Halloween is just around the corner, folks. I can't believe its already here. School has been amazing. I LOVE my job. My students are fantastic, they are motivated to learn and have been taught to be polite, respectful and see the value of their own education. My 6th graders are learning about world populations and globalization, its fun to see them try to figure out how we are all connected and how we rely so much on other countries. My 7th graders are currently learning about Egypt. I LOVE teaching Egypt! I love how they can't quite figure out how or why the Egyptians did things... they try to take Egypt and stuff it into their own limited understanding of the world. I had them write their names in hieroglyphics and it was awesome. We illustrated an Egyptian fairy tale, we've watched a video of a person being mummified, its been so rewarding to get to know these individuals who are our future world leaders. This year has been very refreshing and has reminded me why I went into teaching.
Of course-there are still challenges and struggles. I am having a difficult time staying on a strict diet and making it to the gym. Geoff's new schedule has presented its own set of challenges and has been hard to get around. Its hard when he works 12-10 on my day off. Eli misses his dad at night most days because Geoff doesnt get off until 6 or 10 depending on the day. Our days off haven't overlapped much lately, and it sucks. I miss my husband. I find myself staying up late to spend time with him and then I am exhausted the next day. We are working hard though to build up our relationship to get through the rough times :) We are currently 3/4 of the way done with our 30 days of no spending. We have not been grocery shopping since October 3, except to buy eggs, milk, butter, and apples. We did splurge the other day because Geoff had cash and we went to Chili for dinner. We also got Starbucks one day as a "mini date" because we found ourselves with an Eli free hour :) I don't really count that as spending. As a result we have been able to pay off a medical bill that had been hanging over our heads! We are trying to use Dave Ramsay's debt snowball principle to eliminate unwanted debt. Its been useful so far, but we have only paid off one debt too. I think in the next 1.5-2 years we will be debt free (minus student loans)! That is exciting. I can't imagine not having a car payment, credit card payment, etc. Only utilities, house payment, food, childcare. It will be awesome.
The other big thing in our lives is we have decided we would like to have another baby at some point sooner than later. I have been diagnosed with PCOS but recently went to the doctor and had a full blood panel done. I started a new med to help get things under control and am trying very hard to stick to a very low carb diet because insulin intolerance is part of PCOS. We are not going to do anything more drastic right now to aid in that process. I am excited to add a squishy to our family at some point though :)
Eli is doing amazing as well, he started a new preschool at the beginning of October and he LOVES IT!
Here is a video of him singing a song he learned there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MGApdUofuc
