Loves and Football

Thursday is always my long day at school.  I have no planning period, so the only break I get is my 20 minute lunch break.  I know it sounds like I am completely whining because most people work all day without any breaks.  The problem with teaching is that you literally talk all day and repeat yourself almost every 90 minutes, which makes for a long and tiring day.  Now, I am lucky because I teach 2 American Government classes, then teach AP MacroEcon, then go back to American Government.  At SFHS we use a hybrid schedule so on Mon, Tues, and Friday, we have 7 classes, I teach 5, then have 2 planning periods.  On Wednesday we have our "even" day, where I teach 2nd period, then we go to Instructional Focus which is advisement plus study hall, then I'm off 4th and 6th, as those are my normal planning periods.  Thursday is our "odd" day and we go to 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th period, thus no break.  So Wednesday I get half the day off, and then teach all day Thursday.  This probably sounds crazy to most people, but we actually get the best of both worlds with short classes and then a few days for long classes.  This works out well for most, expect me who has the planning periods that I do.  I'm one of the rare few that got the short end of the stick and have to have a whacked out schedule two days of the week.  I say all this only to preface why I love Thursday nights so much.  I usually have no desire to cook, so we usually eat out, and then I get to come home and watch my FAVORITE show of the entire week which is Grey's Anatomy.  I got hooked on it in college, when my roomies and I had a marathon of the first season and I've been in love ever since.  I also thoroughly love the fact that my husband likes the show and will curl up with me on the couch to watch it together!  So that's exactly what we did last Thursday- went to eat at Rick Tanner's and then came home to watch Grey's.  Perfect evening.

On Friday I had to get my oil changed at the dealership in the torrential down pour outside, so Tommy went to get Lilly and I stopped by Toys R Us after I got my oil changed.  I got Lilly a cute V-Day shirt and a few other small things.  I headed home, fed Lilly dinner (as I wasn't hungry) and then we all played until it was her bedtime.  On Saturday we spent the morning cleaning the house.  Lilly loves to clean (which is so funny to me).  She wants to push the vacuum cleaner and help spray the Windex and wipe off the counter.  No complaints from me! So we all cleaned, got the house spic and span, and did all the laundry.  After her nap, we promised to take her to the mall to pick out her Valentine's Day present.  She got a "blinged" Hello Kitty watch that she has wanted for a while.  When I ask her what time it is, she now always responds with "4 o'clock" because that's when we bought the watch.  I also got her some cute clothes at Crazy 8, which always has the cutest stuff.  I got her this Lucky Lady Tee (for St. Patty's Day) and a pink plaid flannel shirt! 

Saturday night we invited Tommy's parents over for dinner and we cooked grilled chicken, green bean casserole, corn casserole, salad, and rolls.  My husband is obsessed with the corn casserole lately and would probably be satisfied with me cooking it for every meal.  I also made a HUGE thing of banana pudding for dessert and now Tommy is out of town for the week.  Kinda sad, because most of it will go to waste as I really won't eat it.  We had a great time hanging out with his parents and Lilly decided she wanted to "do" my hair.  She was so cute trying to get the rubber bands to stay in place.  This reminded me of fond memories playing "hair shop" with my dad when I was younger.  I would "shampoo, cut, and style" his hair at least once a week (all play-pretend).  He loved it!! 

On Sunday Tommy woke up with Lilly early and played to let me sleep in, as I haven't been sleeping good lately.  We then made Valentine's cards as a family.  We played for a little bit and then put Lilly down for a nap.  For the first time ever she got up from her bed and went to the potty all by herself! We were so proud of her.  She had a pull-up on but still knew she needed to get up and go potty.  She went back to sleep and I asked Tommy to paint my toes.  I really honestly expected him to laugh at me like I was crazy and refuse.  But knowing how wonderful my husband is, he agreed.  He did a really good job for his first try and I just had to touch them up.  I think this bodes well for when I get pregnant and can't reach my feet!

Later that afternoon Lilly asked to make Valentine's cookies and we did, and also I painted her nails and toes.  I told her the color was "strawberry margarita" and she was so cute saying it.  We hung around the house the rest of the afternoon and played and got ready for the Super Bowl.  I cooked chili and Tommy and Lilly played with her Minnie Mouse football for a while.  We took Lilly back late because Tommy will be out of town and will not get to see her on Wednesday.

I have entire week by myself! I almost don't know what to do and I have to admit I'm a little nervous.  I have always been Miss Independent, but last night I had a horrible dream that woke me up in panic and I even had to wake up Tommy.  So needless to say, I'm now a little nervous about being myself.  However, I have wonderful inlaws that live so close by and I know I can call them for anything! They've already called to check on me tonight.  I'm looking forward to a relaxing week and seeing what it has in store for me! Also, I bought us some new pillows tonight which we desperately needed, so maybe that will help me sleep better.