The Rodeo in Fort Worth

My mom's birthday was Jan 30th so we went to celebrate by going to Fort Worth to the Rodeo. It was such a fun filled day. We started out early and had lunch at a local tex mex restaurant in Fort Worth. After that we went to pick up my brother and his girlfriend to go to the rodeo. We went to the afternoon rodeo which started at 2. The one thing I can say is wow was it ever cold yesterday. The rodeo was so much fun and I am sure that everyone that went had a great time there. After the rodeo we went and walked around all these shops that were in a building next to the rodeo. Then we all had a nice dinner at a restaurant called the Riatta, which was very good. After that we went by my brother's apartment to drop him off and came back to Dallas. So that was such a fun fun time,with lots of fun memories.

end of January

As January comes to an end I think back on 2010 thus far. I can tell you in the sub job I have had I have learned more from this experience than any other. Also, I am ready for Saturday, when everyone meaning: Ben, myself, my mom, dad, brother's and one brother's girlfriend will all be going to the Fort Worth Rodeo. I have been looking forward to this all month. Also, i am looking forward to February which brings several fun things. First it brings my one of my oldest friend's first baby girl on Valentines. Second, it brings Ben's birthday and last of all to combine two things it brings Valentines day and it marks two years since Ben and I have been together, which is amazing! So I feel excited about the upcoming festivities. So that is the latest.

Also, on another note, Harley the dog is doing just fine and healing greatly. That is all for now, until next time.

Dogs

Last week My dog Harley had knee surgery. From the words of Dug thr dog in the movie UP " I do not like the cone of shame". I am sure this is how Hrley feels or at least my dad and my brother. Harley is doing well and has to have a second surgery on his other leg in 8 weeks. Harley needs to wear the cone to not bite at his scar on his leg. So here is to Harley getting better. I am attaching two pictures. One is when he first got out from the vet and the other is after a few days.

Interview and weekend

I am going to combine these two posts and make them one :) Friday afternoon I had an interview at a local private school. It was a great experience and I really enjoyed talking with the school representatives. I feel that it was very positive and really felt that i could see myself at their school. I just have to wait now for them to do more interviews and to be called back for a second one, that will be most likely in April or so. They did tell me there are others interviewing too, but I just really had a great time talking with them.

The weekend started out great and then Saturday I ended up getting sick and having to take a few days to recover. So now, I am ready to get back in the groove of life and subbing. I have two weeks left well actually one and a half weeks left of working at my current sub job. I am looking forward to the end but have learned so much from this experience. I am ready to get on to a new experience and learn more with each day.

an interesting experience

Well these past two weeks subbing at a local school district have been interesting to say the least. I have learned more in two weeks than in my whole life working with very low students. I have been frustrated to the point of crying and uncertain of who to listen to at the school I am at. Many people tell me different things including the fact that the student I am working with it is my resposibility to take him to the restroom and stand there until he is finished. When I asked if a guy could do it the answer I got was well if you can find one that will. But the real reason is that they just don't want to do it and think I should as well. Today I found out that the whole time I have been at the school for this month I have been an "aide" to the student and that i had a "team" that I worked with. This came about because I am leaving early Friday (tomorrow) for an interview. When I asked who I needed to notify different people gave me different answers. I do not mind being an aide, but the things that I do mind are: 1. Taking student to the bathroom and standing with them when they are of the opposite sex 2. Having different people give me different instructions regarding what to do, and getting mad when I do something else 3. Treating me like I am an idiot that does not know anything in general or about the student that I HAVE BEEN WORKING with ALL DAY LONG for the past few weeks! so, that is my steam to blow off for today. I am praying next week is better and think about the pay check at the end of the month!

jobs, jobs and more jobs

So I am currently a long term sub at a good local public school and have another long term job with the school from March until May. However, today I was called by a very good private school about a possibly full time teaching job at their school. I am going to call back and see when the job is etc and what it is. I feel that I can not go back on the commitment for March- May, so I guess we will see what it is tomorrow. So time will tell. I applied to the private school a while back maybe in August or September and am just now hearing something from them. So time will tell. Just wish me luck with making the best decision for me at this time.

First day

Well today I finished my first day of a month long sub job. So far, so good. I am going to take it one day at a time but I am learning more every day and getting more experience everyday. After a long day jam packed with working, working out on wii fit plus and dinner with ben and company. Ben and I ran into is brother and sister in law at dinner and hung out with them and had a great time. So now I am calling it a night and am off to sleep.

Wii Fit Plus

Tonight, Ben and I went to Best Buy and bought the Wii Fit Plus for the wii. Now, I have owned the original wii fit and thought it would be fun to get the next one. It was about 20 dollars and I already had the other stuff that went with it. So, Ben and I tried it out and it is so much fun. They added some more games on it that are a lot of fun. We tried all of the games on there and saw that our previous games were on there too. Some of the things added to the plus is that you can add babies and pets. Now, why you can add these we are not sure. But, we added Harley and Fat Cat to see what they can do. All they can do is be weighed and we decided that they probably would end up in the game in other places too. The new plus also added a calorie burner counter as well as a way to make a personal work out. I feel it is a fun new game that adds on much more fun and great exerciser.

So, now you may ask with this new year that has just passed what my new years resolution is. Well, it is to do the wii fit for four days a week after work for 30 minutes and I am starting this on Monday and am excited about getting back into a routine. I will report more on that later.

Happy 2010

I can not believe that we are already on to another year. I hope 2010 brings happiness to everyone out there. So here is to a great 2010 and a great start to the new year.