Happy Birthday Evelyn!

Today is Evelyn's birthday! Happy Birthday Evelyn! Hope it's a great day!

I got my new USAA Debit Card today. Sadly, it's not the checking account that I use, but I guess it's better than having no debit cards for another day. Hopefully the CCBG one will come in soon. I really want to get a credit card that has some kind of cash back option on it. In retrospect I guess I should've asked about that last week when I called USAA to tell them my wallet was stolen. Oh well.

Robert & I stupidly stayed up and watched the entire Oscars telecast last night. I did pretty well today considering I only slept for about 6 hours, but I really hit a wall around 1pm. Unfortunately, that's during my most attention-intensive class, so I was completely wiped out by the end of the day. Then I had two meetings: 1) about the $12 million dollars in cuts Leon County Schools has to make for next year and 2) about the field trip my team is taking on Thursday to Romano's Macaroni Grill. Both of those were exhausting to sit through. Notes on the meetings: Hopefully I will still have a job next year. I'm still an annual contract teacher since I took off half a year after Addison was born. It is entirely possible that I will be on the chopping block with all the other annual contract teachers at my school. Wish me luck. In happier news, we had 9 kids out of 18 make the field trip criteria. 50% is pretty good for my babies, so I am thrilled! I get to stay behind at school with the kids who didn't earn the trip - YEAH! (yes, that is sarcastic) - and do work. Wish me luck on that, too.

Addison just set her cup down on our end table & she was thoughtful enough to use a coaster. She actually moved the coaster to the place where she wanted to put her cup. She's the bestest daughter ever. Probably even more awesome than I was...

Quick Catch-Up

I was in Orlando for two nights at the Florida Educational Technology Conference. I saw tons of amazing technology that my students could really benefit from. Sadly, we have next to no funding, so I will be looking into grant-writing with Joanna (the other teacher who went to FETC with me). I think my favorite was Quizdom. Their devices certainly would've made school more interesting for me when I was a student! The first night we were there, we dined at Vito's Chop House with Heather, who drove up from Sarasota to visit me! I am so glad she & I got to visit again!! As usual, we had a great time. One of the many highlights were the meatballs that came with our spaghetti. Here's a picture of Joanna attempting to enjoy her spaghetti and meatballs...seriously the biggest meatballs I've ever been served. The waiter swore they were 6 oz. each, but they seemed larger than that. It was a great time, I learned a lot, but I missed Addison and Robert terribly. I am very, very glad to be back home!