Wow...

Today was quite interesting... I woke up earlier than I wanted to (8:30ish) this morning. I organized and read through all the ballots from this weekend to get a picture of the big things that I need to work with the kids on this week in preperation for this weekend's tournament. After that, I had to clean house because we had people coming over this afternoon. Oh and I cooked some amazing rice and gravy, well I thought it was amazing at least. Lol. Umm.... yea so when my dad's boss got here for the meeting I locked myself in my room to study. Yea that didn't happen at all! I think I studied for maybe 30 minutes then fell asleep for a few hours. I needed a nap though, I feel a heck of a lot better since I slept. This afternoon was kinda emotional for a few reasons. First, the meeting at my house today was pretty exausting and stressful. The Special Ed Christmas Party is exactly a week from today but more about that later. M was upset today which didn't make things better, I kinda felt bad for being in a semi-good mood. I had two really good conversations with two amazing people today. One, I didn't really know that an hour could bring back so many memories and so many feelings. No doubt they were really good feelings about my high school days, it made me think about how I'm definently not that person anymore. I kinda long to be that person again, just with the maturity and knowledge that I have now. It seems like yesterday to me that I was that person, but in reality its been almost 3 years. Gosh how time flies. The second conversation I had today gave me a lot of excitement and energy for this week. She agrees with the fact that I have a lot to work on but made me feel good about what direction I'm in as well as suggestions to get through the week. I have some things that I need to talk to someone about which stemmed from conversations with parents this weekend, hopefully that goes smoothly tomorrow. I'm looking forward to the new week and hope that it's better than last. I also hope that finals go smoothly, even though I can't motivate myself to study. My goal is a 3.8 for the semester (ahh only 1 B allowed)! I would love a 4.0 but need to keep my goals feesable so I don't get too disappointed! I have two finals tomorrow, Organic Chemistry and Technology in the Classroom which really isn't a final, we have to go to class to watch the iMovies and podcasts that we made. After that I'm going into work and ending the day with Mass since its a Holy Day of Obligation. Speaking of Mass, I kinda zoned out today. I couldn't even attempt to explain the homily, which I kinda feel bad about. I remeber Fr. Keith opening it with a joke and then somehow he talked about veggies and connected it to the Gospel. Anyway, the Special Ed Christmas Party is this coming Sunday. I'm so nervous and need to spend the week preparing for it. The Christmas Party is something that my grandpa was on the founding committee for. Basically what it is, is the school board distributes flyers to all the Special Ed students in Lafayette Parish Elementary Schools. They then call my grandmas house to RSVP and the parents suggest a toy for Santa to bring the kids. We normally go to Walmart, buy toys and wrap them for Santa to deliver at the party. It started off really small and increased to about 170 kids last year. This year becuase of the popularity of full inclusion, at the moment we only have like 30. I would love if it stays this small just because it's a lot less stressful and I can spend more time with the kids. They are so cute and love attention! So yea, with this being the first year without my grandpa helping us out it'll be really hard. So this week besides studying for finals and working all week, I'll be preparing emotionally for Sunday's party. O well, I better go study my functional groups and IUPAC names for tomorrow morning! Until tomorrow...