Redbox

Redbox is an amazing invention. You can rent a movie for one night for $1.29 with tax. I signed up for their email list or whatever. They are always sending me codes for rent one get one free. You can't beat that. I remember the days when renting movies would cost $5 per movie. Yes, you would have them for 5 days or so, but who really needs a movie for that long? I don't get a chance to use Redbox too much because I'm always busy. I think tonight I'm going to rent two movies and spend the night laying low and watching these movies.

What's the Point?

Teachers have a make up snow day tomorrow. Kids will not be there. Our principal was going to let us sign in today so that we didn't have to come in tomorrow. The board isn't allowing that though. Our principal said we can come in at 8, sign the sheet, then leave. What's the point in that. I really don't want to drive 20 miles each way to put my name on a sheet of paper. It will obviously take me much longer to travel than the time I will be in the school. Oh well. Nothing I can do about besides complain...

Spelling Bee

I love how they show the National Spelling Bee on ESPN. It's definitely not a sport. I guess it's entertainment. Typically the kids that are in the spelling bee have last names that they can't even spell. I think that the judges should ask them to spell their last names. That would make it interesting. The fact that I'm sitting here right now watching the spelling bee is pretty sad in itself. What has my life come to?

It's Official

As many of you know, I've had quite a tumultuous start to my teaching career in first grade. Before I flew to North Carolina for an interview, I knew it was a first grade position. I also knew that I didn't want to teach first grade. I've always wanted to work with the older kids. I also knew I was in no position to turn down a job offered to me. I have learned a lot while teaching first grade. However, starting next year, I am moving to a school just 3 miles from my current home. I will be teaching 4th grade. I am not officially teaching just ELA yet, but more than likely will be. I will be saving a ton of money on gas and I will be teaching a grade I feel more comfortable in. It was a win-win situation. I have 11 more days of school with my 1st graders. I will miss them, but I'm extremely excited for next school year to begin. I'm thrilled that I get to start the year in the August when the kids start instead of January. That was by far the most challenging part of this move. Now I'll be moving on to bigger and better things!

Radio Frequencies

I never understand when a radio comes in and out of the feed. There are many times when the radio station works fine. Then I'll be stopped at a red light and the station will lose its frequency and go to another station. Then when I start driving again, it will go back to the first station. It makes no sense to me. It has happened a lot since I moved down here. I guess that will be one of life's many unsolvable mysteries.

Casino

I went to the Harrah's Casino in Cherokee, North Carolina yesterday and came home today. It was just over a 5 hour drive each way. That was not fun. However, the scenery going through the mountains was beautiful. The casino was in the middle of nowhere. It was massive! I got lost in there about as many times as the amount of money I lost. I had a really great time though. I'm glad it's 5 hours away. Now I won't be tempted to go there as often as I went to Turning Stone. My friend and I were debating if whether 1 night or 2 nights would be better but decided on 1 for this trip. We gambled yesterday and went home today without gambling because my friend still had 2 and a half hours home from my house. I wish we could have went to the casino today to gamble. Maybe next time we will go on a Saturday and stay a little into Sunday, go home, and my friend can then go home Monday. I'm just glad I was able to get my gambling fix in.

2 Year Anniversary

2 years ago on this date, I started writing in this blog daily. I have amassed just over 700 posts in 2 years. If I did a post every single day, I should have 730. However, I missed some days when I was on vacation to here or there. I will miss tomorrow night because I will be out of town. It has been very tough trying to come up with different things to write about each night. I'm sure I have repeated myself numerous times. I am really struggling for ideas. I have a very exciting summer coming up so that will give me plenty of things to write about. Let's see how many more years I write daily in this blog.