Watching TV in 3D Brings Back Memories.

I picked up some 3D glasses to watch one of my favorite TV shows in 3D tonight. It was not that impressive. Maybe it is cooler when you are younger. I kept being bugged by the weird colors and only watched half in 3D. Lame. I guess I am not young anymore. It did make me remember being young though, so I guess it wasn't a total loss.

Today was a typical Monday. I did not want to go to work and the students didn't want to be there. I am really irritable lately. I do not know if it is because I am too tired or if it has everything to do with being frustrated. I think it has everything to do with the news of the school and how it makes it seem not worth going. That, of course, is not true, but sometimes the way we feel makes falsehood seem true.

I bought a lot of stuff for my Leadership Class' Valentine's Day party. I told my students of my hatred of Valentine's Day and they decided that we should have a party to make me like Valentine's Day again. We are going to decorate shoe boxes just like in Elementary School and also give each other cards. I think it will be fun. I even wrapped my box tonight and plan on decorating it tomorrow. Exciting.

Well, it is four minutes past bedtime. I best be moving to bed!

Change.....hmmm not always good!

Well, I have not blogged much this week because of a numbness of emotions.

Mom-Please do not worry. This will sound bad but it could make for some possibilities in my life.

We found out this week that our school is going to be cut by about 50% next year. The Utah Legislature is going to cut the education budget by about 11 million dollars for the next year. This is going to cause every district in the state to do some major budget cuts. Our district is hurting bad already and this has only made the problem worse. Anyway, what this means for our school is that it is going to be restructured. There will not be any freshmen at Independence next year. There will also only be a staff of about 9 instead of the 18 teachers that now teach. (Funny how my mom a few weeks ago said to me: "Good thing you and your sister are in a profession where you do not have to worry about job security").

I was really mad about this news. Not only do we all fear for our jobs at our school but we also are a family and I cannot imagine walking through those halls with half of my family gone. Also, we care about our students and in the end that is who is going to hurt by this decision to cut our program. I am not too worried about my job. I feel I have a good chance to be one of the nine that stays seeing that Health and PE are required core classes and I am the department, but you never know. I have already come up with a plan as to what I would do if out of a job. I probably would move back to Wisconsin and work some half the pay job for a year until I could get accepted into the journalism graduate program in Madison(I missed the deadline for Fall 2009 already!). I also may work in the District for a year(I am tenured so if I am not at Independence they will try an alternated placement for next year at a different school) and then proceed with the same plan. It is all up in the air until we know exactly what is going to happen with Independence and the state budget. (the state legislature will finish voting in the next week or so)

I really don't want to work at any other school and I do not have a mortgage to pay so I am in a good place to make other plans in life. I am working real hard right now to pay off my car so that debt will not kill me if I decide to do something else in life. It is funny how sometimes your plans are laughed at by the guy upstairs. I was perfectly content with just waiting and seeing what happened in my life but plans always change and sometimes we may be forced to do different things. So all in all, I have been mad, sad and angry this week. That is normal. I am getting to the point of acceptance of this huge change in my life but I am not quite there. I may be a little weepy about it for a few weeks so let's not talk about it! (that was mainly for mom or any of you that may be close by and actually have a conversation with me.)

I still am one of the faith that thinks everything happens for a reason and that things always work out in the end. This is just another bump in the journey. It will be exciting(even if a little scary) to see how things will work out!

Well, have a great day! I am going to live in denial until the plans are all finalized. I am going to see a movie tonight and go to lunch with some friends this afternoon. Cheers!

Not Sleeping.

I am not sleeping right now. I am chatting on Facebook. Have I every told you about my Facebook addiction? I have one. I fully admit it. I spend countless hours online stalking old friends, playing games(especially bowling) and sometimes chatting.

Sometimes I do not want to go to sleep either. This is just part of who I am. I really need Alice time. If I don't enough of it, I stay up later. That is what is happening tonight. Not that I did not enjoy my night, because I did. I played the Wii with a couple of friends. It was way fun. I am addicted to Mario Cart. It is awesome. I just didn't get much Alice at home alone time. I am actually learning to appreciate alone time in my older age. It is nice. It is not good for me when I stay up too late though. I am then crabby the next day. SIGH....life is hard sometimes.

Today was a day. Not too much excitement. The highlight at work was getting this fabulous tube of lip balm. It is from the college I graduated from. I got this balm from the counselor at my school. She got it in the mail and thought of me. I never got to be a True Aggie, which means you kissed somebody by The Old Main Building on Homecoming or a full moon. It is a crazy tradition. Anyway, now I am prepared for my chance to become a True Aggie.

I better get to my bed.

Later.

P.S.

I made it back to Provo with no problems. So you all don't worry!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

I know, I need to quit complaining about snow because it is winter after all. I really don't think I can not complain about it. I really should have picked someplace where it does not snow to live. SIGH.

I may be stuck in Salt Lake for the night, which means I will have a very early morning commute tomorrow morning to get to work for the day. That will be a challenge. I am hoping it will let up and let me drive home tonight. SIGH again!

This weekend has been good. I got to sleep in yesterday and then I headed up to Salt Lake to visit with my friend Christina and her family. I played rugby at Utah State with her as well as spent a lot of time in English classes with her. It was so nice to re-connect. Her little boy is also very, very cute and her husband is so very nice. He fried up some Alaskan Halibut for fish tacos and they were so very yummy!

I stayed with the Bills. They are always so nice to me and let me stay at Hotel Bills. It is a lot like Hotel California but different!

My girls basketball team lost again on Friday but they did much better with defense. I am hoping that we can play like we did Friday against the team we play on Friday. I am very optimistic that we could actually get a W.

Well, I hope you are enjoying the weather where ever you are because I am not. Night!