Day 240 - Eight months down

I wrote most of this entry out before i realized today is 8 months completed. We got to start month number 9. I can't wait.

Sitting here watching the VT vs Boise state game. Finally taking some time to relax. The past two weeks have been crazy. It seems like such a long time.

School started and I must say it has been a step up from last year. No real behavior issues to speak off- except for my 7th hour which has end of the day-itis. I am excited about the year is some respects and in other not so much- lets just say I got comfortable staying home with Silvio . But it is nice to only have 1 class to prep for. Major difference this year is the fact that the students are doing homework. So i have about 100 pages of work to grade nearly everyday. Crazy. I want to change that but not sure how.

Birthday weekend has been okay. Birthday day was long and somewhat painful. I did not plan to spend all day at school. Oh well.

Up this week: short school week- thank goodness. I bought a new faucet ( pseudo birhday present for both me and Andy) so i need the plumber to come in this week to switch out the faucets. Andy got me a santoku knife which i cant wait to use- but our knife block doesnt have enough space for it. Trip to bed bath and beyond maybe. There is a cooking class this week but it is in Topeka. Don't think i want to deal with a 2 hour road trip on top of a long day at school.

Catch ya later.

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Day 94

Staying up for a few minutes just to write this quick note. I want to say thank you to Google Video Chat. Being able to see my husband and talk to him in real time is absolutely fantastic. Nothing beats him being home, but this comes very close. I love gettin to see him. I can't imagine doing this way bakc in the day without all this technology.

If you ever want to video chat, just get on google and all the miles will disappear.

Only 9 more months.

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Day 90

3 months over. 9 more months left to go on this deployment. 7 more weeks left of school. The board decided to end 1 day early on May 27. 34 days of class left.

I can not wait for the first weekend where I will not have to prepare some lesson plans. I hope to get all of that squared away this weekend.

My road trip seems to have the green light. I am so lucky to have such fantastic friends. I am totally looking forward to seeing everyone and their dogs.

Well- it's a bit late and I should sign off. Need to be prepared for quiz day= Friday. Hope to get another post in this weekend.

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Day 7

One whole week is gone. I feel drained on all levels. I hit 9 pm tonight and was ready to pass out. This week has been enlightening on so many levels....

I have a a couple of couples in my classes. i was going to share the absurd story of the couples, but i thought better of it. But it is in fact a crazy story. And sad too.

I had a student whole called me totally incompetent last semester and got switched out of my class. This student is back in my class again- the first words out of their mouth- "Ms. G, you are like my favorite teacher here". She was dead serious. Short term memory strikes again- believe me, I was at a loss for words.

Andy is finally settled in Iraq. If you want to send mail, you can do that now. I plan on sending a package this weekend.

Silly me for starting this so late- I think I will have to finish the thoughts tomorrow.

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Day 1

First- thanks for being supportive. I really need to thank my mom who flew out to help with this whole start of deployment. I made it through day 1- a lot of stopping, checking myself, and deep breathing. Silvio spent some time this morning on the hunt for Andy. That made me quite sad.

I think I can do this- so long as I don't get myself in a tizzy while teaching. My goal- no breakdowns at work. First test of this will be when mom heads back east and I really am by myself.

I think a shopping spree might be in order... We will see what I end up getting.

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Sad

Another deployment has begun. I feel so sad, tired, exhausted, overwhelmed, and anxious. On top of everything else, I picked up a cold during this first week back at school. I don't feel like I have the energy to feel all of these feelings.

But the upside was that the weather provided me time off to spend with Andy. So I suppose that I shouldn't complain about the sub-zero weather. It doesn't make up for everything that will get missed this year: all the spring semester teaching shenanigans, all those crazy holidays, our 2nd anniversary (here's to hoping the army will allows us to actually celebrate number 3 after separating us for the first two), hopefully getting my actual teaching license, teaching at CTC on post, our birthdays (again the army has taken more of those away then we have gotten to share), holidays, and the everday little things.

Well, I should try to sleep. At least work keeps me busy.

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