mid-week ramblings

I am 30 weeks pregnant today. For some reason 30 seems like such a HUGE milestone. It's the home stretch. 10 more weeks. That seems like nothing. I couldn't go to the doctor until I was 10 weeks along and that was just a little blip. Can't believe she is going to here so soon!

28 weeks at my parent's house

It's amazing how the happiness and warmth of Spring can make you forget how terrible Winter was. I am already wondering why I thought it was so bad. NOTE TO SELF: WINTER STILL SUCKS. January was terrible! I won't let Spring blind me into believing Winter isn't the worst thing to happen to the Earth.

We made paper chains in my home room class. We went all elementary school! But it's exciting how few rings there are on those chains.

Today we had an early morning assembly. It was the school talent show. I always get nervous for this assembly. Last year was pretty rough. This year was actually pretty amazing! There were a few rough acts, but we have some amazing singers and dancers at this school. And only ONE piano act. There are usually 17.

My home room kiddos are kinda being angels right now. Who says you can't get a room of 20 ADHD boys and 7 well-behaved girls to be dead silent for 30 minutes? Work days are my favorite.

I am so unmotivated at work. I love teaching and lesson planning, but all the paperwork and schedule changes and parent phone calls and testing.. I have to force myself to do them and I am always waiting until the last minute. That whole "getting to work on time" thing is getting difficult. It doesn't help that I am not coming back next year and my boss knows it. She loves me so I don't need to gain her approval. And even if she didn't love me.. well I am quitting anyways!

Speaking of that, I also just had my last JPASS ever!!! It's our school district's formal evaluation. It's intense. But I got "highly effective" in all categories again which is the highest rating you can get. My principal told me that based on my observations, I should teach a class on behavior management and that was probably the best compliment she could give me. I studied behavior management like crazy in college because it fascinated me so much. After my behavior management course, I TAed for that professor twice. I love being good at what I love to do and what I worked so hard for for so many years. I love teaching and I will miss teaching in a formal setting so much!

I am so ready for Nathan to be done with this semester. This semester sucks. He has so much homework and is at school so late! Some nights he is gone from 730am-10pm. Poor boy. He works so hard.

Nathan always wants spaghetti these days. Even on those ate nights when he isn't home until 10, he will text me and ask for spaghetti. So he is chowing down on it at 1030 at night. So weird.

You guys. I love the Bachelor so much and I fall for it every time. I knew at the beginning of the season who was going to win. I can't help it!! I always read the spoilers. But I was mad when I first found out. Catherine hardly ever even talked. She seemed weird. I wanted Des to win. Then the season went on and I fell in love with her! I was so excited for the finale. I loved them together. And you bet your butt I cried. I like to believe they will last. But these bachelors and bachelorettes always break my heart! Also, sweetest proposal on the show so far and most genuine and cute acceptance. Also also, Lyndsey handled things like a freaking champ. Talk about being the bigger person. She was so sweet and supportive. Unlike some of the other ladies who left the season. *coughashleeiscrazycough*

Um.. what am I going to watch on Monday nights now?

So warm weather, right? It's the bomb. I started going back to Liberty Park which is where I have always ran in the past. When I first got pregnant, I went there every day after work until it got too dang cold. It's so fun to be back! Except I definitely can't run anymore. Or jog. It's just a waddle.

I don't think I ever feel like I don't have to pee. Does that make sense? I will pee and leave the bathroom and already feel like I have to pee again. It's this sick, twisted, magic trick.

Nathan and I eat grapes so fast. It's ridiculous. Especially since the ain't cheap these days. We have gone through 3 giant bags of grapes since Saturday. They're like nature's candy!!

We've been doing a lot of work with commonly confused words in my Language Arts class. This week it's been their, there, and they're. I told them one time while dating a boy, he texted me using the wrong form of "there" and I immediately didn't want to date him anymore. They all freaked out and now I have a few boys worried that they will get dumped over their grammar.

All I want for lunch is a Twix.