First Day of School!

Today was the first day of school! Boy was it eventful! I was already a little nervous about being the "new" teacher at the high school, but I felt pretty confident this morning on my way to work.  I was told by my department chair that we had to be at work at 7:15 (nothing different from Arizona), but that I better get there early if I didn't want to get stuck in the traffic.  Well I got there this morning at 7am this morning and the front parking lot was almost full! There were also kids being dropped off already.  

After I walked in my room and started to unpack some of my stuff I remembered that I needed to check my email to see if my copy code was given to me yet.  I still had to photocopy my syllabus for both classes, parent contact sheet and first day activity.  I was starting to freak out at this point!  Luckily my nice department chair, Connie, had emailed me and told me to go to her room when I read my email.  She was nice enough to help me copy all of my papers this morning.  She "taught" me how to use the big high school copiers.  :)  By the way the copy room was pretty busy and I had to wait to use them.  Plus one of the machines was eating the paper. 

After this little trip to the copy room, I went to hook up my computer to the LCD projector.  Mind you I had barely received the LCD and document camera at the end of Friday.  So I had not hooked it up because I had to bring an extension cord to school today.  (Luckily I remembered to grab one.)  As I opened up the camera document box I realized that I only had the power cord and no connector to the LCD projector.  I started to panic because I needed my computer for my back to school power point.  So once again I run to Connie's room to get some help and luckily she found one in a box.  I now felt better because I at least would be able to connect to my computer.  I would just have to get another one later.  Well as Connie helped me connect the cord, another lovely teacher gave me another cord and I now have TWO!  Once again the stress level decreased immensely.   I was even able to join in on the "pow wow" that most of the math teachers were having outside the classroom next door.  

Some of you might be thinking..."Wow, you did all of this before school started at 7:30?".  Well it just happened to be a late start day today.  :)  That means first period didn't start until 8:30. Lucky for me because when I finally finished all of this it was 8am.  :)

Now how did my classes go you ask...well they started out fine until 2nd period.  I had two boys start to argue over nonsense.  I understood one of the boys, the other boy was talking and trying to act cool.  This class is going to be a challenge.  I have already had a couple boys give me smart remarks.  By the way the majority of the class is full of boys. 

Lastly I got a little sunburned out at cheer practice this afternoon.  

I just hope that my days get better from here on out.  :)

Baldo Gets Married!!!

For those of you who do not know Baldo he and I met in our first year of credentialing classes.  We had all of the same classes for two full years! We got to know each other right away and even shared homework with each other.  We talked often about our guy/girl problems and were both wondering if "the one" would ever come around.  Well it did for Baldo! Last summer he told me he was pretty sure he found "the one" and he would be proposing soon.  Well around New Year's he did! He send a picture of the beautiful ring on her finger and everything!

So when I was invited to share the special day with him and his beautiful wife, I couldn't pass up the opportunity.   He had a wonderful Spanish Mass in the Catholic Church (which I didn't understand at all) and a beautiful, fun reception at the Pomona Mining Company.  It was a lot of fun! 

And now for the pictures!

Weight loss...

Well most of you know that I have started Weight Watchers.  I have been on the program for a little over 2 months now and I have yet to lose my first 5 lbs.  This is by far frustrating, but I think I have found a pattern that my body follows.  Two weeks I lose weight, two weeks I gain weight and so on.  Luckily I have not back tracked far enough to show that I have really gained weight.  It's like I take two steps forward and one step back.  Oh well! I have come to the realization that this is just my body and I will have to live with it.  I figured it out, if my brother gets married in July of next year I will have lost 30 lbs by the time the wedding arrives! Hopefully this is true!

Another weight watcher note...there is this thing called the "Hottie" award.  Well I was given the award on a Wednesday night meeting which means I was supposed to read it and then write my "story" in it.  Well I did read most of it, and I did write my story, but I was stalling until the last possible moment.  I was a typical procrastinator and wrote it about 30 minutes before the meeting.  Thanks Julie for passing it to me! :-)

I just need to keep working hard and I should be successful! :-)

Hi Ya'll!!!!

Just thought I'd take the time to say "HI!!!" to everyone! Don't worry I will be blogging soon! I have an awesome recipe that I will be posting along with Audrey's first time to Disneyland! I just need the pictures first. :) Talk to you soon.

So it's time...

So my mom and I have been talking for a couple of weeks of joining Weight Watchers again.  I had been feeling unmotivated to do anything to try and lose weight and I was starting to get into trouble with my doctor.  So last week Thursday we decided that it was time to do it! We went to weigh in and start the "new" program.  It seems so much easier than last time I did it.  I feel very confident that I might actually stay with it this time. 

On Tuesday we decided to weigh in instead, because of the leader of the meeting, and I was so sure that I had only lost 0.5 lbs.  I was going to be totally fine with this, but when I stepped on the scale the lady didn't tell me anything.  My mom was the one that asked me what I had lost, so I looked in my little weight book and I was shocked! I lost 1.2 lbs!!! This was exciting since on Sunday we had Mother's day and we eat out twice that day.  I was very excited.  Now the trick is keeping it off and working to get more off! :)

Ps. Thanks Jennifer for being an inspiration and making me go back! :)

Oh happy day!

So I know I haven't blogged in a month or so, but really where does the time go?!  I read everyone elses' blogs but don't have time to actually sit and write my own posts.  Well here is one for you...

So I have been feeling a little stressed lately and the end of the year always brings more stress than normal.  So when the eye twitch reappeared this year (it's been gone for awhile) I knew I was in for some trouble.  The eye twitch usually occurs because of my double block Algebra class.  I know you are thinking two hours of math, oh my! But most of these kids are behind in grade level math so they really  need these two hours.  Plus many of them actually make significant growth in this class and actually are able to learn the Algebra! Exciting I know! :)  So when the twitch appeared early this week I knew it was going to be a long two months of school. 

When one of the counselors approached me and asked if another kid could join the class, I politely asked if I could trade out a couple of them.  She agreed and guess what...the eye twitch has disappeared for now! I couldn't believe it!  I was actually able to teach and get my lesson done and there were minimal distractions.  This is so exciting because I was able to play a game as well (Card Go Round) and they were quiet and focused as well! :)  I'm hoping the good behavior continues for the remainder of the year.  So far so good! I'm so excited the twitch has decided to subside for now.  Let's see what the next couple of weeks bring with CST testing right around the corner.

I'm not very smart!

So today I woke up a little late and was having a very slow morning. This means that I was having a hard time get ready. I was sleepy and did not feel like I slept the best. So when it was a couple of minutes after 7 I hurried outside to leave for the day. My parents have a gate around their house so you have to back out of the drive way and make sure you clear the gate. Normally this is not an issue, but today it was. After 12 years of driving out of the same drive way with the same gate, I hit it today. Not only do I feel like a moron for hitting the same gate I drive past everyday but I put a nice big dent in my bumper. So to top everything off, I will now have to pay for my car to get fixed. I'm now in the category of people that can not back up correcctly. (Did I tell you I have a back up camera?)