Lack of Wisdom

I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday season! Matt and I went to Las Vegas for two nights and came home on Christmas Eve. We had a great time! Here is a picture of us on Christmas Eve. I just love our shirts. It is going to become a tradition to wear ;)

Everyone makes the resolution to eat healthier for the New Year, but I have already done that in the past, so I am taking a different path. Here are my top 5 resolutions:

1. Become a better teacher (apply myself more and soak in what others have to offer)
2. Become a better partner to Matt
3. Be more understanding/patient of others
4. Go parasailing with my sister
5. Save more (I failed at this last year)

Two days after Christmas I had my wisdom teeth extracted. Most people don't have a problem getting their teeth taken out, but I was literally in bed in pain for a full week. On New Year's Eve I went to bed at 9:00. Today I was finally able to get out amongst them without taking a nap or taking seriously strong medication (I am still on a high dose of Motrin though... ugh). Matt and my family took great care of me. They constantly checked up on me and helped in any way I needed. I can honestly say, I never want to relive the experience of getting my teeth out again. So glad it is over!! I hope I am fully recovered by the time I go back to work on Monday. My bottom tooth is still in pain but not nearly as bad as it has been in the past. Please pray!

I start my long term sub job on Monday! I am so excited- I cannot even explain! I am a little nervous though too. I have a lot of experience working in the other grades at my school so I have been able to build relationships with a lot of other staff members, but I am not close to the staff in my grade and tend to be shy at first, so hopefully I won't have a hard time getting to know the other teachers in my pod. I have had several dreams about my class and I can vividly remember the one from last night. The kids in my dream were AWFUL but none of the students in my dream are in my class so hopefully this is not a sign of things to come. I think I am just excited-nervous and my mind is playing tricks on me. I still feel extremely blessed to have been given this opportunity, though. I probably won't be able to sleep Sunday because I will be so excited.