Words of Wisdom Wednesday #6

Sweaters are for collecting - you can never have too many.
- Lisa Birnbach

(ahhh because I have one too many, but it's all gravy baby!)

happy list #2

happy list is back for another round. :)

yay!

10 things that make me happy

1. Seeing a deer, coyote, and hawk all within 2 days on my runs into the local hills. 
2. Playing tag with our special ed students.
3. Reading books with my nephew and having him tell me why the dinosaurs get a sad face. [He's on a happy/sad face system for behavior. So everything is all about getting happy faces.]
4. My nephew giving me my own sad face; for failing to correctly help him use the big boy toilet. (In my defense, I'm a girl, boy toilets are a new thing for me.)
5. Rediscovering my passion for running.
6. Zumba! Its so much fun! 
7. Students keeping themselves and each other on check. I just give them the evil look and they know. 
8. Watching my favorite TV shows.
9. Enjoying my own homemade lattes in chilly weather.
10. Having a fulfilling job. Even when it is stressful and overwhelming, I still love my students and school. 

Music Monday #5

Because I may or may not have a small thing for Drake.

mia vita

Ohh mia vita, what a deceptive and conniving little vixen you are. (Also, recently I noticed how I personify every object/concept I do not like in a female and woman. My apologies to my gender, but I honestly don't think males/men can ever be as conniving as a female/woman can be. Trust me on this one.) When ever I think I get a break, bam! Turns out I don't. Here I am thinking I'll be able to go back to school for the spring semester, then it hit me. I have to pay for my car insurance and car payments at the same time. Sigh.  So what to do? Do I take another semester off? Do I transfer to a more affordable program? [Mind you that I'm at my dream school working on my Master's and teaching credential.] I despise being such a pessimistic and worry wart, but truth be told, its all I can find myself to be at the moment. I love my job, minus the fact that its hardly enough for me to get by on. I really don't want to leave it, but by the looks of it, I just might have to. Sigh.

Mia vita, when will you get easier? When will all the pieces finally fall together? When will I finally have it all?

Post Secret #7

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