I've got the cold!

You know when everyone around you has that awful cold. 7 out of 9 of my students and most of my colleagues have that cold. I was doing so well fighting it off. Or so I thought. Now I have the cold. I hate when that happens. The only good part is that for once Rob actually spent the whole weekend at home with me in bed or on the couch watching movies. Yes that's right. Rob watched five movies with me this weekend. They were even the cheesy tween movies like Cinderella Story and Juno. Now, he did make fun of them through the entire movie, but he stayed with me and watched them. I think that is the best medicine ever.

Is it possible to hate and love the same thing?

I love my job, or so I have always thought. I have good days and bad, but overall, I tend towards love and passion for my students and job as a whole. Between budget cuts and my class make up, this year has definitely been a struggle. I realize it has been a trial for all teachers and that I am lucky to still have a job. That having been said, I for the first time, am beginning to develop some serious hate towards my job. Going to work today was really difficult. I just wanted to stay home and watch the inauguration. Then the behaviors started in and all I wanted to do was cry. It is after 7:00 PM and I have just logged off my intranet to take a break from work. How has something I love turned into the very thing that ruins my day and I dread? I really need a glass half full right now cuz I am really leaning towards half or even completely empty.

Feeling Out of Touch

So today, aside from being MLK Jr. day, was apparently a service day. Typically, I am so aware of what is going on, but today I totally missed the boat. I was laying in bed, having slept in until 8 (you know you are a teacher when...), watching the news and countdown to the inauguration. All of the news channels were discussing Obama and family and their service activities. Then when I was at the grocery store, a group of girls was collecting cans for the food bank. How could I have missed this whole thing? What rock have I been under? So now I am trying to come up with a service project. Any ideas?

Reluctant Blogger

I have rather reluctantly joined the blogging world. In the past few years, I have weaned myself off a terrible My Space habit and successfully avoided the Facebook frenzy (to which even my dad has succumbed). Now with my sister's recent wedding and maternity leave, she has had the time and need to start blogging. Trying to be a devoted aunt, I began following Baby Rocky's first blog and then out of fairness I have added Baby AJ, my older nephew. When I saw that my sisters had both managed to track down friends (mainly Lindsay), I began to see the value.

This seems to be a great way to keep up with people and let them know what I have been up to, which is mainly work and school. 2008 was a crazy year. I got a new brother in law and nephew. I finished clearing my Education Specialist Credential and gained permanency in my school district. Rob and I traveled a little: Mexico, Grassvalley, Lake San Antonio, Indian Wells, Laughlin.

This has also been a year full of keeping up with Kobe, the cutest and craziest cat ever. Our baby boy has grown so much and just had his second birthday. He now is able to jump on top the refrigerator from a sitting position on the kitchen floor. Kobe has learned to open all of our closets and cabinets this year too. With age has come something far sweeter though, he now sleeps the entire night curled between our heads on the bed. Once you see past the broken dishes and bite marks, Kobe has the best personality I have ever seen in a cat. He plays fetch, greets you at the door, and follows you around the house much like a dog.