Summers almost here, bitches!!!
Jay and I have been painting nearly every day now. The first floor is a relaxing cool green. The middle floor is a warm tan and the top floor (bedroom) will be a cool but pretty blue called "cake stand" by Martha Stewart.
It's so much fun to work on the house and Jay thinks I'm an expert painter. It's exciting and I'd like to move in soon! Only, I'm afraid once I move in, things will stop looking new and I'm afraid of making my usual mess of clothes around. (Plus, I won't have a walk in closet to hide the clutter it! Oh no!)
Anyhoo...life's been good. I just graded a bunch of papers. I have a lot of that to do. As I was reading over a bunch from a class I don't like, I found myself writing positive messages to the kids. They're in 8th grade, so of course they are obnoxious. Some of them really worked though and I thought a word of encouragement and appreciation would be nice.
My friend Christy is so cute with the kids. She really treats them like they are in kindergarden, but they sort of eat it up. I'm not really like that, but it's okay, most MS teachers aren't. Truthfully, even when I had PreK in college, I forgot really how young they were. Once I almost told them to stop acting like they were in kindergarten, and they were only four! But, honestly, the way girls are- sometimes they seem much older!!
Kids are fun. I think I'll miss them. Jenna B. is awesome (even though she never stops talking.) I hope I can see them again over the summer. But how do you plan a get-to-gether with 14 year olds?
Anyway, Michael may get me a baby-sitting job this summer for his neighbor and that would be cool. I don't want to work in an office, even though I have experience an am a great typer. And I won't make the committment to work in DC (even though I could get an exciting summer job there) b/c with all that's going on w/ the house, I need to be around here.
So I figure that if I baby-sit, I'll stay in touch with kids and get a little side money. Even if the pay isn't great, it will be on top of my extra salary. I just need some pocket money to buy some shorts or take a road trip, that's all.
BTW..I thought my sister was coming the same week that I'll be visiting Gburg, but she's not coming until a month later. That leaves me time enough for everything. Cool beans!!!
It's so much fun to work on the house and Jay thinks I'm an expert painter. It's exciting and I'd like to move in soon! Only, I'm afraid once I move in, things will stop looking new and I'm afraid of making my usual mess of clothes around. (Plus, I won't have a walk in closet to hide the clutter it! Oh no!)
Anyhoo...life's been good. I just graded a bunch of papers. I have a lot of that to do. As I was reading over a bunch from a class I don't like, I found myself writing positive messages to the kids. They're in 8th grade, so of course they are obnoxious. Some of them really worked though and I thought a word of encouragement and appreciation would be nice.
My friend Christy is so cute with the kids. She really treats them like they are in kindergarden, but they sort of eat it up. I'm not really like that, but it's okay, most MS teachers aren't. Truthfully, even when I had PreK in college, I forgot really how young they were. Once I almost told them to stop acting like they were in kindergarten, and they were only four! But, honestly, the way girls are- sometimes they seem much older!!
Kids are fun. I think I'll miss them. Jenna B. is awesome (even though she never stops talking.) I hope I can see them again over the summer. But how do you plan a get-to-gether with 14 year olds?
Anyway, Michael may get me a baby-sitting job this summer for his neighbor and that would be cool. I don't want to work in an office, even though I have experience an am a great typer. And I won't make the committment to work in DC (even though I could get an exciting summer job there) b/c with all that's going on w/ the house, I need to be around here.
So I figure that if I baby-sit, I'll stay in touch with kids and get a little side money. Even if the pay isn't great, it will be on top of my extra salary. I just need some pocket money to buy some shorts or take a road trip, that's all.
BTW..I thought my sister was coming the same week that I'll be visiting Gburg, but she's not coming until a month later. That leaves me time enough for everything. Cool beans!!!