blah blah blogBrother brought it to my attn that I haven't blogged in a minute, so I shall give an update. à Just finished my first course toward my Ed.S. program this evening! Yay! I was up until 4 a.m. working on my papers. I would like to think I've grown up significantly since I was 14, but no, I still have the same habits of procrastination. à Had an awesome time Saturday afternoon hooking up with some friends from Nebraska who I met in India. It was such a good thing to be able chat & process some of my trip. I haven't had a lot of time to process & there really hasn't been anyone who has been able to understand my experience over there – cultural shock, cultural adjustment, cultural stress, & re-entry – and the wide spectrum of emotion in the last 6 months, so it was so awesome to reconnect w/part of the Nebraska team and have a chance to share. It was a blessing from the Lord for sure! à I have fallen in love! His name is PJ and he's from New Orleans. Every Friday night I have a guaranteed date w/my friend Chris. Much needed girl time fo' shizzle! Friday was especially fun b/c we went to PJs of New Orleans, a new coffee house much classier than the 'bucks. I think I'm going to start cheating on Starbucks w/PJ. The ambiance is better & after all I am a klassy girl  à Had a date Saturday night. First one in a while. Don't get excited. He was a dud. Totally underwhelming. But I had scrumptrulescent steak & since the date wasn't going anywhere, I ate like a pig & had a great meal. Does that make me a jerk to say that? EDIT: As I'm sitting here typing my blog, my girl Bernadette calls me & tells me that Saturday night date boy is bugging the fire out of them for my digits. Apparently he told them to convey to me that he wants a second chance & really wants to take me out again. Gosh, how do you tell someone you really don't want to go out with them? I haven't had this problem in a while. Its kind of fun being pursued, but now Saturday night date boy is starting to get on my nerves. I'm going to have to increase my running so I can be like a gazelle & escape this pursuit J ha ha. à Other than all that, I'm a boring school marm doing my teacher thang and absolutely loving it! My precious homeroom babies were so good today that I almost cried. Perhaps the 2 hours of sleep I got last night made me a bit emotional, but the kids were so sweet ( a rare occasion w/7th graders). One of my boys said, "Ms. Davis, you really work hard to do things for us to be a good teacher. You're not like most teachers." I really almost lost it right then & there. I felt like having a great big group hug, but then my reason returned to me and I became my calloused self and made them work! I had to share my sweet story of the day because it was like a blessing from God sent to me just to let me know He loves me and He did it through my precious ones that He lets me love. Those stories are few & far between when working with middle schoolers, but that is what will keep me going for the rest of the week! Here is an update in pics from the last few weeks: This is why I only work in the nursey when Dawn is in there b/c I hate changing diapers! 
I had to go old school on a few pics for Amanda this week for a little pic-me-up for her  
New school or old news? 
Like mother, like daughter... 
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