First week back to school, soccer drama, dancing, and yes the MOVIES!!

To say that this week was a rough week would be an UNDERSTATEMENT!!!  It was SUPER hard getting up early after sleeping in for two straight weeks. The plus side was, my morning students were also struggling to adjust to waking up early, which made for quiet mornings.  The afternoon group, well, lets just say that they bounced back rather quickly, but with more energy than I was able to muster for the afternoon.  Thank goodness this was a three day weekend, and here's to hoping that we will be able to get back to "normal" as soon as possible.

For now we will skip the soccer drama, and go to dancing.  Our school will be having our "We Lead" day on February 8th.  This is a school wide thing with people coming in to see all the great and wonderful things going on at our school.  We have a school wide assembly in which we have our students show the diversity in our school by carrying the flags from their country and saying a few words in their home language.  It is kinda like the Olympics type Parade of Nations, but on a smaller scale.  Well, the last two years, students from my class have lead a dance for the entire student body to join in.  After doing the same song for two years, I, in my crazy head, thought that this year we could learn a new dance. UMMMM.......YEAH.  So, I have 3 weeks to not only teach my students this dance, but to get the rest of the school somewhat familiar with the dance as well.  I was a bit over ambitious with my dance of choice, but after a lot of tweaking, swollen knees, and help from a fellow teacher, I think we have this dance down, well, I thought we did, so I decided to record it so that I could get my students on board.  After reviewing the dance SEVERAL times over the weekend, lots of crying from both laughter and well, the sight of me dancing and the MILLIONS of mistakes I made, I am going to reshoot said dance and THEN hopefully we will be ready to send out to the world, or at least the school.

Soccer, oh my soccer! 😒
Elijah loves playing soccer.  He played both recreational (rec) soccer and academy soccer this past fall.  Both teams did really well.  His rec team, The Force, went undefeated and got to play in The Tournament of Champions in Dallas.  They won one game and lost two games at the Tournament.  I personally feel that they could have easily won one of the games that they lost had some changes been made, but, they didn't.  The academy team came in 4th place out of 11 teams, and for a group of boys that just got put together, I think that's pretty good.  So, like I said, Elijah loves playing soccer.  I love that it gets him moving, gives him an opportunity to socialize with other kids, and that he is learning how to work as a team.  Now, he has been playing soccer with a few of the boys on his rec team for four years now, and the others for a year.  They are the BEST thing that has ever happened to this boy.  They accept him exactly the way he is with all his quirks, and craziness, they make him feel like he belongs.  I would even go as far as to say that one of the boys would be his "best friend."  They get along really well, and it's funny, but sweet to see how his friend interacts with Elijah.  Elijah still has trouble with personal space, he just doesn't get it most of the time.  Yet, his friend can tell him to give him his space, but then they both laugh, and are right back glued to each others side.  So, for me, soccer is more than just playing a game.  Well, our rec coach is also our team manager for academy.  We, the parents of the rec team, found out that our coach was planning on moving her son to play up in age, but did not let us know.  What that means is that our team, or remaining players, would be split up because of low number of boys returning.  A few of our boys play baseball in the spring and one of them moved to Italy, but like I said before, our boys play well together, and get along well with each other. Needless to say, we were not happy with what we found out and I, personally felt blind sided by this.  Elijah doesn't do well with change, he's ready to quit every time he gets a new coach so you can imagine a WHOLE new team!  Yeah, no bueño.  He cried the first three weeks of academy soccer because of a new team, new coach, new drills.  It seriously took a month for him to FINALLY decide he liked it.  After a lot of talking and  us parents do what we could to keep our boys together, we think we got that straightened out.  Drama over right....NO!!! It went right onto our academy team.  Four of the boys that play on the rec team play on the academy team (one is obviously her son), and placement of boys on teams seemed to reflect the bad feelings of some people.  Instead of there being one academy team there was two, and like I said, the teams seemed to favor some people over others.  Again, parents voiced opinions and two teams became one, and then one team became what is even going on!  I still don't know if there is going to be a team, and if we are going to play.  I feel like all I have received have been half truths from the person that is supposed to be our go to person for answers.  I did ask Elijah if he wanted to play and he said no because his friend wasn't playing.  I guess time will tell as far as that team goes!

Lastly, the movie, because ALL or MOST of this went down in the course of 4 days, my friend Razo (yes I call her by her last name because we have the same First AND Middle name) and I went to watch Pitch Perfect 3!  It was great and well needed......next up The Greatest Showman!

That is all for now, I hope that this week isn't as crazy as the last, but since my parents 50th Anniversary is on  the 27th, and I still have a ton of things to get ready for that, I don't think it is going to be a slow week at all!!

Hello once again!!

Wow, it has been such a long time since I last posted here!  Jeez, I cannot believe that my baby is going to be 10 this year! It has been a very interesting and crazy road these last 9 years.  I will as quickly as possible catch you up.  We now live in Texas, (woo hoo!! No more cold winters....well, at least not ones that last an eternity), and I am an ESL teacher.  Elijah is in 4th Grade and doing well in school.  He is also a pretty good soccer player.  Now if someone would have told me nine years ago that I would be a soccer mom, I would've called you insane, and told you that there is NO WAY that I would be spending 90% of my time taking my son to and from soccer practice and soccer games. Yet, here I am, spending 90% of my time taking my son to and from soccer practice and soccer games!  I love it though. 

I still LOVE all things Disney and was able to fulfill one of my dreams of going to Disneyland a couple of years ago.  It was EVERYTHING I had dreamed it would be, and I am looking forward to going back.  I tend to sway more towards Disney World when planning my Disney vacations, but I would be happy either place!  I also went to Universal Studios in Orlando last year, and although most of the rides made me sick, I did LOVE Harry Potter part of the park.  I would go back again JUST for that part. 

Elijah, like I said is now 9, he will turn 10 in April, and has really started to grow.  He LOVES all things sharks, and loves to fish with Grandpa, or as he calls him, Dad.  He plays soccer, and is a wonderful defender.  I love to watch him play, he really gives it all he's got.  So a little back ground on him, he has ADHD, Muscular Dystrophy, Asthma, Allegies, and Mild Autism.  So, at times we face challenges, but he is an AMAZING boy. I wouldn't trade him for the world.  I try to encourage him to keep pushing himself to not let anything get in his way, and he has actually done amazing things.  At times we get frustrated with each other, but we also know that no matter how mad or aggravated we get, we both love each other no matter what!

Now, to the main reason I have decided to start blogging again.  I want to share my struggles and just chronicle this year, the great and wonderful 2018!  I am extremely overweight, have HORRIBLE food allergies as well as environmental allergies, I struggle with PCOS, and also with working and being a "single" mom to Elijah.  At times it is VERY overwhelming.  My plan is just to write about my struggles, victories, funny moments.  Maybe someone who is going through similar things can either help me out with some suggestions as to what worked for them, or just know that they are not alone.  I am looking forward to this year, and I can't wait to share it with all of you. 

Good Mercy

I am so ready for the next nine days to pass. I am so ready for the school year to be done with so that Summer can start. Then after school is out vacation is just around the corner. I am really starting to look forward to going to Disney World with Mom and Dad and of course Elijah. I just hope that I can get Dad to wear the Mickey ears for the have to have picture with Mickey. I think I am the most excited one about it all. I am trying not to over plan or under plan. We are also going to Cocoa Beach while we I'll probably come back Lobster Red, but oh well as long as Elijah doesn't.

Happy Birthday

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

So it's 11 pm and I am supposed to be in bed asleep, but can't. Instead I am watching tv about an egyptian girl that was born with two heads. In the meantime, I have got a killer headache that I am sure will go away with sleep, and I find myself typing away here. Truth be told, I am restless. There is so much crap rolling around this head of mine that I wished it would stop. I have a paper to write for class, I have Elijah's birthday on Wednesday, I have to get my room spotless before he gets back on Tuesday, I've got work all week, baby shots Friday, child support hearing on the 4th (no I don't have to go, but it's still on my mind) and all I can do is sit up and watch Discovery Health. Now watching the story of the baby born without a face. I've also come to the realization that I HATE being lonely and am starting to long for a relationship. I want someone to talk to, to go out and do things with, to give a comforting hug. I really just want someone. Don't get me wrong, I love that little man I've got in my life, oh my goodness, he is just amazing, but not having him here for the past almost two weeks, just really made me see how much I miss being in a relationship. I would absolutely love one day to be married, and to hopefully have another baby, but at the rate things are going now, it's never going to happen, and that has really depressed me a lot this weekend. Also against better judgement, I have really been thinking about how things would have been if I had not gotten pregnant. Would things have worked out differently between his dad and myself? Would I have gone back to school or would I still just be passing time? I can honestly say that I can't imagine life without Elijah. He is so sweet and loving. I have missed the way he smiles at me when he first wakes up in the morning, and his little slitty eyes when he's feeling all lovey and then he slobbers you down with kisses. I also really miss my bed be taking over and having his little pudgy feet kicking me in the face in the middle of the night. I wouldn't trade things or change things, but sometimes I do wonder what if. Oh, well. I'll just keep praying that things workout the way that they are supposed to. That's really all that can be done. And who knows, maybe I will get married and have another baby before I get way too old.

Is it bad to be counting down to the end of the School Year?????

So it's close to the end of the school year and I'm starting to kinda feel a little guilty about counting down to the last day. It's not that I don't like my job, it's that I am just ready for the summer. I can't wait until my vacation, and nice hot weather. Not to mention not having to wake up early.

I really enjoyed my quick and speedy trip to Arlington this past weekend. I got to see just about everyone. I wished that I would have had more time to see more people, but it just didn't work out. I must admit, I did pout when I had to come back to Wyoming. I just have to keep telling myself that it's not forever, and hopefully it won't be!!

Elijah's birthday is coming up and I am somewhat sad about it. The year has just flown by. He's growing up too fast. I have to admit that at times I still wished that he was that tiny little boy that used to sleep in his bassinet beside me. Now he's a big boy that hogs the whole bed and kicks me in the face with his pudgy little feet. I still love him though!! Well, I don't have much more to say right now, I'm going to finish watching Little Miss Sunshine and try to go to bed and get some sleep so that I am prepared for tomorrow. See ya'll later!!

Good gravy!!! I need tons of chocolate and DP!!!!

Ok, so Spring Break is over and I'm back to work.

I think that last time I talked to ya'll I was freaking out over a test. Needless to say I pass my test with and 85!! Woo HOO!!!!! I got some points taken off for being too nervous and my signing was too hard to read since my hands were shaking so much. Well let's see...... during Spring Break Elijah got his pictures taken. I know it wasn't quite a full year, but it's close enough. The pictures were so cute and it was hard to choose the ones I wanted. I ended up spending twice as much as I had planned, but I guess that's how it goes and the reason why I only take him to get pictures once a year! He also went to the dentist. That actually went well. He doesn't have any cavities and I am supposed to start flossing his teeth.....noticed I said supposed to. Haven't quite made it around to actually trying it yet. He does pretty good when it comes to brushing his teeth. The only problem we have there is that he never wants to give the toothbrush up! I'm sure it's an ok problem to have.

He gave Grandma and Grandpa a scare yesterday. He was eating with Isabel and he had an allergic reaction to something. They took him into the ER and I met them up there when I got off work. He's ok now; they gave him some Benadryl and monitored him for a while before sending him home. He has his follow up visit tomorrow with his doctor and we'll see what they say. I was truly hoping that he wouldn't inherit all my allergy problems, but obviously didn't happen. Otherwise he is GREAT!! He finally got his first top tooth and has a total of three teeth. And boy let me tell ya he is proud of those teeth!

As for me, I am just looking forward to my visit to Texas and the end of the school year. It has been a long year especially with all the adjusting we have had to do. (New home, job, mommy role, and taking classes) I am just ready for a break from everything, well almost everything. I really don't have much more to say. I guess I'll talk to ya'll later!