The Longest Day....

Today was seriously the longest day EVER!!! And we got an hour earlier at that!!!! I guess I should say this was the longest morning ever.... I kept thinking that it was almost lunch time, and we hadn't even had our morning recess yet! Plus, this has felt like a really long week... and it's a short week! No school on Friday... well, no kids at least, I still have to go.... So I don't know what is up. It seems that all the other teachers had bad days too... Everything was just off. One of my students who has been a behavior problem has been really good lately, now that we have a system in place... but today was just not a good day for him either, which made it not a good day for me.... On top on being a pain in the classroom, he lost his lunch ticket while in line to get to the cafeteria. He lost it because he was not listening to ME and was doing the exact OPPOSITE of what I told him to do, which is putting his hands through the slats of the railing, and thus dropping his ticket in the bush. I told him that he couldn't have lunch now, and he has a total melt down! He was screaming, and throwing a tantrum, and then to top it all off, because he wanted to go look for his ticket and I told him he couldn't, he flipped me off... yes, a four year old boy gave me the finger! I am just glad that tomorrow is another day, and the last one for the week at that!

Eight Days A Week

This is honestly been the best week that I have had here yet work wise, yet it still felt like a really long week... I think that four day week last week spoiled me :) I also got sick again this week. That is right, this is my SECOND time getting sick after only a month of school. This time it is a sore throat. So I am gonna pack up here soon and head out for the weekend for some nice R&R :)

Here Comes the Sun

Do do do do.....

I am coming to the end of a long, productive yet relaxing weekend... Friday there was no school because it was Statehood Day. Yeah for holidays! I went into school anyways and did some work around the classroom and got things organized. I have also now rearranged my room again now for the third time. I think it is getting there!!!! I stayed from about 9-3, and then went home so that I could Skype my family for my dad's birthday. My grandparents and two of my aunts were also there, so it was nice to get to see everybody.

Saturday I went to the beach with Jill and it was the first time since I have been here that I have stepped into the ocean! I has thought about bringing work with me to the beach, but instead decided to buy a People magazine at Wal-Mart and read that instead! (Brad and Angie's baby pics are soooo adorable!) I took a picture at the beach which I am gonna send to my grandparents, but I posted it here, so I can share with everyone!

Today I went to church, and it was really great. The worship songs reminded me of church back home, not only the songs they did, but the way they did it and the Spirit behind it and everything. There are three guys who rotate leading worship, and I would have to say that I like today's the best. After church I went to see "Journey to the Center of the Earth" with a friend from work. It was actually pretty good!

Okay, so that was my weekend... oh yeah! And I have to say, that I have discovered that the Hawaiian commercials are the funniest I have ever seen!!! Seriously, there is just something about them. They all make me laugh. I don't know if it is the cheesyness or the bad acting, but they just make me laugh all the time!

Another one bites the dust...

Aloha once again to all my mainland friends and family! Friday is finally here!!! I am so excited for this weekend. This has been a loooong week! Well, the first few days were pretty good, but the last two weren't, especially yesterday. I think the days and week are too long for the kids, which makes my job even harder! The kids are getting better, but some still need a lot of work. I am still learning the ropes and trying to keep my head above water. Luckily I don't have any other commitments besides my job, because it is pretty much consuming all of my waking moments! But I don't mind the business.... at least not yet :)

I don't have any plans for the weekend, except doing lesson planning for the next week, and then there is a potluck on Sunday with some of the teachers here at school. So that should be fun. Well, I am off to finish up here in the classroom so I can get out of here and start enjoying the weekend... the best moment of the whole week (wink, wink to Stephanie)

P.S. I spent all of yesterday afternoon rearranging my room... so when I get a chance I will take more pics so you can see the transformation! :)

Monday, Monday

I must admit that it was hard to relax over the weekend... I kept having this feeling that I there were things that I needed to do, but I didn't have anything to do, if that makes sense.... The last week has been sooo consumed with school that I couldn't comprehend not doing anything. Plus, I was stressing about my class... It seems to be fluctuating so much, I was afraid I was going to end up with more kids than I could handle! Although I was not looking forward to coming to work today, it turned out to be quite enjoyable. I believe that my students are going to be a steady 22. The class was also well behaved today, which made things less stressful, more fun, and we were able to get twice as much accomplished! I think my room is finally starting to feel not so ugly and dirty. I think I'm gonna put up another bulletin board over a chalkboard to add some more color.

Well, I guess that is it. Hopefully this week will continue to go well. It's weird how I felt so stressed out over the weekend, and now that I am back at work, I feel so must better! Maybe because I have more of a sense of control here ! Ha! Who knows!

TGIF

Aloha again! It's the first weekend of the school year! And boy am I glad that it is here! It sure has been a long week, filled with loooong days! I FINALLY remembered to bring my camera to school, so here are some pictures of my classroom (pre-kids that is!). Enjoy!

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World...

Aloha!

I am writing you from you classroom again! It is finally Friday! It has been a long week, and I only spent 2 days with the kids... and I only had half of them!!! The other half come on Monday and Tuesday, and then I have them all together starting Wednesday. Today was better than yesterday, but there were still struggles along the way. I even had moments where I missed D***** from my class last year :) Yes! Can you believe it! But I was feeling the same way last year... so I know it will just take time til I get to know the students. I think what is hardest is that these kids have NEVER been to school... so there is so much that they don't know! Like walking in a line, or sitting still, or LISTENING! My goodness... we've got a lot of work to do here!