New Year, New Post

A lot has happened since February 2010. My father passed away in June of 2010, my son was born in August 2010, and I went from being a classroom teacher to an Art/Gym teacher for the 2010-2011 school year to an Art teacher/librarian this school year. It is amazing what life throws at you.

Although I do miss the classroom, I do not miss the endless hours of grading and the happenings with the parents. I love that I can go home at the end of the school day and hang out with my son and husband.

I LOVE all that I can have the students create in art class and all the stories I get to read to the students in the library. I think it is the perfect fit at this moment in my life. It also helps that I get so many compliments on so many of the items we create in art.

Four Days and Counting

It has been four days since I have had the urge to throw up. Sure I still get queasy at the thought of some foods. The thought of ground beef is just nauseating, especially when I used to make tacos at least once every two weeks. Making dinner has become somewhat of a task because it totally depends on what I feel like eating.

I have also noticed that I just about finished with my 3rd jar of peanut butter in the last two months. I told Jay that baby just feels like eating peanut butter. :)

So as I am entering my 15th week, I am hoping that my morning sickness is going to be a thing of the past. I am going to try to go off my nausea pills next week and hope for the best!

Now I just need the patience to get through ISTEP testing this week. It is the applied skills portion which means the students are writing out their answers. We have practiced everyday last week and now I can just pray that they take their time and do their very best. However sometimes that might be asking a little too much.

Please Go Away January

It has turned out that January has been quite an expensive month. We have had to replace a garbage disposal, followed by the demise of the poor computer, a crack in my windshield, the furnace needing a cleaning, and now the ignitor going out in the stove.

I am happy to report that we were able to replace the garbage disposal ourselves.

Tony was fixing the computer and found the stupid virus program and just as he was about to get rid of it, it locked him out of every single thing. So now you can't even log on. Hopefully the computer will be taking a ride with my Uncle Paul. Hopefully he can rid the nasty virus away.

I have done nothing about the crack in my windshield because I am still trying to fathom how pulling into the garage at night and coming back in the morning could actually form a crack. The poor car also needs to be washed and my dad says it will be okay going through the car wash. However I have visions of the crack getting larger as I am sitting in the car wash.

The furnace was probably the least expensive fix of $50. Only because the heating and cooling guy is a friend of the family and I expected it to be more because he came out on a Sunday afternoon. I was quite pleasantly surprised when I received the bill.

And as of today, I have a working stove again. How anyone can justify charging $62 to come out and then charge $20 labor and then $50 for a part is beyond me. Shouldn't labor and a service fee be the same thing?

So January I need you to leave. I really cannot afford for you to stay any longer.

Halfway through...January that is!

It is hard to believe that January is already halfway over. I consider this a good thing because it means that I am closer to ending my first trimester. Yuppers I am preggars. :)

I'm sure that most everyone knows because of who we saw at Christmas, but I guess this is the first time I have actually written out that I am. According to my doctor I am due on August 22. So it means that I have about a month and a couple weeks to fit into my bridesmaid dress for Rosie's wedding in October. I have yet to order my dress.

Today marks my 9th week, that means that I hopefully only have 3 more weeks left of this fantastic first trimester. However I consider it anything but fantastic. I get to spend every day being nauseated and have a hard time keeping down my breakfast and lunch. It is amazing that I have made it through teaching without having to run out of the room to throw up. Although I am waiting for the day that it actually happens. I just tend to prop myself up someplace in the room and teach from there.

I have yet to tell my students, but the entire school staff knows. So I am debating on when to tell my students.

I was given nausea pills from my doctor and was told to take two before bed and one in the morning. So far I have taken one pill at night and it completely knocks me out. So needless to say I am not taking the recommended dosage. However when I wake up in the morning I do feel somewhat like I can function through the day. Although my mom would rather I not take any at all. At this point I really would like to fbe able to somewhat function.

So these last few weeks of the first trimester should be interesting. I have my next appointment on the 28th and was told I will be given an ultrasound and should be able to hear a heartbeat. How exciting! :)

Patience

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.
~Saint Augustine

This is something that I need to be telling myself as we get one day closer to the end of the first half of the school year. I also enjoyed the fact that on Sunday the homily was about patience. It is funny how the homilies reflect how I am feeling at the moment.

I will just remember to tell myself to breathe through the next 12 school days. :)