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Loves…
My French manicure thanks to my special friend. 
My new Sharpie pen….omg, if you’re a pen freak like me you HAVE to get these! They write just like fine point Sharpies, but don’t bleed through the paper!
Hate… my purple swollen pinky finger! AND the fact that I have no clue how it happened! I guess I jammed it last night, but now it hurts and is ugly. Boo.
I have lots to catch the blog up on, but for now this will have to do… one of my favorite pics from the weekend with Andrew’s family…
Me, Andrew, his sister, Sarah, and brother, Thomas…
Such a fun weekend! Can’t wait to be home in one week!
xoxo Kaneil
What better way to relieve stress than shopping? And buy yourself a Christmas gift? Well, that’s not something that I typically do – and I’m certainly not spontaneous when it comes to spending more than $20 at a time. But, after admiring the coats at JCrew for the last several years and never buying one for myself, I finally caved. Earlier this fall, I tried on a coat and loved the fit. It was out of my price range, so I decided to hold off until it went on sale at the end of the winter. Surprise! It was marked down from $298 to $208 recently….and I had a $50 gift card that I’ve been hoarding since July (thanks again, Kat!!!) AND they give teachers 15% off! So, I finally got this beauty for $140…including tax.
http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WomenBrowse/Women_Shop_By_Category/outerwear/wool/PRDOVR~17506/17506.jsp
If you love their coats as much as I do, head on over and save yourself 30% off all outerwear.
Happy Shopping!
Oh, and the best part is, I have no buyer’s remorse. This is something I’ve wanted for years and it was finally on sale and available at the right time. I luuuurve it.
After writing this morning’s post, my classroom continued to get colder. I am wearing leggings, a sweater dress, wool socks, and snow boots…..I still had to wear my huge long coat until lunch time! My nose was cold, hands and feet were numb, and I could not focus. (maybe I’m being dramatic…but so what!) Our building engineer tried to adjust something, but it never worked…and our entire building is running on one boiler at the moment. Anyways…
I found myself getting really annoyed with my class and stressed. I was snippy, fo sho! I hate when that happens, especially now that I’m a teacher. After venting a bit during lunch time (ya know, teacher’s lounge talk…hahah not really, but kinda)….I realized that I was the only one who could change the situation. Yes, my class talks. A LOT. And they are rude sometimes (ummm…. talking right in front of me when I’m trying to teach)…or interrupting…or demanding that I take care of them first…or kicking each other in P.E.?!?
But, they’re kids. Sometimes I forget and hold them to unrealistic expectations. Even if they are a little chatty, it’s not worth it for me to be mean and have them remember me as the mean snippy Ms. K. No thank you. I’d rather look at their chatty-ness as eagerness to learn and discuss topics amongst themselves. I’m still trying to figure these things out!
I definitely have days when I get upset thinking about how my first class is like a huge experiment. Trial and error for 10 months straight. I love them to death and know that I will miss them next year (well, most of them at least), but I am ready to have this first year of teaching behind me! I’ve learned so much and am ready to be an expert. I’m over this novice bullsh*t! Excuse my language, but it’s true.
The end.
