| Yea, I've been MIA |
[Nov. 18th, 2007|02:58 pm] |
Hi to anyone who is reading this!! I haven't even logged onto here in soooo long.
I'd like to get back in touch..... |
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| how is it still so cold? |
[May. 6th, 2007|05:48 pm] |
Yea, it's still freezing in here! I think it's in the 60s outside, but for some reason it's still cold in here to the point that my fingers are going numb from typing. Wierd.
Bits and pieces of 3 IEPs to finish before tomorrow, plus some lesson plans.
Still trying to figure out what to do for the summer. I kind of want a mindless job, but I might want to do some autism stuff.
I think more than anything I just want to feel like a normal newlywed. We've been married for almost a year now, and I think I can count on my hand the number of days that we have actually had to spend together. I just want to be able to do something fun for a day. Anyway, wishful thinking.
Spent way too much time on myspace today, looking up blasts from the past. Funny how great some people's lives turn out to be.
Going to let the dog out and get some more tea to warm up my fingers. |
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| Is it spring yet? |
[Feb. 18th, 2007|03:37 pm] |
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Holy majoly, it's COLD here!!! I can't wait for us to move to a place where it doesn't cost a month's pay to heat a room, lol.
Anyway, I'm trying to get things cleaned up around here. Last week was fairly lazy....because of the crazy snow and the lack of Northeast PA to take care of snow removal, I had 2 and a half days off!! It's good to be a teacher sometimes :).
Anyway, Mickey is back to working nights, so we don't get to see much of each other :(. I felt so bad, he had this incredible Valentine's Day planned for us, but the snow and closed interstates cancelled our plans. I feel bad, there was no reason for us to make anything of the day, but he wanted our first as a married couple to be special. He's a sweetheart :)
Anyway, my fingers are actually starting to go numb, so I'm going to head back upstairs where the heat is!! |
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| Snow Day!! |
[Jan. 19th, 2007|11:20 am] |
Ahh, yes....Here I am at, relaxing at home on a Friday. One of the benefits of being a teacher!! It's funny though, we didn't get so much as a dusting where I live, but since I work (45 minutes away) in the middle of the mountains, I guess they got hammered. We had a 2-hour-delay as of 5am this morning, but just as I was going to go warm up my car, the automated service called to say that we were closed. Happy times:)
Anyway, I've been enjoying my day off, trying to get some stuff done around the house. I also decided to post some pictures, since I haven't done that in FOREVER! So, here is the last few months in a photo review (don't worry, just a few, lol!
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| stress level is rising... |
[Dec. 10th, 2006|05:45 pm] |
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So, Mickey's car died last night- we aren't sure if it is fixable or if we are going to need to blow money on a rent-a-car. Frustrating. And I have to drive him in tonight (meaning, we leave here at 10:30 and I will be lucky to be back here by midnight). So maybe I'm a bitch, but that doesn't sit well with me, considering that I wake up at 4:30 on workdays.
I feel like we are totally wasting money on rent for this place....which reminds me that I didn't want to move into this place to begin with- Mickey made that decision on his own.
Always some sort of crap. Mickey is irritating me lately....probably because I am stressed about these things, and nothing ever bothers him, Mr.Easygoing.
Ok, need to wake up (i.e. drink an energy drink), clean this place up, slice 4 lbs of cheee for the platter that I agreed to make for the office staff, bake cookies for cousin's wedding, clean the litterboxes, do lesson plans, and then make sure that everything is done for when I get back tonight.
I think I'm going to get a 2nd job. I'm starting to really worry about money, and I'm sick of whenever Mickey and I do have time off together, we do NOTHING. I might as well be doing something productive.
Grr...what the hell is the point sometimes???!! |
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| I give up |
[Nov. 18th, 2006|01:42 pm] |
It's cold again. It was nice having the unseasonally warm weather, but now I guess reality has set in. Bring on the cold, lol.
We had a big storm the other night, and our water is undrinkabout without boiling indefinitely. I have to find the places where they say they have the water trucks out.
Not even sure what my reason for writing in here is. I think I'm just sick and tired for searching/trying so hard for happiness. Yesterday was case-in-point of this.
Yesterday was a parent-teacher conference day, meaning no kids to teach and lots of time to get my work done. So, I figured that for the first time all year, I could leave work at the legal early time (3:00). Well, come this time, I still had piles of paperwork (yay for special ed) to get through. I didnt want to deal with it next week, or to have to worry about it all weekend, so I stayed past 5 to get it mostly done. So, I missed going to happy hour with the others. Of course this meant that, like every other Friday night since we have been here, I went home to an empty house.
I'm just sick of it. I hate Mickey's job because he works such crazy hours and is never home. We never, ever have the time to do anything even remotely fun. And I have to admit that the more I hear about my friends (rightfully) enjoying life and doing fun things, the more upset I get. Jealously is a dangerous thing, but I can't help it at times. Somehow I don't think that life is supposed to be this way.
At any rate, Thanksgiving is this week, and like nearly every instance since we have been together, I will be traveling without Mickey. Funny how I'm so used to it and don't even care anymore. He has off Wednesday and Thursday, but then works every other day, in addition to some double shifts. I have to go to Pittsburgh at some point, because my cousin's bridal shower is Saturday. Either way, I haven't been home for a social visit since the summer and I miss everyone.
And, if I stayed here, I'd be alone anyway. Mickey wants me to come to dinner with his family on Thursday, but then I would have to travel on Black Friday....oh well.
Ok, enough from me. Going to try to get warm. |
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| Calling all soldiers who would like to receive mail from students |
[Nov. 8th, 2006|12:52 am] |
Hi all- I'm kicking off my soldier pen-pall program in my classroom, and I would love to include any of your friends/loved ones who are deployed. The post below was cross posted to some other military communities:
At any rate, I am now a teacher and am kicking of a soldier pen pal program. I have done this in the past, and it has worked great!! Please know that I am mindful to all aspects of miliary security and safety, and would never publicly post addresses or anything like that.
Basically, I have a "wall of fame" in my classroom. On this wall, I am posting pictures and short bios (kids, pets, interests) about soldiers who are deployed. This way, the kids have a picture of who they are writing to. Any addresses that I receive are kept in my file, and not posted on the wall.
If you are interested, could you please send me the following (either here on LJ or to my email address sgtmickeysgirl@hotmail.com)
1.) A picture of your soldier (can be in or out of uniform, with family members/pets, etc)
2.) A mailing address (I will keep this in a folder)
3.) Biographical info:
1.) Soldier's name/ nickname/military rank
2.) Duty station/where he or she is located overseas
3.) any family info (married, kids, pets, etc)
4.) special interests, such as sports, music, etc.
5.) Soldier's hometown
6.) solider's age and years of service
7.) any other information that you would like to share
Thanks so much for anyone who would like to participate. I know how much the guys like to get mail from kids (I teach middle school special education), and I know that the kids are looking forward to this.
To all of our brave men and women, please know that we are all so grateful for their service and sacrifices, and that they are always in my thoughts and prayers.
Thank you!!!! Please email or comment with any questions! :)
-Leah |
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| Energy drinks... |
[Nov. 3rd, 2006|12:35 am] |
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are awesome!! I'm finally able to be awake and alert to get stuff done after work :) I wish that they weren't all carbonated though...even though I drink the sugar free ones, I know that they are pretty unhealthy.
Anyway, Mickey comes home tomorrow after being gone for a 3 week long training. I feel like I've gotten so used to things without him, enjoying my alone time. Maybe that's a bad thing. I don't know, I feel like I'm cranky all of the time and it's better for him to be away.
It's been a very busy past week weeks, I'm hoping to be able to relax this weekend. I also hope that I can somehow shake the dark cloud. I feel like I have been irritable and generally unhappy for so long now. Mickey notices the most, and I don't know how to act differently. Him not being here has been a good excuse to ignore my issues.
Well, I'm going to make lunch and prepare the coffeepot for the morning. And I really am going to try to update more often! |
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| So here I am |
[Oct. 22nd, 2006|03:23 pm] |
Yup, I'm going to try again and update more often.
Mickey is on a 3 week trip tp GA for some law enforcement training. He needs a break from me anyway, lol.
Work is crazy busy, as would be expected for a SPLED teacher. I love most of the people that I work with, just wish that we all lived a bit closer. I've gotten accustomed to spending the weekends alone, which is ok because I have tons of stuff to get caught up on around the house.
One of my good friends' father is not doing well at all, in the hospital with terminal cancer. This makes me feel useless, becausae I can't do anything to help, and I feel so badly for all of them. Another friend's husband just left for his second tour of Iraq. Again, I wish I could be more there for her.
I've been ridiculously clumsy and careless lately. Every day this week, I have either lost or broken something. Makes me pretty mad, considering that we can't exactly afford for me to be such a yutz. For those who are interested, yesterday I : left a glass on my nighttable, which Benji knocked over and broke; fell down the steps carrying my dinner (which all ended up on the floor). Frustrating.
Anyway, I am going to spend the rest of the day vaccuming, cleaning the kitchen, making some food for the week, raking the leaves outside, and doing some lesson plans.
Hopefully the Steelers will pull out a win here.... |
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| Yanked from Ren.... |
[Oct. 7th, 2006|12:13 pm] |
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89. Do you watch soap operas?
Ewww
90. Do you dance in the car?
nope |
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| please read this, it makes me feel warm and fuzzy :) |
[Sep. 7th, 2006|09:14 pm] |
From an email that I got from someone if the PSU Veteran's Club...
Don't know whether you heard about this but Denzel Washington and his family visited the troups at Brook Army Medical Center, in San Antonio,Texas (BAMC) the other day. This is where soldiers that have been evacuated from Germany come to be hospitalized in the States, especially burn victims. They have buildings there called Fisher Houses. The Fisher House is a hotel where soldiers' families can stay, for little or no charge, while their soldier is staying in the hospital. BAMC has quite a few of these houses on base but as you can imagine, they are almost completely filled most of the time.
While Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC, they gave him a tour of one of the Fisher Houses. He asked how much one of them would cost to build. He took his check book out and wrote a check for the full amount right there on the spot. The soldiers overseas were amazed to hear this story and want to get the word out to the American public, because it warmed their hearts to hear it.
The question I have is why does Alec Baldwin, Madonna, Sean Penn and other Hollywood types make front page news with their anti-everything America crap and this doesn't even make page 3 in the Metro section of any newspaper except the base newspaper in San Antonio. |
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| First day jitters.... |
[Sep. 4th, 2006|06:56 am] |
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Yea, so who the heck else was up at 6am on their day off?? Hahahaha....
I'm definitely nervous for tomorrow...the first day of school with the kids. Another year, another new job. I'm teaching 3 pull-out classes and 2 inclusion ones. I really don't know what to expect in terms of the kids. I know that it's going to be way different from last year- I'm coming from a poor rural area to a wealthy, HUGE area. I'm scared of spoiled kids who will call me names and make me cry :(.
I also have SOOOOO much work to do. No one at the school has trained any of us new teachers in using the online/computerized gradebook (I don't even had a login yet!). I don't have access to any of the curricula (well, except for reading, which is a standardized program-which I have not done/used since student teaching!!!)
So many things to worry about...and not just for my sake, now I have legal issues (kids with IEPs) to deal with!! Ahhhhhh.........
Also, as of today Mickey will be working 4-midnight, which means we really won't see much of each other anymore.
Ok, I have a checklist made of things that I need to get done today. I think I'm going to crack open the latest Harry Potter (I STILL have't read it yet!) and snuggle up to the warm hubby. And by the way, why is it so COLD already!!???
Laters.... |
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