My intention in blogging is not to use it as an outlet for my frustration and annoyance...but I'm annoyed and need to talk about it for a sec. I am a girl who has a Bachelor's degree. I have no teaching job. Therefore, I am a substitute teacher. Subbing means I'm not on contract. Snow days mean no school. No school means no work. No work means no money. No money means using savings. And that stinks. So, snow days can suck it!
Okay, done with that! Yay! Last week was my first week of subbing and it was pretty interesting! I subbed in two second-grade classes, a kindergarten class, and a HS English class. Being as my degree is secondary, stepping into those elementary classrooms was a whole other world! A fun one, most of the time, but still SO different! I've definitely said the following phrases more in a week than ever before: "Bottoms in your seat, all four legs on the floor!" (to which I got "but we don't have four legs!! Hahahahaha"), "No, you may not go to the bathroom; you just went ten minutes ago," "eyes on me, lips still!," "do you need to move your color or can you handle following directions?" "criss cross apple sauce," and so on. Despite all that, they really are pretty cute and hilarious! They say the silliest things and it's so funny! And they love me, so that helps :) The kids I subbed for Monday were not the same as Friday, but at recess the ones from Monday remembered me and ran up to hug me! I love feeling loved! They are all so diverse and full of personality; they are fun to work with. On the other hand, I like that with secondary I don't have to hand out Kleenex's for snotty noses all day, haha. Also, in kindergarten, I had to make a boy move his color to yellow, and he started crying. When I talked to him about why he was crying, he said that because he was moved to yellow the day before, his mom took away his Xbox, and if he got in trouble today, she would take away his TV. He cried for about 15 minutes, and I felt pretty bad...but I couldn't go back on it or I'm a huge softie!
Sidenote: Heather and I have had more stupid jokes the last few days than normal...not that I'm complaining :) And we started saying "totes" a lot, haha.
Another sidenote: I finally got some James Dean up on my wall! I feel like my room is finally pretty much decorated, and oh my my what a beautiful face to wake up to every day :) And I did it for pretty cheap; I found a James Dean calender at WalMart for like $2, cut out the ones that are my favorite (I chose 5...it was hard to narrow it down!), matted them on black paper and just hung them up! I love it!
So K-State finally canceled school for the first time in like 4 years, so my roommates were pretty excited, haha. Heather and I made a WalMart/gas run at 7:30 this morning and had a fabulous time sliding around outside on the ice before we left! I decided I really should be a snowboarder at some point in life, so I was working on sliding around on the ice rink that was our parking lot working on my balance :) It was more fun than it should've been, I think! That's okay! We're supposed to get somewhere between 8-10 inches of snow over the next 36 hours or so, so that's fun...bah. I'm really looking forward to my trip the Bahamas this summer right about now (minus the large amounts of working out I need to do between now and then!).
Okay well, I'm out of fun things to talk about for now, but I hope all of you are being safe through the crazy winter storm that we're supposed to be getting and having fun in your homes! Try to make it enjoyable and not go stir crazy! Go play on the ice and slide around! When we get snow, go play in it! Love today!
--Taren
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