"If at first you don't succeed...go back to bed and try it again tomorrow."

Oh, yesterday was a bad day. Bad, bad, bad. Frustration was the common theme for yesterday. I have 21 students in my room. Yesterday I had to do paperwork on one that is having some classroom problems with defiance, today I need to finish paperwork on another kid that is having some learning problems. I need to put in my grades, still grade some papers, get my reading lessons put together for my reading groups, figure out what I am teaching in science...it's neverending...

It is 5:50am right now. I like to post of a morning because it is quiet and my thoughts are under control. I am getting ready to dry my hair and head to work as soon as I can. Probably around 6:15. That puts me at work around 6:45. I typically get there at 7:10. Yep, it is one of those days. Actually, one of those weeks.

On a brighter note, my mom is coming to see me this weekend!!!!! I am so excited to see her. She had her gall bladder out a couple of weeks ago the weekend of my birthday and was unable to come up and see me. She was pretty upset that she didn't get to come up, but I am glad that she gets to now. We are going to go and watch some of my third graders play intermural basketball. Tee-hee...how cute is that going to be?! And eat Chinese. Yay!

“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.” Anonymous

We are hack to school now. I'm not going to lie, I was not super excited about it. I walked in the door just wishing I were at home in bed. I think I missed them more than I thought. It has been okay. Really, it hasn't been that bad. The kids are pretty excited because it is time for them to do all the "important" third grade tasks. You know, multiplication, cursive...that kinda thing. So...they are in good spirits and I am in good spirits. We'll see how long it lasts!

I made a recipe from the Biggest Loser Cookbook. Now, I am sure that it, if cooked correctly, is good. I don't think I did it 100% correctly. Mr. S. said that he really liked it. I really didn't. If I keep this up, I will definitely lose weight because I ate like 1/2 my dinner last night. So..I have some changes to make to that recipe. Oh...and due to the smoke from the frying, the smoke detectors went off AND my house still smells like dinner this morning. Neat.

Frustration has been my word of the day here at home. I need to stop being so frustrated, but when the big, yellow dog won't sleep, all you do is clean, and then once you clean, it all ends up back as a mess in a day...I get frustrated. Grrr....that's my rant.

It's cold. 19 degrees this morning. I was looking at the weather and the highs have been in the 30s (Welcome to Midwest, USA!). Then Friday it's going to be in the 50s, and then it goes back into the 20s and 30s for highs the next days after that. Stupid weather...okay, that is rant pt. 2.

Time to put my face on and go to work. Good day! I said good day!