Oh Fall...

Maybe one of these days Chris will write in here. Sorry to those of you who want to hear about his life. :) I guess this is more my thing anyway.
So tomorrow I have a workday, which will complete the first nine weeks for me. (Chris has already passed this point.) That means that I have survived through 1/4 of my first year teaching!
On another good note, I received a little note in my mailbox today and when I opened it I realized that it was from my principal. She stopped by while we were finishing up our scenery and practicing our Reader's Theater today and then watched the students perform. I was a little bit nervous about what she was thinking to be honest. Kids were sitting on tables finishing decorating the paper covering the chalkboard. Safe? Probably not. I opened up the note and it commented about how I have done a good job of making learning fun for the kids and that she would like to talk to me about it when I have a chance. I guess it was good, but a little part of me is afraid about what she might say. Oh well. Obviously it wasn't terrible, or she would have stopped me right away, I suppose. :)
I have been getting really bad chest pain when I lay down to go to sleep for the past 3 days now. It's usually on the right side and it's sharp shooting pain. I have no idea what it is, but the first night I almost went into the ER. And if you know me, you know that it must have been something because that's not like me. Honestly, it's a little scary. I just keep hoping that it will go away. And by morning, it always does.
So I have Fall Festival tomorrow night at school, but I am only working it until 6:15 so I get to pass out Halloween candy! I'm SO excited! Last year I was excited, but nobody came. :( A few of my kids live really close, so I am interested to see if they show up knocking at my door. Oh well, that's fun. Besides chest pain, things are looking optimistic. I love teaching and my kids...even though they get crazy.

The beach, carving pumpkins, and Wii

Whenever I think about my life, I think about teaching and school. I will not talk any more about that in this post. Rather, the adventures that we have been on.
Chris' sister, Kara was out to visit for 5-6 days. We went to Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach on the Atlantic Ocean while she was here along with one of the girls who is also a teacher at my school. It was wonderful. She has not been feeling herself since she got Mono in January of last year...so, we spoiled ourselves. She envisions a vacation on the beach with a porch looking over the ocean. I am too cheap to think of that. I would stay a few miles from the beach, just so that it is cheaper. It was her vacation, after all. We all split a wonderful room and stayed looking out on the Atlantic Ocean. It was beautiful. We had a wonderful time. We walked around downtown Wilmington (which took one visit until Chris and I fell in love with it), swam in the ocean, sat in a hottub, and much more. It was relaxing, and we were spoiled. Swimming in the ocean brought back so many memories. Yes, it was October and the air was a bit crisp due to the wind. But the water? Wonderful. The hardest part was not getting into the water, rather getting out of it. We had a wonderful time.
I am sitting on my bedroom floor (due to the wireless internet not working anymore), listening to the occasional booms from Fort Braag. It is a weird thing to get used to. Loud booms, rooms shaking. But it is something that we adjusted to rather quickly. There are a few times it still takes me by surprise, to be honest.
As for this weekend, it has been great. I didn't have Math Academy yesterday, so I have been able to enjoy a weekend, probably more than I should have. Friday night, we went to Mis Casita, a fabulous Restaurante Mexicano, with Chris' coworkers, who go there almost every Friday and I am beginning to get sick of it. Then, one of his friends, Charlie, came over. We had a good time playing the Wii and relaxing. Yesterday, we had a pumpking carving party with some people from my school. We cooked out (yes, in October) and enjoyed the company of many of the people I work with. I got to play spoons (one of my favorite games), go to a pumpking patch (which is really pathetic compared to MI pumpkin patches, by the way), play my guitar with one of the boys on the drums, carve my level 4 pumpkin, and just hang out.
I love carving pumpkins. :)
Oh, and we got Paris a Halloween costume that she got to wear. I will try to get pictures up soon.
We have now had 3 times where people have come to visit (including when we moved down). I love visitors. It makes it easier to be so far away.
Life...let's see where you take us.

My senior citizen and I..

It has been a while. I have been very busy. I often think of writing on here, then I think that I only have the same boring things to say...about school and how much I have to do. So, I will say that progress reports are due this week for me, which wouldn't be so bad if I knew how to do them. Also, I just found out that I basically have to take an online class on how to teach writing...you know, in all my spare time.
Okay, enough about school. Chris' sister, Kara, is coming this week and we are really excited. I love it when people visit. :)
In other news, Chris is old now...25. I wanted to buy him a cane for his birthday.
We also finally took one of the weekend trips that we have been planning on doing a lot more. We went to Wilmington, which is by the beach. We stayed at a nice hotel and had a great time. We had a night full of a festival, having dinner on the river, ice cream (so you know I was happy), and more.
The next day, we went to the beach along the Atlantic and it was gorgeous. We have some pictures, but I don't have my camera right now..I will upload them later.
What else have we been doing in our free time? Chris has a few new video games that he spends most of his free time with, we watch as much Heroes and movies as we can (which is not nearly as many these days), and we have also been trying to read more...for us. I love the silly 4th grader books...how perfect that I'm teaching it, huh? So that's what I am reading. They help me relax and have fun.
Let's see...what else? Overall, things are good. I don't really have time to think a whole lot, which might be good. Who knows.
I do miss people, though...and when I think about it, I realize that even if I were around more people, I wouldn't have a whole lot of time to spend with them anyway. I have started to bond with a few girls from my school and we at least have people to hang out with who are in the same situation as us...away from home...wherever that may be.
I have had the opportunity to catch up with some people though, which has been great.
Well, I guess that's all for now. Miss you all.