Our/My Morning Routine

Relationships are about compromise, correct?  We're pretty good at it for the most part.  Other than my morning routine, that is.  I don't like when it is changed or gets interrupted.  Gavin on the other hand lives his life with zero routine!  It drives me NUTS!  I think he feels this in return.  My day is run down almost to the minute because of school and I struggle to not do this at home as well.

Morning is my favorite time of the day. Like, I LOVE mornings.  I like being up early and getting things done.  My early is probably considered night time by most of you...  I am excited to get up and get my day  underway, workout, and head off to school.  I am typically up before my alarm and lay there until it goes off.  I will sometimes push snooze and lay there till 4 if there isn't any laundry.  Here is a little run down of our morning routine battle.  Keep in mind that Gavin HATES morning and anything that has to do with it.  Like with all of his life HATES morning.  Let's be honest, he could be a professional sleeper.

3:55--My alarm goes off. Gavin doesn't even hear it.  I get up and fold laundry and get another load started.  Typically do some sort of cleaning.  I hate doing this at night.  When I get home from school or a night work out, I like to eat supper and sit on my rear and do nothing.  I have a case of the "Rottink's" as well because as soon as I sit down I fall asleep.  Watching a movie or any t.v. show is virtually impossible.

4:20--Give Gavin a wake up call from closet.  It's dangerous to wake him up.  Kind of like waking a sleeping bear.  I feel zero love in the morning and I find this whole process kind of funny.

4:25--Laugh at Gavin moaning and groaning about having to be awake.

4:27--Remind him he has to get out of bed and getting ready for the gym.

4:29--Not so nicely urge him to get up and get moving.

4:30--Start making the bed with him in or out of it.

4:35--Head downstairs to get my workout bag, fill our water bottles, and get in the truck.  Pray that Gavin didn't go back to bed.  Typically do some Facebook creeping at this point as I wait.

4:40--Hopefully we are on the road to the gym.

5:00-6:00--Workout.  Watch as Gavin trickles in late.  We come in the same car but he is still moving real slow at this point and never makes it in for the stretching.

6:10--Get the truck and pull up to pick Gavin up at the door.

6:20-7:15--Get ready for school, feed the dogs, eat breakfast, pack my lunch, and head for school.  In that order, always!

By the time I get to school, I typically feel like I have run a marathon already but struggle if it is any other way!

Last Decisions

This whole wedding planning thing has been pretty easy actually.  I'm all about simple.  If I find something I like I go with it and don't stress about it.  Everything is pretty well done and I haven't spent a lot of time on it since a week or so after Gavin proposed. 

I did drag Gavin to the bridal store this weekend though to get tuxes picked out.  And to the jewelry store to pick out his ring.  If you asked him how much fun he had, he may tell you he would have rather been anywhere else in the world......  It didn't help that the bridal store was CRAWLING with people!

One of the last (big things) that I need to get decided is what we are going to do with flowers.  I really just want to do Baby's Breath...simple.  Maybe throw in some carnations here and there.  I don't want to spend a lot of money on them though either.  They die.  And typically rather quickly.  So the past couple of days, I have spent some time looking in to whether or not I could grow it myself, with a little help from my family.  I think that is the route we are going to go. 

 If we have dead flowers at our wedding, sorry!!  Just laugh about it and know that the thought did cross my mind and I chose to go with it anyways!!! There are no promises that things will turn out right.

I am always thankful for helpful hints as well! :-)

I'm Over It!!

Winter.  I'm over it.  Unless it is going to dump a foot of snow on the ground, it isn't welcome.  (I am a little kid when it comes to snow storms.  I love the thought of being snowed in and deep snow to actually play in.)  I am ready to be done with the freezing cold temperatures. Ready to be done with winter coats, stinky snow pants, snow boot liners, lost mittens, stolen hats, inside recess.....

 Ugh. Inside recess.  Kids need fresh air. Teachers need a break.  We all need to see something other than the four walls of our room.  There have been times when I hear the inside recess announcement and want to so badly tell my kids to get dressed and run to the trees at the edge of the playground and back as quickly as they can.  Just to get some fresh air.  But then I think about how painful the process of everyone getting dressed is...  Some of my little ones spend most of their time messing around in the hall and spend relatively little time outside.  I am pretty sure I could put $500 at the end of the hall and it wouldn't make them move any faster.  There was a day last week when they finally got to go outside and I challenged them to run around the whole recess.  Please oh please get some of those wiggles out but please oh please avoid getting your snow pants soaking wet because I do not want to stick my arm down them to get them right side out!

End of rant!  I really do love my job!  But would really appreciate some nice weather and so would my kids! 

We have been plugging away in our out-of-routine weeks that are speckled with snow days and late starts.  It has been awesome to see some of my kids taking off in their learning and showing so much growth.  I finally feel like I am getting back into the full swing of things and have my feet back running on the ground.  Bring on the report cards and conferences, its about time to feel overwhelmed again..

Oh.my.word! The Common Core (the standards that our students are supposed to have mastered by the end of the year) is stressful and requires ALOT of work!  On top of trying to assess my students and record all of the data, I am currently taking the last of the classes I need for my Masters.  They aren't difficult but require time....and well, there aren't enough hours in the day.  

Hope you have a great week!  Attempt to stay warm and cross your fingers that Spring is near!  I am off to do some posting for my class and waiting to see if the wind chill is going to leave us with another, routine wrecking late start!