I finished!

I finally finished all of my grading and got all of my final grades done on Friday! I brought essays home all week and I was worried I would be grading all weekend too, but I got it done before I left school. Last week had to have been at least 8 days long. The big topic this year was sports-- injuries, steroids, BCS... I think I read at least 10 persuasive essays on the NFL's new helmet-to-helmet tackling rule, but it's all done. And I'd rather read persuasive essays on sports-related topics over abortion and animal abuse any day. I'm sure there will be some begging and some pleading left to deal with... I do have a handful of seniors who are failing and will no doubt be full of excuses and cajoling and tears come tomorrow, but I can deal with that tomorrow.

Every time I sit down to blog I just don't want to do it and end up playing computer games instead. My life is pretty boring. I do have all these things rolling around in my head that I need to write about, but it's too much effort. Blah. It's easier just to think about it. So I will probably just write about stupid stuff because it's easier.

The Bears won on Sunday! Woot! So awesome. I cannot wait for the game this weekend. Chicago v. Green Bay will be epic. Going to break out the party.

I asked Josh the other morning on my way out the door if I looked OK and he got this really cute scrunchy look on his face and said, "I really don't know, so I just say yes." It was pretty funny.

I made Pineview reservations for this summer, and I always get so excited after. I hate January and February. Once March comes I feel like I can make it.

So I've been pondering goals. Part of me feels like... I'm stressed out, I'm trying to deal with 4 kids with completely different problems and challenges and age-levels, trying to juggle my career and family and be a somewhat decent wife, trying to deal with my own problems... Maybe I should just accept myself for who I am for a little while and not always be trying to change myself. But then, is that a cop-out? It's always hard to lose weight and save money and be more organized and not be such a dork. Why would now be any different than down the road? I just hate always beating up on myself when I fail. At the beginning of the summer my doctor put me on a second med for my thyroid, and it was awesome. I felt so great, and I dropped 6 pounds instantly. But the dose was too high, so she has backed me off to about 1/4 of the dosage, and I gained the 6 pounds back instantly. I still feel pretty good, so I'm happy about that, but I've gained another 4 pounds on top of that, so I've got to lose weight. I put on like 10 pounds in 4 months and it's so not cool. Some doctors are skeptical about taking the T3 meds for thyroid on top of the synthroid, but it works so well for me. I feel way better. Anyway... Still pondering.

OK so I decided that I kinda want to be Pink, just a little bit, and I have a little girly crush on her, and so then I was thinking about celebs who I would want to be my friend, and I came up with these 3. Although, I can't imagine hanging out with all 3 at the same time. Would I even be alive at the end of the night?







Pink is just b.a. and Avril is so stinking cute, and then Beth... I just want her to be all tough... like we'd go to Burger King and someone would talk trash and Beth would get all up in their face. She's Queen B man.