Autism Training

Today was day 1 of 2 of the autism training. Just one of those things to keep up with the job. So my day was filled with mainly sitting and listening. At least I learned a new thing here and there. I can't complain.

Cars Cars Cars

Well I guess it's just a car! Jason and I got up this morning and decided to do a Waffle House breakfast or more like brunch. After that we stopped by the grocery store to pick up a few things and saw this beautiful car as we were leaving. I love the look of old cars and this one was a pretty color too!

The Perfect Purse

It seems every time I need a small clutch or purse for a formal event, I end up with one that is too small to fit my essentials. So I finally caved and bought this off amazon. It looks good enough and can fit my cell phone, lip gloss, money and ID. I could probably also fit a pack of tissues, some pain killers if needed. This is going to be used on formal nights on the ship and I am super excited.

Shop Till You Drop

I shopped most of my day away today. I needed to return some clothing that did not fit right, and get more for the cruise. I also wanted a pair of shoes I could use for both formal nights instead of switching around and decided on this black pair from target.

Shrimp Holiday

One of the things I hate about my job is that I never really have a lunch break, so i am always scarfing food down while trying to get the kids to eat, stay in their seats and not play with their food. So my first day of my summer off, I make myself a nice hot lunch of coconut shrimp with some rice and Brussels sprouts. It felt really good to be able to sit down and enjoy a meal at my own time and my own pace.

Tomatoes

One of our tomato plant is fruiting!! Can't wait to have juicy fresh tomatoes ready to be washed and eaten. This is a sign that summer is almost here, and given the weather it feels like it's already here. And I am officially on summer break.

Whose Poop is it Anyway?

We were working around the vegetable garden when Jason spotted this. I have no idea what large animal did this and have never seen anything larger than a possum around here. The funny thing about it is that it did not smell. So admit it, whose poop is this?

Spin

I never realized how much work there was to do during the last week of school. And it is always the week that takes forever to get through. I'm exhausted and vegging out staring at the ceiling. Summer break can't come any sooner!

Parachute

Braves game today and we got to see the Army dudes parachute into center-field. I thought it was really neat. And to top it off the Braves won and we stayed for the Ludacris concert even though we're not fans.

KickBall

Today was the teachers vs 5th graders kickball game. I haven't had so much fun in a long time. It's something about playing a group sport that I enjoy. And in case you had to know, we won!

TV Time

Ever since we ditched the normal way of watching TV, cancelled our cable subscription, and placed a computer connected to the TV, I've been watching way more of it.

Chicken Curry

I had been craving chicken curry since chatting with Jess about making chicken curry, so I succumbed and got what I needed yesterday. Hence here we have chicken curry, my style, with chicken breast, carrots and baby potatoes cooked with Baba's curry powder. Delicious!

Digestives

I decided that today was worth the treat, just because. It's more for nostalgia more than anything else but who cares. Anything covered with chocolate is worth it in my opinion!

Baby Bird

Today was lazy and uneventful until will found this little fellow in our backyard. It was just sitting there, despite Jason walking past it several times, and me coming up with a camera. At first I thought it was dead, but then it moved a little, and I thought it was injured. It finally flew a little but could not fly very high, and from the looks of it, it has fine hair, much like a baby. I am thinking it lost its mother. We kind of shooed it into the woods, where it stayed on a small tree. I thought it would be safer there rather than out in the open where the larger birds fly over and the neighborhood cats walk around. I hope it survived, it was cute and I felt a little helpless not knowing how to help it.

Garage Sale

I was so tired yesterday that I came home from work and fell asleep for about 3hrs and missed taking any pictures. Today was our garage sale day and we had to set up at 7am. We sold more than half of our items within the first hour, and sold pretty much almost everything after. Todat sales made was a little over $200. Not the best, but I didn't have a lot of stuff and really just wanted them out of the house. So still a job well done.

Sick

I ended up calling a substitute for work yesterday when I started running a fever. Today I woke up with a chest cold so I am glad I did. I think it really started the night before when I kept waking up feeling breathless. So I have been medicating with theraflu to get the mucus in my chest to break up, and my inhaler because I was wheezy all morning. At least the fever broke and I can breathe semi normally now. Tomorrow is field day and I need to be able to not feel like crap.

Teacher Appreciation

I forgot to mention that this week is teacher's appreciation week. One of the perks of working in the school I am at is the fabulous PTA that go out of their way to do nice things for the teachers. They had a gift thing today with a feast and this is what I got. Unfortunately, I wasn't feeling the best and left early.

Happiness in a Vase

Feeling a little under the weather and exhausted today. It was a pretty shitty day, and my vase of flowers never fail to at least brighten up my kitchen and my day a little. I call it happiness in a vase.

Ribena

Today was my usual grocery shopping day and while walking around, I stumbled on a shelf of some British items, and guess what I see at the bottom shelf! Ribena!! At $6+ a bottle, I could not bear to buy it, plus while I was excited to find Ribena, it is not exactly my favorite drink and the excitement was mainly nostalgia more than anything else. But still, I am glad to be finding things I grew up with more and more easily accessible these days.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

We finally got down to planting our vegetables today. This year we decided to go small and only plant the ones we eat the most so we planted tomatoes, jalapeño peppers, and cantaloupes. I am not giving up on the cantaloupes. The first year we planted them, they came out wonderful, the next two previous years sucked. The year before last, it did not fruit, and last year the fruit was small, and did not taste good. I do think last years crop was due to me being away for a month, and not being able to ensure it got enough water during the fruiting stage. Maybe this year it'll be better. I am not dreaming of making jalapeño poppers!