Monday Morning Lingo

PSL. Pumpkin Spice Latte. What a perfect start to my Monday morning. Pumpkin spice is my favorite fall drink! I was feeling just like a trendy teacher lady as I strode into elementary school (at 7:43- 2 minutes early, as always) sporting a new maxi skirt (so comfortable... thanks mom!), a scarf, and a GIANT (venti? I’m no good at this Starbucks thing) cup of PSL. Yum. All I needed was an oversize pair of sunglasses and paparazzi to be considered celebrity status. :) Joking. Mostly.

This weekend was awesome and relaxing. Just what I needed. I spent all of Friday night on my futon (it’s heavenly, I swear). Saturday I got up early (by choice!) and went to a centergy class at the Y. Centergy is a form of group yoga. I’ve been a few times before, and it’s always a great hour to stretch and do something different. After centergy, I had a much needed hair appointment/date with my fellow teacher lady friend Morgan. A couple of hours, a trim, and cheap color (only $18!) later, I headed back to school just in time to catch the BCU volleyball team in action. It was fun to cheer on my friends, even though we cut ourselves a tough loss. I capped off Saturday night with a nap, hour of rollerblading, and some 205 bonding. Sunday morning I was up early again to help cantor at a local parish. It went very well! I will be helping out with cantoring at that parish about once a month from now on (easy enough, and it seemed like a good thing to volunteer for). I felt like the people were very appreciative.

The best part of my weekend was Sunday afternoon. My momma came down to visit! She spent some time bonding in the 205 (it’s a lovely place, seriously) and then took me out shopping. Our main objective (teacher lingo) was to find a homecoming dress (we did!!!), but we also found some new teacher clothes and other school things (college and elementary). Honestly, we could have done anything at all and I would have been ecstatic. I needed some Jayna-Momma-bonding-time. (Love you Ma :))

A close second to the best part of my weekend was the annual education club pizza and bingo night. We had a great turn out! About 30 students came! (Last year I think we had about 10.) I realize that I’m incredibly dorky for being so stinking excited about the turnout to an ed club meeting, but I’m going to embrace that dorkyness. I love when people are involved!!! I think it makes everything better and keeps the students more informed about what they are paying THOUSANDS of dollars to learn about (education). Plus more people= more friends, and who doesn’t like friends?!

Okay, now that you’re all caught up on the weekend, let’s look ahead on this week! It’s conferences week. Which means that I’m spending 8-6 at school today. Tomorrow our class is attending a play (FIELD TRIP!!) and then Wednesday will be our last day with students. Thursday will be a day dedicated to working in our classrooms and conferences. Conferences should be an interesting experience. My rockstar teacher is arguably a pro at dealing with/talking to parents. Her ability to compose perfectly worded emails is admirable and I’m excited to experience some parent interaction firsthand.

Already though, I have to say that my favorite part of conferences (thus far) is that the kids are all on their BEST behavior because they know that we are talking to their parents. It rocks, even though I know it won’t last.

By the way, pep rally tonight!!! GO CHARGERS!!

Peace, love, and Charger Power,

Jayna