New Toys

I've been thinking about getting a Wii for awhile now... and today was the big day. (For those of you who don't know, the Nintendo Wii is a gaming system that translates your real life movements onto the screen and makes your character do what you are doing.) I was looking at them online and planning on having it shipped to my apartment.... but instead the afternoon transpired like this:

Edwin and I are sitting on the couch in my apartment looking at Wii's online. All of a sudden we come to the realization that we could go get one at Target and still play today. As we quickly get ready to leave, Edwin says, "This is why our lives suck during the week." I'm thinking, because we don't play Wii everyday? He meant because we get incredibly excited about the prospect of playing Wii while my roommate Lydie and probably every other TFA-er in the country is diligently planning lessons. I think it's why we get along so well :) Don't worry, we still get our work done!

Lo and behold, I now have a Wii. I used my graduation money to get it (I know you are thinking, wow Chel, you saved that money almost a whole year? You betcha.), and I got a Wii Fit too. I'm pretty excited about it- the Wii Fit customizes workouts for you, and you can do yoga, cardio, etc. I'll keep you posted on its greatness. 

HEB superstar

So, Edwin is a rock star. We went grocery shopping at HEB today and he hopped onto this bad boy and took it for a spin. It makes a loud beeping sound when he puts it in reverse- it's pretty sweet. All of the elderly people at the story were seriously jealous. 

Who needs 2 legs?!

Most of you know that Edwin hurt his knee while skiing on Monday. I told him it's a pretty "badass" injury.... you can't just tear your ACL/MCL sitting on the couch. We all feel horrible, but he's a champ- keeps a smile on his face and has stayed positive the whole time. Here are some pics of his time recuperating on the couch!

Field trip to the kitchen to make Christmas jello

Edwin really likes spaghetti 

Find the injured knee!

Ice= happiness 

Christmas!!

You may notice a certain member of our family appearing frequently in these pictures... That's because BRADY has us all WRAPPED around his little finger. We are smitten. It was so fun having Brady around this Christmas, and I can't wait until next year when he understands a little more of what's going on! 

TGIF

Snapshot of my day:

By 9:15 this morning, a 4th grader had already balled up his fist to hit another kid, redirected his anger to me, flipped over a desk, then went into the hallway where he proceeded to tell me that he would rather kill the kid and go to jail than find a better solution (like, say, talking about it?)... he then proceeded to run outside yelling "I'm going home!!!".

By 9:30 this morning, a different 4th grader (with Asperger's, mind you)- upon my attempts to straighten his desk with the row- screamed at me "DON'T FU**ING TOUCH MY DESK!!!!!!"

Happy Friday!!

Musings

First, I really like my new decor. Very seasonal. I hope everyone has been plowed out- I was blown away by the pictures Mom sent me of the snow back home!! Despite the low temps here last week (low 4os), the weather is back to "normal" and was in the high 70s today. 

I've been thinking.... as I frequently do during the day.... about how much I dislike my job. Really, it's not for me. But a thought has occurred to me. It is a luxury to enjoy your job. Seriously- out of 6 billion (or are we at 7 now?) people on this planet, how many people truly do what they love and get paid for it? I would bet maybe 1%??? If that??? Beyond that- even being able to choose your line of work is a blessing. So many people have to take low-wage, manual labor jobs in crappy conditions to support their families. Many have to work more than one of those jobs at a time. I have chosen this predicament!! 

When I get down to the nitty gritty, I have a lot to be thankful for. A salary, for one. No snow :). An incredibly supportive family. I work with my boyfriend. Comparatively speaking, 35 kids in a room who don't take you seriously and would rather be anywhere else is not that bad. Right??? Anybody with me?? 

So when I get depressed and threaten to give my 2 weeks, please remind me of this :) Thank the good Lord that Christmas break is coming.

Buenas noches

OH PS We have our work Christmas party on Friday night and they do "Academy Awards" nominated and voted on by the staff. I am nominated for Best Dressed (woop woop) and "Staff or Student???"- which means no one can tell if you are staff or student. HA. Edwin is up for that category as well hahah

We have a tree!

Our foot high Christmas tree! Lydie and I played Christmas music and decorated our tree tonight- we also opened up the first day of the advent calendar! It is officially DecemBRRR!