dirt off your shoulder

i am so ready for this week to be over and it's only tuesday evening. my doctor said one time that i carry all of my stress in my shoulders. my shoulders are killing me! i don't like being stressed out because then i take it out on my kids, which isn't really fair, even though some of them deserve it. i can't wait until friday. i'm going to see my cousin cheer again, but this time i'm going with one of my friends because her daughter is going to watch one of the boys play. then saturday i get to go to canton! yea! i hope it's not too hot, but even if it is...it should still be fun. i can't really talk about what's got me stressed because it's a work thing and this is a public blog, but i'll shake it soon. i will say that being department chair isn't worth what i get paid for it. that's all i'm going to say now, i've got some birds to try to glitter!

feeling good

yesterday was better. today is even better so far. we get out of school at 1:30 again! woohoo! they need the buses for the high school team to get to their game tonight. too bad i have to go pay k-dogg's car registration and get his oil changed. but then, i'm off to hobby lobby and wherever else i can fit in before i go see my cousin cheer and my church kids play football. too bad they're on opposing teams!

i'm torn down

i should have stayed in bed today. or better yet, gone shopping. or even better, gone to see bean. i need to get off the computer and take out my aggression on dinner or cleaning or crafting. accidentally running over packages in my driveway wasn't enough!

Little Bird

i know i already posted right before the game...but when i was leaving, i got the coolest picture above my garage. oh yeah, we lost...but only by 4 points and the team that beat us is state-ranked!

country grammar

it's almost fall! tonight is homecoming. tomorrow is the annual arts and crafts festival. we're the only school i know of that gets out early for homecoming! it's great, i got to come home and eat a snack from sonic and take a long nap. now i'm getting ready to go to the game. i hope we win, but we're playing a very good team. this is when i'm glad i still live in my hometown and that that town isn't a big city! my house is clean and smells good, i finally feel better, my students are actually behaving pretty well. i'm going to trades days in canton in two weeks...life is pretty good!

crash

so, here's some of the damage from the "inland tropical storm." besides these pictures, i saw a traffic light turned at a 45 degree angle, a lot of limbs, and a dangling street light. it was wild.


this was the biggest tree i saw uprooted. i drove by it 4 times to get pictures!
some of the electric people out working and the leaning street sign
an old furniture store. i went inside today...it was scary!


aren't traffic lights supposed to light up?

a big pecan tree on the road to my school (bean, it's by keep happy)

lean with it, rock with it!
close-by trees the morning of the storm

it's kinda hard to see, but some new trees didn't last long!

texas flood

we made it. only 4 hours without electricity. unfortunately, the cable and internet were out for almost 24 hours and now our water is acting weird. i think the best way to get through the hurricane is by being sick. i slept most of the day and couldn't have gone anywhere anyway. i'm still not feeling well, but i'm about to go shopping anyway. even if all i do is drive around for a while, but with gas being as much as it is, i better not do that, i better have a specific destination!

edit: my mom said using "rock you like a hurricane" was the easy way out...can't help it, i was sick. maybe this is better.