I LOVE TEACHING!!

Ok so this past week I have been at a science confrence. I was so excited to go but I didn't know what to expect. IT was great!!! I was able to learn so much this week I feel great about teacing science. Ok so science teaching has changed since we all went to school. WE don't teach out of books anymore, we use Kits. They are boxes full of supplies. ALong with the box is a book of lesson plans and how to use all the supplies. Now to someone who isn't a teacher may think that we are cheating when we use the kits because the have the plans all laid out. NOT TRUE!! YEs the kits help keep the supplies in order and it provides supplies that other wise you wouldn't have access to, but this week just proves that these kits are alot harder then you think. For example, the human body kit the children have to use sticks, rubber band, paperclips, and these rubber things to creating a working model of the leg. Now that is one assignment that the children have a hard time with. As a teacher it is sometimes a hassel to use the ktis because you have to do alot of oraganization to get things in order. Anyway not to bore you but this week was great. It opened the door to many diffrent teaching oppurtunities that I am excited to search out. This week has only made me a better teacher even though it was REALLY long.

Ok so they were supposed to frame the house this week, but of course it rained four inches or so, so we aren't sure if they have. We are going to swing by there this afternoon and see. I hope they did something. They are saying now we wont move in till September :( I am so mad, not because of the house, but because of the rent in the appartment. We have to pay a ton of money for rent these month and to add another one just cuts into the saving plan. ohwell that is life, and God wont give us to much, so I am just chugging along.

Ok I start summer school in two weeks and I am a tad scared. I am not sure yet what I am going to do, nor have a clue where to start. I go to a planning on teh 6th so I kow that will help, but you know I am getting paid for this and its hard because I want the children to get something out of it. So pray that I don't screw these kids up.

Ok so I finished another book, and it is called picture perfect. Also by Jodi Picoult. Now this book was also a good one, but the ending made me mad. I knew why she ended it that way, to make you think and imagine, but I wanted it to end the way I had imagined it would. Isn't that with every book. I love her books because they step outside of the normal reads and make you think. I am reading another one called keeping faith. Which to me is a stretch to read. It is about a family that the mom and dad are getting a divorce. The daughter takes it really hard and starts having an imaginary friend. The friend turns our to be God. Now I probably lost some of you but the story isn't all about her and her friend, I belive its going to be about building faith and knowing that God is there and real. I am not sure how it will end since I just started it but we will see. I also started to read Kite Runner, but I havne't really gotten into that one yet.

this is gonna be short, but I had to share

Ok so I just read two GREAT books!! I have read tons and tons of great books, but these two are fresh in my mind, and I am reading a third that is just as good. So I read "My Sister's Keeper" and "Vanishing Act" by Jodi Picoult!! They were both amazing. The way she writes the story makes you think you are there. I mean everything I read I feel that way but these two stuck out. Right now I am reading "Tenth Circle" aslo by Jodi!! I def. recommend going out and getting these three books. I am such a reader that reading a book makes me live another life. I am able to get into another persons like and buisness without getting in trouble. I think people who are people watchers are people that like to read. This is only based on me of course, but I couldn't imagine someone who loves to watch other stragers go through their daily lives, and not love to read. By reading you are able to get into someone else life in such depth, you almost forget you aren't really there. Like right now as I type this all I can think about is the girl in Tenth Circle and how the next few events are going to play out. I sit here and think like she is a friend or neighbor, someone I can call up and ask how they are. Its almost freaky to think about how much I get sucked into these stories. I just do. Matt doesn't understand, but then again he is SOOOO not a people watcher. He just think about life the way I do. Its hard sometimes but we balance each other out. He makes me put the book down, or makes me stop starring at the person at the table across from me. Well I said it would be short so I lied, I get carried away sometimes. DEF GO READ THESE BOOKS!!

Summer begins

Well we just got back from the beach. We went because matt had a confrence he had to attend with work and they paid for everything, so I tagged along. We had so much fun. Through the weekend I thought these four days were so much better then our honeymoon because of so many things. This confrence is geared towards family and fun. They had so many things you could do. One night they had a beach party, another night was casino night where they gave you chips and you played games and then cashed them in for tickets to put in for prizes. It was so much fun. I laid at the pool the times he worked. There were TONS of people there. The hotel we stayed at was the one he took me to on my 18th birthday. The best and worst part of the trip was this. So they had a fifty fifty raffel. You paid twenty dollars for five tickets. Fifty percent of the money goes towards PAC which is the pollitical action commitee, which basically goes to congress and the government and lobbies for insurance. They basically get face time with legislation so that they get their voice heard. The other fifty percent you won if your ticket was drawn. Ok so matt and I NEVER win anything!!!! Well that night was our lucky night. We won a thousand dollars. I thought matt was going to pee in his pants. We were SHOCKED!!! So the worst part is, that in this organization it is only the right thing to do, to donate your winnings to PAC! So matt went up there took a ten out to buy a drink and told them he wanted to donate the rest of the money to PAC!! They gave him a standing ovation. Now I would have to say that many people in that room wouldn't have done that, but it was the right thing to do. This confrence wasn't about his company it was about the agents that provide his company with buisness. Even though we REALLY REALLY needed that money, we both know in our heart that it was the right thing to do. His boss sure was proud of him, and there must have been ten people that said that if Tee doesn't do Matt right, they would hire him in a heartbeat. Its hard to thin about losing that money in a good way. We really would have been doing well if we had kept it, but in all honesty we would have felt horrible if we kept it. The people that bought the tickets weren't really buying them to win, they were donating that money to pac. So winning that money wasn't like a normal raffel you were winning money that people spent with the intentions of it going to PAC!! Ohwell, in ten years that thousand dollars will have helped us earn ten times more hopefully!!

Well on the house note, we went by there yesterday and they have set the land aroundt he basement so that looks good. Next tuesday is our pre drywall date. I doubt we will walk through then, but we will see. Hopefully they will start framing the end of this week. I can't wait for it to be done.

Yesterday was te first day in a long time that made me sad I was in Raleigh. I asked matt if he had called his dad since it was father's day and he said yes, and that he was going to hang out with Katie and Chris. All of a sudden I got that sad feeling, because we wont have that ever if we live up here. I am so happy that Chris and Katie are there, because his parents love their childrne and LOVE LOVE having them around, but I am sad because we wont be there ever to just hang out unless we make a trip to Charlotte. I know it was a choice we made which I LOVE it here, and I love our house and the community, but its hard because I love my family more!! I want them around, and they aren't. I called my dad a million times yesterday and no answer. I was sad because if I lived in Charlotte we would have made a trip there. I think right now it isn't near as bad as it will be when we have children. I will want them to be around family and it is hard. I have been thinking about this alot, not just yesterday. I have really thought about five years from now what will things look like. I am not a planner, but I like to know what is going on and I knwo I can't know everything.

Well summer is looking good. I have started planning for my summer school and started getting ideas for next year. It is so funny how my brain works. I can't get it to stop, sometimes I just have to sit with a note pad so I can get all the ideas down. I can't wait till we actually have money so I can buys some supplies. My room is coming together. I got TONS of books from three teachers. I actually have a library!! I can't wait to set it all up and organize it. If anyone wants to come help feel free to come this way!! I am so excited because this is my first year!! I want to make things happen and I want my children to learn. Of course that is every teachers goal!! I can't wait for school to start back and for the childrne to come!!!

Well I am off to a class to learn how to teach writing.

We are DONE!

Well life right now is bitter sweet. My fifth graders are on their way to sixth grade. I am sad they are gone cause that means we are done, but very happy they are gone cause they were stressful!!! I am so ready for the few days I have off but I am so excited about summer school. I really wanted this job. I am teaching third grade so that will be nice.

Well the house basement is on the way. The pictures show that they are working, but they are working really really slow. I mean we took those pics two weeks ago and we went yesterday and still the same. I wish I knew what they were doing.

Well life is going well. Money is tight but that is life. We are working hard and we are getting to that point in our life that things will be good. Our marriage is great. We are really getting a hang of each other. I mean its been the best year of our relationship.

Well our principal said he wasn't coming back next year. That is also bittersweet because you never know who you are going to get. I mean the person we get may bad, but then again that person could be great. Monday we get to sit with a person to talk about what we want. OUr vice principal would be great. So we will see!!!

Well we leave for the beach in three days. I can't wait!!! We haven't had a real vacation in so long. Matt has to work but that is ok I am going to go to the beach and to the pool. It is senior week so I might see some people I know, but I am really bummed that it is going to suck if all those people are there. I didn't go my senior week because I am not part of that crowd. So we will see.