

February 7th: sign with quote in the upstairs of a bar (east end)

it says "Everyone has to choose to be something someday; today I choose to be drunk :)"

this was technically taken when i was out playing DD on saturday night, but it was well after midnight and i really thought the quote was cute and funny. very fitting for my last semester here.

it's midnight so i need to desperately go to bed. i'm rather tired. i need to get my life in order this week. i add math to my teaching list this week, so i'm kind of nervous. this is my actual first full week at the school (provided we don't get any random snow storms), so we'll see how it goes. plus i have a family night at the school tuesday and dook game wednesday. it's going to be a long week. mondays are the worst. this quote will probably be welcomed come friday. also, sad peyton didn't win the super bowl. but oh well.

goodnight weekend.

lazy day

February 5th: pro sports birthday party outfits.

February 6th: starbucks trip with mego

i could spend so much money buying coffees, tea, travel cups, and cute mugs.

last night was a lot of fun, and took my mind off some sad things i found out that is happening to a girl and boy at elementary school (the sister is in my class). it's just sad to think about the environment some of these kids live in. i wish i could take them home with me or my family and give them a good life that they deserve.

made it through the first week of P90X. wasn't too bad. i'm a bit sore all over though. but nothing too terrible. i wish i had money to buy new clothes, decorations for my room, new furniture, and mugs/travel coffee cups. i need to go get valentines for my class this weekend - pretty excited about that! teaching is getting better and better everyday. i still don't think kindergarten is for me, but i do love them and it's getting easier. i admit i will miss them when this semester is over. i actually have a very long to do list tomorrow and a super bowl party, so i think we're just watching a movie and hopefully being low key tonight. i feel so tired and lazy today.

good evening

oatmeal love

February 4th: my breakfast, lovely banana bread oatmeal with cinnamon and blueberries

yes, i know my picture is very boring. but i thought about it right before i ate that i didn't know if i'd have any opportunity for a good picture, so i thought i'd snap one of my usual breakfast every morning (the oatmeal flavor changes everyday though). and i didn't have anything else really to take a picture of today, so i was right. plus, i read some food blogs and i always think they're pretty cool. maybe i'll do that someday. school was fine. the kids were surprisingly good today, but i'm pretty exhausted. maybe it's a mix of the day and of P90X. i can see this semester being a long one.

the weekend should be fun though.

gonna watch the end of the heels game (i reeeeally hope we pull out a win) and get to bed. supposed to start to have icy weather early morning, so we'll see what happens. and be super cold, which i am not looking forward to. and i'm expecting to be super sore tomorrow.

goodnight world.

calm body, calm mind

February 3rd: caribou! i love you.

this was my first trip to caribou since christmas break (which, okay wasn't that long ago...a month probably...but it just feels like a long time). yes, last time i went was with ivette, studying for the praxis. i love my coffee treats and i think coffee and blogging fit well together. i had a lot of free time today because my teacher decided not to go in to school. i got some productive stuff in, had to go turn in my unit, and of course made a caribou stop. then i lounged with the boy and did P90X yoga with meg. it is a long hour and a half, yet relaxing, and it feels good when it's over. except i know i'm going to be so sore tomorrow.

we have a 2 hour delay tomorrow so i get to sleep in and we don't have to make it up :)

showering and going to watch a movie with christopher.

the weekend is almost here!

happy groundhog day!

February 2nd: my classroom!

yes this is the room i spend all day, everyday

today was another snow day, as i said, and my teacher went in to get a little work done, so i did too. i'm feeling much better, which is a relief. i got this quick snap shot on my phone while i was there so i could show the world my lovely kindergarten classroom.

just got a text from my teacher as we speak - no school tomorrow either. will i ever have a normal life again? there goes the first day of my spring break now.

i wish i had a really nice camera and knew how to do photography. that is something i want to do someday. pictures are so pretty.

here are two quotes i liked from my tea bottle caps:

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others" - Gandhi

"To bend a bamboo, start when it is a shoot" - Malaysian Proverb

P90X, turkey burgers, and going to the boy's on the agenda for the rest of the evening.

for the soul

February 1st: (no) chicken noodle soup for the soul. and for my cold!

these amy's soups are so good. there's so many kinds i like. and yes, i still have a nasty cold. for about half the day i feel like crap. BUT i did finish my unit! such a relief. it's just the actual teaching it looming in the distance that scares me.

can't believe february is here. no school again tomorrow. kinda happy, but means that both our teacher workdays in the next 2 months are gone. no break until april :(

i hope i can survive it.

i may have to go in tomorrow. not sure at what time yet though. i don't want to since the weather is gonna be gross, but oh well. i still have some lesson plans and reflections to finish tonight (or tomorrow). and i'm watching food network. i like down time. day 2 of P90X complete. it was a rough one, especially with a cold. but i trucked through. i know i will be sore tomorrow.

goodnight friends.

but the party don't stop

okay, i am a bad blogger. here are the past few days i've been slacking...

January 26th: how i felt about working on my unit all day long (day 2 of 3)

January 27th: we beat state!

this was technically on the 26th that we beat them but this was taken after midnight at PTs on franklin on the only tuesday night i can go out this semester. and it has been our only real significant basketball win of the season. they are few and far between.

January 28th: my sweet ariel bling.

got this from a cupcake at school - we had a going away party for one of my favorite little girls who moved back to korea. very sad :(

January 29th: my first time playing shuffle board

this is at bub's on franklin on a friday night. we walked in the snow. chris and i lost, haha

January 30th: pretty UNC quad in the snow. fun snow day.

January 31st: day one of P90X. wish me luck.

i had a pretty fun weekend in the snow. however, i caught a terrible cold this weekend. i have felt like death today. school already got cancelled for tomorrow due to the icy roads expected in the morning, so i have tomorrow to finish my unit. thus, i'm praying that i feel way better than i did today/do right now because i have a lot i need to get done tomorrow. plus getting sick right at the beginning of working out again is not fun. i can't really think of anything else exciting that's going on. i miss my family.

goodnight winter wonderland.