Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Sing to Me, Jack Johnson

Apparently my life is playing a game with me and its called the 'Waiting Game'.  Jack Johnson puts it much more eloquently so I too will chose to say it the Jack way: I'm playing the "Sittin', Waitin', Wishin'" game.

Sittin': on my butt overloaded with work...  Kids these days are all getting a bad case or senioritis or just plain ole the-weather-got-nice-and-now-all-i-can-think-about-is-summer-so-i'm-gonna-act-out-itis.  And because of that and any kind of diagnosis, I am nose deep in parent conferences dealing with next year, 'fixing' behavior problems and teaching math (HA!). 

Waitin':  on a lot.  Too much to list all out but I'll give you a sneak peek- summer, soccer season to be over, to hear about any new job prospects, for 3:02 every day and to know some sort of plan for my life or even just the next year.

Wishin': for a job in Atlanta, specifically at this wonderful, undisclosed (for now) school!, for cheaper gas, for the war to end so loved ones can come home and that my dinners could come themselves every night.


Make a song out of that Jack Johnson.  Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr. Melody.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Motivation, Motivation, Where Art Thou Motivation

I have no motivation.  I am sitting here at work, staring at the list of things I need to do.  And instead of working on any of those, I have done the following:

-Made a new list of things I need to do once I leave work
-Browsed blog background and successfully destroyed my new blog creation that my boyfriend so generously worked on (consider this my pre-apology and polite plea to still help me as I promise to NEVER touch it again)
-Spent an entire period talking with a teacher friend of mine about our jobs and how we are both in our first year and neither one of us want to be a teacher anymore.  Awesome.
- Shuffled my iPod 3 times to finally land on a song that doesn't prove any more so that my retro iPod isn't from my high school years. (isn't the caption from website ironic?)
-Looked over my To-Do list for after school and added more.

I got me a bad case of the Monday's.  And it's raining.  Which doubles triples the bad in the bad case of Mondays.  And might I add that rain doesn't cancel a high school soccer game.  Yep.  Who knew!?  Apparently everyone else in attendance of our Saturday game besides me.  At least I know now.  So fingers crossed for bad weather today.  And for tomorrow.  And the rest of the week, except Friday. PLEASE!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Excuse My Absence

I'm not going to try to justify or reason why I haven't blogged in so long. I could list reasons such as: I was on Spring Break and never once got online or that my Internet in my apartment has been off (including cable) since I returned or even that I have had a soccer game every day this week, thus getting me home no earlier than 8:00. But I won't elaborate on those. Instead I'll just trust that I have forgiveness and promise that I will be better starting now.
With all that said, this entry will still be short because I am at school in the midst of 9 week exams and parent meetings all day, every day. However, living on the edge of risk is where I like to be and if typing away at the computer pretending I'm writing an important email or document can grant me some time to write a little entry, then living that lie is what I'm about. Yep. I said it. And I meant it.
Since returning to work, I have been swamped with stuff that I should or should not have completed before Spring Break but hey, I get it done for when it needs to be done. Okay?! Anyways, because of the overwhelming amount of work on top of 9 week exams, let's just say I may not be the most pleasant to students who happen to ask the most RIDICULOUS questions! So, to add to another reason I have been absent here, I give you the case of my 'Just not in a good mood'.

With this as my story I feel certain I will win 'Not Guilty' in the plead of 'Unfaithful to Blogger Relationship':
          Yesterday, during the Algebra I test, after I had told these particular boys to be quiet 7 times and eventually told them they were driving me nuts and to shut their mouths or else!, I was asked by the sweet Marquise, "Ms. Peters, why are you PMSing on us?". To that my only response was "I'm not! You guys are just annoying the crap out of me!!"

Yep. I plead not guilty because I had a 10th grade boy ask me in front of other boys why I was PMSing. When I wasn't even. I swear I am not that teacher, I am fun, usually don't care if they talk, and am willing to help any student! But I got asked why I was PMSing on them.
Let's just say my attitude toward Algebra I, my blog and all things taking time away from the things I love is changing immediately!

Thursday, March 10, 2011

My Little Girl

I've been at home sick the past two days due to a 24 hour bug (I'm crossing my fingers that it was just a 24 hour thing... I've never been one to say I can predict the future).  Today was by far the better of the 2 days, offering me time to do some much needed things and some not-that-needed things.  But one thing I feel certain I did get a slight dose of was what it's like to be a stay-at-home-mom (SAHM, what those people refer to it as, I believe).  

No.  I do not have a child.  No.  I am not trying to have a child.  No.  I do not stay at home.
Yea.  I have a sweet puppy.  Yes.  I would like to have kids at some point.  Yes.  If I could, I would love to hold the title of a SAHM.

Today, Huntley, my sweet 6 month old MaltiPoo (half Matisse half Poodle) gave me a glimpse of this lifestyle by:

-Looking at herself in my floor to head mirror, stratching it to see who that was she was looking at.  (Much like a toddler would).  But then went beyond the capabilites of any toddler and climbed behind the mirror where she proceeded to sit and hang out for awhile, perhaps forgetting about the mysterious 'twin' that earlier held her captive.  When she left behind the mirror, this process happened again.  Twice.
**I tried my darnest to capture this on camera.  But alas, I had the wrong setting so the first shots were off focused and the few that I did get didn't do it justice.  And needless to say, I can't even find the cord to my camera to show you the bit that I did capture.  This blog will have pictures one day, promise.  And that is more of a challenge to me than a promise to all you followers... Because there are SO many of you...

-Talking with her mouth full.  Multiple times, just even within the past 10 minutes, she has had her teething bone in her mouth but tried to speak at the same time...  It didn't turn out good for anyone invovled.  Her bark sounded muffled and made me believe she was choking or about to throw up dinner, aka I was convinced I had given her my 24 hour bug.

-Potty Training!  We use the Puppy Pads with her since I can't come home during the day and I live on the 3rd floor currently.  But, recently, we have started putting her on the pad and saying "want a treat?!  Go potty!".  Sometimes it works brittantly.  Sometimes she likes to show me how brillant I am not...  You would think after 30 times of her running to me, jumping on my leg and then shortly peeing after I would catch on and take her to the Pad at first jump.  I've learned that now.  You would also think that I would put 2 and 2 together and know that my girl is kinda high maintenance and doesn't/WILL NOT pee on a Pad that has been used more than 2 times.  I can understand that and appreciate that.  I like her cleanliness and will honor it!  Plus, that girl can pee her some BIG pee spots.  You would wanna give her a new Pad too.  Promise.

-Understanding Mom is sick.  When I throwing up, she was by my side.  Yes, she did jump back each time but that didn't keep her back.  She stayed in bed with me ALL day, even though she had the opportunity to play at any chance; which is never gets to do because every other day the 2 dogs are locked in their perspective corners of the apartment.  She gave me love (stopped when I pushed her off, knowing her limits), cuddle with me like she was getting paid for it and was on her best behavior!  **This mostly happened yesterday when I spent the entirety of the day in my bed, unless I was cradling the great Porcelain god. 

-Loving her in ways I don't normally.  Like allowing her to chew/destroy a pair of my unmentionables she found because she has a weird obsession with it..  I don't put it too far past her though because my room mate's dog does the same thing.  But I usually take them away from her as soon as I see it but today I didn't.  I know she loves it, and it was an old pair I had literally just placed in a donation pile.  (Plus, what her Ditty doesn't know won't hurt her...)

All these things, and many more, made these past 2 days at home relaxing and enjoyable at times when it seemed not possible.  If you asked any of my friends from high school and heck, even college, they would all probably tell you I'd be the absolute last person they'd imagine having a dog... And I'd most likely agree.  But, I have lived with one of my best friends for the past 2 years that has a Maltipoo and its hard to tell if Layla (the dog) fell in love me first or I, her.  It doesn't matter though, it was love and still is the sweetest kind of love!  I got Huntley on Halloween this year as a early birthday present from my boyfriend and Hunt has brought the 2 of us so much joy, happiness, fun and rewards!  Neither one of us are 'dog people' but we are soaking up the endless possibilities of trying to prove we are.  And hey, little girl with the brown nose doesn't know we aren't her kind of people but to her, we are the ONLY kind of people she needs. 

Friday, March 4, 2011

apparently I love making lists.....

Things that have made me smile this week:

1. The girls on the soccer team saying, multiple times mind you, "Peters, you are legit. Why did you ever quit soccer?! Your high school needed you!".
2. A teacher coming into my room to just sit and talk while her class was at lunch.
3. Going on a quick Wal-Mart run with my room mates, and making 'over an hour' the new definition for quick.
4. Running.
5. Tripping 3 times in a row as I walk through the halls of the school, in front of a massive group of students. Each time. (Okay, so that didn't really make me smile, made me very self-conscious actually but I'm smiling now.... )
7. Honesty.
8. My sweet little puppy, Huntley girl, and her precious brown nose.
9. Thinking about my blog and imagining it with SO much more potential... I see pictures in each entry, edited with word art and decorative banners; pictures taken with a Cannon Rebel, and maybe at some point a Cannon 50D. I'll keep smiling about that idea for a LONG while...
10. Love. And how lucky I am to have it in my life in so many forms. And how all I want to do with my life is love.