So this past Wednesday, I had a super embarrassing moment in my classroom. I had a minor accident that resulted in Matthew coming to get me and taking me to Urgent Care.
This is not the first time Matthew has had to come get me from school for an accident. Last time, an intercom fell off my classroom wall and landed on my head (like a heavy wooden box intercom form the 1970s). That time, no one was in my classroom to witness the accident. This was not the case on Wednesday.
On Wednesday morning, I went to file some copies in my filing cabinet. I opened up the drawer, stepped back when I slid it open, and fell completely over on my face. A child had come up behind me and laid down on the ground (he said he was sleepy and wanted to lay down). I did not know that he was there, and my entire class saw all of this go down. I expected the kids to go "OMG are you okay??" however, they all laughed! (5 year old me would have laughed too though). It was a sad, terrible moment for me, ha.
The nurse checked it out and I cried to my AP. He asked if my foot hurt that bad and my exact response was "My pride hurts Mr. P, my pride hurts."
I ended up having a sprain and had to be on crutches for a few days. Teaching Kindergarten on crutches is no fun! Next time I need to be on crutches I'm calling in for a sub, ha.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Relaxing Saturday Night
After spraining my ankle this week in my classroom and being on crutches, I did not want to do anything this weekend other then lay around and be really, really lazy.
Last night, I came home from work pretty late (end-of-year formative preparations, woooo!) and passed ohhh around 9:30 and slept soundly until 10:30 this morning. Then Matthew forced me to go eat Cracker Barrel with him. Do you ever want to decorate your house with the things they have in the dining rooms? I kept looking around thinking about how cute something would be in my kitchen/living room, ha.
After Cracker Barrel, I did MULTIPLE loads of laundry. I have enough clothes that I can not wash any for weeks and be perfectly fine, so basically it's been a while since I have done laundry. I have done 3 loads of clothes/towels/sheets and still have about oh 3 more to go.
I probably would have gotten the rest done, but Matthew wanted to go to Bass Pro Shop together so he could potentially apply for a part-time job. We forgot that there are two car events going on in Concord and that traffic/the mall would be packed. We walked into BPS for literally 10 minutes and got out of the mall as fast as we could.
We knew we wanted to eat out for dinner, but we were avoiding Concord at all costs. We ended up going to Plate in Harrisburg. It's a newer place (it replaced something else). It's kind of funny because the kitchen for Plate is also the kitchen for 2 other restaurants (Winedown and Main Street Deli). We are not sure if they just mutually share or if they are all owned by the same person. While we were at our table, we kept seeing plates of fruit and cheese going to Winedown, ha. Our food was actually pretty amazing-we both had the specials. Mine was asparagus, smashed potatoes, scallops, and filet medallions. Matt had mushrooms, a ribeye, and smashed potatoes. I am pretty sure that we'll be going back there a LOT before we move up to Hendersonville when we are married.
After dinner, we went to Jos. A. Banks to pick out groomsmen outfits. We were done in ohhh about 8 minutes. WAY easier then picking out bridesmaid dresses (Matthew got out lucky).
Now Matthew and I are watching Family Guy and laying on his couch. I am designing worksheets for literacy centers this week.
Last night, I came home from work pretty late (end-of-year formative preparations, woooo!) and passed ohhh around 9:30 and slept soundly until 10:30 this morning. Then Matthew forced me to go eat Cracker Barrel with him. Do you ever want to decorate your house with the things they have in the dining rooms? I kept looking around thinking about how cute something would be in my kitchen/living room, ha.
After Cracker Barrel, I did MULTIPLE loads of laundry. I have enough clothes that I can not wash any for weeks and be perfectly fine, so basically it's been a while since I have done laundry. I have done 3 loads of clothes/towels/sheets and still have about oh 3 more to go.
I probably would have gotten the rest done, but Matthew wanted to go to Bass Pro Shop together so he could potentially apply for a part-time job. We forgot that there are two car events going on in Concord and that traffic/the mall would be packed. We walked into BPS for literally 10 minutes and got out of the mall as fast as we could.
We knew we wanted to eat out for dinner, but we were avoiding Concord at all costs. We ended up going to Plate in Harrisburg. It's a newer place (it replaced something else). It's kind of funny because the kitchen for Plate is also the kitchen for 2 other restaurants (Winedown and Main Street Deli). We are not sure if they just mutually share or if they are all owned by the same person. While we were at our table, we kept seeing plates of fruit and cheese going to Winedown, ha. Our food was actually pretty amazing-we both had the specials. Mine was asparagus, smashed potatoes, scallops, and filet medallions. Matt had mushrooms, a ribeye, and smashed potatoes. I am pretty sure that we'll be going back there a LOT before we move up to Hendersonville when we are married.
After dinner, we went to Jos. A. Banks to pick out groomsmen outfits. We were done in ohhh about 8 minutes. WAY easier then picking out bridesmaid dresses (Matthew got out lucky).
Now Matthew and I are watching Family Guy and laying on his couch. I am designing worksheets for literacy centers this week.
Sight word roll and color, which you can buy {here}.
We have been such cool kids tonight!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Engagement Picture Failure
So Matthew and I got engaged in ohhh November, and we have planned to take our engagement pictures with this amazing photographer in Hendersonville since January. It is really hard to take pictures, because we have to travel up to Hendersonville from Charlotte to do it. And it doesn't help that every time we schedule a session, something happens.
The first 3 times, both of us were sick. Once Matthew had like Strep Throat, and then his ear drum burst. Another time we had scheduled, I caught Pnuemonia. Then our photographer was about to have her baby, and I did not want to make her take outdoor pictures in cold weather when she was about to have a baby (because that is not healthy). Then her baby came, and he was very ill and in the hospital for the first month of his life. And I DID NOT want to ask her to take our pictures during that time, because I just felt like she needed to be taking care of her children and worrying over the new little one.
Well, it finally came down to taking pictures today. I had my teeth cleaned this morning, had my eyebrows waxed, packed my bags, and headed up the mountain.
On the way up, I thought I was about to have a meltdown because a State Trooper came up behind me really fast, so I thought I was being pulled over and started having a panic attack. I slowed and went to pull over on the side of the road, and he honked his horn at me. Then I moved out of his way, and he blew by me. A little further up the road, there was a car on the side of the road with emergency flashers on and it looked like the trooper was giving someone CPR or something on the side of the road.
I finally started going up the mountain, and the sky opened up and it poured rain. Matthew and I reached the conclusion we would not be taking pictures today because of the rain.
Well, it turned out the rain was a blessing because it prevented me from having a crying tantrum while getting ready for pictures. It turns out I brought 4 pairs of shoes for my pictures....but left all of my dresses hanging up in Charlotte....Oooops.
Pray that we can get them done again this weekend!
The first 3 times, both of us were sick. Once Matthew had like Strep Throat, and then his ear drum burst. Another time we had scheduled, I caught Pnuemonia. Then our photographer was about to have her baby, and I did not want to make her take outdoor pictures in cold weather when she was about to have a baby (because that is not healthy). Then her baby came, and he was very ill and in the hospital for the first month of his life. And I DID NOT want to ask her to take our pictures during that time, because I just felt like she needed to be taking care of her children and worrying over the new little one.
Well, it finally came down to taking pictures today. I had my teeth cleaned this morning, had my eyebrows waxed, packed my bags, and headed up the mountain.
On the way up, I thought I was about to have a meltdown because a State Trooper came up behind me really fast, so I thought I was being pulled over and started having a panic attack. I slowed and went to pull over on the side of the road, and he honked his horn at me. Then I moved out of his way, and he blew by me. A little further up the road, there was a car on the side of the road with emergency flashers on and it looked like the trooper was giving someone CPR or something on the side of the road.
I finally started going up the mountain, and the sky opened up and it poured rain. Matthew and I reached the conclusion we would not be taking pictures today because of the rain.
Well, it turned out the rain was a blessing because it prevented me from having a crying tantrum while getting ready for pictures. It turns out I brought 4 pairs of shoes for my pictures....but left all of my dresses hanging up in Charlotte....Oooops.
Pray that we can get them done again this weekend!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
My Current Facebook Status
Today after school, I had plans to go visit my mom at to go out to eat with Matthew for a late Valentine's Day dinner. Instead, this is what happened:
Immediately after posting this status, 3 of my teaching friends "liked" it.
At least I will be well rested for tomorrow instead of sleepy!
Saturday, February 11, 2012
My Car is Cursed
On my old blog, I have several posts about my car drama (1 wreck, 3 flat tires, 1 dead battery, 1 bad ignition, and 1 stolen tag to date). On Wednesday, I had the strangest issue with my car.
Because of my ignition going out, I have a separate key for my ignition and for my doors/trunk. After school,, I keyed into my car, on the passenger side, power unlocked my doors with my button, walked around and got in on my side. I drove to the mall, got out, locked my doors, went in for about 10 minutes, then I went out to my car....AND MY DOOR/TRUNK KEY HAD FALLEN OFF MY KEYRING!!!!!!!!
I then spent about 30 minutes looking for my key (while it was freezing and my jacket was locked in my car). I was worried someone found it and would try and key into my car. I knew I had a spare at home to use on the doors, but I could not get into my car and drive home without my door key. I ended up calling AAA and the SAME GUY who rescued me earlier in January when I had a flat tire/dead battery on the same day and called AAA twice. He recognized my voice on the phone hahaha. He came and got into my car in less then 5 minutes, and I drove home and found my spare.
I was very worried that I lost it in the school parking lot, and I was worried someone would find my key and come back for my car (I teach in a not so great area of Charlotte). I called my school, and my AP told me to park in front of my classroom in the principal's spot so I could watch it from my classroom. Luckily when I went in, someone had found my key and turned it in! So now the lost key is found and safely back on my key ring. Matthew is making me get more spares now, ha.
Because of my ignition going out, I have a separate key for my ignition and for my doors/trunk. After school,, I keyed into my car, on the passenger side, power unlocked my doors with my button, walked around and got in on my side. I drove to the mall, got out, locked my doors, went in for about 10 minutes, then I went out to my car....AND MY DOOR/TRUNK KEY HAD FALLEN OFF MY KEYRING!!!!!!!!
I then spent about 30 minutes looking for my key (while it was freezing and my jacket was locked in my car). I was worried someone found it and would try and key into my car. I knew I had a spare at home to use on the doors, but I could not get into my car and drive home without my door key. I ended up calling AAA and the SAME GUY who rescued me earlier in January when I had a flat tire/dead battery on the same day and called AAA twice. He recognized my voice on the phone hahaha. He came and got into my car in less then 5 minutes, and I drove home and found my spare.
I was very worried that I lost it in the school parking lot, and I was worried someone would find my key and come back for my car (I teach in a not so great area of Charlotte). I called my school, and my AP told me to park in front of my classroom in the principal's spot so I could watch it from my classroom. Luckily when I went in, someone had found my key and turned it in! So now the lost key is found and safely back on my key ring. Matthew is making me get more spares now, ha.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Tag!
Renn tagged me in a survey! And I have nothing else to blog about because my day has not been that interesting.
1. What is your favorite way to spend a Saturday.
Sleeping in, not thinking about school, cleaning (ideally), and going out to eat like a normal adult with energy.
2. Which food do you wish could be calorie-free for all time?
All pasta, and Nutella. There is nothing like eating Nutella after a rough day at school, but when I am eating by the spoonful and its 200 calories a tablespoon, I tend to feel really guilty about eating it ha.
3. What is your favorite Christmas gift from childhood?
The nutcracker that I got in second grade. I had just watched the ballet, and I was sooo obsessed with it. That was also the Christmas that I discovered that nutcrackers actually crack nuts (I am not sure how I had missed this connection before).
4. If you could be a parent of as many children as you wanted, how many would you have?
19 kids and counting....hahahaha. I think Matt and I will discuss this topic 2 years past our wedding date!
5. Who is your favorite Disney princess?
Sleeping Beauty (Aurora).
6. What's one of your favorite stories in the Bible and why?
I will never forget learning the story of the house that had been founded upon a rock in Vacation Bible School way back in 1998. My mom and uncle taught my class, and we made houses on rocks out of milk cartons and clay, then tested them. Later on, when I joined Gamma Phi Beta, I learned that it was the official bible verse/story for our sorority! It has a lot of meaning for me. 7. What is one item you feel you couldn't live without.
I will agree with Renn....my hair straightener! I was such hot mess in high school before I started straightening it. I just feel gross when I cannot straighten it and fix it, and end up putting in a ponytail, which puts me in a gross/miserable mood the rest of the day. I am super pumped that I now own a Chi! It was a Christmas present to me from me this year, and it was BOGO at Ulta so I got a curling iron with it for free!
8. What did you want to be when you grew up and do you think you will ever be that.
On my first day of Kindergarten, I told my mom I wanted to go to Harvard (how did I know what that was???) to be a Kindergarten teacher just like my teacher, Mrs. Climmer. I am now a first year kindergarten teacher and I love it!
9. What is the worst/most embarrassing CD/Albums you've ever owned and do you still have it?
Aaron Carter, featuring "That's How I Beat Shaq."
10. What would you call yourself if you could choose your own name?
The original name my parents planned for me was Laura, and I always told my mom I liked that name better because I went to school with 6 Holly's ha.
11. What is your favorite item of clothing and why?
My awesome blue Nike shorts. They look awesome with my new Nike Airs, and they are SO comfy after being in my classroom all day!
Monday, January 30, 2012
First Day Back
Today was my first day back at school. Best quote of the day:
Me: "Think of some words that have the /ks/ sound for x at the end, like fox. Who knows any words that end in x?"
Answers that I head: box, six, fix. Totally expected. Then I got this:
Little Boy: "That bad girl from Harry Potter Bellatrix Lestrange."
Totally not an answer I was expecting, ha. Apparently his mom reads him the books!
Me: "Think of some words that have the /ks/ sound for x at the end, like fox. Who knows any words that end in x?"
Answers that I head: box, six, fix. Totally expected. Then I got this:
Little Boy: "That bad girl from Harry Potter Bellatrix Lestrange."
Totally not an answer I was expecting, ha. Apparently his mom reads him the books!
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