Easy Day

I subbed in a fifth grade class today. I've been in this class before so I know the kids and they know me. It was a very easy sub day because the kids had art for an hour and a half this morning, then lunch was shortly after that and this afternoon we went over to the other fifth grade class to watch a movie. Today was their "holiday party" because they had a snow day the Friday before break. The kids had read Tu.ck Ever.lasting and so they got to watch the movie to see how it compared to the book. I had a good day and I was able to schedule another job for Janu.ary 21st. It's the make up day from the sub job that was cancelled this past Wed.

Next week guess how many jobs that I have scheduled........none. I was supposed to have two days but then those got cancelled earlier this week. I'm really hoping that jobs open up. As it is they don't have school on Friday or Monday because of a teacher planning day and then ML.K J.r. day. I wish a long term position would just open up so I could know what I was doing everyday. It's nice having variety but it also gets annoying when you don't know where you are going to be from day to day. R is going to a meeting in early Febru.ary to get signed up to sub in some nearby districts that don't require you to be a certified teacher. That way if I can't get a job he can pick up one, or at least that's the idea.

We don't have any plans for the weekend. Hopefully I can get my house cleaned and finally get all the Chris.tmas decorations put away (yeah, I'm slow). I have been doing good with the exercising so I'm hoping to keep that up. Tonight I ran for 25 minutes (thank God for my cold weather running gear that I got for Christ.mas) and I feel really good. I've found that I need variety in order to not get bored. I'm doing running, strength training and the exercise bike. I want to work in yoga because I have a really weak core and it is affecting my running and strength training. Next, I have to focus on my eating. I love sweets and snacks and I really just need to be better at planning out meals and snacks so I don't get overly hungry and reach for junk. I know part of it's emotional too, I'll admit sweets make me feel better in our crappy situation.

Last night I found myself really missing F.L We were watching the Nation.al Champion.ship game and it was in Mia.mi, literally like 5 minutes from where we used to live. It brought back a flood of memories and my eyes definitely teared up, and I found myself trying my best to hold back tears. I know our situation now is less than ideal and I wouldn't trade it for anything because we are learning that there's more to life than "things" but it's also hard to deal with sometimes. I miss our life when we had insurance, money, warm weather, despite other things. I'm not saying that I regret moving back to MI but there are times when I miss our "old" life. Some days when I sub I find myself longing to go back to work. I do miss having my own classroom at times and it's hard sometimes to think about the day when I did have my own classroom and I was making the decisions and impacting children.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend!