First week working as a teacher, over!

I am EXHAUSTED!!!!!!

Hawaii in 4 days.

And counting.

This last week kicked my ass pretty good. I feel like I've gained my footing pretty well at the school and I am happy to be there everday. Annie tells me that staff members are asking about me and that this is a good thing because it means I am making an impression on them. Despite all of this, I had a minor breakdown yesterday after school. I can ( Read more... )

I find myself overwhelmed yet again. It's extremes with me, either one or the other, overwhelmed or underwhelmed. At least overwhelmed means things are happening and I am not numbed to feeling ( Read more... )

I booked our flights to Hawaii today. This will be amazing.

Chris and I finished figuring the music out today. Here are they lyrics ( Read more... )

Today I want to shrivel up and disappear. My stupidity- well that may be harsh- my naivete confounds me. Old habits die hard and for once I am not talking about me. My teeth ache when I think of how I could have fooled myself into thinking that I could trust her, after all this time, that she had changed. That because I am her daughter she might ( Read more... )

It went much better than I anticipated. No fainting, no crying...
My skin started to tear a little in a few places so she didnt want to be too aggressive, so i'll be going back in a few weeks to get it touched up and filled in in the places that looks not as dark as they should.

I'm so happy I did it.


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One and a half hours and counting until my first tattoo ( Read more... )

I'm getting a tattoo for my birthday.