Countdown to the End of the School Year!

As I sit here on Spring Break, I am thinking about how this school year is wrapping up! On Monday, we will have 6 weeks of school left. In that time, we will have a trip to LegoLand and then I will go to the beach that same day, and then CRCT testing, Field Day, and it will be the end before we know it. It has been a school year of highs and lows. I am learning how to work with different people and I am learning that I need to work on reading a book that shows you how to work with difficult people. I am hoping for next year, that it won't be as hard concerning co-teaching. There are many things I have seen this year that I am surprised have gotten by the radar. So we will see what the plan for me is next year.
For school activities, I am working on making Egg math. It is something I have seen all over the place, but I bought the information from Fun in First and I am doing Fractions and then Place Value. I will probably do word families also. I am always looking for new activities and centers to keep everything exciting for my students.

In something new, I am not dating anyone currently. The guy from my last post, stopped talking to me and so I am back out on the scene. I am looking and we will see what happens. These guys on these dating websites are very hard to deal with. It is all part of the dating scene and being single.
Second new thing, I am applying to University of West Georgia to complete my Ed.S. program in Special Education. It is completely online and it will help me further my career. I am nervous about getting started, but I know that if I don't go ahead and do it now that when I want to get to it, life will get in the way.
Lastly, we are doing the biggest loser competition at school. I have always wanted to lose at least 15 lbs. I am working on losing 10 lbs right now. I want to win this biggest loser competition at school. I have until May 9th to lose the weight. I am exercising and trying to watch what I eat. I don't know if I am doing so well this week, but I am trying to plan out what I eat and see how I do.

Until next time!

Another year

As I am about to start back to work on Monday, I am thinking about the new year and what has happened in the past year. I have been at McLendon for a year on January 11th. This school year 2013-2014 has been a rough school year so far. I have had a big struggle with one of my co-teachers and have had a spirit of unforgiveness toward him. I have been underminded and not listened to concerning students on my caseload by him so many times, it has been hard. That is one thing I want to work on this year. Being more forgiving when I am done wrong multiple times. I noticed toward the end of the semester that when I was nice and pleasant addressing him, he struggled more. I know that I should be more forgiving, but I want people to treat my like a co-worker and to have respect toward me. But that is not my problem, that is the other person's problem. I am having to learn that. I know my lessons will not be done until I am surrendering everything.
Something new for this year, is that I am dating someone new. I am hoping that this person and I will work out for what it is meant to be. I am not rushing it or forcing it. He seems like a good guy. Mature and has his own place and has a job. The only downside is that he might be going overseas toward the end of 2014 since his unit is up for deployment. We will see what happens though. This is him and I from New Year's Eve.

Lastly, with school being out for 2 weeks, I have been off on my sleeping pattern. So come Sunday, I will be in bed before 10:00 pm so I can get enough sleep and start back to my sleeping routine. The weather is going to be super cold down here in Atlanta the next couple of days....just in time for me to start back to work and not want to get out of bed!

So here we go with 2014. 2014 will have many blessings and many struggles...what year doesn't? I am hoping to learn a lot and to not have too many struggles!