Thursday, January 5, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Weign In Wednesday
So with the whole new year, new me thing, I want to keep up with my weight loss so here is the first weigh in...this is probably going to be very depressing and I am not looking forward to posting it on the internet for everyone to see, but hopefully it will be a better motivator for me!
So here it goes
Starting Weight 1/4/2012 : 176.0 lbs
So here it goes
Starting Weight 1/4/2012 : 176.0 lbs
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Day 3
So today was the first day in the middle school building with kids...now, we didn't have kids in the lab since we are still putting kids in the system and still working on short term goal sheets for each of the almost 300 kids...It's been great getting to know everyone and it's going to be a fun experience I do believe! Today was also my first day back at adult ed-it was just "in service" or just working in my office today but I got quite a bit done! My adult ed students come back tomorrow and that will be great to see them-Of the handful that went to test before Christmas break I had 2 pass the whole test and one to pass all but one section, and one to pass all but 2 sections-GREAT news! Today started off rough...I woke up at 6:50, I have to leave my house NO LATER than 7:00 to make the 30 minute drive to Alamo, needless to say I went to work with my hair in a pony tail and my glasses on, I did get my teeth brushed but that was about it!
Tonight I also made it to SNAP and worked out for 40 minutes, did 3 miles on the bike, some weights, and then 6 minutes on the elliptical. I will work myself up to longer on the elliptical but tonight that was it...small baby steps!
Tonight I also made it to SNAP and worked out for 40 minutes, did 3 miles on the bike, some weights, and then 6 minutes on the elliptical. I will work myself up to longer on the elliptical but tonight that was it...small baby steps!
Monday, January 2, 2012
The Job Front
So literally the last post before I stopped blogging for almost a year talked about me not getting rehired in the JMCSS at East Elementary. At the time I was DEVASTATED!! I felt like I had improved so much throughout the year, I felt secure in my position, I felt that I was an example and a leader on my 1st grade team, I just felt like God had put me there and I was doing what I was SUPPOSED to be doing...well, God fooled me. He did it in a way that I was NOT very happy with and was very disappointed by...needless to say, God does things in His on timings and under His terms-not our own...I will explain the situation as best as I can...
*Was called into the office and given a letter and told that "even though my teaching strategies were great" I was just not good enough for this man and that I would not be teaching ANYWHERE in the JMCSS for the next school year...oh, and this was in the MIDDLE of the school day, on a Friday when I was supposed to be going to a wedding the next day...great timing sir...
*Had to finish out the school year (almost 3 full weeks...) and instead of finishing up plans for the next school year (which I had already started...) I had to figure out how I was going to pack my room up and where I was going to put all of my stuff...not a fun way to end a pretty amazing school year!
*Fast forward several weeks into the summer, no luck with jobs ANYWHERE...
*Keep fast forwarding towards the VERY end of the summer...had several interviews, no luck, I really think that the principal ran my name into the ground because he didn't like me and because i did not like to play his games...but whatever!
*I get an interview with the middle school principal form a nearby county where my brother in law teaches...this call was on a SATURDAY and Drew and I were at Pickwick...the principal was like, just come by when you can...turns out we couldn't get back until Sunday, so I had an interview at this principal's house on a Sunday afternoon...LOVED him, he liked me, but in the end, I didn't get the position (supposedly political things within the county...)
*Schools have started, still no job, getting ready to head down to unemployment office and apply at Target...
*Name is on the sub list for several surrounding counties, and I get my first sub position-a several week long position in the same county that I just talked about...it was for 2nd grade, LOVED the environment, the position, the kids, the teachers, it was a GREAT experience...
*Get a phone call from the same county that i interviewed for the middle school...for an opening teaching part time for the adult education program...not what I had in mind, not what I ever though I would do, had an interview, had to think and pray...after thinking and praying and weighing my choices I decided to take it...
*Spent the next 4 months learning the ropes, LOVING the job, making a difference, getting praise, just all around WONDERFUL...
*Right before Christmas break I get a phone call from my present boss who was at a board meeting (I am teaching my adult ed classes...) and she tells me that there is a position at the middle school (the one that I interviewed with at the end of summer...) that would give me full time status and I would get to keep my adult education job...WHAT!?!
*The day before we leave for break I have an "interview" with my current boss and the middle school principal we decide that it's possible and that it's going to benefit me the most! I start right after Christmas break!
So I go from nothing to everything, and an amazing situation, I am truly blessed and in love with where I am right now...I think that I eventually want to get back into the elementary classroom, esp after I finish my Masters with SPED endorsement...but for now, this situation is ideal for me!
God truly has a plan, He had a plan before that principal EVER decided he didn't like me...
*Was called into the office and given a letter and told that "even though my teaching strategies were great" I was just not good enough for this man and that I would not be teaching ANYWHERE in the JMCSS for the next school year...oh, and this was in the MIDDLE of the school day, on a Friday when I was supposed to be going to a wedding the next day...great timing sir...
*Had to finish out the school year (almost 3 full weeks...) and instead of finishing up plans for the next school year (which I had already started...) I had to figure out how I was going to pack my room up and where I was going to put all of my stuff...not a fun way to end a pretty amazing school year!
*Fast forward several weeks into the summer, no luck with jobs ANYWHERE...
*Keep fast forwarding towards the VERY end of the summer...had several interviews, no luck, I really think that the principal ran my name into the ground because he didn't like me and because i did not like to play his games...but whatever!
*I get an interview with the middle school principal form a nearby county where my brother in law teaches...this call was on a SATURDAY and Drew and I were at Pickwick...the principal was like, just come by when you can...turns out we couldn't get back until Sunday, so I had an interview at this principal's house on a Sunday afternoon...LOVED him, he liked me, but in the end, I didn't get the position (supposedly political things within the county...)
*Schools have started, still no job, getting ready to head down to unemployment office and apply at Target...
*Name is on the sub list for several surrounding counties, and I get my first sub position-a several week long position in the same county that I just talked about...it was for 2nd grade, LOVED the environment, the position, the kids, the teachers, it was a GREAT experience...
*Get a phone call from the same county that i interviewed for the middle school...for an opening teaching part time for the adult education program...not what I had in mind, not what I ever though I would do, had an interview, had to think and pray...after thinking and praying and weighing my choices I decided to take it...
*Spent the next 4 months learning the ropes, LOVING the job, making a difference, getting praise, just all around WONDERFUL...
*Right before Christmas break I get a phone call from my present boss who was at a board meeting (I am teaching my adult ed classes...) and she tells me that there is a position at the middle school (the one that I interviewed with at the end of summer...) that would give me full time status and I would get to keep my adult education job...WHAT!?!
*The day before we leave for break I have an "interview" with my current boss and the middle school principal we decide that it's possible and that it's going to benefit me the most! I start right after Christmas break!
So I go from nothing to everything, and an amazing situation, I am truly blessed and in love with where I am right now...I think that I eventually want to get back into the elementary classroom, esp after I finish my Masters with SPED endorsement...but for now, this situation is ideal for me!
God truly has a plan, He had a plan before that principal EVER decided he didn't like me...
Sunday, January 1, 2012
New Beginnings...
OK, it's been WAY too long! Today marks the beginning of a brand new year for the Goldsby household...I will eventually do an update post looking back on where we have been since the last post but today it's going to just start new! I have a few "new years resolutions" but really they are long term goals, ones that I really want to and NEED to work on!
*The typical loose weight-but more than that I MUST get healthy! Drew and I are no where ready to start having kids but when we do, I know that I will want to start out on a healthy foot and the time is NOW to start the process-not the baby process, but they healthy living process!
*I also want to complete a 365-project...for me, it's not going to be a photo only challenge, but I am going to just make it my goal to have it be a blog 365-pictures, posts, links, etc...I want to use this blog as a memory keeper as well as a ministry tool...more on that at a later point...
*I want to learn to juggle my life, which has become MUCH more filled over the last semester...more on that later!
*A better wife to my amazing husband!
*I want to keep this house clean and organized-not spotless, not perfect, but presentable and liveable!
There are so many things that I want to improve on this year, things that I NEED and then things that I just WANT...My overall goal is to keep my focus on my relationship with God, when I can accomplish this, everything else will fall into place.
Here is to a BRAND NEW START and a wonderful new year!
*The typical loose weight-but more than that I MUST get healthy! Drew and I are no where ready to start having kids but when we do, I know that I will want to start out on a healthy foot and the time is NOW to start the process-not the baby process, but they healthy living process!
*I also want to complete a 365-project...for me, it's not going to be a photo only challenge, but I am going to just make it my goal to have it be a blog 365-pictures, posts, links, etc...I want to use this blog as a memory keeper as well as a ministry tool...more on that at a later point...
*I want to learn to juggle my life, which has become MUCH more filled over the last semester...more on that later!
*A better wife to my amazing husband!
*I want to keep this house clean and organized-not spotless, not perfect, but presentable and liveable!
There are so many things that I want to improve on this year, things that I NEED and then things that I just WANT...My overall goal is to keep my focus on my relationship with God, when I can accomplish this, everything else will fall into place.
Here is to a BRAND NEW START and a wonderful new year!
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