"In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer." Oscar Wilde

Good morning! It is 6am, and I am just getting up on a Monday. An hour past my normal time. No, I'm not running late this morning. No, I'm not sick, Nope, it isn't a no school day. It is GRE morning. Yep, the day has come where I have to go and take this dreaded test. I studied a little over the past couple days, and I have to day...I'm a little nervous about this. It's pretty difficult. I'll just keep my fingers crossed the whole time!

Yesterday seemed so super busy, but very productive. I was finally able to clean my house (and it needed it!). Then I made a trip to Wal-Mart. I had planned out my meals for the next two weeks, so hopefully that will help my nightly organization. I know that it helped when I went to the store. I then installed a toilet seat -- awesome, right?! And went to dinner at my friend's house. Steak tacos, mmmm.

So, GRE today, finish my master's paperwork, and maybe a nap. I might want one of those. Yep.

"If you want to be happy, be." Leo Tolstoy

Thank you to Shabby Nest for announcing that I won her wonderful giveaway! I didn't even know there was a giveaway, I just commented and got lucky. I can't wait to see this pillow in person and add it to my living room that I am redecorating! It will look wonderful!!!

I will post more in the morning because it appears that my Subway dinner is here!! YUM!

I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food. ~ W.C. Fields

Again, it's Monday. Weekends really need to slow down. It was a wonderful weekend though. My friends and I took a trip to a winery this weekend and enjoyed some time outside drinking good wine. Then we had some BBQ, played board games, and went to bed early. It was so much fun! I spent yesterday recovering...haha!

I hope this week flies by because hubby and I are going to have an "us" weekend next weekend. With his work being so demanding lately and us being so busy, we have had very little time together. So this upcoming weekend is going to be spent together. I'm pretty excited!

I'm heading to a conference tonight, so I have some sub plans to prep for my student teacher today. Thank goodness I have a student teacher though...it makes my sub plans a little easier!

Time to get ready for work and pack my bags for my conference!

"I don't want to go to school." -Kids across America, daily

Yep, even teachers don't want to always go to school. I would LOVE to sleep in this morning. I am super exhausted today and I feel like I am about to shut my eyes at this moment and go to sleep.

Guess that means I need my Wake-up Diet Soda...*grumble*

Anyone else watch the Biggest Loser? I love that show! Last night I watched and I am definitely moved by the woman who lost her husband and kids in a car accident. What a horrible thing to face in your life. I was a blubbering mess in my living room last night. Then they brought back someone from last season who didn't get a fair chance due to his partner. I love it. What a great motivational show. Now, I know that losing over 10lbs. a week is not realistic. I get that. It is just so motivational to know that these people can overcome such obstacles to become healthy individuals.

Speaking of TV shows, my DVR habit may be out of control. Seriously. I have been going through to make sure I don't miss my shows and I realized, I have a lot of shows. It's okay though. I watch them at this time of the morning so my husband doesn't have to sit through horrible reality shows. Haha! Tonight is So You Think You Can Dance and Glee!!!

DVR is amazing. That is what we all should have learned today.

"He who goes to bed hungry, dreams of pancakes." Proverb quote

It was the morning of pancakes here at my house. I should have gotten photos! I never think to take pictures until AFTER something has passed. *grumble* So, my roomie and I made a ton of panckes, the MS riders thanked us, and headed out the door on Day 2. They seemed in good spirits today and seem to be feeling good this year.

I, on the other hand, will be going back to the dog park with Truman today so he can play with his best friend, Hank the Puggle. Hopefully he can do some more swimming today. Now that he has learned that he can swim, he is all about it. The only downfall is the wet dog I have to pack in my car on the way home. Speaking of which, I will need to clean out my car tonight before I carpool to work tomorrow. Thankfully there is just one other person, so the backseat is just for storing our bags and stuff.

I need to shower a little before I head out. I hope to come back, bathe Truman, and get a few things cleaned up around the house before everyone gets back from the ride. Then it is off to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants. It's tradition to finish the race and go to this same restaurant each year. YAY!

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ~Mark Twain

Pottery Barn makes me extremely happy. If I had a lot of money, I would just buy the rooms they have put together in Pottery Barn. They are so pretty! Everything looks like a little beach cottage. How can you NOT love that?!

Speaking of decorating...I am getting antsy to decorate our house. We still need to put down baseboards. I think we are going to do that in 2 weeks. I think I am getting close to just hiring someone to come and do it for us. My patience on getting the house done is thinning. We also still need carpet on the stairs. They are currently plywood. Awesome, right?

It's time for me to brush my teeth and head off to sleep. I am so tired after waking up early with Truman, working at school for 3 hours, and taking Truman to the dog park.

"You wait for a gem in an endless sea of blah." Lawrence Grossman

It is Friday...and it has been almost a week since I posted. Life has been busy this week! I have a student teacher this year and she didn't come in on Tuesday and instead her mom came in...because her appendix had to be taken out! Wow! So I have been teaching everything again this week. She is supposed to be back on Monday. That would really suck though, to be out because of your appendix. Ick.

I am in the process of getting my Master's application turned in. I have done my online application and I only have a couple more things left. I definitely have to take my GRE by the end of the month...eek!

I am feeling rather boring today...so I think I am done right now.

Without labor nothing prospers. ~Sophocles

This is a three day weekend, in case you didn't know. If it isn't one for you, I'm sorry for rubbing that in your face.

No huge plans for Labor Day. We never really do, I guess. My father-in-law came up last night and stayed the night. I believe he is going home this evening. Right now everyone else in the house is asleep. Of course I am awake due to the yellow dog that we have. He still has not learned to sleep in, and I fear he never will...Currently he is eating a cricket he brought in from the garage. Awesome.

This week at work was a little less than favorable. My kiddos exhaust me, that's for sure. I do have a student teacher, so next week I only teach reading and writing. That's a pretty nice deal. I hope that I teach her something.

Okay, I think I am out of here to find some breakfast and maybe watch a little morning TV...oh, or watch some DVRd stuff...(bad reality shows I DVR so Mr. S. doesn't have to watch it!) Have a lovely labor day weekend!

There aren't enough days in the weekend. ~Rod Schmidt

Is it the weekend yet? Wait, no? It's only Thursday?! *grumble*

It has been a long week and I am ready for the weekend to get here. My students this year are...challenging...yes, challenging. They are just wearing me out on a daily basis. I have been trying different behavior incentives so that it gets better. I have to do something other than fight it every day. The sad thing is that it isn't ALL of them that are like this, but there are just enough to make it hard for me to get important things done during the day. You know, like teaching. *sigh*

It's Thursday and that means today and tomorrow before the weekend. Good stuff.

Have a wonderful day, Bloggers!