I told.

So I told my principal today. She seemed pretty supportive and said that another teacher at my work is having the same issues I am. I wish she would see that this schedule is really nonsense. I came home from work today and took a 2 hour nap. I now need to do homework so I am sure I will be up for awhile. Only 2 more days of work this week and then I get a break!!! I am so freaking excited. I can't wait to sleep all day. To bad my mom is going out of town so I can't pawn Eve off on her so I can catch up a little on my sleep.

Work.

I am having a really hard time at work. I get so exhausted in the afternoon. I often feel very sick either I get nauseous or I get a really bad headache. I can't take anything for the headache because it makes me feel even sicker. I always want to lie down. My body just can't take working 9 hour days. My day is 1st period, 2nd prep, 3rd period, lunch, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th. Each class is an hour long. So I go 4 hours without getting a break. I am having a hard time even going to the bathroom in between classes because I am always busy. It is no wonder how I got a UTI. I am just not really sure how much longer I can do this. I am really hoping I feel better during the 2nd tri because if I don't this is going to be a really rough year. I have never felt more tired in all my life. I slept almost all weekend and could still sleep right now. I wish I could have 30 minutes in the afternoon to just lie down. I know I am being a baby but I seriously am really freaking tired and dealing with 30 kids every hour is stressful when you aren't feeling good. My students must think I am a hypochondriac because I am always not feeling well. These are the times I wish I worked a normal job where I could get a slightly lessened workload so that I could feel better. Just 30 minutes in the afternoon to myself would make a huge difference. I haven't told my principal yet that I am expecting and I am sure she won't be very supportive of what I am going through. My work is so stressful. Our principal is uber strict and I have to have my students engaged at all times. I know I should have them engaged but when you feel on the verge of puking yet never do it is hard to keep focused on anything but making sure you don't puke. I just don't see how she can accommodate my needs. I just want to feel like a normal person and not be so stung out at work. On top of it all I want to do when I get home is sleep and yet I have homework to do for my classes. I never got this tired or exhausted or nauseous with Eve so this was a little unexpected. I think I might have to tell my principal this week and pray that she will understand how I am feeling and be at least sympathetic towards me.

Dinner Time.

What happens when it takes you 2 hours to eat dinner?

July 2008

Oct. 2008

Eve takes forever to eat dinner. She does this on a regular basis. These are just the few times we thought to take pictures. She will eat her fruits and vegetables first and then just won't eat the rest of the meal. I think she might be a vegetarian and this is how she is letting us know.

And the award goes to...

I just want to thank Jaime for giving me this award. She truly is an inspiration to me. She is one super strong woman! I seriously stalk her blog all the time. Check out her blog.

There are so many great blogs out there I had a hard time picking just a few to give this award to. So here goes.

The Noeske's

Bill, Miss, and Brood.

Heart Attack!

That is what I almost had while driving home today. I was checking my voice mail and there was a message from my Dr. office asking me to call. I felt my heart sink all the way down to the baby. I quickly called while praying they were still open. I would never make it all night without finding out what was wrong. I kept praying that they just wanted to switch appointments or something small. I got through! I was so excited and waited anxiously to be connect to my Dr.'s nurse. She said all my tests were fine but the urine showed signs of a UTI so they needed to call in a prescription for me. AHHHHH. Relief. I have been noticing a little uncomfortableness in the area but just felt like that maybe it was the baby stretching me. So the munchkin is still doing good and I am feeling much better and will have to call back with our pharmacy number tomorrow to get my prescription filled.

Getting Tough.

Sometimes being a parent is really tough. Eve has always been an awesome kid. Don't get me wrong she can be a royal pain in the behind but for the most part she is very well behaved. Until the last month or so that is. She has decided to start pushing the limits. Mostly she has just stopped listening which drives me nuts. I used to be able to ask her once to do something and she would just do it. Now she tells me no way. We skipped the terrible twos and went to the sassy 3.5. This is not a stage they often talk about. She is setting her limits and trying to become more independent. I seriously have to remind myself she is only 3.5 and that this behavior is totally normal. All of my IRL friends who have kids around the same age are dealing with the same issues. So today we asked her a million times to clean up the living room and her bedrooms. Tornado Eve had swept through in the morning and you could barely walk at all in either room. Have I ever mentioned that one child shouldn't have nearly as many toys as she does. Eve wanted to do 2 things today. 1.)Help grandma make a cake. 2.) Go see the fireworks at the park tonight. Well she refused to clean up for more than 10 minutes in the living room. We ended up taking away both activities from her. She still wouldn't clean so we told her we were going to throw away all the toys left in 5 minutes. She finally started to clean again for 1 minute. After 5 minutes we got a garbage bag and packed up all of the extra toys left out. I have never seen such a fit. Once she calmed down Adam took her to her room and told her she had an hour to get everything put away or it was going the garbage too. Well after 10 minute reminders for the entire hour she managed to not put away anything. Adam and I packed up all those toys too. We have three large garbage toys sitting in our garage right now. She was even more upset because she lost 2 very beloved toys during the room cleanup:Boo and her flashlight. As they were placed in the bag she kept crying those are my favorites please no. Now before you think I am totally cold hearted let me explain that this whole process made me really sad but it is what had to be done. We made her take a nap after we finished packing up all the toys on the floor. When she woke up she was a completely different child. She was back to my sweet little girl who knows how to listen. She asked nicely for her toys back and when I explained that they were taken away because she didn't know how to listen she said sorry. We made a deal that every day she is a good girl and listens she will get one toy back. I think this will get her to act properly. She was an angel for the rest of the night and didn't fight us on anything. I am not opposed to her being independent but I do expect her to listen and have respect for her elders something she was quickly losing. I hope this does the trick or we are back to square one. I hate having to discipline her. I honestly think it is harder on me than her.

Eve Dancing.

She was teaching me how to dance tonight. I love her so much.