And so my adventure begins...

I was up early this morning at 4am to get ready to leave for the airport. And even with the limited amount of sleep I had all week I was wide awake and bouncing off the walls. Needless to say, I drove Tyrel a little crazy with all the energy I had

As I was taking my bags to the car, Cuhna bolted out the front door and hopped in the front seat. So he went on a little car ride to see me off as well :)

I arrived at the airport, met my grandmother there and took off to Flordia to meet my family. The first flight went well. Went smoothly. I couldn't sleep because I was too wired so I just watched movies the whole time. The 2nd flight however I become lucky and was able to grab a window seat, which meant I was able to take some pictures

The excitement finally wore off and I slept pretty much the rest of the flight.

Of course I woke up just in time to see the sunset before I landed at my destination in Flordia.



Well that's all for now. Check back later for more updates and pictures!

FINALLY some results

After much work and dedication I'm finally seeing some results towards my weight loss. I'm down 7 pounds so far and I love it.

It feels nice to see the results as I step on the scale, but it's hard to feel happy about the results when I don't see the difference. Yes it's nice to see the weight go down the scale but I don't feel different. I still look the same to me and my tummy is still there.

But I'm trying to stay positive and am still sticking with my plan. Only 32 more pounds to go! :)

Life, love, and the pursuit of happiness

In the end, sometimes it's the little things that bring such happiness in your life.

Sure they may be different and maybe a little crazy

But I love them just the same. Hold on to the ones close to you, because in just a blink of an eye, they could be gone

Peace of mind

Whenever I'm feeling down, or stressed about how life is going. I sometimes wish I could climb. Climb to the highest mountain and just sit there and stare off into the world...

I feel at peace whenever I'm looking at beautiful scenery. Not sure why. Maybe I just like looking down on the world, feeling bigger then life it's self. I forget about my problems and everything else going on around me.

I could look at it all day. I feel that people these days are always in a hurry. Working long hours, taking care of kids, running errands. Not enough hours in the day to try and squeeze everything in. We don't really take the time to enjoy the little things in life. I think if more people stop what they were doing once in a while, people would be in better mood.

Just look at the that. How could you not stop and enjoy the things around you?

Uphill battle

Ok so it's been what... 3 months since I tried losing weight, and so far, no results. I'm feeling very frustrated and on the verge of giving up. But I know that if I give up, things will just go back to normal. I'm almost becoming desperate... I feel ugly and hate how I look. I want to be happy with my body, but can't be satisfied. I'm leaving for vacation in 16 days and not looking forward to the pictures.

I've let my weight become way out of hand. For too long I've used food for comfort. For too long I've used excuse after excuse and why not to workout. For too long I've over eaten and felt stuffed afterwards but still continued to eat. I'd hate to admit that I have an eating problem, because I don't... at least I don't think I do.

I won't give up. I can't give up. If it's the LAST thing I do

New Begingings

Ever had to make a decision that you felt was the right one, but then feel you made the wrong decision? You start second guessing yourself, wondering if what you did was the right choice. On Friday I had something come up that caused me to make a hard decision, at first I was skeptical, but now I know for sure that I made the right decision.

For quite some time I've been job searching. Just looking. Curious to see what other offers were out there. Trust me, I didn't find much. A month went by and I finally found an opportunity that I couldn't pass up. The words "Full time preschool teacher needed" were written on the top. I became very excited. I had an interview, I observed the classroom and was told I would get a call.





A week and a half went by and I assumed I didn't get the job. But I was wrong. Now I'm faced to either leave where I'm currently working, away from a wonderful group of kids, and away from a great group of co-workers. And start working at a new place, with new kids, new boss, and a different way of running things.

It's hard to think that I will be leaving Little Beavers. I'm going to miss the kids that I work with, but I feel that this is an opportunity that I need to take, so I can grow and gain more experience as a teacher. At this new job I will actually be teaching. There is a schedule to follow as well as structure, I will be creating and implementing lesson plans, and I will get to do what I love doing!

I start my new job March 14th. It's going to be a lot of work, but I know in the end it will be worth it

The unfortunate truth about teachers

Note: I did not write this. It's just something that I want to share with everyone else.


Are you sick of highly paid teachers?

Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - babysit!

We can get that for less than minimum wage.



That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan-- that equals 6 1/2 hours).



Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children. Now how many students do they teach in a day...maybe 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day.

However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.

LET'S SEE....

That's $585 X 180= $105,300

per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).



What about those special

education teachers and the ones with Master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an

hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.

Wait a minute -- there's

something wrong here! There sure is!

The average teacher's salary

(nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days

= $277.77/per day/30

students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student--a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!) WHAT A DEAL!!!!



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