Karma!

So this man was never really a talkative man growing up, but sometimes I just wanted to tell him to be quiet and leave me alone. I am 100% sure that he still wants to tell me that ;) Anyway, Mallorie came into my class the other day and noticed that I have a little boy in my science class named Brendon and if he even breaths wrong I am on him. I think it is funny in my head for me to be able to say, "Brendon, be quiet!" or "Brendon, stop talking!" But since Mallorie pointed out I have started feeling bad for the kid and now favor him because he has such a great name!

Ladies and gentlemen...

We have a celebrity on our hands! My class adores this girl and they ask about her daily. They always ask if we can skype with her or even look at pictures of her on Ann's blog. I have a family picture as my desktop background and so it was on the smart board the other day and a kid came up and, while pointing to people, said, "This is your sister, your brother, you, your other brother, your dad, your mom, Ann, and Mary Deane!" You can tell who is important to my class!

Retraction

So I sometimes get carried away and think that I am an adult when really I am still very much a little girl who depends on these two people way more than I should. I am making a really big decision in buying a house and I feel like I can't do it without them. It just calms me to talk things through with them. I talk through finances with my dad and love life and teaching with my mom. She listens to me cry for hours and tries to calm me down. My dad listens to me freak out about not having all the money I want and calms me down.
Honestly, what would I do without them? I would be lost!
I sure got lucky with these two!

Sad Day!

So today we were listening to some school appropriate music and Jackson 5 came on. The kids all looked at me and asked who Jackson 5 is! They asked if they were a band or something! How can you not know who Jackson 5 is? That is just sad!

Transition

So Katie called me last night asking for advice on what move to make next in her life. I stopped her and asked, "why would you ask me for advice?" Her response was, "because you have been through this already!" After talking to her I thought about my life and how her and I are in completely different stages of it. I am no longer a college student who moves every year and takes different classes every semester. I am settled in my job and I am settled in my life. I think I just forget that I am an adult sometimes.
I am so excited for Katie and the exciting things she gets to do! I am also so excited for me and the exciting things I get to do. I am going house hunting today and am feeling so grown up and so young at the same time!

Happy 1/2 Birthday to me!

So in my class, we celebrate the half birthdays of us poor summer born students and teacher. So today, is my half birthday! It is only 9am and has been an amazing day already. I went to the orthodontist at 7am where he told me that my teeth are moving better than he expected and they look great! Then I came to school and finally got my smart board working the way it was supposed to. I am going to have so much fun with it!!!! Then I got a text from a friend telling me to have a great day and of course I am going to oblige!

The best thing ever was the email I had waiting in my inbox. It was from my big brother who is in Europe right now. He told me he was thinking about me and that if I needed to put a smile on my face that I could skype with his incredibly adorable daughter and beautiful wife. They will put a smile on anyone's face.

My half birthday has been almost better than my real birthday! Oh and as a present to myself, I am going to see Percy Jackson on Friday!!

We love technology!

So I was at work yesterday way later than I should have been because I got a smart board finally! I sat looking up lessons and playing with it myself. I did division problems by myself and had so much fun. I am pretty sure every lesson I teach now is going to include the smart board. I really do love technology and it makes it so much more fun for the kids because they all know how to use it better than I do. This is not my smart board by the way. It is just a google image, but mine looks just like it.

So I realized yesterday that I have not put up pictures of my lovely braces! Maybe this is because I look and feel like a teenager again. All the extra brushing and extra worrying when you eat in public. All the pain from the moving teeth and the cuts in your mouth. It sure will be worth it though when they come off in only a couple short months. (the top ones at least) So, here they are.
I also included a picture of the sweater I was given. It is very comfortable and fits perfectly!

So I promise I am a big girl, but I missed my mommy today. I was up all night with a stomach bug last night and then we had two moms visit in relief society today and I wanted my mom. I watched those girls cuddle with their moms and laugh at them and be so proud of them and I missed my mom. That is all!

They have hearts of gold!

So I wore my BYU sweater to school on Friday because it was cold and it is the only hoodie I own. Well I have had this hoodie since my freshman year and it got a hole in it and I just sewed it right up. You can still see the hole though. Well of course my students noticed it and I told them that I need to get a new one.

So this morning a red faced, embarrassed little boy comes up to my desk holding a bag and hands it to me. I pull out a nice new BYU sweater that he made his mom buy me. Not only is he very thoughtful. He is also a die hard Utah fan so I know it was hard for him to buy a BYU sweater. They are just so cute. It melted my heart so much that I didn't even know what to say.