Sunday, August 3, 2008

Poor Me


Tomorrow is the day. I have to go back to work. I have mixed feelings about this. I am sad that my summer break is over. I am going to miss laying by the pool and reading a good book. I will miss sleeping in and rolling out of bed whenever I felt like getting up....or had to pee...whichever came first (usually the pee...I'm getting old!). I am going to miss sitting on the couch, surfing the net while Junie B. cuddles up next to me for one of her 18 daily naps. I will miss all the TV shows that I can watch live because there is no bedtime in the summer. Thank goodness for TIVO. I'm going to miss my summer clothes. Missed matched tshirts and shorts, paint covered tshirts, flip flops, and of course spending the day in my PJ's. Oh these were the days...


Now, I said I have mixed feelings. These are the things I am looking forward to. Next week there will be 20 little 7 year olds waiting for my every move and word. We will get to discover lots of new things together---and you will wait in anticipation of those hilarious stories! Along with those little darlings comes new pencils, crayons, notebooks, and bookbags. I love school supplies! I have a boatload of new supplies in my car just waiting to be unwrapped and put in its place in my classroom. Along with a new school year comes a schedule. This means going to bed early and getting up early. It will be hard to wake up at 5 tomorrow. I have a lot to do to get my room ready for the little darlings.


Overall it was a great summer. I spent a week at the beach with some great ladies. I spent a week in TN with my brother and his family. I wouldn't trade those moments with Addie and Livie for anything. I know I am biased, but those little girls are the prettiest and sweetest kids I know. Addie came home and spent two weeks with me-more special time I won't forget. My pool time was wonderful and relaxing. I made a lot of progress with my dissertation. I just got my first approval yesterday from 1 of my committee chairs. I can see a little light at the end of the tunnel with my doctorate degree...now for the research itself....with the little darlings I mentioned above!
P.S.
I found my bra. It seems that I am the burglar---I found it in the wrong drawer...

3 comments:

mrs007 said...

I know the feeling...kind of. I am looking forward to Addison starting school, but I will miss our lazy days this summer. It's bittersweet, but before we know it, summer will be here again.

Why does time go by so fast? Oh and I am cracking up on the whole bra situation! And also...kittens are so sweet and I LOOOOVE Skippy (in fact he is cuddled up on me and purring as we speak), but he is so into everything and annoying!

TeacherApril said...

Oh I miss Skippyjon. I bet he is getting big! Junie is into everything too. She really drives me crazy sometimes. But then she tilts her head at me and I melt...

I hope to see you guys soon!!! :)

carrie said...

since i gotta work year-round, sorry, you don't get a whole lotta sympathy outta me....Heeeeheeee.

for the Flip Videos---depending on how much video you have depennds on the time it takes to encode it. it can take FOREVER...like 20 seconds can take 30 minutes. There are some files i have that will never load, they are just too big. you have to either make them smaller or break them up. i haven't played with it too much. that that is my first thought.
good luck at school!!