Down in the Dumps

Today has just been one of those days...My students, well about 75% of them, have just been horrible this week-absolutely horrible!  I have grown up wanting to be a teacher and wanting my own classroom-wanting to teach kids and this week I feel like I am literally just babysitting...After having some conversations with some other teachers on my hallway I know that I am NOT the only one with these feelings right now-some of the teachers I teach with have been teaching for years and they ALL say that this is by far the WORST group of kids (overall) NOW, we do have some GEMS in the rough bunch and I am beyond grateful and thankful for those students because without them I really am not sure if I would make it until May!  I write this really just wanting prayers, wanting help-wanting support!  I know that I have it from my fellow teachers and I couldn't be happier about that!! 

We have already made it past the "100th day of school" so we are officially on a downhill slide now!!  May-HURRY!

 

Today has been an intense day here in the Jackson-Madison County School System-first the weather today was apparently not ideal and this morning I was reading so many complaints from parents about it. Then I find out that a child is hit while walking to school by a car that was sliding on slick roads. Then I start seeing pictures and reports of wrecks and buses in ditches in the county. Whew! Lots to deal with...and then this afternoon this...

This is a picture from Liberty Tech High School here in Jackson...Apparently on top of everything else, a school shooting happened.  I have heard that only 1 student was shot and was shot in the leg with non-life-threatening injuries and the suspect was caught.  I can only hope and pray that this doesn't happen again.  I have heard stories and reports of the major gang activity that is running rampant in the city and hope that this wasn't related and won't happen again...

Lord, in your mercy...
 

2 Day Work Week

So apparently I am going to have a 2 day work week...We were out on Monday and Tuesday for extreme cold (it was in the single digits here...) and now today I woke up to get ready to only get a call at 6:00 saying we were closed due to icy roads! UGH! I am all for being safe and making the right decision for the majority of the students (and we have A LOT of bus riders in the county) and I am ALL FOR sleeping in this morning-BUT I am not looking forward to making up 2 days (so far...). Drew and I were planning a short trip to ATL for spring break for the days that he was off work and now I am expecting that to be messed up and I am not happy about it... So here is to spending another day at home...

The Gluten Free Plan...

So I have been having some issues over the past few months-nothing serious, nothing horrible but I was researching something else and came across the "idea" of gluten sensitivity or something like that and several of the symptoms are things that I have been experiencing over the last few months-sooo I am going to slowly start incorporating gluten-free aspects into my diet. Drew and I are trying to focus on getting healthy-he has started CrossFit and LOVES it-he has talked NONSTOP about it this afternoon, I love listening to him talk about how much it hurt and how sore he is but how much he is enjoying it! I have also been doing better (not great, but better) about working out myself! So, I am going to add a Gluten Free section to the right with resources and blogs that I find. *UPDATE: OK, it's official-we're going to try this...I've got a pinterest board and THAT makes everything official :)

Whew! I am exhausted! Today was our first day back-granted it was only a day of in service and no students but it was still a long day of sitting and talking and listening--I guess that's what our students feel like after a day full of classes! I did do a good thing this afternoon-I went to work out!!! Yay! Day 1 of being back at work and day 1 of working out! I am going to TRY and do MWF to work out, I want to find a 5K to run but have not been able to find one in Jackson (or Memphis) on a weekend that I don't have plans...This year I want to be very intentional in my actions regarding my health and my body-I was looking at some wedding pictures from just over 4 years ago and I can see how drastically my body has changed-I can see just how much damage I have done and how much weight I have gained and I don't like it at all-so I am going to try very hard to push myself to change it!! Here's to the rest of the school year and here's to me working on changing my body for the better!