A Month Later....

Well, a month has gone by so I figure it's time to update the blog. Where to start? School is pretty much in full swing. I have today, tomorrow, and the weekend off but Monday starts workdays and staff development days. The kids come Thursday, the 21st. As of right now I have 18 students but I will go this afternoon and see if any kids were added to my list. 18 is already a high number so I'm hoping my list will stay the same. I'm actually very excited about school starting. I've been praying that I will have a positive attitude and that I will be the best teacher I can be so I really think that that has helped a lot. Everytime someone asks me if I"m ready to go back to school, I say "Yes! I'm really excited about getting started" or something annoyingly positive instead of "NO!!! I need atleast another month of summer" which might be what I'm feeling deep down! What's odd though is, the more positive I am on the outside, the more positive I feel on the inside. I think my brain is being tricked. I learned yesterday in a workshop that your brain can't tell between a fake smile and a real, genuine smile. So even if you're faking smiling your brain will eventually feel a little more happy and positive. So that's my strategy this year I think! What else? What else? Gosh, I feel like school is the main thing going on right now and everything has taken a backseat. Actually, I can't say that's entirely true. I was telling my friend Cara the other night that Back to School is like my New Year time. I make "Back to School resolutions." So far, I've done pretty well at keeping my apartment clean and doing my best at managing my money. Although going to the gym still hasn't been crossed off my to do list yet. Oh well, school hasn't started yet, right?

Kristen and Rusty have been doing very well! I always get in trouble if I post too much about Kristen so I'm going to just elaborate about Miles :) Miles is a safe topic, right Kris? Miles got a new haircut! Rusty and Kristen took him to a barber (or salon, I"m not quite sure how that works) on base and he got his first real big boy haircut! It looks very military style and it's so crazy to look at him now! haha, He's such a big boy! He's "talking" a lot more and can say "cat, car, duck, momma, daddy, horse," and supposedly yesterday my Mom got him to say "vacuum." Never to early to start learning "Vacuum" right?

Well my stomach is growling so I think I"m going to go eat some Apple Cinnammon cheerios :) I will hopefully be enjoying my last long weekend before the craziness starts!!! Enjoy your weekend too!

xoxo,
Stephanie

OH yeah, this weekend I am going "tubing" down the Edisto with my Mom and Dad's sunday school class. Look out for the "I almost drowned" blog update coming around the end of the weekend:)