SCHOOL IS OUT!!!!!

I have survived my first year of teaching! And sometimes, it really honestly did feel like just surviving.

I was not out sick for one day, although I did take a couple of sick days for doctor appointments.

Over the course of the school year, I did have an allergic reaction to my contact solution, at least one uti, and a bug bite that worried the school nurse (swelling, not reacting to Benadryl gel, and forming a bullseye.

Was it tough? Yes. Was it worth all the stress and hard work? Amazingly, yes. Even with students that would walk out of class in anger, lie, cut their hair, blame everyone else and not take responsibility, shout out their feelings of the current task every time they got upset, and hurting others with rocks and elbows, it was a great experience, and so far, I'm going back for more come this fall!

Even though there are those naughty students, the greatest ones are the hard workers, the ones who hug you and don't want to let go, the ones that write little notes saying "your the best"[sic] and "I love you", and the ones that will do anything to please you and brighten your day any way they can. THOSE students are why I love teaching. On even the hardest days, they always do their best.

The other wonderful part, is hearing from a student that you discipline constantly that you are their favorite. Teaching is a wonderful career, though it's not for the faint of heart!

It has honestly been the best experience of my life so far (besides marrying my hubby, that is)! ;)

And here, is to a GREAT summer vacation!!!! :D

A little catch-up

So, I was allergic to my contact solution. I have not had any problems since I switched! (Thank heavens!) I have started to notice, that my eyes feel a little scratchy when putting my contacts in or taking them out, but that's no biggie!

The past little while..... or since January...... haha Has been super crazy! New passports, planning for a celebratory end to my first year of teaching, getting a log dropped on my foot...... It's been great!

I am so excited for what's coming up! (After this week of testing, of course.) There are only 4 weeks of school left! So much to do, so little time! I don't know how I'm going to accomplish it all..... I know what needs to get done will get done, though. :)

Things are going so well, and I have the best bunch of second graders! Even with all of the grief they give me, I really do like them. I'm really going to miss those sweeties next year!


Hopefully I can get a little better about blogging, but there really are other things that I find more important, like being with my amazing husband, or painting, or even writing (poems, prose, etc.) and now I'm trying to be a better housewife and get better at cleaning. We'll see how it goes! haha

I hope everyone has a fabulous Sunday!

Allergies

So, I have found out what I'm allergic to.

It's one of two things.

My contact lenses.....

Or my contact solution.

Two weeks of wearing my 3+ year old glasses.

Why couldn't there have been a sooner appointment? *sigh*

I will get stronger.

Eyes

You know, you never really appreciate something until you don't have it anymore... Or in my case, it doesn't work properly.

Since the beginning of January, my eyes have been being weird. It started the week back to school. They turned a little bloodshot and pink. Eventually thought I had pink eye, but that wasn't the case. I went to the doctor's office and was told it was allergies. Well, these are the most dang awful allergies ever!

My eyes are super sensitive to light, so driving is fun. They're read and burn/itch.

It got worse in my classroom, then better away, then better with eye drops and then worse. So hopefully we get it figured out soon. The eye drops are no fun to put in, and the whole eye thing is not fun. Was up walking most of Saturday night because I couldn't sleep. Couldn't keep my eyes open because they hurt, and couldn't sleep because they would sting and water really bad. Hoping tonight is better!

I really hope it goes away soon.

I thought I was sick.....

Turns out I took a day off of work to find out what I thought was pink eye/cold is really just allergies.....

Thank you body for absolutely freaking me out! (end sarcasm)

At least I got a mental health day, lunch with my hubby, and stuff done at home (laundry and painted my nails)!!

Haircut

This is what I had been thinking about.

It's soooo short!!!! But I absolutely LOVE IT!!!!!!! :D

LeFou, I'm afraid I've been thinking.

A Dangerous past time.

I know....

Yes, my friends that still read this mostly dead blog, I am contemplating a dangerous thing! Details will follow soon!