Monday:
We woke up 6AM early.
Got hotel Danish and Yogurt for breakfast.
Shopped the French Market area.
Checked out more of the French Quarter.
Checked out the St. Louis Cathedral.
Cajun Cabin for Lunch.
"Window" shopped the paintings in Jackson Square.
Tried some dee-lish Beignets (basically, square funnel cake) - Thanks Heidi.
Watched tankers on the Mississippi River.
Witnessed a drug deal.
House of Blues for Dinner.
Pinkberry for Desert.
Haha, those are the highlights for Monday. We have had a total blast.
Tuesday:
Another 6AM wake-up.
Hotel Breakfast again - Waffles and cereal today.
Walked to St. Louis Cemetery #1.
Rode the trolley.
Checked out the Aquarium.
Bought some gummy worms and a magnet.
Fed the Sting-Rays.
Downed some Oysters and a Po-Boy at Acme Oyster House (yummy!)
Waiting to go on the Vampire Tour.
Looking forward to hitting the hay and taking these shoes off.
Another amazing day with Chris, Emilia, Thom, Heidi, Matthew and Andrew.
Andrew is amazingly cute! Hungry little bug, but cute as can be!
Matthew is adorably cute! So sweeeeeeet...most of the time. Really loves Emilia because she is wrapped so tightly around his little finger, he knows she will always put him on her shoulders.
---Emilia just asked if Matthew was going on the Vampire Tour and I shook my head, and she told me, "you look so serious." To which I responded, "I'm too tired to smile." Because it is true. I am waaaaayyyyy toooooo tired to smile.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Vacation Days 1 & 2
Friday after work/school we finished packing, ran to the bank for some cash and hit the road for Tennessee. Chris drove most of the night. I only drove for 3 hours, but I'm sure it helped. I like traveling at night if I have to drive, and during the day if Chris wants to do all the driving. Hehe.
So we arrived in Murfreesboro Saturday morning about 1am. We got up around 7 and chilled at the house till about 11, when we left to buy some shorts at Walmart, get lunch at Jim-N-Nicks BBQ, and then stop at the ever-so-amazing Geographical Center of Tennessee. (Yes, we even pointed the fingers! lol) --Pictures are on Emilia's camera since I left mine at home! It's broken anyways - needs a new one. --- Then we returned to the house, took naps, and played the Wii and watched "The Proposal" before heading to bed.
We woke up at 5am, left the drive at 6AM. We stopped in Alabama to see the rocket at the Welcome Center, and arrived in New Orleans about 2:55pm. Met up with Thom and Heidi, checked into the hotel, and then hit Bourbon Street for dinner at La Bayou. Yum!
Saints had a home game and they won, so we opted to make it an early night to avoid the crazies. But tomorrow night - the town is ours!!!!
So we arrived in Murfreesboro Saturday morning about 1am. We got up around 7 and chilled at the house till about 11, when we left to buy some shorts at Walmart, get lunch at Jim-N-Nicks BBQ, and then stop at the ever-so-amazing Geographical Center of Tennessee. (Yes, we even pointed the fingers! lol) --Pictures are on Emilia's camera since I left mine at home! It's broken anyways - needs a new one. --- Then we returned to the house, took naps, and played the Wii and watched "The Proposal" before heading to bed.
We woke up at 5am, left the drive at 6AM. We stopped in Alabama to see the rocket at the Welcome Center, and arrived in New Orleans about 2:55pm. Met up with Thom and Heidi, checked into the hotel, and then hit Bourbon Street for dinner at La Bayou. Yum!
Saints had a home game and they won, so we opted to make it an early night to avoid the crazies. But tomorrow night - the town is ours!!!!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
School update -
Pulled the Physical Science grade up to a B - hopefully with an extra credit lab going in for grading I will have enough to pull that grade to an A - and then I just have to keep it through the final exam. =D
Keeping a strong 90.2% in History and rocking a 95.3% in Multicultural Classroom. Only three weeks left to go this semester. I'm looking forward to it being over, and getting a much needed break.
I was hoping to be finished with Ivy Tech this semester, but... PNC does not offer special eduction, while IUN does. It would be a longer drive for school, but it is a dual degree - which would open more doors for opportunity. If I go for IUN, I need four more classes - Decisions, decisions.
Keeping a strong 90.2% in History and rocking a 95.3% in Multicultural Classroom. Only three weeks left to go this semester. I'm looking forward to it being over, and getting a much needed break.
I was hoping to be finished with Ivy Tech this semester, but... PNC does not offer special eduction, while IUN does. It would be a longer drive for school, but it is a dual degree - which would open more doors for opportunity. If I go for IUN, I need four more classes - Decisions, decisions.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Super Stoked
New Orleans trip is getting closer!!!!! We cannot wait!! Staying in the French Quarter this time and then having Thanksgiving at Thom and Heidi's house in Biloxi! Can't wait to love on Matthew and baby Andrew! Need a new camera still, but this one will at least get us sssssooooommmmeeee pictures. =) Hopefully we run into Matthews silver guy friend - Bo!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Work at the School
I am now 2 weeks into my new job at the high school. It's exhausting, but it really does feel absolutely amazing when I'm working with the students and suddenly they realize they can understand the homework. There really is light bulb that you can just see turn on behind their eyes. One extra person in the classroom to spend just a few minutes with them really does help, and I have already had a substitute in the classroom that thinks the school is spending too much money on para's...boo to him.
One of the teachers who is totally amazing with the students, and took time everyday the first week to run through each of the students back grounds with me so I can understand them better has been hospitalized for the better portion of last week. Not sure if it was a stroke or what, but she is in the ICU - There was a rumor that she was being transferred to South Bend. I got a card with music for the students to sign on Friday and I took it to her at the hospital after school with some balloons. She did not look good. She moved all of her limbs, but couldn't move them on demand when asked to. Another teacher I work with showed up at the same I did and asked her what food she wanted her to have read when she returned to work, and we tossed some places out there, and when we got to Culver's she said "...That...sounds...good..." But then the doc asked her if 1) she knew her name - no - 2) if she knew where she was - no - 3) if she knew what city she was in - no - It was so sad. =( So we are not really sure if she knew who we were - but she smiled at the card, and her sister read her all of the students names and 'get well' 'come back soon' messages. The card had baby chickens on it, and said "Just wanted to give a little shout-out...." Open > "To one of my favorite peeps." and played SHOUT. Of course, I bought it thinking she would be back on Monday, not realizing how serious everything was.
Back to a happier note - My schedule is great because I change classrooms every period but the last 2. Second and Forth are the same teacher, but totally different classes and students.
1st: low-learning English class
2nd: US History
3rd: MO room - class with intellectual disabilities, students with autism type classroom
4th: Literature
5th: Life Science
6th: Lunch
7th: Algebra 1
8th: Algebra 1
One of the teachers who is totally amazing with the students, and took time everyday the first week to run through each of the students back grounds with me so I can understand them better has been hospitalized for the better portion of last week. Not sure if it was a stroke or what, but she is in the ICU - There was a rumor that she was being transferred to South Bend. I got a card with music for the students to sign on Friday and I took it to her at the hospital after school with some balloons. She did not look good. She moved all of her limbs, but couldn't move them on demand when asked to. Another teacher I work with showed up at the same I did and asked her what food she wanted her to have read when she returned to work, and we tossed some places out there, and when we got to Culver's she said "...That...sounds...good..." But then the doc asked her if 1) she knew her name - no - 2) if she knew where she was - no - 3) if she knew what city she was in - no - It was so sad. =( So we are not really sure if she knew who we were - but she smiled at the card, and her sister read her all of the students names and 'get well' 'come back soon' messages. The card had baby chickens on it, and said "Just wanted to give a little shout-out...." Open > "To one of my favorite peeps." and played SHOUT. Of course, I bought it thinking she would be back on Monday, not realizing how serious everything was.
Back to a happier note - My schedule is great because I change classrooms every period but the last 2. Second and Forth are the same teacher, but totally different classes and students.
1st: low-learning English class
2nd: US History
3rd: MO room - class with intellectual disabilities, students with autism type classroom
4th: Literature
5th: Life Science
6th: Lunch
7th: Algebra 1
8th: Algebra 1
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)