work and school, work and school...

Work:
Volleyball season ended - on a rough note, but the girls played GREAT! End of volleyball means....BASKETBALL season has started!!! We had our first week of 6am practices and they were AMAZING! The girls have totally surpassed all of my expectations! I can't wait to see how they grow. I was nervous about coaching alone, especially at 6 in the morning... so I emailed a professor (a random professor) and asked if any A&M students would be interested in volunteering - expecting maybe one or two would agree... I had 7 students show up on Friday to the initial meeting - 7 it was awesome!! Because there were so many, I had the 2 men in the group meet with our boys coach, and they are going to help him! I am so excited to have this help - and I know it will be GREAT for our girls too! The math part of my job is very random right now. We're doing so many tests and other pull out things that its becoming overwhelming. My kids aren't doing homework, they're not trying hard in class, and I'm sinking under papers to grade and tutoring to do - that I don't have time to do! But, a few of my students have flipped attitudes and have been doing great! Those are the kids I think of every time someone asks why I'm teaching! Hobs is trying to get me to coach PE next year, and don't get me wrong every day for at least a few minutes I really really think about it :) Even yesterday I found out about a position in the Inquire (GT) that has unfortunately become available.. I thought "hey, that would probably be less emotionally stressful, lets give it a try maybe" too bad my schedule decided that choice before I even had ten minutes to think about it. And, I know I couldn't leave my kiddo's -- they're toooo funny (although a few of them could use a good hard kick in the... never mind). This is the end of the second six weeks, which means grades are due Tuesday! AHHH
Class
In my law class, my professor said that I have a great future in academia and am doing great in his class and would have a solid A --- if --- that operative horrible word -- if I didn't miss a day and was not late another day... too bad I miss and was late because of work... made me mad a bit, but excited at the same time! The people in that class are awesome! I have learned so much... too much for my own good right now. He also said that I need to not stress about things that are happening until I am an in position to make change - that if I continue to question everything at my school, my job might be in jeopardy. I told him thanks for that advice, and I can see where he's coming from, but I told him that this is probably the only time in my life I will be comfortable saying things that knowingly put me in the hot seat.. I have no real commitment, no one depending on my salary, its the only time that I can say "fire me, I can do something else" Don't get me wrong, I love my job and really really don't want to lose it, but I see so many things wrong with how we do things, and how we cover up so much trying to make it "look good" when we could just really try to fix the problem and be great in a few years... I'm that dumb, optimistic pain in the butt that is never happy, I know :) but life's short - why be bored? My Wednesday class is getting hectic... our Literature Review is due on Wednesday -- yeah that is right, Case Brief due Monday, Grades due Tuesday, Lit review due Wednesday... so much for a relaxing birthday week... That class is great though, we have some amazing discussions! I was so nervous starting grad school, but I am not excited to go to class every week! Like, something will happen at work, and I can't wait to get to class to talk about it. Or I'll think of some dumb question that I can't wait to run by the other students! I'm such a nerd!


Halloween -- just since its been forever since I've posted, I got to go to San Antonio for Halloween with Javier! (the last few times each of us has gone to SA we've gone separate - or have gone together but separated while there to get all of our "must sees" out of the way) This time was different, Friday we left BCS early and got to my Mom's house in enough time to take Chris and Lucian Trick-or-treating! It was blast!!! Javier spent a lot of time sitting chatting with the family and neighbors - it felt so great! Saturday, we got up early and went to his dad's place to help his cousin with some math problems... it was funny, then we went back to my parent's house and headed to Sea World! It was a perfect day! That night we met up with Randy and Dobbie at his house and... lets just say I think I had a GREAT TIME. The next day, Javier let me sleep in while he went downstairs, talked with my folks for a while and picked up Anna! After I got up -- slowly and with a headache -- we went to breakfast with everyone again. Javier drove both there and back so I could work on my papers... it was just a GREAT trip! The best one ever I feel! His mom was upset though that we didn't see her, but we see them more than my parents ten fold, so I don't care :)

well, I've wasted enough time on this, and my paper is sitting there looking at me... so have a great couple of weeks -- and let us all hope Thanksgiving comes quickly.