Day 9

I was working with my PSP and I just noticed it was 11:30 so i thought I'd better write a little bit before the day is over.
Marvin and I are looking forward to seeing Sandy and Tristan tomorrow :)
Today has been a rather uneventful day so I will just send the tag I did a little while ago. I wish I could send animated tags. Mia had sent animations, maybe she can tell me how to do it :)
Besos.

Day 8

Sunday is usually a stay at homne day. Marvin gets breakfast in the morning (Denver omelette, hash browns and bacon), we read the newspaper and just take it easy. Since Sandy and Tristan will be coming on Tuesday :) we did some cleaning, put things away, etc.
It was again a beautiful Fall day, and we spent some time outside, I made a pepper ristra and we hung it in the porch to dry. We also picked a fairly good size tomato from our hanging baskets, probably one of the last ones of the season.
Here's a nice view of the garden today.

Day 7

And so I went to the hair salon. Lauren my hairdresser is a very nice person, she listened to what I had to say and really took her time with me. After dying my hair (maybe a little too dark, but is very lustrous) she washed it and gave me a long scalp, neck and ear massage. It felt great. She also gave me a mini facial. I felt totally relaxed, then it was haircut time. I told her to do what she thought would look well for me, something easy for me to take care of, it came out very nice, she didn't cut too much but layered it and now it has a nice shape. I was happy with it. I even bought some Aveda products like voluminizing tonic. As I was leaving, she surprised me by giving me a hug and a kiss :) By the way, one of my ex Kindergarten kids works there as a trainee. she asked me if I was Mrs. Wann, I said yes and she said you were my teacher in Kindergarten lol
Afterwards I went to my favorite store Trader's Joe and then home. Marvin said my hair looked nice. For dinner, we went to Acapulco.
It was a very nice day.

Day 6

At school, today was collaboration day. That means all members of a grade team and the principal, get together and discuss the progress of the students. In Kinder, we meet from 9:00AM to 10:30AM. The teachers take turns to bring breakfast on collaboration day. Two weeks ago it was my turn, since I couldn't decide what I wanted to bring, Marvin got it for me: fresh fruit tray, brie cheese spread, croissants, I also got some cream cheese and bagels. Today was Norma's turn, she brought McDonald's breakfasts, it was OK.
Tomorrow is my hair appointment day, I am sort of anxious. I hope I'd like it :)
Have a good weekend everybody, and I hope you all will feel better!

Day 5

I had nothing much to write about today, but after talking to Lizzie and reading Sandy's blog, I will write about hmmm..life?
My thoughts are, life is what you make of it. Sometimes we don't see the little things that make us happy because we are too involved in the big picture, in the routine, the day to day rote. What we want out of life is also tempered by our circumstances, our families, we must however make time for ourselves and fulfill our own needs as well.
I most of the time look at the bright side of life. I just reread what I wrote and I am not sure it makes much sense, plus it makes me think too much.
However, I want to say that I have discovered, well actually I always knew but maybe didn't say it out loud, that I have all kinds of hmmm..quirkiness that may be annoying to others and it sometimes annoys me too, although I tend to laugh it off. Case in point. My fear or dislike of going to have my hair done. I keep on trying different salons and I'm never satisfied, I have gone to high end and to Fantastic Sam's and everything in between. Part of the problem is I cannot verbalize what it is I want. The other part of the problem is that I don't know what I want. (How about the fact that Nuri used to have a hair salon, would that be a factor too?)
So, I just have made an appointment to have my hair colored and cut on Saturday at 11:30AM ARTIKA HairSpa
That's where I went last time (in April lol).
One of these days I will write about my indecisiveness about retirement. That will take a couple of pages lol, so be prepared. Goodnight now, I'm going to watch Project Runway....one of life's little pleasures.
(Picture of my hair right now, will take one Saturday)

Day 4

Wednesday is a short day, the kids go home at 1:30 but we have to stay until 3. I pleaded sickness (cough, cough) and left early. We have 2 full weeks of testing the little children: Math which is writing numbers to 20, making patterns, simple addition, days of the week, and shape recognition. For Language Arts we ahve to test them on letters names, letter sounds, reading high frequency words (25), reading (level 2), writing at least a sentence, and penmanship. I am lucky I have only 15 kids because every test has to be done one by one. The challenge is giving the other 14 kids something to do so they don't interrupt constantly! It all takes a loooong time and we all (teachers and kids) get frustrated and cranky.

There's way too much emphasis on testing, most especially in Kindergarten, I just don't think they should be given so many tests. I have 3 children that are still 4 years old (one of them is turning 5 tomorrow), let them be children I say :)

Day 3

I went back to school today, my sub yesterday only had 11 children, there's a lot of flu around the school. One kid in the next K room got viral meningitis, and one in my room had head lice. Fun!!! Notes were sent home notifying the parents of all K children. I can feel tomorrow there will be a lot of absences!
I feel better but still cough a bit and took a long nap when I got home. Marv cooked catfish and it was very good.
Good night!