reason #7865 why i love the people i work with...we're big fun.

you know you're jealous of how much fun we are...

big fun!

Currently Listening Go! By Letters to Cleo see related

i got two, count 'em, TWO! belated birthday letters and gifts this weekend. let me tell you, i'm almost in tears right now. i am one of the luckiest girls ever...i have a wonderful family, a job i love, and friends who make me feel loved when i need it most....even if i didn't know i needed it. while there are a lot of things i don't miss about owu, i really do miss the friends i made there. you fools know who you are, and thank you for making me feel so special. that's the best gift i could ever hope for, birthday or not.

thank you!

Currently Listening Good News For People Who Love Bad News By Modest Mouse see related

well goodness gracious, it has been quite a while.

things are still going really well in first grade. i love it, my kiddies seem to love it, but my sinuses, on the other hand, seem to be revolting at the moment. (maybe they are just on strike since we don't have our contracts negotiated yet.)

i have a handful of "challenges" in my class which really do challenge me on a daily basis. hopefully i am helping them though, because they are helping me work on my patience....

feel good moment of the week last week was when i told the kids it was time to pack up and go home and 5 kids went "AWWWWWWWWWW!" and then they ALL started chanting "NO GO HOME! NO GO HOME!" heehee...it was cute.

fellow teachers and i went out this past friday...got a little loud. it was fun. a bunch of teachers at happy hour after school and then two fellow teachers, carrie (my roomie) and i all went out and got hit on by 19 year old boys and a dude with a faux hawk and a cigarette trick. very nice.

this is such a random entry. and im sure not even remotely close to entertaining.

i get to have dinner with cheryl on friday!!! i cant wait!!!

i miss people i feel REALLY connected to. i mean, it took 4 years of college to build some of the friendships that arent right here anymore...and there are other friends that i adore who just arent nearby which makes things hard. i love carrie and tink, and i'm so thankful i have them, i love my fellow teachers and have built some great relationships, but i just miss having those core people around me on a whim.

ok, after a two hour delay   i'm off to school!

I AM HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!!

SOOOOOOOO much has been going on lately. i don't even know where to start. so, i will back track to the beginning of school and give you a very brief summary of my life up to this mornings lovely email.

-first days of school are nutzo. period. there is no training that could have prepared me for it. the kids and i all made it through alive, i learned SO much for next year, and we're all falling into a routine now.

-i have some crazies on my class. they are quite funny when i take a step back and take time to laugh...but in the moment , having a little girl tell me "miss collins, i was ignoring you because i was talking to someone else" was not funny.

-23rd birthdays are overrated. i was so exhausted from school for the week that on my actual birthday, i made it out for dinner and a drink with carrie, christine, and nate....and then came back, put on sweats, and was asleep my midnight. so much for going out and getting loud!

-i love my coworkers....still. they are fabulous and unique and all bring something special to the table (that table happens to be in the shape of a kidney bean, but that's neither here nor there.........and only teachers will understand that i think).

-i love my "job." while it drives me bonkers somedays...i LOVE it. i'm having a great time, i'm learning so much, and i love love love my life currently.

-i get to see gwen friday!!!! that fool is getting her booty to columbus and we're going out on the town this weekend. i miss her so much.

-and the grand finale..........

I JUST GOT MY FIRST REAL PAYCHECK!!!!!!!

i feel like a grownup and i don't feel broke and it rawks.

so there...

Currently Listening Feeling Good By Michael Bublé see related

i never really understood that term. i mean, why so happy to be a clam? people eat clams. when my family and i went to the lake in michigan, back when my brother and i were little and had fun and were friends, my brother and i would find clams and throw them against the sea wall and laugh really hard.

maybe i'm not happy as a clam...

i'm as happy as a little kid with new crayons.
i'm as happy as jay patty getting an A.
i'm as happy as fat kid with cake.

mmmmmmmmmm....cake....

i haven't updated in a while, but i have a good reason, i SWEAR.

so, i got a job and moved to columbus.

no shit jaymie, you told us that.

i know i told you, but my stories can never just pick up where i left them off, i have to go back a little to make sure you remember what i was talking about. fool. you should know this by now.

ANYWAYS.

before i moved, i was working my BOOTY off at the gap. i mean, i was there all the time. ALL. THE. TIME. it was great because i needed the money and i love the people i work with AND i became a gap card QUEEN (37 gap cards in one month, WHAT?) so, i was REALLY busy and then i moved and didn't have my internet hooked up until yesterday....monday. yeah.

so, here i am to be really obnoxious.

you are going to get MORE obnoxious? oh lord, help us all....

as if you have anything better to do than read my online journal anyways.

so, i have a job. i am going to be teaching first grade at a brand new school and i have my own brand new classroom and i am next door to my cooperating teacher from last semester (heather, not jayne. although, i need to email jayne tonight.) and i LOVE the people i teach with and i LOVE my apartment and i LOVE my roommate and friends and i LOVE MY LIFE.

i can't even begin to express how happy i am and how lucky i am. the people i am going to teach with are wonderful people who i know will also become amazing friends. i am so lucky and truly feel like everything is falling into place and i am amazed, and so thankful, that everything has worked out so beautifully.

back in high school, (gwen will know what i'm talking about) i talked about "busting out." i just wanted to be happy and be me and to feel great about it all. i never really found that through high school and expected to find that happiness in college. things have finally come together with this job and this move. i am the happiest i have been in....maybe ever.

i just wanted to share how happy i am.
happy as a clam.