Day Twenty-one... Thunderstorms and Tornadoes

Oofta, day two of tornado watches and warnings. I can't stand this weather and I certainly don't like the thought of tornadoes hitting around home. I don't like being on my computer during thunderstorms, either... talk about paranoid, right?! ANYWAY, today was another great day at school! I started to realize how much I am going to miss my kids, even though I am ready for a change. Two years of being with the same kids gets a little challenging, but they truly are a great group. So, I have been trying to celebrate them any way I possibly can this week, and I am looking forward to the last two days with them!

Wedding plans- I am starting to get a little anxious... Okay, that was a LIE, I am A LOT anxious for this upcoming wedding! I just want everything to work out, and I know it will, but just the thought of the things that could go wrong are enough to make me crazy. Scott is out of town this weekend for a bachelor party, so I am going to take this weekend and FOCUS! I know I can do this; I have done it already! I am almost done with school (I survived), almost done with this class (I am barely surviving), and I am happy with my life... I CAN DO THIS!!

2 days of school, 10 days until the wedding... and I just realized, what am I going to blog about after all this is over?!?!

BTW- I apparently missed Day Eighteen, I don't know where I went wrong?! Sorry about the counting skills!

Day Twenty... Frustrated and a bit nervous...

Last night, my family and I went to a wedding of a good friend. While there, my older stepdaughters kept asking me questions about our upcoming wedding. By the end of the night, I was so nervous. All I could continue thinking about was things that I really hope my turns out well. I realized (now less than 2 weeks before the wedding) that we had totally spaced music for the wedding itself. The ceremony is only going to be about 15 minutes, but we didn't plan music for guests arriving or even us walking down the aisle. Oh boy, I have some work to do!!

On another note, I am getting more and more excited for this class to be over. I am getting so frustrated! I am working my tail off, and because I miss a simple thing like mistagging my websites, I lost a stupid point. My frustration level is pretty high with this class right now. I was under the impression that she would be emailing us to let us know if we were missing things on our assignments. I was "done" by Tuesday, and never received an email that I had mistagged my websites. Nor did I receive any emails that I wasn't specific enough on how I would modify and use another classmates lesson. I guess I just don't see how being that nitpicky is helping me be a better educator. Generally speaking, in my class, I allow my students to go back and change things before I give it a final grade. Especially if they are done early. With the wedding coming up, I wanted to start the final project early. No such luck. This is the only class that I haven't been able to work ahead when I request it. Not sure how this allows me to work at my own pace. Oh well, I'm kinda over it... I have other things to worry about... just had to vent!

4 days of school, 13 days until the wedding!!

Day Nineteen... Fun times!

Last night was our end-of-the-year staff party at Chili's. It was so much fun getting together with my colleagues outside of school and being able to relax! I love the crew I work with! We all get along so well and everyone is so supportive of each other! Scott had all the kids at home, so my guilt from being out encouraged me to have a friend bring her husband and kids over. They came over for a couple of hours and we all had a great time... Thank goodness it was nice enough to have a fire last night, because there were about 10 kids and 4 adults over here! (Remember, two-bedroom house!) Regardless, a great time was had by all! I figured I better jump on while I had a bit of spare time. We are heading to a wedding in about 4 hours.

4 days of school, 14 days until the wedding, a little longer than that until this class is over... time is FLYING!

Day Seventeen... the schedule is filling up!

Oh my goodness, sometimes I wish I didn't have a calendar. Looking at my calendar and watching it begin to fill up is a little scary! It is a little tough to not let it stress me out even just a little bit. Tomorrow is a staff party after work, Saturday is a wedding of a good friend, next week is the last week of school, and we have family that will begin arriving that following Monday. Oh dear! I have so much to do! I have been pretty good at balancing my time between things and have even found some time to relax a bit. I think I am starting to get a good grip on this balancing life business. Just in time for everything to start going away... Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday! Bring on the weekend!

Day Sixteen... Wrapping up...

Man, what a crazy day! My kids are getting "summer brains" (as I like to call them) and are not as willing to work. We still have three more days before my grades are due, so I still have lots to get done. It has been challenging for sure! We can do this! I keep telling them that if they work their tails off this week, next week will be a chance for us to enjoy each other's company. We have lots of fun activities planned for the last week, and I know I (as much as they are) am looking forward to spending this last week enjoying it.

6 days of school left, 17 days until the wedding!

I can't wait to see my family and friends!!

Day Fifteen... a much needed day off!

This has been quite a relaxing weekend! Got a few things accomplished, but the biggest thing I accomplished was RELAXING! I slept quite a bit, got some homework and some shopping done, and my house is relatively clean! Only 2 4-day weeks of school left before summer vacation (it makes me sad to hear about those who are already done), and 2 more weeks until my family begins to show up for the wedding. I wasn't going to do homework today because of my "Monday/Wednesday" being wedding planning days, but I am trying to figure out what to do next with my wedding planning stuff. So, in the meantime, homework it is...

The countdowns are getting a little nerve wracking!

Day Fourteen... Three weeks and counting!

Leave it to Montana to have rain and crummy weather over Memorial Day weekend... This led to nothing too exciting happening, but lots of movie and t.v. watching. Three weeks until the wedding; maybe I should work on stuff for this? I figure I will get homework done first, then work on my wedding stuff. I am getting so excited to have everyone together to help Scott and I celebrate our big day! I think we are pretty much done with everything, except the few minor details. It is a little frustrating that out of the 100+ invitations we sent out, we have only received about 40. I guess maybe I'll get to work on that. Hope everyone's weekend is more exciting than mine!