Bugged

Just need to vent a little, so here are some things that have bugged me lately:

• People in stores saying how cute my "baby girl" is when HE is dressed all in BLUE with a BLUE blanket!
• People that wear skorts to work out at the rec center at 6 in the morning. Seriously?
• Not losing weight when I am working my butt off! (I wish it was literally!)
• My 2 year olds sassiness, sometimes his smartness, and all the time the fact that he still isn't potty trained.
• Teething in my 4 month old...Ouch! Waaa! Aah!
• Women's clothes sizes. Pretty sure I fit in a range from size 12 to 18!
• My skin, dry cracked hands and heals...and my poor boys inherited it.
• Dustin's lack of pay for hours worked.
• Ridiculous rent price in freaking LARAMIE, Wyoming.
• Feeling like I have to beg people here to be my friends.
• 2 failed ACL surgeries and the the fact that my ACL is torn for a 3rd time! I think I should get a refund for the first 2 sucky surgeries.

Probably enough for today. Oh life, somtimes I think you hate me!

I'm Back!

Hello! I am back. After a very long hiatus from this blog I decided I REALLY need somewhere to vent, think out loud, and just write down some everyday stuff from my life. I don't want to taint my family blog by doing so. Hopefully I still have some followers on this blog as well. Comments, ways you relate, stories, or empathy is welcome! Soon to come. Blogs on moving to Larmie, Wyoming, motherhood, dealing with a 2 year old, becoming old, etc. Oh the joys of everyday life.

"Phd in Grammatical Studies"

So I assigned my students a grammar worksheet to work on parts of speech.  It was a little more difficult because it was advertisement slogans rather than complete sentences. I wanted it to be more challenging because it makes them actually think about what part of speech each word actually functions as in that phrase.....Anyway, one of my students came to class today and we had an interesting conversation.

Student:  This homework was so hard.  My mom got a Phd in grammatical studies and she didn't get it!  

Mrs. E:  Really??  Your mom got a Phd in grammatical studies?  Wow!

Student:  Ummmmm..... or something like that!  

Yeah kid, "something like that."  Could it have been linguistics, semantics, or anything else.  because maybe I am wrong, but I am sorry cuz I don't think there are  any Phds out there for "grammatical studies." AND if there are, what a seriously LAME Phd.  What do you study, the philosophy of grammar?  I wanna know what she wrote her dissertation on?  Commas?  Great to hear the kids say later as we graded it, "I can't wait to show my mom how wrong she was on this worksheet!"  Really, so she does your homework for you?  Maybe if your mom with a Phd in grammatical studies doesn't "get" a worksheet copied straight out of a middle school grammar book, then she is in the wrong line of work.....or her education was a bit fat waste of time.  

The End

It's been awhile...

It has been awhile since I wrote on this blog, but summer is over, school has begun, and I have a stuff to say and once again do not want to taint our wholesome family blog with my opinions, ramblings, and ventings.  More to come, but for now here is my first entry in awhile.  

This is what happens when you let husband's dress themselves! :)

Done, D-O-N-E, Done!

I am DONE with work for the summer!  Whoo hoo!!  I feel like I am 20 lbs lighter!  (Wish I literally was!)  Anyway, I survived my first year of teaching.  Let's just say, it has to go up from here! :)

3 days and counting....

Only 3 days of work left and I can't wait!  I am way more excited to be out for the summer, as a teacher, then I ever was as a student!  Yay summer!  Only one more stack of portfolios left to grade.....

A couple of pounds and bring on the summer time!!

LIfe is trucking along at a crazy speed it seems.  I cannot believe I am already nearing my first completed year of teaching!  It seems like I just started, but there were also times when I never thought I would make it to the end of the year!  I am a bit torn at the end of this school year.....I already signed my contract, so I will be teaching again next year.  Not quite sure I want to, but it looks like I am doing it anyway.  But I am also amazed at how much I learned and how much better I think I will do next year with a year of hit and misses under my belt.  (I kind of feel bad for my students that were my trial run this year.....But I think they learned some good things, had a good time, and I guess I just have to liv and learn!)  But I am also sad that I won't have my group of 7th graders next year for any classes because I don't teach any 8th grade classes.  I really will miss them. They are an annoying, crazy, misbehaving, irresponsible bunch of stinky kids, but they are also amazingly intelligent, articulate, talented, and deep.  I will miss teaching them next year.  I hope next year goes better.  I hope I enjoy it more, get everything done I need to, and like the new students.  But I am SO SO SO SO glad for summer now!  How exciting to NOT have to think about school, lesson plans, etc for almost 3 whole months!  Wahoo!  Bring on the summer time!  Oh, and I am doing alright in the weight loss department.  I have lost a few more pounds, but still not where I want to be.  I have a couple more weeks to lose a bit more before family reunions!  For some reason, I think without the stress and craziness of school I might be able to lose weight a little easier....Hopefully anyway! :)