The World According to Leslie

So, I have my “To Do” list for today made.  I’m hoping to get through a lot of it!   Most of it revolves around work, Girl Scouts, and the Princess’s school.     Had a really hard time sleeping last night.  I’m hoping tonight will be better.   Now…. to get everything I need ready to go to work. (I really hope I can remember all my passwords for everything at school today.  It has been a REALLY long time since I have used them!)

Today, I’m thankful for sleep. Although I don’t get to experience it as much as I would like, I know that it is a great thing. Sometimes I just wish I could interact with sleep a little more!   (That really sounds lame, but it’s the little things that I’m thankful for!)   Some days, I feel as though I could sleep forever. Then, like this past Saturday, when I had the chance to sleep until 10am or so, I woke up at 6:30am. What’s up with that!?!   I really am exhausted, and I just need some sleep. However, that time has passed for right now. I will be trying to meet up with sleep later on tonight. 

Wow! So I have to get used to getting up early again! I am SO not a morning person!   For the past two days, I have gotten up early for a class I have to take for work. You know “they” (whoever that is) say that teachers are continuous, lifelong learners. That’s true! It’s especially true when they REQUIRE classes.   This class has a two-day component over the summer. Then there are three days during the school year. They will be in September…right after school starts.  My kids are going to LOVE that I am not there!   I promise to leave LOTS of work to be completed.      Anyways…. I have also had some other work to take care of while in the evenings.   Last night we went for the Meet and Greet of the new principal for the Princess’s new school. The Princess seems to like her. I will take some time to get to know her. No snap judgments. (It could all be a show!)    Tonight, the Princess has a try-out for a softball tea...

I’m not sure it’s Spring outside today.    Right now, I can hear the sleet hitting my windows.    Earlier this week, it was 70 degrees.  Next week, it’s supposed to be 80 degrees.  I guess the sleet and cold temps just came to say good-bye.        I love the cold weather!  This year, I guess since I’m getting older, the cold has been harder on my body.  I have had a harder time getting warm than normal.  But, I still prefer cold weather to hot. My philosophy: You can add more layers than you can take off.  After a while, someone will call the cops if you take off too much!   Today I have two sleeping 9 year-olds in the next room.  When they get up, they are going to play and play and probably play some more!    Tonight, we have uniform pick up for softball.   Tomorrow we have practice.   Saturday we have our first two games!  (We have the double header thi...

Today, I got up at 8am.  I have been searching online for houses for a friend.  She and her family are looking to move and I was helping search.  I found a few and sent them to her.  Hopefully, she will find something.     I am in the middle of planning the Daddy-Daughter dance for Girl Scouts.  It is going to be a Luau this year!  At this moment, I have no one to help me.  But…. it will all work out.     Yesterday, the Princess and I worked on her bedroom.  Then we worked on the playroom.  My parents came over and Mom helped in the playroom.  Today, we have to finish her room so that my niece can come stay tonight.  (She and the Princess have been plotting this for WEEKS now!)    Today, I have some errands to run. We are working on the bedroom.  Then I might take a nap.  It IS Spring Break after all!

Yesterday, I ended up getting up WAY TOO EARLY.  However, I did go back to bed for a little bit.  My Princess woke up at 11am yesterday!     Today, I slept until 7am!  I was hoping for 8 or 8:30 every day!  But, 7 is an extra 3 hours.  This summer, I will get more sleep.  I just have to get used to sleeping through Tony’s alarm.  (I can’t do that in a week because I will sleep through my alarm on Monday, if I do!)   The Princess is still asleep this morning.  When she gets up, we are going to eat breakfast (or lunch-fast, if it’s 11am again!)!!  Then we are going to work on her room.  Since we moved, we have not finished organizing stuff.  Plus, she has lots of clothes that are getting too small that I need to get out of the drawers.    Added motivation: If she cleans her room, her cousin can come stay over either tonight or tomorrow night!   (She might actually get some work done with that ...

So…this morning… the alarm went off, and I was awake.   This is NOT how I planned my Spring Break!  However, I can take a nap later.  AND…there is always tomorrow to sleep in!

I have many things floating through my head right now. 1. We are having an ICE CREAM PARTY tomorrow night for Girl Scouts.  2. I really wish I could get my daughter's teacher to email me. 3. I hope that we get into either the Charter school or the Private school that we want for next year. 4. I really need to get to work on writing my book. 5. I really wish there was something I could do to "fix" Dad.  He seems so sad/depressed since he has been told that he might have to go on disability.  :( 6. I need to do Girl Scout bank paperwork. 7. I need to do Girl Scout cookie paperwork. 8. I need to get some sleep.  I have gone to bed at 11pm (or later) every night since Friday!!!  NEED SLEEP!! 9. I have some things to deal with at work, but I won't be putting specifics on here.  (They really aren't that serious.  They are just tedious!) 10. I really wish we would get the softball schedule already!  I need to get my dates aligned.  I also...

Today has been a great day so far.  :)  It's 10:45am and I have only been awake for about 45 minutes.  I haven't even made it downstairs yet.  I love weekends.  The SUN wakes up before me.  I love my job, but I hate getting up before sunrise to go to work. Now...  what am I doing this weekend? Laundry Cleaning Unpacking (still...obviously) Setting up Cookie Booths (hopefully!) Sleeping Getting this headache and dizziness to go away (hopefully!) Hanging with the family! (MOST important!!)

How is it that I missed two days of blogging already?  However, I have already blogged more in this MONTH than I did in the last 3 months of 2011. Girl Scout cookie season just started, so I am in the beginning stages of being the "Cookie Nazi".  Ask anyone in my troop....I'm a COOKIE NAZI!! I'm really late getting to bed tonight! Hopefully I'll fall asleep quickly.  I need to start getting more sleep. So I guess I am going to go take my headache medicine (that is definitely a story to tell)!  Then I am going to bed!

Today I spent the entire day from 10am-5pm in a meeting to plan the Spring portion of our Girl Scout service unit's year. The funny thing is that not much got planned. We came up with great ideas and decided to talk about most things again later! :) I also got an email from one of my professors today that instead of 2 books, I have to have 3! She also said that she has set the online course up so that although we have the "pleasure" of setting up our own schedule, we need to schedule 3-4 times a week to log in and spend about 4 hours at a time on just her class! That's great, but I have another class! I'm still waiting to hear back from the interview! Maybe it will be this week. I found out this week that my dad is going to have his surgery (we knew it was coming because he has a HUGE hernia from his surgery in Oct 2009) on January 20th! He will be in the hospital for 2-3 (maybe 4 days) then he will be home! He also will have to be out of work until he can...

I actually have accomplished already everything that I planned for myself for today! The only thing I wanted to get done today was.....sleeping in. Every morning, I get up between 5:30 and 6:00am. (That will be much EARLIER when I start my clinical observations and student teaching.) Anyways, my goal for today was to sleep past 8am. I did that. I slept until 9am. Then, when I got up, I went to the living room. I laid on the couch and fell back to sleep. I didn't wake up until almost 11am. Tony and Chasity left to go work at the church. I'm working on getting stuff together to meet with my Girl Scout co-leader in a couple of hours. After my meeting, Tony, Chasity, and I have to go grocery shopping. Other than that, we are finished for today. Of course, the house could use some work, but there's always tomorrow! lol Until next time........

So.... all of my classes are finished for the semester! I'm so glad! I don't know what happened to me this semester! However... I did manage to pull all A's out of my classes again! So for all my Graduate work, I have a 4.0 GPA! For all my Undergraduate work (that counts towards my Graduate degree) I have a 3.70 GPA. I still have 2 classes that I have to factor into the Undergraduate classes...they are being transferred into UNCC from RCCC. Next semester, which starts Aug. 17th, is WAY tooooo closs, but I only I ONE class. So I should be able to stay on top of that class better than I did with 3 this semester! I am praying for a job....so if you want to pray with me.... I really need a job teaching High School English.... I need to start in August! :) I have enjoyed this year being about to go to Chasity's school when I wanted to, but I really need a job to finish out my Phase I coursework! So....let's all pray that I get one! Chasity only has a couple mor...