All By Myself

Can I just be honest?

Well, I am about ready to cry. Seriously. I am.
Most of it is because I am being female, but hey, we ladies do that from time to time. Some of it is because I have been abandoned alone in the wilderness with 14 three and four year old children who must have been fed pure came sugar for breakfast.

Here's the whole story.

I am a Pre-K teacher (ages 3 & 4). There are four teachers in my class. In my class, we provide day care for the employees of our school district at my school, so we have the students all day. (Oh Lord. Yea, we have TEACHER'S KIDS.)

Side note: I can't talk because my mother is a teacher and my father was a college professor. Get this... my father was also a pastor. Yep.

The schedule is kind of crazy.
During the morning, all four teachers are in the room. For one hour, there are two teachers in the room. (The main two teachers go to lunch. I and another teacher stay with the students. We read to them and they have recess.) The other teacher and I go to lunch, while the main two teachers take the students to lunch. After lunch, the students nap. I and one of the main teachers get them to sleep, while the other two teachers work with the PPCD students. After all of the students are sleep, the main teacher goes back to the other room. I am in the napping room by myself (with sleeping students) for hour or so. After they wake up, they go to our room, have a snack, and then go play. The other three teachers leave and I am left with them until their parents come to get them. They play outside or in the gym. It's an hour or so or until 5:00 PM (that's usually the case).

Here's what's upsetting me so. For the past three days, the teacher that works with me has been absent and working with Pre-registration for the school, so I have been by myself for that hour. It has been horrendous. I have been stuck with 14 3 & 4 year olds with Spring Fever.

Let's put it like: the boys have been boxing and wrestling each other, the girls insist on screaming at the top of their lungs (high pitched screams), the girls are trying to kiss the boys, the girls are singing the cutest boy in class name, the boy chase the girls and try to hit them, the girls run, fall down, come to me crying, as they say the boys are bothering them, and the whole process happens over and over again.

Today, several of the girls were performing CPR on one of the boys. (Oh my goodness.) The little boy was pretending to pass out. The girls were being the doctor. It was kind of cute to watch because the girls were doing the whole CPR procedure, checking to see if he could hear, checking for a pulse, and then performing CPR. (Yes, lips touched lips.)

I don't want to say anything, but I am very upset because I was supposed to have some help during these two days, according to the vice-principal, but I haven't. In my mind, I am thinking, "This is so unfair. They have left me in here with these rowdy behind kids and no one seems to care." Again, more than likely, I am being over emotional, but that's how I feel.

I am very tired. I am frustrated. I am stressed. My head is hurting. My ears are ringing. It's allergy season. My eyes are itching. My ears are itching. My throat is itching. I wanna cry. I am being female. I want my mommy. I wanna go home. I need a "Mommy Hug".

I need some friends badly right about now. Can a sista get a hug, please?

Weekly Goals 4/1-4/7

Here are my goals for next week
1. Add Another Convert to the Gossip Blog.
2. Give notice
3. Check out In Her Shadow
4. Wash
5. Change all image folders

All Day Long

This entry is just one continuous entry.

BMW
I saw a young lady with a t-shirt on. It had "I want a BMW". Underneath that phrase it said, "Black Man Worshipping". I thought that was so cute.

I thank God that I have a BMW. My husband is in church. He is excited about God. He reads his Bible. He prays. He does all of that more than I do and I am a minister. (I need to get on the ball.) I am very thankful for my BMW.

Hood Boy
I saw the video for Fantasia's song "Hood Boy". That is a crazy song and a crazy video. (She is gonna shake a hip loose.)

I have a hood boy, although he doesn't act like it. My hubby is a hood boy. He walks around in his wife beaters (although he hates it when you call A-shirts by that name) and his jeans.

My hubby takes good care of me, too. He's my baby.

By Myself
I am by myself with the students today. Ugh!

Bracelet
I broke my teacher bracelet. I called myself trying to fix it and I glue the magnet in backwards. Now it wont' closed. AWE!

400+ Friends
I have over 400 friends on ShoutLife. I am so excited. It's crazy, because there are people who have over 1,000 friends.

33 More Words

I need thirty-three more words to make 1,000 for today.

How about a few quotes?

"I like buttered grass." – Ethel Mertz (I Love Lucy)

"Every now and then an average mind has a great thought." – deartra d. Boone

"It's hard to be big, when little got you." – Men of Standard

Well, met my goal. Yea!

Allergies: Oh the Eyes

Today was crazy. My eyes itched a lot. I tried not to rub them. I kept using my eye drops and water. That didn't help much. Ugh!

ShoutLife

I was on ShoutLife too much again today. Ok, I am going t have to monitor my usage. (BIG SMILE!)

Pink-tastic Report

There were seven girls wearing pink. I think that the allergy medicine is affecting me. I am not drawn by the pinkness that the girls are wearing these days. It doesn't faze me anymore. Yea!

Daily Goal

I have reached my monthly goal, so I am not really trying to reach the daily goal I have set for myself each day. If I do reach my daily goal, it will mean an extra sticker.

I am glad that I met my goal early this month. With my allergies, I haven't felt like writing much. I have been going home and lying on the couch.

I despise allergy season! Ugh!

Allergies, Good Day Today

Today was a good allergy day. I used some Triaminic throat strips for my cough. Those things work wonders.

Marques Houston

I was watching VH1 Soul and I saw the latest Marques Houston video. Does he ever sing a ballad? Is it me or does he show his chest showing in every one of his videos? Why does he always wear a hooded jacket or sweatshirt?

I was just wondering. No, I don't remember the name of the song.

Pink-tastic Report

I don't know.

ShoutLife

I may have to ban myself from using ShoutLife. I have been on there for most of the time. I am addicted.

Laws of Three-Year Olds

1. The world revolves around me.

2. I am not a baby. Please don't call me that. Please don't treat me like one.

3. Whatever you have, I want it, even if you bought it.

4. If you don't give me what I want as mention in Law 3, I will throw a fit.

5. If I see it and I want it, it is mine.

6. I am not that tall, so if I want to get your attention, I may have to touch you somewhere that you might not like me touching don't get mad at me.

7. If I say I don't like you, don't take it personally. In about five minutes, I will be your best friend again.

8. You don't have to repeat yourself. I heard you the first time. I am just ignoring you.

9. I am independent.

10. I may need some help sometimes, but remember Law 9.

11. I am prone to but into your conversation.

12. I have some manners, but I rarely use them.

13. I love hugs. Give me a lot of them.

14. I love to give hugs. Let me give a lot of them.

15. It is okay for you to ask for a hug. I reserve the right to refuse to give you one if I don't want to give you one.

16. I love to learn.

17. Remember Law 16. Whatever I see you do, I will copy it.

18. Remember Law 16. I learn the bad things quicker than I learn the good things.

19. If I see you eating something, I am going to ask for it. If you don't give me any, I may resort to crying. Please remember Law 2.

20. I will not usually cover my mouth when I cough or sneeze. I know I am supposed to, but I choose not to do it.

21. I made a mess, but I expect you to clean it up.

22. I still cry. Please remember Law 2.

23. I like to be carried. Please remember Law 2.

24. I know all of the stuff that I have is mine, but I expect you to carry my backpack, my stuffed animal, and me.

25. Yes, I want you to put all 58 of my pictures on the wall.

26. Please don't put so many barrettes in my hair. I am subject to lose them.

27. Please don't put so many layers of clothes on me. I am subject to lose a layer or two.

28. I like going round in circles. It is fun to me.

29. I will do everything you say, literally.

30. It's Friday. I am allowed to act crazier than normal.

31. I will fall down from time to time.

I will add more later.

I'm Through

I am not going to make my goal for today. I am going to go lay down. Oh well. Allergy season is in full bloom.

Pink-tastic Report

Today, there were four girls wearing pink.

Goldilocks and the 3 Bears

I am considering writing a version of Goldilocks and the 3 bears. In class, we read that story for 5 days straight. We read 3 different versions of it, but we read the story over and over.

One day, in my overactive mind, I started writing my own version of the story.

I am going to try to get my sister-in-law, Jolene, to draw the pictures for it.

I don't know when I am going to get around to doing it though.

Allergies

Today was a horrible day for me. Everything on me that could itch or hurt, did just that. My eyes were itching. My throat was itching. My ears were itching. I felt so bad. I coughed most of the day because my sinuses were draining. I was so miserable.

That's about all I have to say on the matter.

All The Independent Children

My students are becoming very independent, at least during nap time. It's been about two months since I started asking them to put on their own shoes and socks.

At first, I met with resistance. They cried and moaned about it. Now, finally, they are doing it without complaint, for the most part. Every now and then, someone complains.

I must say that the complaints are getting better. They no longer cry. Here's a recent conversation:
Student: Mrs. Boone, I can't put my socks on.
Me: Have you tried putting them on?
Student: No, they are too hard.
Me: Well, try to put them on. Okay?
Student: Mrs. Boone, if you put my socks on, I will put my shoes on.

Of course, I went and put his socks on for him.

After that, one of the other students who was nearby said, "Mrs. Boone, if you put my socks on, I will put my shoes on." Gotta love the chilins'.

Dull, Boring, and Blah!

Today was pretty much a bore. Didn't do a thing. Nope, didn't go to church. I am on vacation. Leave me alone. (SMILE)

I didn't turn the computer on until late. I mostly wanted to check my email. I did join an email group on ShoutLife. Yes, I had time to check out ShoutLife. That's my new spot.

Home Again

We are going home today. It seems like we just got here. Actually, we did just get here. Oh well. I am not ready to go home yet. I wish we could have came down here when we were supposed to and the vacation would have seemed longer. Oh well.

Why does the return trip home always seem to go quicker than the trip there? We got home in no time flat. We stopped for food and for gas.

I think my husband was in a rush to get home. He was driving fast. I mean very fast. (He usually drives the speed limit.)