Is there a sign?

I think there was a sign on the front of my car this morning that said "Pull out in front of me or cut me off. I don't mind!"
I say this because not 1, not 2, not even 3 people did it to me throughout the course of the day. Try 8! I am not exaggerating either. I'm talking slam my breaks on they are coming! It was insane! I think I need to put my NRA (National Rifle Association) sticker on the front of my car instead of on the back. They might think twice about doing it then!!

Too early!

I think 5:20 in the morning is too early to start waking up. Yes, I said start. If you have read my past blogs you know that the snooze button and I are good friends. This morning I only hit it for 20 minutes. Much better than my 2 hour date with it yesterday morning. I just can't get motivated for meetings. This whole "teacher work week" is actually "teacher meeting week." I haven't got much work done. I still have things in both offices, all the new equipment is in one closet (the guys and I did unpack it at least,) you can't see my desk, and I haven't even begun to think about a lesson plan. Since Monday I have been in a meeting. I might have 20 minutes between them. That is enough time to just get started and on a roll doing something before I am whisked away to my next meeting. You can tell the atmosphere in the building isn't a positive one because of this too. We are all complaining. As a member of Leadership Council I am going to bring it up I think.
Today we aren't even in the building! All middle school teachers are going to one place. There is nothing we can do about this though, it is a county decision, but the rest of it has to be fixed.
I am ready for Winter Break and the kids haven't even come back! Oh, and I was taken off of morning bus duty and given 6th grade lunch every day! Not happy about that either. I know I can't always get what I want but the lady they put out there doesn't want it at all. Just saying, if the teachers are miserable, the kids will be. It isn't all bad. it is a great school. I am hoping we are just off track this week.
I am sure I'll let y'all know :)

Introducing Lonestar Lonnie

This is Lonestar Lonnie. I made her yesterday in that sewing class I mentioned in yesterday's blog. I was right about $50 being better than $400. I learned a lot, most importantly how to use the embroidery part of my machine. I still want to take the other classes, but this was a great start. The face is all embroidered and the star motif below. It really wasn't hard. I did mine in muted colors and everyone else did brights or metallics. The teacher, and creator of this project, had never seen one done like mine and she really liked it. She said it was more Americana and then she said she needed an Americana one (she has several like Heirloom Hope, Crazy Patch Carol, Appliqué April... ). She was thinking of a name and I said "Americana Amelia." She loved it. I told her if I saw it I better get a free class on her :)! Anyway, now that I know how to use my machine more, hopefully you will be seeing a lot more pictures of things I am making. Of cousre school is about to start up so I will have to neglect my job to do my hobby :)

AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!

I went up to the school yesterday with the intention of only being there for the new teacher luncheon. I stayed till 6 pm. I started cleaning out a closet and organizing it. Then I got a call to come to the principal's conference room. One of my fellow PE teachers had just resigned. Just resigned...the Friday before teachers report on Monday. Guess what I get to do this weekend? Comb over resumes, make phone calls and hopefully do some phone interviews. I was hired over the phone. I only have 4 resumes to go from right now. Slim pickin's. The good thing is that I was trying to figure out the best way to tell her (the lady that quit) that I was going to take her office. Now I don't have to! She is moving out out on Monday. I can't say I am going to miss her too much. I mean she is really nice and sweet, but kinda set in her ways.
I am going to the chiropractor today! Good thing too because my neck is hurting this morning a lot and giving me a headache. Then I have a class at the Springfield Sewing center today. I hope to use it as a quick way to figure out how to set up the embroidery part of my machine. $50 is better than $400 right now.

Keep praying for Bennett Speck. You can read up on him at www.prayingforbennett.blogspot.com. You can read posts by Travis and Kelly if you click the link at the top right-hand side of that blog.

I'm not ready!!

I am not ready to go back to work! I need about one more month. That should do it. I know, you're thinking, shut up, what are you complaining about, you have 2 months off in the first place. True, true, but I also have to deal with 11-14 year olds 7 and a half hours a day 10 months out of the year. Want to trade?

On a completely different note....I want to get my hair cut. This is never easy for me. I want to keep it long, I want it to be easy to fix in the morning, oh, and I want it STRAIGHT! I want it long so I can put it back, and I like to sleep so I need something quick to fix. And I am not to happy with my curls....AT ALL. I got a straight perm one time and the lady that did it said she had never seen it not take.....till me. I have tried to embrace my curls and have gone curly the past couple of weeks. I hate it. So I have to do something. Maybe a wig?

Praying for Bennett

I know most people that read my blog will already know about little Bennett Speck and what he is going through, not to mention Travis and Kelli. I knew Travis when he was in high school and would lead singing where I went to church when his brother couldn't be there. It's a small world isn't it? I am so sure that our God, the only God will be faithful to us that I crocheted him a little hat tonight. I can't wait to see him wear it!

When there is nothing else to write about...

All of the phone numbers have fallen out of your address book. Whose number do you look for first and why?

OK, this kinda happened to me....twice. I don't know about you but I don't remember many phone numbers anymore. They are all in my cell phone. I remember numbers I had before I had one like my parent's and my sister's phone numbers. The first time it happened my screen dies on my cell phone. The phone worked but I couldn't see any numbers on the screen. When I got my new phone I was able to transfer some of the numbers but not all of them. The next time was about a month later when my cell phone was stolen (there are times I hate teaching in a middle school.) There was no recovering them this time. I got a cheap little phone and had few numbers in it. I did write down some of the numbers before, but not the majority of them. So, which ones did I not write down that I missed the most? That would be a friend of mine in Texas that I hadn't talked to in a couple of weeks and it was my turn to call. What was I going to do? Then I had a stroke of genius (yes me) and I scrounged up an old phone bill. They have all the numbers you called and that called you listed and the city it is registered in. I found lots of numbers that way! This time I did write them down though :)!
What number would you look for first?