Daylight Savings!

Man, anybody else having their butt kicked by this thing we call Daylight Savings? The past two days have been horrible. I can't get out of bed in the morning and really it is hard for me to actually get to sleep. We really shouldn't mess with our biological clocks this way!

The training I have been at the last two days has been good. I feel like I am reflecting on my classroom a lot and learning some stuff. The time has gone fast and I really have been thankful for free food.

Today a friend took me to Wingers for my birthday. Tomorrow a few more friends will take me. Quite spectacular to celebrate a birthday for pretty much a whole week! SCORE!

I don't want to work tomorrow. I guess I shouldn't complain. I only have to teach two times this week!

Later!

I AM a Keeper!

31 years. What a milestone! If you sensed the sarcasm there, they you truly are my friend.

The birthday was a bash to remember. Funny how birthdays seem less exciting the older you get. The pictures are from Red Robin. Man, I do love that place. It tastes good even on my birthday! My friends are awesome. They even bought me presents, which I never expect, but am always pleasantly pleased with. I made the jackpot as always. Not the Powerball winner like I would love to win; the prize is at 267 Million this week, but it will do!

I also was able to go to lunch with the librarian and walk a mile for The Red Cross. It was a busy and eventful day.

Sunday and today were less eventful. Today, I had a sub and only one of the classes was naughty. That is pretty good odds seeing there were 7 classes to deal with. The naughty kids will be re-taking their test on Wednesday, when I get back, unlike the good Health class, who will be able to have some time for relaxation. I like that idea.

The conference I am attending was great as always. I learn a lot of stuff about how to better teach language learners.

I guess I can tell you all about my trip to Iowa now, seeing my mother found out via my brother. Stinking brother! I am going to Iowa to visit my brother for his birthday. There may be some other motives for the trip...but I won't get into them. Pretty much I am treating most people like the paparazzi these days. You will have to wait for Star Magazine to get the real scoop, I guess. I will leave on Friday and return on Tuesday. Good times. I will have a sub for 6 of the next ten days. Kinda gonna be crazy in my classroom, but I really don't care. They will survive!

Well, that is it for today. I should be sleeping. (Seems like a common theme in this blog!)

Let the Festivities Begin!

Yesterday at work everybody was so nice to me and helped kick off my Birthday so well! Thanks all for making my birthday a fun day!  (even if it was only the day before my birthday.)

The highlight was my Barbie cake.  A co-worker heard me say one time that I never got a Barbie cake growing up and changed that for me at 31.  Thanks so much Sharri!

Today will be filled with walking a mile for the Red Cross, eating Red Robin and going to movies.  Should be my kind of day which is how is should be on my birthday.  Have a great day!  I know I will!

Brett Favre

A legacy has come to an end. Brett Favre announced this week that he will retire from the Green Bay Packers. I am sure that I just lost about 80% of you, but that is okay. This news really wasn't too much of a surprise to me. I actually thought it would probably happen this year. The news still is a little hard to take. Brett has led the Packers for most of my memory. I only can remember two of the Packers quarterbacks. Don Majkowski and Brett Favre. Majkowski was not the best quarterback and mainly I remember yelling at the TV in anguish at him. Favre, on the other hand, is unforgettable. I remember being in college and the Packers actually winning the Superbowl and being led by Brett. It was awesome. He holds most of the records for quarterbacks in the NFL. I think I was most impressed with the consecutive starts record. That man didn't even miss a game the day after his father died. Packer fans everywhere are going to miss our Brett Favre so much! Okay, enough with the sports tribute. The weeks is almost over. I am glad it is Friday tomorrow. It is the last day of me being 30. I totally should think of something that I have to do before I am 31. Tomorrow is a half day at school. We will get free lunch before we have to grade an essay test. At least there is free food! :) I think that is all I have today. It is still not spring yet. Why not?

Oh...The Small Things.

I do not have that much to type about today. This evening I have spent about 5 hours in front of the TV. Really, I just didn't feel like doing anything else.

Here is a funny thing that just made my day. As I was driving home from taking one of my co-workers home, I saw a woman walking down the street. It would have been enough just to see her in her coat that had a HUGE marijuana leaf on the back of it, but as I passed her, she totally tripped and almost fell. Yet again, proof that you should not use drugs of any type, and if you are using, you should not advertise it! It made my day! I wish I could have video taped it for use during my drug prevention unit in Health!