April Fool's Day

Tomorrow is April 1st, which means it's April Fool's Day. I have no idea where this "holiday" originated from. I can easily look it up but I'm too lazy to do that. I don't play tricks on anyone during this day. It takes way too much effort to do that. I wonder if anyone will play tricks on me. I can sometimes be very gullible. It depends on how realistic the trick is. I wouldn't mind celebrating the day tomorrow by having people prank me only because it will add fun to what I'm sure is going to be a stressful and exhausting day at work.

Weather

This week is the reason I moved to North Carolina. I didn't move because I was offered a teaching job. I moved because it's going to be high 70's to low 80's all week when it's the beginning of April! That doesn't happen in New York. However, with the way this winter and spring have been going, it will probably be 30 degrees next week and we will have another snow day. The last thing we need is another snow day. If that happened, we would either be teaching until 8 at night to make up for it or we would just have school all year round. The weather since I've been down here has been absolutely wild! I look forward to the warm weather coming our way all week!

Late Night Eating

We all know that eating food late at night is bad for you. I was just hanging out with my friends for most of the day. I got home about 30 minutes ago. On the ride home, I badly wanted to stop and get fast food. I was somehow able to fight that urge. I am still starving right now and might eat a snack. Eating a snack late at night isn't as bad as eating fast food that will just sit in your stomach while you sleep. Be careful what you eat and when you eat it!

NC Teacher License

I filled out the form for my North Carolina teacher license the day I had my interview. They say it takes months for it to approve. I was also told that I'd get Bachelor's Degree pay until my NC teacher license went through. Then they would back pay me and start paying me Master's Degree pay. That makes absolutely no sense to me. My Master's Degree has nothing to do with my teacher license. Luckily for me, my NC teacher's license went through today which means I'll get my back pay! We get paid on Monday. I doubt I'll get the pay then, but I should definitely get it in April! Yay for extra money!

My Weight

I joined the gym shortly after moving here. I had an assessment done by a trainer. I weighed myself and weighed about what I thought. I have been weighing myself pretty much every week on the same scale since then. I keep eating a lot and not working out quite as much as I want to. However, I have somehow dropped 8 pounds! I find it hard to believe, but every time I get on that scale, it says the same thing. I'm guessing it's the stress of my job that keeps me losing a little bit of weight. If I could lose about 7 more pounds and stay that weight, I'd be thrilled! I'm pretty content with where I'm at though.

Health

I know I'm going to jinx myself by blogging about this, but oh well. I am shocked that I have not gotten sick while being in North Carolina yet. I am always very busy and working all day and going to the gym three days a week. That alone can be enough to run a person down and get them sick. I'm around 20 1st graders who have more snot than you can imagine. They cough all of the time without covering their mouths. I've been around more vomit than I ever want to see in my life. It's a miracle I haven't gotten sick. I take an Ester C pill each morning to attempt to stay healthy. I also wash my hands and use sanitizer all of the time. I got my flu shot very early in the season this year so that I would be prepared that way. When you work with kids, you have to take ever precaution to stay as healthy as possible.

Smoking

I will never understand why people smoke. Everyone knows it's bad for you, so why do it? If you smoke, you are paying for your own death. I noticed that cigarette prices are a lot cheaper here than they are in New York. You will only pay about $5 for a pack here and $11 in New York. That's a huge difference. Someone who smokes told me today that all of the choices you make in life will affect how long you live. This is very true. The food we eat might end up killing us. However, everyone knows that smoking will kill people faster than most other things. I can't stand the smell and I can't stand the fact that people smoke. Waste your money on something else.