Ready For The Long Weekend

Hey y'all!  I hope you had a great week!  I'm on my way to Houston today for a couple of days to visit with some old friends.  I'l catch up on blogs whenever I can while I'm gone & for sure when I return.  Have a fun & safe Easter weekend.  Linking up with Amanda!

What I Was Up To

Monday went by extremely fast.  I gave my kids a map & vocab assignment that I didn't quite realize was as long as it was so it took them longer than I expected.  I actually love when that happens because down time brings out the chaos.  During my conference period I watched the final episode of 13 Reasons Why & basically just sobbed at my desk.  For those of you that haven't watched it yet I won't ruin it, even though it's known from the beginning, there was a part that I could not bring myself to watch in the last one.  And even just listening to it made me cry & want to throw up.  A lot of my kids have or are watching it.  I wish it wasn't so graphic & 13 hours long so that we could watch it in school & actually talk about it.  Because of our day off awhile back due to a power outage, rather than use our remaining bad weather day, we had the option of using a personal day, not getting paid, or staying after for so many days in 15, 30, or 60 min increments.  In the end I chose the hour so I could get it over with quicker.  So, I had to stay until 4.  Which really isn't the end of the world or super late, but considering I get to school around 6:45 & I'm done with students at 1:20, staying 2.5 hours longer after I'm done with kids feels long.  When I got home again I was bored & decided to download Tinder & Match again (the fact that it was because I was bored is the exact reason I gave up dating in the first place...it shouldn't be a cure for boredom...)

THE BLOG: I recapped my first weekend with no plans in a very long time

Tuesday I set up a potential date with a guy from Match for that night.  However, it fell through.  Which in the end was just fine with me.  There comes a point in time after I get home from work that I do not want to leave my apartment, for any reason, so instead I went for a walk around the lake behind my apartment & then made myself some grilled cheese.  I stayed late at work yet again & tried starting a new series on Netflix.  It's about PBR however, the first episode at least was about Brazilian bull riders so a lot of it wasn't in English & I was also trying to do other stuff so it didn't make for a good background show.

THE BLOG: I shared my accomplishments for the first 100 days of 2017

Wednesday I was feeling so lazy & tired.  I had slept like crap the night before so I set my alarm for 5:15 not even pretending like I was going to try to wake up at 5.  Our grading period ended on Thursday so I started my A day kids on a immigration simulation & then gave them a work day so they could get anything they needed for my class or other classes done before then.  I watched Jim Gaffigan stand up while staying late & changed into comfy clothes the second I got home.  I wasn't even going to pretend I was going to do anything.  I didn't even go for a walk.  I made sure to get my mile in by walking to get my mail & then taking the long way back.  Then it was Mad Men & bed for me.  I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about this show.  I'm definitely not in OMG can't stop watching mode, but I don't hate it enough to stop watching yet either.  Because it was National Grilled Cheese Day, ok really because it's what I had on hand to eat, I made another bacon & jalapeno grilled cheese for supper.

THE BLOG: I did my first round of Currently since November

Thursday I really thought it was going to be a rough day.  My first period class was off the wall.  Luckily though my 2nd period made up for them by being angels.  Just like with my A day kids I had them do an immigration simulation & then gave them a work day.  I left work at 1:30 so I could go get new brakes.  Class was cancelled for the night which meant my vacation truly did start at 1:30 rather than 6:30-7 at night.  When I got home from the mechanic I had to wash all my dishes, pack, & then clean out all of my kitchen cupboards so they could do pest control while I'm out of town.

THE BLOG: I got real & shared why it was time I chose me

Things From The Web

To The Girl Who's Trying So Hard

The Sad Truth of Being in Love With Someone Who You Have No Future With

Claire's post about putting life into perspective & trusting God.

Thank you Steph for sharing the article An Open Letter To My High School Teacher

Things That Made Me Laugh

Moments I'm Grateful For

7 - Getting to play kickball again

8 - A random night out in the Stockyards

9 - Finally getting my apartment cleaned up

10 - Finishing 13 Reasons Why

11 - A date that didn't happen

12 - Bacon & jalapeno grilled cheese on National Grilled Cheese Day

13 - Finding out from a real mechanic I don't actual need a $500 part like I was previously told

Miles I Walked

7 - 1.81

8 - 5.41

9 - 1.75

10 - 1.74

11 - 2.21

12 - 1.18

13 - 1.41
Total - 15.51