Not Me Monday

It's been awhile since I participated in Not Me Monday, but I'm ready to get back and confess all my less-than-stellar moments of the past week. MckMama over at my charming kids created this little Monday therapy session. It's great to get all this off my chest AND to go check out what everyone else did NOT do this past week. Go see for yourself!

Before going to the George Strait concert (which I've been looking forward to since January) I did NOT consume more wine than I should have. I then did NOT twitter about being on our way to the concert and spell Strait wrong! He's a legend for pete's sake, so I would never do that! Thank goodness I was all sobered up before George actually came on stage, but that's because I did NOT have too much wine.

On Saturday morning we were suppose to get our foster dog Wilson back. I did NOT pretend not to be home just so that I could get in a few hours of sewing without having to keep an eye on him constantly.

I did NOT go shopping at the Fresh Market (while I was hungry, another big mistake) and see some Mac & Cheese in the freezer section that looked super yummy. It was also called "The World's Best Mac & Cheese." So I did NOT put it in my cart and continue to shop. It was NOT only after checking out that I realized that 2 servings of Mac & Cheese just cost me $14. WTH? Hubby did NOT request that I actually take the time to check prices before buying stuff! haha

I did NOT then hype up this snobby Mac & Cheese expecting it to be the "World's Best" only to eat it and be completely disappointed. :(

Hubby was NOT teasing me so much (it was all in good fun) one night that I did NOT try to (playfully) throw the remote at him. And since I'm such a good thrower, the remote did NOT accidentally slip out of my hand before I had aimed it and hit my dog Clover in the snout. I did NOT feel like the absolute worst doggy mommy EVER! I did NOT give Clover a special treat and let her sleep with us that night. Good thing that did NOT happen because Aaron doesn't like it when dogs sleep in our room!

I am NOT more excited about school being over today than most of my students. Teachers love every minute of teaching and NEVER need a break! I am NOT so greatful that I have a job that has a natural reset button once a year.

I did NOT think "this will make a great Not Me Monday" several times during the week and then forget them before actually sitting down to write this post. I'm not old enough to be this forgetfull! Maybe this week I'll keep an on-going list!

my LONG story

Hilarious {to me at least} conversation had with hubby on the way to the George Strait concert Friday night.

... we were standing in the kitchen getting ready to leave and I told him that I had a story to tell him, but it was too LONG for right then, so I'd tell him when we got in the car.

We got in the car and hit traffic immediately because of an accident, so hubby ask me to wait to tell my LONG story after he navigated through the traffic and decided which tunnel to take. "No problemo babe!"

He finally gave me the go ahead to begin my LONG story, but I had thought of 2 questions in the mean time, so I ask my two questions. By this time, the suspense is beginning to drive hubby crazy.

We are finally on the interstate and I tell my LONG story... it takes less than a mile (going 60 mph) for me to tell my entire LONG story. At the end I say, "well, I guess it wasn't so much long as we just needed to leave right then."

Hubby looks at me and says "As far as your stories go, that wasn't LONG it really wasn't even short, I'd probably classify that as a poem."

Hysterical laughter ensued from my passenger seat.

June 10th - historically - Wordless Wednesday

I hereby certify that I was born

We are going to apply for our passports tomorrow. Our cruise is in August, so we're already pushing it a little and will have to pay the extra $60 each to get them here in time. So tonight when I thought I had lost my birth certificate I had a minor meltdown.

Turns out my goofy husband had just completely skipped over it when he was looking through the documents in the lock-box. Whew! Crisis averted!


*Disclaimer - hubby was not referred to as "goofy" in the heat of the search, but we are already looking back on it and laughing ... well maybe just a little smirk*

"I'm right where I need to be"

Today was a crazy one. We had our end of the year party at school. The kids had way too many snacks with just a touch too much sugar apparently. I tried to keep it on the healthy side (we had plain popcorn, pretzel sticks, graham crackers, 1/2 a banana, 2 Hershey kisses, and a butter cookie), but maybe it was just all the excitement that got to them! It also may not have helped that I had a big important meeting right after school that was keeping me from staying in the moment.

My meeting was with the principal I will be working for next year. I had heard good things about the school, but nothing specifically about her AND I didn't know what grade I would be teaching. Not knowing whether I would be in Kindergarten again or shuffled up to 3rd grade was really worrying me.

By the time I got to the new school I had calmed myself down because really, there's nothing I can do about it if it turns out to be terrible. But as soon as I walked in I could tell that I have nothing to worry about. The folks in the office seem absolutely delightful. The principal and I actually have a lot of things in common and we know some of the same folks from my high school and the town where I grew up. It's a small world! She took me on a tour and the classrooms are really nice. She showed me where she *thinks* I will be down on the KINDERGARTEN hall! (Praise God!) I'll definitely be in Kindergarten, she's just not completely sure right now which room.

Overall, I just felt right at home the moment I walked into the school. What a great way to kick off my weekend! God is faithful!

P.S. I'm going to the beach tomorrow for Dana's birthday and there will be pictures when I get back... probably Sunday :) stay tuned

P.P.S. The title is a reference to a Gary Allan song. Dana is in love with Gary AND we saw him last weekend so I've got him right up front in my brain.

my sis & goodie bags

You gotta love a sister who sends you a postcard just because she knows you like to get mail. And I sure do love my little sis!

Just a postcard to say "I'm thinking of you!" How sweet!

We are having our end of the year party at school tomorrow, even though there will still be 6 days left. I put together goodie bags for each kid and we are having a "party" which really comes down to an extended snack time with fancier snacks.

All the goodie bags taking up my entire kitchen table.

The contents of the goodie bag: A Little Critter Book, a wooden puzzle to color and put back together, a snazy pair of $1 sun glasses (these will likely fall apart within 48 hours, but the kids will LOVE them), a pencil & tiny notebook.

I can't believe the end is so close. There is so much to get done in the next 10 days that I'm stressing myself out like never before. I've been getting tension headaches on a near daily basis for the last week. And those things only make me want to come home and sleep... NOT go through my grade book! I've also had serious neck and shoulder pain from being tensed up all the time. Tomorrow I'm going to visit my new school for next year and meet the principal. I'm sure that's not adding a single ounce of tension to my stress though ;)

Packing it all up and moving to another school for next year...