ACK! I missed 3 whole days!

Ok. I wanted to try to write on here everyday but then a crazy busy weekend with a holiday got in the way. What to do? RECAP, that's what.

Friday: Uhhh. I just realized I barely remember what I did yesterday and I'm supposed to remember Friday. This is exactly why I should do this daily. I think I have early onset Alzheimer's. Think...Think...Think I'll get back to you.

Saturday: I worked at The Children's Center and the little one I mentioned last Saturday had another training session, this one off site. Just him and his trainees. It went much better but he was still very anxious ("My stomach hurts!"... all freaking day!). But it did go well. Cross your fingers that he'll be out of TCC soon and be in a loving family. BTW, I love this family. I hope and pray that it works out. It was also my good friend Katie's last day. Saturdays will never be the same. No more Lego jails, polygamist compounds, white trash meth houses or temples of light. I'll miss you, Katie!

Sunday: Happy Mother's Day. My ingenious Mother's Day idea did not happen. Tampons are expensive and I'm not going to waste them on making ugly flowers. We went to brunch with my grandparents, sisters and parents at Little America...one and a half hours later we got in. The food was good but the company was better. It was a nice relaxing day!

This is us walking to Little America. I should have known it was a bad sign when we had to park 2 blocks away.

Does anyone else think the signage is a bit ghetto?

Waiting for Mike to park the car (as a side note, we probably should have gotten in line instead of waiting).

I'm glad I didn't have to pay! Thanks, Mike!

Grandma and Courtney waiting...

Devin waiting and contemplating putting that chandelier in her room...

Mom waiting and hanging out with a moose...

Taking pictures of huge flower arrangements and WAITING...

Grandma, Courtney and I trying to not think about how hungry we are and waiting...

Woot! We finally got in. Omelet bar anyone?

Friday: I finally remembered. I went to a book sale with Katie and Karla then we had lunch at Amour, a cute little Indian restaurant in Draper. At 6, I went on a blind date with Karla's friend. Let's call him B. My date with B was ok but it's not leading to marriage or even a second date. Some would say give it another chance. First dates, especially blind dates are always difficult. But I just wasn't that into him. The end.

Monday: Today I subbed in a first grade class in Cottonwood Heights. It was fun and pretty easy. I'm getting pretty good at this teaching thing, if I do say so myself. At 5:30 I also start my MED program. We'll see how it goes. I don't know what I've gotten myself into. I hope it goes well but I'm a bit nervous. Wish me luck!

So Annoyed but not about Cinco de Mayo

So I am a sub for Jordan, Granite and Murray school districts. At least I was until a few days ago.

Due to student teaching, I wasn't able to sub in any district except Murray (where I student taught) from the end of December to the beginning of May. This has caused Jordan and Granite to both drop me as subs. Ugh. Annoying. I called both and Granite put me back in the system while I was on the phone. Thanks Granite, you're fantastic. Jordan on the other hand has a new sub coordinator lady and she was not so nice. She just said I'd have to reapply in July. What? That's stupid. Just put me back in.

Now, you may say this is no big deal but I was supposed to sub for a friend who student taught at the same time I did. She was given a long-term sub job at the school where she taught but already had a vacation planned in early June. The school was cool with it as long as she could find a sub to cover all the days she would be gone. Knowing I'm on the sub list, she asked me. I was super excited because that's 10 days of guaranteed work. Now I have to go back and say, "Sorry Jen. Can't. Hope you find someone else." It's annoying.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

I love this holiday because it's an excuse for me to eat tacos (which will be eaten, not spilled on my shirt) and listen to mariachi music. Here are some fantastic videos for your Cinco de Mayo viewing pleasure.



Ok, I said videos before actually looking for videos. You would think there would be entertaining videos on Youtube. This is the funniest I found. Sad.



Maybe I'll make a video of my Cinco de Mayo festivities. It will probably be amazing because I am amazing. Stay tuned for the festivities.

Creeps, Tacos and 2nd Graders...

This is what my day was filled with, but not in that order.

I began the day with 2nd graders, who by the way are precious. I have never been in a 2nd grade class and I truly enjoyed it today. They still are at that point where everything you do as a teacher is fabulous. They all want to be you and they wish the adults in their lives were more like you. It's great, almost like being famous but without the giant paycheck. I had a wonderful time subbing for them today and the more I spend time in the younger grades, the more I think that I really want to teach them. I'm torn.

I also spoke with the teachers at Grant and they asked if I had a job yet. I told them no and asked their opinions on what my next move should be. They all whole-heartedly agreed that calling is not a good idea. Hmmm...I would have never thought that.

I ate a taco today, or at least I tried. Most of it ended up splattered on my shirt. I spill on myself a lot. I also work with kids so I usually just blame it on them but I guess that secret is out now. Good thing I was wearing a cardigan today. Here is another secret: if you spill on your shirt and still have places to go, just button the cardigan up higher. Problem solved. You're welcome for the sound fashion advice.

Imagine the taco picture as a big blob of taco goo and the words as not being there and the t-shirt as a button-up shirt and me as the person add a head and body and then you get the idea.

I should have gone with a Crunchwrap Supreme because it "takes popular Taco Bell flavors and makes them portable by wrapping it with a tortilla, creating a unique hexagon shape, sealed on all sides to avoid spills."


The other place I had to go was Best Buy. I didn't really have to go there but I was waiting for a friend to get home from work so I could drop something off and I didn't want to drive all the way home so I spent some time browsing electronics I can't afford. As I'm looking at some really cool cameras, a guy says, "You're hair smells nice." WHAT?!?!!? First, is that a pick up line? Second, why in the world would you be close enough to my hair to smell it? Third, I didn't wash it today and I know it doesn't smell like unicorns, flowers, rainbows and butterflies. It smells like dirty hair, eww. Fourth, did you miss the day in kindergarten when they talked about staying in your own space? Fifth, you're old. Sixth, eww, just EWWW.

I imagine it probably looked something like this, except I'm a lot cuter than Hilary and he did it without me knowing. I'm pretty sure Hilary was in on this one.

I gave him my patented "You're a creep and you should probably get away from me now before I self-defense your butt to last week" look, flipped my nice smelling hair, and walked away... as quick as my broken toe could get me out of there.

Had it gone more like this, I may have given him my phone number...ok, it's the exact same thing but it's Zac Efron and he's dreamy. Sigh...

Fragmented Thoughts

I don't know why I feel like I have to write on here everyday (seriously, my life is pretty lame right now) but I do. It's an obsession. Maybe because I never write in my journal and I'm trying to make it up somehow...I don't know. I also know that I will severely disappoint my loyal followers if I don't post everyday. :)

I subbed today at Parkside (one of the schools that interviewed me on Wednesday) in a special ed. class. It was so boring! You'd think that I'd get to do something but I just sat around most of the day. It really was not fun. Also, I didn't feel like I was appreciated at the school. I know I already said I didn't do much but I was there and willing to work. I asked for jobs to do and I got breakfast duty, bathroom duty, filling in bubble sheets, and lunch duty. What a great day to spend a day...at least I got paid. After being there, I don't know that I really want to work there at all.

I love quotes. This is a quote I heard in my Creative Arts Methods class during the Fall of 2008 and I loved it. This quote is also one of the handful of helpful things I got from that class.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant,gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciouslygive other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear,our presence automatically liberates others.

~A Return to Love, Marianne Williamson

I'm Only Slightly Broken

I woke up today and my toe was quite a bit larger than last night and very purple.

I went to sub for my kindergarten class anyway. I limped through the day and decided at 11 am that I should probably go to the doctor to see if it really is broken. I was able to get an appointment at 2 pm and found out that I have a hairline fracture that starts at the joint closest to my toe nail on the outside of my toe, curves around the top of my toe and almost makes a complete circle. Had that happened, a chunk of bone would have fallen off and I would have to have surgery. Thank goodness that didn't happen and all I have to do is wear this lovely boot and tape for three weeks.

Do cute, single men think these boots are attractive?

The Interview

Dun Dun Dun! My interview was at 3:30 this afternoon...15 minutes after I got out of school. Ugh! It was a rush to get over there but I made it on time and wasn't too sweaty (we just finished playing a game of kick ball in which I may or may not have broken my toe).

Unbroken Toe

Possibly Broken Toe--Ick! It's so fat and ugly!

I interviewed with both principals, Mrs. Kranz from Parkside and Dr. Kupferschmidt from Horizon. I had heard from my buddies at Grant that they were both a bit intimidating so obviously I was super nervous to start. Good news, they both were pretty easy on me. I don't know if that is a good thing though. Do they think I can't handle the real questions? I don't know. I'm probably over analyzing again.

I really hope it went well and that I get one of the jobs. My question is, do I send a thank you? Do I call? When should I expect an answer? Ack! I don't know interview etiquette. I just really want them to know that I am very interested and I'm a great candidate. What to do? Life will just be so much more relaxing when this whole ordeal is over and I finally have a job.

Two hours later...I decided to mail a letter to each principal thanking them for taking the time to interview me and letting them know that I am the best candidate for the position. Hope it works! Cross you fingers!