no school again and 12 week appointment!!!!

I can't believe we were out of school again today!!!! That gave me a chance to make-up my 12 week appointment. I called to reschedule (they closed tuesday due to weather) and they asked If I could come today. I said you betcha!!!!!! Everything is going great. Pat couldn't make it on such late notice but the doctor let me call him so he could hear the heartbeat!!! It was a strong heartbeat of 160!!!! We are so happy that everything is going well. It looks like we will be back in school tomorrow. I am getting a little bored.

icey weather!!

**** UPDATE**** NO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY!!!! YAY!!!!
Maybe I will get out of my PJ's tomorrow (or not :)!!)


I am so glad to have a day off of work today but now I am feeling a little trapped. Pat took the four wheel drive vehicle to work and gave me strict orders to not go outside. I was suppose to have my 12 week appointment today but they cancelled all appointments. I was really looking forward to checking on the baby today but I guess it will have to wait. I'm hoping school will be cancelled again tomorrow but I am so bored!!!!!!!!!

OH BABY!!!!!!!!!

We went to the doctor today and it is confirmed...... I'm 8 weeks pregnant!!!!!! We saw the baby and a strong heartbeat. Our due date is August 8,2009!!!!! We had told ourselves we were not going to get excited until we saw the baby. Last time, we had an empty sac, a baby never developed. To Chellie and Nate and Amy and Luke sorry for having to get up and go puke sunday morning. Thats the routine these days. Also, I hear a congrats is in order to Amy and Luke. I'm so excited for you guys.
Prayers are much appreciated. The doctor said that everything looks perfect but until 13 weeks I'm going to be a little uneasy!!!!!

crazy day!!

Oh man! The kids were so excited about the possibility of snow. They were so crazy!
Add the speech therapist being gone (tuesdays all my kids have speech and I get a 30 min break, which I desperately needed today) two kids forgetting their meds , indoor reccess and a sick TA.
To quote one my of students, "Today was upsane!" upsane aka insane.
I was suppose to have a meeting tonight but it was cancelled, now I wish I would've signed up for the refresher. I really wanted to go but I didn't think I would be out of my meeting in time.

Two of our reg ed friends came in b/c they couldn't go to PE (one broken arm and one twisted ankle). They said "Mrs. O'Bryan do you have a headache?" I said " As a matter of a fact I do, why do you ask!" They said "b/c we have only been in here 5 min and we have a headache!"

By the end of the day, I was about to pull my hair out but then I got hugs and kisses and I love yous as they got on the bus and I remembered why I do this everyday!!!

shopping maddness!!!!

On my goodness sakes alive!!!! Toys R us was absolutley a nightmare!!!! My niece and nephews better really enjoy those toys they just have to have!! I saw Chellie Ison there reporting. That was cool!! I met some nice ppl while standing in the checkout line for 2 hours!!!!

I thought I would start at Toys R us and then go to old navy but when I got there at 4:45am and saw the line, I though OMG!!! I waited in my car until 5am when they started letting ppl in. When I saw they had let everyone in and the line was still around the block. I decided to go on to Old Navy and come back. Old Navy wasn't very bad. I got some great deals on gifts and even got Pat and I a few sweaters. I only waited in line 25 min.

But Toys R us was so crazy. There were no shopping carts. So I had to carry, kick,etc 3 large gifts and a small one. Next year I think I will do Toys R us online. I almost did this year but I didn't want to pay the shipping. Shipping costs are well worth it!!!!! The things we do for the ppl we love!!!!

a long day

Since work has been so crazy, some of my co-workers and I decided to get together for a saturday breakfast and only one rule "no talking about work!" It was a lot of fun!!
When I got home, Pat informed me that our cat, tigger has been violently throwing up and having diarrhea since I left. So I called the vet. They said bring her on in.
Well 2 1/2 hours , and $130 later, it was determined that she just had a virus. We think she got it from our dog, Link. He was really sick ,throwing up, a few weeks ago. It was also determined that her stomach was inflammed due to over grooming and some of her stool sample had hair in it. So we have an antibiotic to reduce the inflammation. And last but not least, It was determined that she is a bit over weight. So we are starting her on a prescription diet cat food.
Pat got a kick out of this question " Was she weighed with her pet taxi?" The answer was no!!! So she's a little chubby. A little meat on a girls bones never hurt anybody haha!!!
As we were leaving the vet, my good fried called and said she had locked her keys in her car and asked if I could come and get her and take to her house so she could get her extra set of keys. I said yeah but tigger was already having a fit b/c she wanted to go home. But we got my friends extra set of keys and took her back to her car.
Tigger is so glad to be home and so mad at me. I guess I'm the bad person for trying to take care of her.
So much for a relaxing saturday huh! I guess it could've been worse.

It's Friday!!!

I am so glad it is friday!!!! There has been a lot of drama at school not with the kids but with the staff. When you get that many females together, I guess you are going to have drama. Sometimes I have to tell myself that I can't fix everything. I am the special ed department head so I feel the need to keep my team together but I have to learn to pick my battles. If I followed that advice more often I would probably be less stressed.

Anyway, today was my practicum students last day :(. We had a little party for her. I think she is going to be a great teacher. Some people just get sped and others don't and some things you just can't teach. She gets the kids. The kids loved her. I don't think they quite understood that she wouldn't be back. Most thought it was her birthday (even after several explanations).

I am looking forward to a drama free weekend (hopefully)!!!