Life!!!!!!!!!!

The last few weeks have been really nice. I have been very busy doing so many wonderful things. Over Thanksgiving break I got my life a little more organized.

 I have finally set up tutoring groups and I have been working hard to tutor my students and I have to say that I think that it is working. I have been tutoring at lunch and after school and during school when I have any free time at all. It has been kind of a reward because I have seen much improvement in my students work and understanding of math. We still have a long way to go but with enough work and dedication on my part and theirs we will be very successful. I really love teaching. I know that last year was a rough year, but it was not the teaching I had a hard time with it was the behavior problems and the fact that I had four classes. It was very difficult to build any sort of relationships with my students because I didn’t have time and there was so many other things going on at school and at home. 

Tonight I am making cookies. I really don’t like baking but once in a while I will find myself baking something (it doesn’t happen very often). A few months ago I made a mini-mouse birthday cake. Oh my, it was very difficult for me. It was more work than I had anticipated. I also wanted it to be perfect because I wanted to prove that I could make something that looked professional. Well when it comes to baking I am NOT a professional, I don’t do enough baking to be very good at it. As for cooking I can really make some yummy things and I really like to cook meal. Elizabeth taught me how to cook some really good food. I still cook but not like I use to. It is hard to cook a three course meal when it is just my son and I. 

Well my son has been a little rascal the last few days. He goes through these phases where he will be really great for a few weeks and then he just has a rough day here and there. Today would be one of those days, we had a new sidewalk laid here where I live and my son felt that he should put his name in the concrete. He told me about it last night and I didn’t think anything of it. So we are walking to the car this morning and I spot his name, he wrote his name alright, he wrote it as large as he possibly could. Now that I think of it, it is kind of funny, but it wasn’t at the moment.  I don't know what he was thinking. After we got back from school I had him go to the and explain what he had done. They ended up having to refinish/redo the sidewalk. Needless to say he is grounded for the next week, and he is going to be doing some choirs around the apartments.

This weekend I have so much going on I think that my head may spin right off my neck. Tomorrow I have a work Christmas party that I am going to for a moment because I committed to bring something. Then I am headed to another Christmas Party in Houston, I committed to bring desert, which is the reason I am backing cookies. I was not going to attempt another mini-mouse cake or any other type of cake at that matter. I will stay there for a bit and then I am going to meet up with some friends I have not seen in a LONG time, and we are going dancing. Real dancing! I don’t like these free style dances, I like east coast/west coast swing type dancing. I have been dancing a few times here in Texas but nothing like I use to do in New York.  I really am not the greatest dancer however I can hold my own and I really can have a ton of fun.  Then Saturday I am helping with a mid-singles Christmas Mixer.  I am really kind of looking forward to seeing how it turns out. I hope that we have a good turn-out. We have worked hard to make it successful. I am kind of excited to meet some new faces I have not really been too involved in single stuff. I really have not been interested in the single scene the last few years. It is very different then YSA and it takes some getting used to, however I will say that I have met some extraordinary people. People that I admire and look up to, it has been a good experience overall. 

I was asked to sing in church for Christmas. I have not actually sung in over 6 years. I sing but not like I use to. I trained with a professional opera trainer for two years and later trained for 6 months to get my voice back to where it once was but life took over and I stopped training and later stopped singing. The reason I stopped singing wasn’t because I stopped training it was because I had a bad experience with a song I sang and now singing in public scares me to death. I sang with “The TROUP” for a year but I really didn’t sing like I could have or like I use to. I try to make excuses but the truth is I am scared to sing in front of people, this is the reason why you will NEVER see me get up and karaoke in front of people. When it comes to music and singing some people can be very critical, I have been on the receiving end of people’s criticisms. I am going to try again I don’t know if I will be any good but at least I am giving it a try. I am afraid that I have lost the ability to actually sing well. I guess we will see how it goes. 

I don’t know what I am doing for Christmas yet. I was thinking of inviting people that didn’t have a place to go. I remember one year when I was living in New York I had all my friends over for Christmas. I tried to make it as traditional as I could. Some spent the night Christmas Eve and others met up the next day for our Christmas meal. It was one of my most memorable Christmases. I remember feeling loved and knowing that I was with people who cared about each other. It was truly a great Christmas. I bought everyone PJ’s,(which is a tradition from my own family) and we spent the day in our PJ’s laughing, having fun and most importantly enjoying each other company and friendship. Everyone here seems to have their family. I wonder who I could have over. I guess I just need to ask. If I don’t have others come over my son and I may just go over to Crystal and Will’s for Christmas. I should probably make a decision soon since Christmas is only a few weeks away. We got our Christmas tree up. My son was so excited about it. It took us about two day to get it up and decorated. Kids help us to remember that Christmas is an exciting time of year. Of course we should never forget the real reason we celebrate Christmas.  

Well cookies are done and I should get some sleep. I have a Math test tomorrow guess we will see if all the tutoring I have been doing has been successful. I am very hopeful. I am also tired which would explain why I have babbled on and on about everything.