I Can't Take These Two Any Where!

We ate dinner at some friends house a couple of nights ago. They had the college kids from church over. This is finals week and they wanted to be kind and feed them. 

They made Tex-Mex. Pork tacos, cilantro rice, black beans.  So yummy! The guacamole was to die for!  They also had dessert. Delicious brownies. And marvelous lemon bars. 

I was so full!

Then these two... 

I can't take them any where! 

Percy Jackson & the Lighting Thief

I took my daughter out school early and I took a 1/2 day off yesterday. We went to see the Percy Jackson and the Lighting Thief play at SFA. 

She loves Percy Jackson. She listens to the audiobooks all the time. In 3rd grade her class studies Greek gods and she's loved them ever since. 

We ate lunch on campus. Mostly because I want her to know what a college campus "feels" like. Because not going to college is not an option. She is going to college. 

Then we walked across campus to the theater. 

There was an issue with the actors costumes. The van that the costumes were in had a jammed door that no one could get opened so they didn't have complete wardrobes. The play was cute anyway. 

I'm glad we get to do fun things like this together!

Book Processing

We did STAAR retesting today. I didn't test but I did monitor. 

I walked around on the hour & checked on teachers & the other monitor walked around on the 1/2 hour. 

On my off time I processed Spanish & biligual books. This batch are fiction. 

When I process I ALWAYS forget a step. Every. Time. 

This time I forgot to write the barcode number on the inside page. 

I always remember just as I think "Yay! I'm done with these books!" Then I remember. Nope. I forgot something. 

I've thought about making a sign with all the steps. But some of my books come processed and I just need to add some personal things and some I have to completely process myself. So to make a sign would be a little tricky since I don't have to do all steps everytime. 

Maybe I should make multiple signs. Like "Books That Need Full Processing" and "Books That Need Partcial Processing."

I need to figure something out because this is getting annoying. Ha!

Summer Count Down

I used to count down to summer.  I had a place on my board where we counted down.  I diligently erased the number every morning and loving wrote the new, lesser number.  The number bringing me closer to summer.

When I was a Deaf Ed teacher.

Before I became a librarian.

Then it changed.  I think there are many reasons for this change.

1. Although I loved being a Deaf Ed teacher I love being a librarian more. #lovemyjob #bestjobever #librarian

2.  I see more students as a librarian and I notice poverty more.  The majority of my students are on free lunch with a few on reduced.  School is the only place some of them get meals. Which they won't be getting during the summer.  

3.  Since I see more students I also see more of their home lives.  And I know that school is their safe haven. Summer is a long time to not feel safe. 

4.  I have a marvelous principal who very gently taught me the error of my ways.

5. I'm older now.  Not that 38 is old and wise but I'm not young and naive.

Who am I to let these kids see me celebrate, count down, to when I don't have to be with them?  How would that make me feel to see that happen to me?

So I don't count down anymore.

Where kids can see me.

I totally count down in my head but I find I don't actually start counting down until some one else on campus mentions it.

It feels weird to not be counting down.  Doesn't society tell us we are not suppose to like our work? That we are suppose too hang on till our next break?  That our work is something we HAVE to do not something we GET to do? 

I GET to go to work. I GET to introduce students to new books. I GET to help teachers find what they need for their classes & students. These are not things I have to do. I GET to do them. 

Don't get me wrong. I love my summers. The late mornings. Slowly drinking my coffee. Endless hours to read. 

But I won't count down in front of my students. 

This is my new normal!  Hopefully I'll teach another teacher this new norm and it'll be something that spreads.  Adding just a little more positive to a world that can be so negative.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day.

A day to celebrate moms. 

I have a wonderful mama. She taught me how to be a good Christian wife and mother. About two months after my daughter was born I called my mom crying and told her I was sorry for everything I even did to her and I loved her so much. Having my own kid changed everything I thought I knew about my mom. Kids have a way of doing that. 

I have the best mother-in-law. She loves me like her own. She has always been there for my hubby & me. She always puts us & her other son first. She is the most unselfish person I know. 

My granny and grandma are strong, smart women. Women who also put their families first. 

I am a very luck lady!

Ready

I can't seem to get well and stay well. 

I got over broncitis then a few days later got a weird stomach thing that turned into a migraine. 

Then a couple of days after than I got a minor earache. Even though it was minor I was just so tired of being sick I nearly lost it at the minor earache. 

So we are spending another weekend on the couch. Trying to build my immune system back up. Trying to rest. Trying to let my body do its thing. 

I'll probably OD on vitamin C. 

For a girl who's a mover and a shacker. Who likes to be on the go.  Who's papa called her, her mom, and her granny road lizards because we were (are) always on the go.  

Two weekends on the couch... sadly, is starting to get old. 

I'll try to remember this feeling so I can slap myself in the fall when life suddenly gets unbelievely crazy and all I want is a little time to just lay on the couch. 

Netflix here I come!

Road To Recovery

Two shots, one prescription, two over-the-counter drugs, and eight days later I think I'm finally recovering from bronchitis. I spent all day Saturday on the couch.  I only moved for food, water, coffee and bathroom needs. It was the best day ever! 

I'm headed off to church this morning. To return to my couch soon as possible.

I still cough a little in the mornings and a little at night. I do have my voice back! So I finally get to read to my students again next week.  :-) 

I am so over being sick!

I'm looking forward to next week and feeling back to normal. Y'all have a great week too!