I chose the word FOCUS as my word of the year and nearly 6 months into the year, I seem to have lost some of my FOCUS.....so this weekend, before we head into the month of June, I have been making great strides to Re-F~O~C~U~S!! and I am proud to say that it feels very good to have accomplished some of it.
I picked up the "One Minute Organizer" book at the Scholastic Book warehouse sale last week and I have been faithfully reading it this weekend. It is a very easy read and it has inspired me to work on getting my sh*t together and pitching/purging the rest of it.
Baby steps-I know. Thus far my make-up has been purged and so has the drawer that contained FAAAAAR too many hair curling/straightening goops, gels and lotions. Ha. I also attempted to organize one of the several junk drawers in the kitchen. It is still FULL of junk, but admittedly, far less junk than yesterday :)
It is nice to have a 3 day weekend to accomplish some of these things. But, it is also very important to FOCUS on the reason that we have this holiday today. So, to all the men and women who have served........a huge THANK you for making this the BEST place in the world to live.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
putting it all into perspective
I just posted this on my school email internal account and it felt like it would be a good evening post here on my blog as well...........
I was sitting here this evening feeling very full from a delish meal and started feeling a bit emotional.
Okay, perhaps it is the fact that it is a SAUNA in my house........but as I am feeling overheated as well and somewhat frustrated by the fact that the a/c guy isn't going to be able to install our new unit until tomorrow(maybe) it made me strongly reflect on several things as our year wraps up.
This year we have experienced many things. Several of them come to mind:
*a 28 year old law school graduate who was a parent to one of our third graders have a MAJOR life altering stroke........
*one of our Kindergartner's family's lose absolutely EVERYTHING that they own in a fire in their apartment...
* a first grade student going thru cancer treatments..........first grader!!....
* for me personally, dealing with and learning first hand what it is like to attempt to educate and acclimate an Asberger's child in my classroom
I could go on and on........but I digress for I MUST take a moment to reflect on all that is GOOD.
I work at the BEST school in Hillsborough County........truly. After 17 years here, I would go nowhere else.
We are so very fortunate to have had the School Board make a fantastic decision with our newly appointed principal.
And although it may be hot in my home at the moment, it is a blip compared to some of the MAJOR things that others have had to deal with and continue to deal with personally and professionally.
Sometimes it is truly necessary to just step back and put "things" into perspective.
Thank you ALL for being such an integral part of my "family" and for reading this far!!
I was sitting here this evening feeling very full from a delish meal and started feeling a bit emotional.
Okay, perhaps it is the fact that it is a SAUNA in my house........but as I am feeling overheated as well and somewhat frustrated by the fact that the a/c guy isn't going to be able to install our new unit until tomorrow(maybe) it made me strongly reflect on several things as our year wraps up.
This year we have experienced many things. Several of them come to mind:
*a 28 year old law school graduate who was a parent to one of our third graders have a MAJOR life altering stroke........
*one of our Kindergartner's family's lose absolutely EVERYTHING that they own in a fire in their apartment...
* a first grade student going thru cancer treatments..........first grader!!....
* for me personally, dealing with and learning first hand what it is like to attempt to educate and acclimate an Asberger's child in my classroom
I could go on and on........but I digress for I MUST take a moment to reflect on all that is GOOD.
I work at the BEST school in Hillsborough County........truly. After 17 years here, I would go nowhere else.
We are so very fortunate to have had the School Board make a fantastic decision with our newly appointed principal.
And although it may be hot in my home at the moment, it is a blip compared to some of the MAJOR things that others have had to deal with and continue to deal with personally and professionally.
Sometimes it is truly necessary to just step back and put "things" into perspective.
Thank you ALL for being such an integral part of my "family" and for reading this far!!
Monday, May 24, 2010
oops
This time of year, LIFE really just seems to get in the way.....
We have just a few short weeks left of school and that is truly the BUSIEST time of year with so much to wrap up and complete. Plus(for a change-NOT), I am moving classrooms. That comes as a huge surprise I am sure to anyone who doesn't already know that I have moved more than 20 times in the 17 years that I have been at my school. So, why should this year be any different? It is not.
I have done NOTHING crafty or creative in weeks. Jan did "snatch" me and we went up to her River House several weeks ago. I did accomplish some projects and scrapped some pages, but that didn't put a dent in what I hope to accomplish this summer.
I signed my lil guy up for daycamp today so i will have some ME time.
Nothing else new or really xciting going on. I am trying to pack up my classroom and still trying to embrace my assignment for next year, all the while desperately HOPING that it will change.....
We did get our new principal assigned last week-our AP is now our Big P effective May 31st but she is already parking in the Big P parking spot-lol. Now we just have to wait and see who will apply for and get the Asst. Principal position.......guessing that will be mid-summer before we know.
I got a new vehicle this weekend :) 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe........it is sweet and my lil guy "luvs me 100% cause he gets a/c vents in the back now :) " Sweet.
Hope that everyone will wear ORANGE on Weds. to honor MS Awareness Day.
Jax
We have just a few short weeks left of school and that is truly the BUSIEST time of year with so much to wrap up and complete. Plus(for a change-NOT), I am moving classrooms. That comes as a huge surprise I am sure to anyone who doesn't already know that I have moved more than 20 times in the 17 years that I have been at my school. So, why should this year be any different? It is not.
I have done NOTHING crafty or creative in weeks. Jan did "snatch" me and we went up to her River House several weeks ago. I did accomplish some projects and scrapped some pages, but that didn't put a dent in what I hope to accomplish this summer.
I signed my lil guy up for daycamp today so i will have some ME time.
Nothing else new or really xciting going on. I am trying to pack up my classroom and still trying to embrace my assignment for next year, all the while desperately HOPING that it will change.....
We did get our new principal assigned last week-our AP is now our Big P effective May 31st but she is already parking in the Big P parking spot-lol. Now we just have to wait and see who will apply for and get the Asst. Principal position.......guessing that will be mid-summer before we know.
I got a new vehicle this weekend :) 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe........it is sweet and my lil guy "luvs me 100% cause he gets a/c vents in the back now :) " Sweet.
Hope that everyone will wear ORANGE on Weds. to honor MS Awareness Day.
Jax
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