If guys were like girls

Spending my days with high school students makes this clip so much funnier. And even though I'm a girl, I don't understand why girls are so ridiculous sometimes....

Ribbit

TGIF! I came home today after a looooong week of being sick, decided it would be good to vacuum - to get rid of dust - and do laundry. Nothing is better when you've been awfully sick than clean pajamas and sheets! Yays!

Whist vacuuming, I found this little guy to keep me company! Now I have an itty-bitty frog friend! That makes me talk all cutesy-like...

Love

While driving up to meet with my accountant today, I was listening to the radio and was just feeling a little discouraged due to a tough day at school when the following song came on. "Oh. Of course, I have all the reasons in the world to be overflowing with joy!" It's a song I've heard tons, but the message is still there. Check it out.

I was made to love you, I was made to find you,
I was made just for you, Made to adore you,
I was made to love, And be loved by you

This is why I'm here - to love, praise, and glorify God, yet not on my own; He is the one who gives me the power to do so! "But if anyone loves God, he is known by God." - 1 Corinithians 8:3. Also, check out 1 John 4:7-21, it's pretty much awesome.

Side note: Yay! Taxes are done and done! Check and double-check!

Les bonnes nouvelles

And today I officially have a career on some sort of track. I had my final summative evaluation with the principal, vice-principal, and my supervisor from the Board of Education. On the evaluation itself, the box labeled "re-employ" was checked! Yay!

After talking about next year a bit, I have been guaranteed at least a .83 position (what I have now) along with the fact that I will have TWO, read it, TWO French I classes! That means I won't be teaching Earth Science next year but I will have at least one class out of content area - I requested English both on my form for classes next year and in the meeting (and gave my reasons), so hopefully I will get 9th grade English. This way, even if I have to teach outside content area, at least I have other teachers to collaborate with!

So pretty much this week has turned around - yesterday I was getting ready to label it a bad day (which almost never happens) but I refrained and today's meeting has definitely turned things around for this week and also next year! Woohoo! And this obviously has nothing to do with the fact that spring break starts tomorrow... hahaha. :)

Links of the Day!

And following reading some cool news stories online, I thought I'd post links to my favorites/the ones I thought were most interesting.

The Animal that can live forever!

Sketching All of NYC

Warren Buffet: Born to Rock

I particularly liked the second one. I feel that while some might think it's a pointless project, I think today we spend too much time on the internet and not enough time interacting with people. Well, someone could argue, "How is drawing them interacting? He [the artist] doesn't know them; he's never talked to them. This isn't a picture into their life." But I think that taking a step away from the TV, the computer, and one's thoughts and instead stopping to "smell the roses," or in this case, notice others is a step in the right direction. Maybe we all shouldn't draw everyone we meet, but stopping to notice the tired-looking mom at the grocery store and opening the door for her or even paying for the person behind you in the drive-through will help spread the love and care we are commanded to show others:

"Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." - 1 Peter 4:8

"Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves." Romans 12:10