What do you do?

…when a student is 15 minutes late coming in from recess?

…when students are blowing bubbles with their own spit in 2nd grade?

…when your 2nd graders will not sit still at all?

…when they will not follow directions?

…when you just want to throw in the towel and be done dealing with crazy student behaviors, demanding parents, and too many hoops to jump through?


I feel like I've about reached the end of my rope already this year, and we're not even a month in. Maybe this storm will help cool down our hot Arizona weather and calm the kids down.

I can hope and pray, right?

Ideas

I have been toying with an idea for many months now.

I want to sell things. I want to sell art I have created for others to enjoy. I want to sell books that people will love.

Currently, book things are on hold. The only way to get published is to cough up the money yourself. I don't have that money.

Art, on the other hand, I am much more able to create and sell in my own time frames.

I have looked at etsy and a couple of other sites, and I'm not sure what is good. I know Etsy is pretty big, but they require a fee.

The bottom line is, I want to hear opinions on sites. What do you think of different sites?


(Also, does anyone know if trees make a gunshot like popping noise if they've been traumatized? We've had a couple of loud pops the past couple of nights and some of the roots were recently cut. The other option would be that the loud pops are from the house, and that's a worse idea than the tree.)

Realizations

I had a realization today, and an idea that came from that.

I was told that one thing I said to a student that I really didn't think much of, really brightened his day. And that made me think. How many things do I do or say, affect people for good or bad? I'm so busy thinking about what I have to teach or what I need the kids to do, that I really don't think about what or how I say things. I want to uplift others. Not bring them down.

So my idea was this: write at least one note a week to one of my students and let them know positive things I noticed about the day or week. And maybe, just maybe, it will help create a better classroom with students that want to learn and behave properly.

Back to school

It's hard to believe it's back to school time! I made it through week one.

I'll be honest. I don't feel a connection to my kids yet. Several of them drive me absolutely bonkers. I'm sure I'll have tons more stories this year.

So here's to a new year! Hoping it ends up alright.

For your viewing pleasure, here's some pics of my classroom.

Ankle

Well, it's been a little over a week since my ankle happened. I'll put pics up for my instagram post.

It doesn't hurt much anymore. It's still sore and I have to be careful, but I survived walking on it yesterday.

Here's what it looks like right now.

Almost back to normal!!

Update: ankle

You will be receiving update posts about my lovely ankle. Haha

So, I went to sleep last night after a long time of being awake. Throughout the night I kept waking up to pain in the back of my heel. No bueno. I did get some sleep and had weird dreams. One point I was walking on my foot. I remember that. Haha

Anyways, I woke up and felt pretty good. I got the crutches off the floor. I did try putting some weight on my foot and it held it! It didn't hurt to walk around a little bit on it, which was fabulous!! It still feels uncomfortable to put all my weight on it, so I use 1 crutch to hobble around.

Feeling pretty good!!

Picture updates now. The light one was When I woke up around 8 and the other two were taken around noon. :)

Day of Firsts

Well, guys. I have some exciting news!!

I have now been to urgent care and gotten my first X-rays ever!!!

I was at home and hurried down our stairs so I could get lunch. I misjudged the last two steps. I fell and twisted my ankle. But it was pretty bad. It swelled up almost immediately. I knew I should probably see a doctor, but I didn't know how to go about it, so I just went to the school we were having a meeting at. They said I needed to go to a doctor and even offered to bring me. So, my teammates are the best!! And here I am right now at urgent care with a badly sprained ankle.


Good times.

And the doctor said its not broken.
Yay!!!