The pups and me
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
One Twenty Nine/Three Sixty Five
After two days
of
actively monitoring students
this is my heart rate
dead, yo.
One Twenty Eight/Three Sixty Five
STAAR testing
and
we teachers
have to
"actively monitor"
our students
which means
no phones
no computers
no books
zip
zilch
nada
so
I also monitored
my steps
while
walking around the room
((pic taken at END of school day
after testing was over))
and
it's a good thing
that
I ended up
meeting
my step goal of
10,000
steps
because
He knew I had a rough day
mentally exhausting
Love that kiddo
One Twenty Two/Three Sixty Five
Needed
some love
and
it's
Teacher-Appreciation Week
and
my BFF
who teaches
6th grade
always has her kiddos
choose teachers
that have had
an impact on them
and they
write letters to
thank those teachers
These are some
of
my sweet kiddos
from the group of kids
that I taught
in
Kindergarten
Second Grade
and
Fourth Grade
such sweethearts
and
on a day
when
I needed to feel
the love
One Twenty One/Three Sixty Five
Two of my favorites
(taken for
Children's Book Week
and our
fabulous librarian)
One Nineteen/Three Sixty Five
Dress shopping
for
Sarah's wedding dress
NO PICS
allowed
but
I'm a rule-breaker
One Sixteen/Three Sixty Five
Today
As I backed out
of the driveway
I realized I needed to move
the trash cans
from behind
Mikey's car
I turned my car off
moved the cans
ran back into the house
and then
as I got ready to leave
my car wouldn't start
so
I pushed it
as far off the road
as I could
and texted Sarah
for a ride
When she arrived
we both decided
that we should push it more
into my
neighbor's driveway
and out of the road
(I should add here that
pushing it back into my driveway
at this point
would be ridiculous
because
my driveway is at an incline)
And
in addition to this
I had no neighbors that
I knew of
The old neighbors
had just moved out
Mind you,
I had seen people
a couple of times
so
I left a note
on the windshield of my car
it said
"Battery died--Will fix
this afternoon"
I got home
to
my car
having been towed
I guess today was the day
my new neighbors were
moving in
and
although
I hadn't blocked his entire driveway
the fact that
I hadn't
"left my number"
was cause for
towing
because
I
"can't park in his driveway"
My neighbor and I
had
"words"
I asked what it would have mattered
if I had left my number?
The car wouldn't start
AND I WAS AT SCHOOL
no matter
Long story short:
It cost me
$294.30
to get my car out of the impound lot
and
since the battery was dead
I had to have it towed
to a repair shop
where it sat all weekend
and later
I found out
that
indeed
it was
JUST
the battery
but
it cost me $188
for service
(and battery)
Something that
had I been allowed
to take care of it
myself
would have cost me
MAYBE
$100
ended up
costing me
nearly
$500
Surely
God has a purpose
for this
and also
Welcome to the Neighborhood
JackWagons
We were at the
towing lot
from 4:50
until 7:00
The guy
who towed
my car from
towing lot
to
repair shop
was
amazing
(I used my
roadside assistance)
I have replayed
the entire
events
over and over
in my mind
and
I do not know
how I could
or would
have handled things
differently
I have since
gone
over
and welcomed
new neighbor
maybe
one day
he will
feel bad
for
causing me such grief
but
until then
I guess
I'll just
show him
what
a fabulous neighbor
I am
One Zero Six/Three Sixty Five
Easter
with
my peeps
(on Good Friday
because
my girl
had to be back in
Abilene)
One Zero Four/Three Sixty Five
Went running
in my new
....running gear....
"running"
means
walking
...these days...
One Hundred/Three Sixty Five
So
this happened
and then
this happened
I don't know how to deal
with these two
growing up so fast
I know I
blog about it
all
the
time
but
time
just
always
...slips away...
and
it's becoming harder
and harder
to be a parent
as I understand
a parent
to be
But
here it is
my baby
is
driving
and
my oldest
takes herself
to the doctor
for broken bones
What good am I now?
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