What a great few weeks I have had? I have had a lot of my mind but when you are doing the best you can, no matter what you are worried about things seem to work out. My son has been having a really hard time, I have been trying to spend some more time with him and it seems to be helping. We have been doing Family Home Evening (FHE) for the last month; mind you we hardly had it before it became our family new year’s resolution. The first FHE we went over to someone’s house and had FHE with the singles. The second we learned about making a menu and we talked about eating healthy and then we made a meal plan and went shopping. Hehehehe! Got my shopping in and taught my son how to go shopping. Then last week we just had a quiet evening and we learned about wisdom. Last night I asked my son what he wanted to do and he told me he wanted to go bike riding (he just got a new bike) and I thought uuuuugggg. Me and bike riding, YAY not the greatest thing! The last time I went bike riding was over 10 years ago, it was awful, I went with my friend and she was doing wonderful and I didn’t make it more than ½ a mile before we had to turn back. I am sure you can understand my hesitation however I borrowed a bike from a friend who lives nearby and we went bike riding, and guess what I SURVIVED, who would have thought right? We rode about 2 miles, Mind you, I had already walked a mile with some friends that I am going to be running/walking in a 5K run this coming Saturday. Maybe it was the walking that gave me the endurance to do a bike ride. After we got back we talked about having a regular exercise program and how exercise can help us.
I have to say that I had a wonderful weekend. I went to
UIL and my kiddos did amazing and it was great. After I drove up to Houston and
met a friend and went to the zoo. It was such a beautiful day. We just enjoyed
the kids. I am learning so much. I am so use to having so much to talk about
but things have changed and my life is very much the same from week to week. I
guess I have a boring life now. Hahahaha! It takes work to have a fun life and
I don’t know if I am up to working any more then I already do. I am just being
L A Z Y! However, lately I have been much better at planning some things. I
think our next big adventure is a trip to New York. I have applied for summer
school and that will be my vacation money. I really want to take my son to see the
outer banks, Washington DC. New York City and Palmyra (to see the Palmyra Pageant).
I have never been to Liberty Jail and I have always wanted to go so it is going
to be a round trip if I have my way. It sounds so much fun but it will take a
lot of planning. There are many things that I have to take into account as
well. I may be moving to Pearland or Sugarland area, if I do that I will most
likely move schools as well to Savannah Lakes, Don Jeter or Mary Merek. I am
leaning more towards Pealand though so that I can stay at the school I am at. I
would like to move closer to Houston. If I move and things don't settle down so seem solid before I want to go I will have to plan it for another time.
I have been working on a grant for my school. If I get
the grant, there will be no question; I will not be moving schools. I have been
doing a lot of research and I have two great ideas, I have to pass them by my principal.
Which I meant to do today however I was so busy that I did not get around to
getting into her office to speak with her; so hopefully tomorrow. Then the
writing of the grant can begin. YAY! I am trying to incorporate technology so
that we can get some kindle fires for the school. There are so many great math
aps that could really help my students. We live in a changed world, everything
and everyone is tech savvy. If you don’t use technology you are going to fall
behind.
I am headed into my 5th year of teaching and
it is time for me to apply for a science/math grant. In the State of Texas if
you teach math or science you can apply for a grant that will pay $17,000 of
your student loans. I need to start the process soon; I don’t think that it
takes too much. One of the teachers I worked with last year did it and got
accepted. Do you know how great that would? I would be almost done with my loan
and could be completely out of debt by 2014. That includes my car as well. Oh
how wonderful that would be.
I guess I should get some work done. When I have a
whole lot on my mind, which I have had the last few days, writing calms my mind,
so does reading however when I get into a book I can’t put it down and I don’t
get any sleep. Hehehehe!
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