Happy Thanksgiving!

Normally Thanksgiving is a small affair for us, just my mom, dad, sister, brother, sister-in-law, and me. This year my grandmother decided she wanted to host a big lunch at her house in Marble Falls. I almost didn’t make it as I was fighting a hellacious pink eye infection in both eyes for most of this week. (I blame my P.E. kids as at least 3 out of the 550 students who always seem to have it at any given time.) My eyesight completely blurred out for two whole days, which was obnoxious and really unsettling! I would have a super hard time being blind as I just love to read way too much. I was so bored those two days and missing Carolina, my Kindle, so much! Afterwards, I felt lame about that but also truly grateful that this Thanksgiving I am in fact relatively healthy and am blessed in so many other ways. So for a change we all went to my grandmother’s. There were lots of family members there that I hadn’t seen in awhile and also a few random people who I could swear I’ve never met before. I don’t really understand how they got there- to this family only gathering, but there they were. So weird! Anyways, this year I have decided that I am thankful for being over the pink eye (finally!), my immediate family and parts of my extended family J, my AMAZING God and the fact that He always wants to be close to me, and for the fact that it’s BLACK FRIDAY tomorrow! J Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Psalm 107:1

Turkey Trot Fun Run

I spent my lovely Saturday morning working at our annual elementary school Turkey Trot. Apparently they've had five of them but this is the first one I've ever gone to. (I had to work to fufill comp time hour requirements for my job.) Students and their families bring canned food as an entry fee to the High School track and then walk/jog a mile, or however much they want to run, with their families. We give out turkey tokens that the kids can tie on their shoes and the kids like having the mile they ran today count towards their jogging logs at school. It was more fun than work for me which was awesome except for the fact that it was FREEZING this morning! I was completely (think block of ice) frozen the moment I got there and did not warm up until after running my fourth lap. (That’s one mile for me!) The best thing about being a teacher is that you are an instant celebrity anywhere you go with kids. As soon as I started jogging around the track I had kids running behind me, beside, and in front of me. I swear some of them were trying to trip me for fun. I didn’t want them to think their teacher was an old lady so I had to run extra hard and try not to embarrass myself, something I am starting to pay for right now. (I just popped in four Advil and propped my feet up.) Despite the fact that I now think I actually might be an old lady, the morning was a huge success and I am now eligible to get the two days off before Thanksgiving, since I met my required comp time hours. (So it’s a win for everyone.) Happy Turkey Trot day everyone!