I wish I had a crystal ball to see what the future holds. It's not that I want to try and change what the future holds but I just wanna know what's going to happen. Is that bad?
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Celebration
With the craziness that has consumed me all week it all had to be put aside for a celebration. Today my family celebrated my grandmother's 95th Birthday. So I felt that a party was much needed to celebrate the life of a woman well known for her stories and contagious laughter. We gathered at her assisted living facility with A LOT of Caldwells. She has 5 children (one already deceased), 15 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren. We were only missing a few from the crowd. My grandmother, Alta, has only 1 sister left and was the oldest of 4 girls.
The one and really the only thing that is wrong with my grandmother is that her hearing is not quiet as sharp as it used to be. She also didn't realize how important we thought it was to get some pictures made with her and the different groups of family members. I had a photographer come to capture this special moment and as each group assembled around her she would continue to talk to whom ever was beside her and not look at the photographer. Me, being the perfectionist that I am about photos, I was calling her name and waving at her to get her to look my way while everyone else smiled patiently. And in all honesty she would sweetly wave back at me.
Happy Birthday, Grandma!!
The one and really the only thing that is wrong with my grandmother is that her hearing is not quiet as sharp as it used to be. She also didn't realize how important we thought it was to get some pictures made with her and the different groups of family members. I had a photographer come to capture this special moment and as each group assembled around her she would continue to talk to whom ever was beside her and not look at the photographer. Me, being the perfectionist that I am about photos, I was calling her name and waving at her to get her to look my way while everyone else smiled patiently. And in all honesty she would sweetly wave back at me.
Happy Birthday, Grandma!!
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Stressed
So the summer fun has come to an end and the world of work will begin next week. No more staying up late to watch David Letterman and sleeping till 9am and watching Dr. Phil. It's been an hectic week and the school year hasn't even started. Thank goodness it hasn't because I'm not ready.
Tuesday was registration and I didn't have to be there till 2:30 but I thought I would go in early and attempt to work in my room. But I need to back up and tell you that the classroom that I had to move into has been a storage room for the last 2 years. It holds all the extra/broken desks and tables and other items that no one knows what to do with. I was lucky enough to get about 20 of the 50 desks out of there at the end of the year so that I could at least store my things.
Okay, back to Tuesday. So I wanted to really make some magic and get my classroom to look more like a classroom but ended up a little discouraged. Another co-worker came in early because she thought all the teachers had to be at school at 7:30am but that was not the case. She offered to help me. What a blessing. I truly believe God put her there to help get me through the day.
We got busy... and all we needed was a set of hand-trucks. We moved 3 filing cabinets, 2 teacher desks, and a rather large book shelf. As we did all that the janitor graciously removed the remaining 30 desks from my new room so that I could walk through my room without stepping over anything.
And by the way, we are doing all the work in a room that doesn't have air conditioning!!!!!! YEP!!! Just my luck!! It's always something but I've notified the DO and a part is being ordered to get it fixed. I just pray I have air next week so I can finish setting up. So I'm a little stressed that my classroom isn't ready but I've still got a week till the kids come back. I can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday was registration and I didn't have to be there till 2:30 but I thought I would go in early and attempt to work in my room. But I need to back up and tell you that the classroom that I had to move into has been a storage room for the last 2 years. It holds all the extra/broken desks and tables and other items that no one knows what to do with. I was lucky enough to get about 20 of the 50 desks out of there at the end of the year so that I could at least store my things.
Okay, back to Tuesday. So I wanted to really make some magic and get my classroom to look more like a classroom but ended up a little discouraged. Another co-worker came in early because she thought all the teachers had to be at school at 7:30am but that was not the case. She offered to help me. What a blessing. I truly believe God put her there to help get me through the day.
We got busy... and all we needed was a set of hand-trucks. We moved 3 filing cabinets, 2 teacher desks, and a rather large book shelf. As we did all that the janitor graciously removed the remaining 30 desks from my new room so that I could walk through my room without stepping over anything.
And by the way, we are doing all the work in a room that doesn't have air conditioning!!!!!! YEP!!! Just my luck!! It's always something but I've notified the DO and a part is being ordered to get it fixed. I just pray I have air next week so I can finish setting up. So I'm a little stressed that my classroom isn't ready but I've still got a week till the kids come back. I can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!
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