Bucket List continued...

I think I should begin by explaining number 47. I have named my future husband Tom, and even if he isn't named that for real, that's what I'm going to call him. It's a very long story really, but I know some of you may have been wondering, "why does she want to find Tom?" No, I wasn't referring to the myspace Tom.

So, I've been doing some thinking, and I hope that I have been able to encourage MANY people to do this bucket list as well. There is a book called 2002 (I think it's 2 at the end) to do in a life time (or before you die, I'm terrible with book names). Anyways, it's pretty good, and I have looked through some of the things. Yesterday on the way back from whitewater rafting in TN I know I encouraged a couple more people to make a bucket list.

ok....

48. Throw someone close to me a baby shower
49. Make bread from scratch
50. Learn to quilt
51. Design flower bouquets
52. Remodel an old bathroom
53. Jump the train trestle
54. Go running every day for a week
55. Fit into those clothes on the top shelf of my closet
56. Buy a famous painting and hang it somewhere
57. Go to Puerto Rico
58. Go back to Costa Rica and lay on the beach for days
59. Parasail in Mexico (well anywhere really)
60. Own a Mac
61. Go an entire week without a cell phone (In the US)
62. Send a birthday card to everyone in my entire family
63. Spend no money on unnecessary things for 3 months
64. Sit in a sauna
65. Lie on the roof for a little while at night
66. Get rid of old shoes
67. Train a dog from puppy hood
68. Figure out what causes my migraines

Another year older...

So I turned 22 yesterday. It was a GREAT birthday. Crystal (my new roommate) and I went to her grandparents lake house and laid on the dock for about six hours. Then a bunch of friends surprised me and met us for dinner at a seafood place on the lake, which rocked! Then we jammed out to Katy Perry (my new cd) the whole way home....got home, checked facebook and went to bed!

Now, for those of you who don't teach maybe this doesn't sound like a blast, but to me, a week before school starts, one day of pure relaxation is AMAZING!

One week from today I have to head back to work. I'm very excited about this year though. Last year I started with students who had a different teacher at the beginning of the year, so it was a difficult, although smooth, transition. This year they will be all mine from the very beginning! I'm actually going to have a lot of the same students from last year, but it will just be different in general.

My emotions have been shot to heck this summer, but I'm recovering well. I'm ready for school to be here so I can be busy all the time and not have time to think about people that no longer matter. Everyone, and I mean everyone says, "you're so lucky to have found out now"...well you're not lucky to have something like that happen EVER to you, BUT I know that God has much better plans for my life, so that's what I'm looking forward to for this year.

I have no idea where God will take me next year, but I'm willing to do almost anything.

Off to spend those birthday bucks <3

Bucket List

So I have decided to make a bucket list...after telling someone special yesterday that they needed to make some goals for their life, I decided that even though I have true goals, there are lots of things I want to do while achieving my goals, so I'm going to write them here for you all to see. A few of them are not appropriate for all eyes, so I will leave those out.

1. Go skydiving
2. Go to Hawaii
3. Hike down in the Grand Canyon
4. Go to a beach in California
5. Go camping in North Georgia/ Tennessee
6. Ride a jet ski
7. Learn to surf
8. Get a massage
9. See a glacier
10. scuba dive with sea turtles
11. Swim with the dolphins
12. Go to Europe- Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland
13. England/Ireland
14. Go to Jamaica
15. Visit Guatemala
16. Go to Peru- Cusco
17. Go to Chile
18. Go to Brazil
19. Kiss under the miseltoe
20. Have a baby and name him/her whatever the hell I want to
21. Go to grad school
22. Fall asleep cuddling under the stars
23. Design my own kitchen
24. Scrap book Tyler stuff
25. Scrap book childhood stuff
26. Make Christmas cards and actually send them
27. Go to Canada
28. Learn French
29. weigh 135 lbs
30. Run a marathon
31. ***********************
32. ***********************
33. Go to broadway
34. Go to NYC
35. sky write a message to someone
36. Swim in each of the 7 seas
37. *********************
38. Go hang gliding
39. ****************
40. Learn how to make sushi
41. Wear the halloween costume I've had for 3 years
42. Go tubing in Helen
43. Move to Texas
44. Have a black and white themed bedroom with red accents
45. Get another tattoo
46. Win the lottery
47. Find Tom

I'll add more later- gotta go to the pool.

No title necessary....short post

Don't make someone a PRIORITY when they make you an OPTION.

Saw that today- couldn't have been said better.

Summer in April?

This week seemed to drag on FOREVER!

I LOVE warm weather, but I do not like to be hot. The air conditioner was on for a whole half an hour today in my house! WOW! Haha....Anyways, Tyler and I drove past Wallgreen's on our way to Arby's for supper and the sign sad it was 90 degrees! It was definitely a very warm day here in GA!

I haven't slept well at all this week so I am so looking forward to doing just that this weekend...I may sleep the whole weekend away!!!!

A Great Blessing...

So...The Georgia law, before this year, states that educators must be given a contract, if they are a returning teacher, on or before April 15th. Our governor- Sonny Perdue- passed a law April 10th giving school boards an extension on the final date. This year it has been changed to May 15th, because school boards needed more time to re-work budgets. I was a little concerned, but realistically I knew the school could not afford to lose a Spanish teacher.

Anyways, today I got my contract. It really made my day! I didn't go to my box until late in the afternoon because I was a little scared...but it's all good now!

This week has been extremely tiring! I am so ready for the weekend. Tomorrow night I have to go to a meeting on the changes for my certification program...so I won't be getting in bed until late AGAIN!

Anyways, not too much new... haven't been exercising much, because I'm too tired and busy and I have so much to do!

Day 1- the "Jalk"

So I stayed true to my word and started the running today...I have decided to call today the "jalk". It was mostly walking with 5 -1minute intervals of jogging. I took Chloe along...she did rather well. She prefers to jog, so I guess that is good motivation. I exercised a total of 45 minutes. My goal for tomorrow: 6 - 1 minute intervals of jogging. I also made another goal for myself on the way home. The park is .7 miles from my house, then 1 lap around is .73 miles. Today I only went around the park 1 lap. By the end of school I would like to be able to go around the park 3 times and back and forth from home in 45 minutes. 5 weeks to accomplish this goal. I think I can do it.

I would also like to lose about 10 pounds in that time period. I'm pretty sure I can accomplish that. I have been eating very healthy this week. I cannot think of one thing that I have eaten that was bad....not even sweet tea (a drink, but still)!

I have so much to do. Tomorrow I've got to call Georgia College about getting my masters. The teacher certification program I'm in right now is very expensive and I can get paid to do my master's in Spanish....so as long as they'll take me, I'm ready to jump right in. Tyler is also considering starting his master's this fall. His parents are willing to help out with costs, so I told him I think he should go ahead and do it. We would both finish the year after the wedding and be making $6000 each per year more....sounds good to us!

I am so excited about Spring break, but I really need to find someone to stay with or take Chloe. Tyler's mom is allergic to dogs, so we can't take her with us. Before my roommates have watched her, but they're going out of town for the weeknd. It's really frustrating. I don't want to kennel her, because when I adopted her, she had been in a kennel at the shelter for a couple months. I don't want to put her through that again...plus they have to pee in their kennels, and I do not want her to start peeing in her cage or in the kitchen.

Anyways- I hope I can stay motivated to run every day! Tomorrow maybe it will be more of a "Jolk" than a "Jalk"....hehe...