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The Sunny D: May 2014

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

That's All I Have To Say About That

This is a picture Ellie drew of her Dad. That's all I have to say about that. 


You know the saying, if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all? Ignore that saying right now. 



There is this new dating site called Tinder. A lot of my friends were on it and I was super curious. So, I got on it too. Essentially, if you think a guy is cute you swipe right on your phone. If you think a guy is not cute you swipe left. This took up HOURS of my time at first. I was SO intrigued. If you swipe right and the boy you like swipes right you are a "match" which means you can start texting each other.  It was like walking into a church dance when you are 14 and all awkward and knowing EXACTLY every guy in the room that thought you were cute . I mean INSTANTLY. I will say it was a HUGE ego boost. However, then I started getting a barrage of messages from men I didn't even know. There was the guy that was still married but in an "open" relationship. YEAH RIGHT. Creep. He kept texting and texting me, I ignored every single one of course. Then I added LDS in big letters by my name. That didn't matter. I realized you can't control the images that come through the pictures. In my naivety I didn't know that people could put disturbing pictures of themselves on there. There was a naked man, I will not go into detail. My eyes are scarred for life. I quickly stopped getting on Tinder, and that's all I have to say about that. 

Life has been too busy. I have been overworked at work even with all my extra time and planning. It feels as if things have been slung at us teachers at lightning speed. There is no other option than to smile and keep up. Which, I did. I even worked harder, prepped way in advance and still, it was like it was not enough. Teacher Appreciation week turned out to be pretty awesome though and it backed right up to Mother's Day. Luckily, I still felt appreciated on Mother's Day, left over happy feelings from Teacher Appreciation week. After asking my children SEVERAL TIMES to please do the dishes and then YELLING at them, "It's MOTHER'S DAY! All I want is a LITTLE help unloading the dishwasher, IS that TOO MUCH to ask???!!!??? Which made me feel like a complete failure as a Mother because have I not taught my children to be helpful and serve others? Apparently NOT. I didn't have any expectations for Mother's Day. I have totally made that mistake in the past and since there is no helper husband around here to head anything up, you know. At least the kids STEP MOM made me a super cute present. Seriously. AND I did get a chocolate bar from church. I went to dinner at my Mom's where SHE cooked. (She wanted too) BUT I DID DO THE DISHES. 
and that's all I have to say about that. 

There really can be too much of a good thing. I love my job so much but at the end of the school year it is just a little too much. I had to pack up my classroom which is very much like packing an apartment. They are going to demolish the buildings this summer and give us brand new shiny ones for next year. Totally awesome. Couple the move with Teacher Appreciation Day, The Knowledge Fair, Field Day, The School Talent Show, Galileo Testing and Leadership Day.......let's just say my head is sort of spinning like one of those dolls in the Twilight Zone...slowly spinning all the way around. I then had a women's health scare that I was in the middle of taking care of and getting ready to leave the country for a few weeks plus still running kids to baseball games. I couldn't sleep well for days. DAYS. Then the car needed to be taken in to get the emissions checked. Another thing I JUST didn't have the time to do. It all took its toll and I woke up Saturday night in a PANIC of stress. I even had real chest pain. I called my poor, wonderful Mother because who else do you call at 2am? She came and picked me up where I stayed at her house. I realized I have to STOP and slow down it isn't worth taking a toll on my sleep. 
and that's all I have to say about that. 

One and a half days until summer. 

XOXO The Sunny D



Monday, May 5, 2014

Just Hang On for Two More Weeks

I sure love shoes. My wallet even says, "shoe fund" on it. 

Two weeks. Two stressed out, biography writing, stretched to the limit weeks and then Utopia. I can not wait. It is teacher appreciation week this week. WHY do they do this to parents two weeks before school is out? AND I AM A TEACHER. I mean come ON! So do you buy two presents? I always do. Do you know why? Because I know exactly what it takes to be a teacher and all that you put into it. Literally, blood, sweat and tears. A lot of tears some years. 

Every year at this time I have my students interview their Mom's. Their Moms don't know that they are the ONLY choice to interview.  The interview just says to interview someone you love. But, it is ALWAYS the Moms that are interviewed. I do this because my students get to learn about first person and third person point of view writing. They get to learn how to conduct an interview and THEN they get to actually write a real life biography. The end products are so darling but can I just tell you it is almost like H.E. double hockey sticks for me at this time of the year to pull this work out of my students. Today I actually said to my class as four kids at once asked me different questions about the essay.  Another one said she didn't feel well, one was crying because he was behind and then one boy had weird itchy bumps in his armpit that turned out to be chicken pox. They were supposed to be doing independent work. I literally said out loud, "Stop." Everybody, stop there is so much going on here and everyone is supposed to be working quietly." I am TRYING so hard to get these Mother's Day Biographies organized but all of this noise is about to give me a nervous breakdown. Then it was recess. Thank goodness. 

The next two weeks are so busy. Plus, I have to move out of my classroom because they are demolishing the buildings the DAY AFTER school gets out. I have been working on packing parts of my room for about 30-60 minutes each day. I am trying to keep on top of it so I don't get overwhelmed. I am going to have to take everything to my parents house probably about 15 boxes of stuff at least. Moving a classroom is sort of like moving a house. 

Then. I get to just be a MOM. Can you even believe it? My favorite job ever. Three months of Motherhood bliss, cleaning, and doing stuff that I like to do too. Besides running the babes to all of their activities. Time will be my best friend again instead of my enemy because there will be so much more of it. That is magical I tell you. 

A friend text me the other night that he usually hates when the school year is over. I thought what an interesting perspective. I had that perspective once too, until the babies came along. Oh, I love my babies. 

These two.