A First For Me

Yesterday I called in sick.. I have never called in sick before - at any job. Especially now, I feel bad when another teacher has to cover what I should be doing with my students. Oh well. I felt like i was going to die yesterday and Tuesday. I needed the day off. To sleep. A day to not have to fight with my students.. And today - i feel much, much better. I am not back to 100% yet.. But, shortly...

I hate being sick..

Yes, I most definately am.. i thought maybe I could fight it off. But, here I sit at 12:30 in the afternoon, just waiting for the time that i can go home. I probably would have called in sick today, but its finals week, and I need all the days I can get with these students. Im just hoping it doesnt develop into the flu.. Right now Ive just got a nasty cold: Sore throat, sneezing, coughing, congested head, aches.. All of the above.. YUCK! I want to feel better!!

On another note - I am all moved. I am now, once again, a resident of West Allis.. It is definately weird, but its good to be there. Last night, I was up until 11:45pm watching KING KONG with Meghan and Eric. I think they will be good roommates.. Im looking forward to it.. Though, I am going to terribly miss the way things were...

March 25th - the hard move....

The official move date is March 25th. Its a Saturday, and it is with mixed feelings that I finally set a move date. I am going to honestly miss living with Steve. Its going to be hard not seeing him and talking with him every day - even though on the days I work the video store I dont talk with him a lot. There is still always something. I think this is going to be the hardest move I have had to make..(at least since my move to college). he has honestly become my best friend since I moved in. Its not that I even really want to move... Its just that since Steve and I arent together anymore, its kinda weird going to just roommates.. What may have worked once, but it is not going to be the same now....... I moved away from Milwaukee to live with Steve because I needed a roommate.... Dont get me wrong - I LOVE where we live, I loved living with Steve and Im going to miss it terribly!! I am looking forward to living back in Milwaukee.. But, not to saying goodbye to daily contact with Steve. Even though we arent "together" anymore, we remain really, really good friends - and i hope it stays that way...

Random Information about moi...

Four Jobs I've Had:
1. Teacher
2. Admissions Office - Student Worker
3. Office help for the City of Wausau DPW
4. Eastbay - Customer Service, Phone Orders, New Employee Training

Four Movies I Can Watch Over and Over:
1. Where the Heart Is
2. Labyrinth
3. Savannah Smiles
4. Pretty Woman

Four Places I've Lived:
1. Oconomowoc
2. West Allis
3. South Milwaukee
4. Grafton

Four TV Shows I Love to Watch:
1. Law and Order: SVU
2. Without a Trace
3. Miami Ink
4. American Idol

Four Places I've Been on Vacation:
1. Nashville
2. Dallas, TX
3. South Dakota
4. Iowa

Four of Your Favorite Foods:
1. Chimi's
2. Cousins Subs
3. Any pasta
4. Rocky Rococo Pizza

Four Places You'd Rather Be:
1. Living in Nashville
2. Sleeping
3. Australia
4. ?? who knows - Im happy here.

Four Musical Artists You Love:
1. Bryan White
2. Daniel Powter
3. Joe Nichols
4. Green Day

Four Vehicles I've Owned:
1. 2001 Nissan Altima
2. 1996 Chevy Cavaliar
3. Ive only owned 2 cars
4. Im only 25, give me a break!!

4 Blogs I visit daily:
1. Hannah's http://amatuerauthor.blogspot.com/
2. WaiterRant http://www.waiterrant.net/
3. And there random others, but only 2
4. that i visit on a daily basis....

The all over icky feeling..

For the past week, I have just felt overly icky. I dont really know how to explain it. I am not necessarily sick. But, I seem to always have a headache, i am either hot or cold, my stomache is normally a little queasy, and it seems that I have acid reflux constantly.. Doesnt that sound pleasant.. If this keeps up, I am going to have to visit a doctor.. Right now, I just want to sleep.. This is how I feel right now....

Cold and Tired....

The swearing game..

My 3rd hour class loves to swear. Wait, I shouldnt really say that they "love" to swear. I think it is more habit than anything. Its what they are accustomed too. Its their home life and life away from school... I guess growing up in less than desireable homes and gangs, it becomes part of a persons every day language. What Im saying is that my 3rd hour (well, at least 4 or 5 students from my 3rd hour), does it more than normal. It seems like a lot of my time is correcting the nagative vocab.. Today, Noel said "hell", and Josh followed it up by telling me he was just naming off a noun.

I made this deal with the class today, that if they could go the rest of the week without swearing (Today, Thursday and Friday), I would give them a pizza party Friday for lunch (with Papa Murphy's Pizza). Oh my, were they all excited.. Unfortunately, the excitement only lasted about 5 minutes.. and then.. I heard it. Noel had told Natasha to "shut the fuck up".....

To give them the benefit of the doubt, I gave another chance... but.. 5 minutes later.. you know the rest of the story..

I think I need to start smaller.. Maybe no swearing for 10 min should equal some candy.. then, we will shoot for 30 minutes.. Then, maybe a whole class period.. Then, two class periods.. Who knows...