Thanksgiving Break

Being a teacher on Thanksgiving Break is pretty much one of the greatest things ever. I've been relaxing since last Tuesday night. It's so nice not having to do anything at all. I told my boyfriend, Scott recently that I couldn't even imagine what it would be like to work year-round. I just can't fathom it because I've been around teachers my whole life and they've always had summers off unless they chose to teach summer school. This break couldn't have come at a better time. October was kinda hard for me in the classroom. I was getting to school really early and staying really late. I was taking a lot of work home. I never felt caught up and I didn't feel like my kids were getting the best instructional time. Because of this I decided to make a lot of changes. I changed their homework. I'm not team teaching anymore. Everything is whole group, as it should be. I've talked to several experienced teachers (my Mom and her best friend Sharon) and they helped me improve everything. So now, I feel good. I'm not stressed. I feel caught up and I feel like the kids are responding better to whole group instruction. So, this break was really nice because I don't feel like I have so much work to do at home anymore, and as a result, I was actually able to relax. In fact, I didn't do any work at all this break. IT WAS SO NICE! I feel ready for this week too.

Anywho, what did I do this break since I didn't do any schoolwork? I watched a lot of Netflixed Entourage, watched more TV altogether than I've watched in the past month probably (I don't watch much TV), bought and decorated my Christmas tree, cooked a meal and some breakfastes(quite an accomplishment for me), shopped, cleaned, watched Role Models (hilarious, by the way) and RELAXED! Did I mention it was nice?

CAN'T WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK!

Oh yeah, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUT! LOVE YOU!