I think working at the day care has done wonders for my classroom management. I have practiced on the one year olds, and soon I was able to handle the two year olds easily, and the 3-5 year olds I used to struggle with are now cake. Just took more structure, bonding with the kids, and time. Now I walk in and the kids yell, "MISS TRISH!!!" and hug ( Read more... )

So the good news. I got a super awesome new car. It's a 2006 Pontiac G6 and it is fully loaded. It is so awesome!:) My only complaint about it is that I am noticing it's gas milage is kinda low, but it may be the slow speeds I travel on my route as well... I don't know.. BUT it does have an excellent sound system, keyless entry, power everything, ( Read more... )

So since life is not something I really want to think about or document right now, I think I will tell you a story ( Read more... )

So it has been a bitter sweet week ( Read more... )

This weekend sucked. I was so tired from the week of no sleep last week (worked from 1:30am-6:00am, 9am-2:30pm, 4pm-7:30pm) every day, and the kids were hellians..I was at wits end, and then on Saturday I started to get sick. I slept most of Saturday, had no one to help me with the biggest paper of the year Sunday (Chris was sick, and the neighbors ( Read more... )

So Monday evening, I was covering the 1-3 year old room alone. We had about 8 kids left waiting for parents. There was one girl and the rest were boys. The boys decided they wanted to play ring around the rosies, and asked the little girl if she wanted to play. She said no. I was very confused, so I watched. It all came clear when they sang, "ashes ( Read more... )

My first day started out with unexpected changes, frustration, and being 20 minutes late. That made me embaressed and angry. The kids were wonderful, I established authority quickly, and it looks like this will be a fun job. The annoying part is that I apparently have to work with someone later who is incredibly controling, so insecure that she ( Read more... )

I was reading my morning webcomics and I saw this written by the author below today's strip ( Read more... )

So it's been two days with barely any sleep, and I cancelled tutoring yesterday due to volunteering at a food distribution day for Angel Food Ministries at my church. It was really fun, but oh so tiring when you are used to sleeping days. The excellent news is I was offered a job teaching at the church day care, because one of the directors/ ( Read more... )

So today I am eating mac and cheese with tuna and peas for lunch. The kitten thinks all things meat must belong to her, and this goes especially for tuna.. She came up to my dish, and started to lick at the side, and I grabbed her by the nap of the neck, held her there and scolded her. Then I put her on the floor. She tried again, and I repeated ( Read more... )