It's been a minute...

Okay! I completely fail when it comes up keeping an updated blog. There just aren't enough hours in the day to do everything I want to do! I've always had a love/hate relationship with jobs.  When I'm not working, I long for something to keep me busy.  My house will be immaculately clean, the dogs will have been exercised and played with, the fridge will be fully stocked with yumminess for all the recipes I'd planned to make for the week, but then I get bored and there is nothing good on TV during the week days.

When I get a job, I find myself with zero free time to do any of the above.  My house is usually 12 kinds of messy, the dogs are completely neglected (especially when you throw a baby in the mix, they really are on the back burner these days), I end up having to go to the commissary on the weekends - and I HATE going on the weekends when everyone and their moms are there! We generally end up getting fast food 1-2x a week because we don't have the energy to think of something to cook, or don't have all the ingredients. The piles of laundry add up quickly {especially Ty's...  and his clothes are tiny! How does THAT happen?!} forcing me to use my precious weekends to do laundry {and commissary shopping} and half-ass (excuse the language) clean my house.

I find myself more hating the whole working thing even more now that Ty is getting to be at a really fun age.  He's back to sleeping through the night {hallelujah!} and is such a happy guy!  He's learning new things and changing daily and it's hard to not be with him every second of the day!  My job is rewarding, I love seeing my kiddos learn new things and get excited about school.  I know I'm a vital part of teaching them a lot of the fundamentals they will need for the rest of their lives {gulp-no pressure, really!}.  First grade is challenging and I find myself biting my tongue a lot more than I did last year. I mean, really, do you need to cry because the kid next to you looked at you? They're sweet and cute and I adore them, but sometimes 20 six/seven year olds is a big much!

When I'm not... telling kids to stop picking their nose, helping them tie their shoes (I'm pretty sure I knew how to tie my shoes in kindergarten! AND I knew my first and last name and how to write/spell it, but apparently kids these days DON'T!), breaking up petty arguments, reminding kids that they need to keep their hands and feet to themselves - at all times - even if you're just playing, having yet another fire-drill/earthquake drill/evacuation drill/lock-down drill, remember to take them to their specials/lunch/library/computer lab/pull-out services on time ... I try to squeeze in time to teach them things! It's a challenge almost 99% of the time I don't get to everything I had in my lesson plans, I some how manage to teach them what they need to know, cover the standards, and see them learn and grow.

My big plan is to teach this year and when we move back next year, to be a SAHM until Ty goes to preschool (or we decide to have another Baby B) and just take the time to relax and enjoy myself and my family. I love working, saving up the extra money, and working with kids, but I'm getting burnt out... and guess what, we've only been in school for 29 {school} days. Yikes!

I'll blog more later with personal updates and how Ty is, but it's 8:37am and I have an inkling he's about to wake-up soon! Catch ya on the flip side!