True Blood is over and I am so sad and disappointed. While I know that it was not going to end the way the books ended, I was hoping for something a little more descriptive of what happened with Sookie at the end rather than an "Alcide" look-alike. I have also finished watching The Walking Dead, all four seasons an I need October 12th to come around as quick as possible because right now I feel like my closest friends and family are locked in a boxcar and waiting for me to let them out. LOL!!! This is what happens when you watch too many episodes of Zombies back to back. I find myself driving and thinking about where I should go when the Zombie Apocalypse hits. LOL!!! I think I need to stop decompressing with TV at night and work on sleeping more…….
Monday, August 25, 2014
Well…..Up and at them at 4:30 am to be at school by 6:00 am for schedule distribution and the first day of school. Of course that included an upset stomach - classic Leann for the first day of school and a trip by Starbucks for a Skinny Vanilla Latte to stay away today. Ali met me at 6:30 am to help pass out schedules this morning and we were joined by the principal, assistant principal and USL kids who did a fabulous job handing out schedules. We had all kids in classes by 8:20 am!!! I was able to check on all teachers including the 12 new ones and drop off a small gift to our new teachers as I visited the classroom to make sure the air was working, everyone was okay and no teachers were Duct Taped to the wall!!! All was quiet! In fact, it seemed that things were quiet all over the place. Guidance was quiet and all kids were in classes, my secretary had an issue to take care of off campus and she was able to leave without any problems. The students got off campus with no problems this afternoon and all was well at the end of the day with very few problems. Classes for the most part are about 40 with a few above 40 but only because we are over in numbers and need more teachers but that problem will not be solved in the near future - meaning this week. A lot of people said it was the smoothest school has gone in a number of years.
I stayed until 9:10 pm tonight to get caught up. The agendas are counted out thanks to some TA's and good students so they are ready to go. Ali printed the sign-in list for the agendas and I sent out the email tonight for this. We are good to go and ready for them to be handed out. I delivered the printers, picked up the old equipment in the rooms and had Mike Linares adjust the LCD projectors for several teachers. The Chromebook carts have the appropriate documentation inside of the doors and workorders are put in. The drive home was tiring and I was ready to fall asleep. I made it home only to see a fire burning on the hill across the west. I am hoping that it will be put out soon. Tomorrow the carpets get cleaned so Squeak will have to spend some time in the bathroom - hope this does not traumatize her. LOL!!! needless to say - it was a good day - although busy and tiring!!!
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
The second day of school went well but I am exhausted. I was at school until 9:30 pm moving more technology around and making sure teachers had what they needed in their classrooms. It seems like every time I turn around I get called in a different direction to do something else so I cannot get it all done during the day. Gee….imagine that…. The kids / students are great. I love seeing them and talking with them about their summer and how things have been. I love being at a high school. Recently I have been wondering what would have happened if I would have sucked it up and stayed in Laurens????? What if I never would have gone to the Joe Adair Center (JAC)? I just truly love being on a high school campus and working with this age group and reflect back on my time at the JAC and I realize it was time that was necessary for me to realize how much I love the secondary age group 6-12. Well needless to say on Tuesday I was extremely tired by the end of the evening and I of course crashed when I got home at 10:00 pm.
I do have kittens outside the apartment right now from the momma cat. There are four. Two are pretty brave and two are skittish. There are two orange and white tabbys and one black and white tabby. The last kitten I have only seen one time but it is gray with a white belly. They are all very cute but they are not friendly right now and it is going to take a little time. I have been sitting at the door with the screen closed feeding them and talking with them so they get use to me.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Today I got to work at 6:30 am and it was one heck of a day. My secretary has been out a lot this week with her husband being sick and now she has picked up what he had. Due to this there has been a lot of little things that I have had to do because she has not been around such as items getting out, items getting ordered, working with the TA's/OA's to make sure they are taken care of and just in general trying to take care of issues from parents walking in the door. We had to get the student planners out today for two reasons, 1) the passes are in the back, 2) the rules, consequences and bell schedule are in the planner also. There were a few mistakes in the planner so that had to be taken care of as well. I can't tell you how happy I am to have the Agenda / planner again!! I absolutely love using these!!! The little things she does helps me and therefore gives me more time but since she has been out it has been a lot of little things as well. I decided to try and get home earlier tonight so I left work at 8:00 pm rather than 9:30 pm and only because there were parents around that needed to be taken care of in the evening and I spent three hours from 5-8 returning the emails that I did not get to the last two days, which made me feel awful because it usually does not take that long for me to return emails.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Today is game day for USC in South Carolina. The game is at 6:00 pm and of course that means 3:00 pm here in CA. I have downloaded the App to listen to the game and I am wearing my USC shirt today!!! The funny thing was that April Aldrich wore hers as well. How hilarious that two girls on John W. North's campus had on Gamecock shirts.
I stopped at Target on the way home for a few things and realized how little I have eaten this week. It seems like every time I turned around, I had something to do and had no time to sit and eat lunch. So rather, I eat junk that is lying around. I believe today was more about ChexMix that someone brought that actual real food. My guilty pleasure recently has been Nutella Peanut Butter and apples. While it is not awful for you the peanut butter is not exactly great for you either. I finally saw the inside of the apartment at 10:15 pm, only to take off my makeup and lay down with Squeak coming up next to me and falling asleep immediately. As I laid in bed I realized that I have not checked the mail in a few days and that the dishwasher needs to be emptied from the run that I set it on yesterday. LOL!! Oh well, first week of school - things get left to the last minute. This weekend is a three day weekend. I can catch up then???????
Friday, August 29, 2014
ITS FRIDAY!!! I will be able to sleep in 17 hours. It is 5:00 am and I am hoping that I will be back by 11:00 pm so that I can crash. I have to tell you that I don't usually do coffee but I have been doing lattes this week just to keep me awake while I am at work. When I get this tired, I get a little loopy and start saying the first thing that comes to mind, which is not always the best thing for me and people around me. I know that I will need to be careful this today and this weekend. The last time I was this tired was the end of June and my tiredness cost me a relationship that I held close and miss dearly.
The morning started out with no eventful situations. I visited a lot of teachers to try and get things taken care of and worked out as we move into the weekend. We had our first assembly today for the school year, of which we did in the stadium. Of course there were ice bucket challenges and I have to tell you that while I completely understand the purpose these challenges have been going on for about a month now and I have been able to avoid them until today. The United Student League (USL / Student Government) decided it would be fun to douse the administration so I was up for the ice bucket challenge. Now, if you know me and my work as an athletic trainer, everyone knows this does not bother us. We make large 10 gallon containers of Gatorade that has to be stirred (sometimes with plastic bags over our arms), dive into ice cold whirlpools for items, put our hands into ice buckets for ice towels to cool off players so while I have been seeing these on Facebook, it has not been a huge deal for me. So I was the second admin to get doused and I have to tell you - considering how warm it was for 9:30 am in the morning, it really felt good and as I told the kids - I have curly hair, it dries and will be fine - I just brought a change of clothes. I donated $20.00 to the Law and Protective Services Academy and $20.00 to ALS.
After changing clothes the rest of the day went well. We do not have students wandering the campus due to the use of the Agendas. We have students dressing better and it does not look like the JWNHS Club, which is a good thing. Lunch duty was uneventful and the kids were excited about the game on Friday night. While we did loose everyone there was in good spirits and supportive of the team!!! I made it home by 11:00 to jump in bed and sleep until 8:30 am the next morning.
Saturday, August 30, 2014
As I woke up this morning, later than usual (8:30 am) I was still tired. Today was a day that I was looking to relax and take it easy. I got up and changed the sheets on the bed, started laundry, paid bills and cleaned a bit. I went to get my nails done this morning. While I was there for a bit, I was not there forever. I tried to do North Blue and yellow dots but the blue came out more like a black so I went with white dots.
By the time I ran to the grocery store for a few things it was 2:00 pm when I got back. I did not think I took that long to do the tasks for today - where has the day gone…… Well I guess 5 loads of laundry does take time as well as bills. I sat down on the couch at 3:00 only to find myself waking up at 4:15 pm, not realizing I fell asleep. I left to go to the Roe's for dinner right aways since I was suppose to be there at 4:30 pm. I never even realized that I feel asleep. I never sleep in the middle of the day so you know that I needed it! Jess and I sat and talked about everything that has been going on the past four weeks since we have seen each other. I really miss her and today has been tough. Today was the one year anniversary that I have been in my apartment. One year ago I was moving out of the Roe's and moving in. Rachel was here and my items from SC were on their way. It is hard to believe how much has changed in the one year with friends and situations. Megan leaving….Rhodes getting a new job….getting a new car…changing positions at RUSD….principal changes….. this list goes on and one and while change is constant and expected, it can be hard.
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Today is Brianne's birthday and Stephen, her boyfriend has created an all day event for her and her friends including Sue, Erin, Alicia, Brooke, Paige, Patrick, Danielle and I. This morning we met at Swami's in Carlsbad for breakfast 9:30 am. The breakfast was good but the service was terrible. We were suppose to catch the Coaster to go to San Diego at 11:10 and at 11:00 we were still waiting for our food and we had been at the table since 10:20. Needless to say we had them pack the food up and ate it on the train. This is the first time I had been on the Coaster and it was fun.
It goes down through the beach cities and dumps you off in San Diego. There is also the Sprinter (another train that goes inland), the Link (a bus system), the Flex (you arrange for it to pick you up at a specific location at a specific time), the Lift (for handicapped people who need public transportation). North San Diego County has a very interesting and intricate public transportation system. So we made it to Petco Park and into the game with no difficulty.
The Padres did not do well today against the Dodgers but the game itself was fun. It was Military Appreciation Day so there were lots of people at the game today and while the stands were not PACKED, there was really not any open blocks of seats either. When we left we headed back to the trolley and where we ate dinner in Old Town at a great Pizza Place called Pizza Bella. The food was wonderful and the atmosphere was great on the porch outside. We walked about Old Town a bit and made it back to catch the train at 7:16 pm to head back to Carlsbad.
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