Ready for Turkey Day!

Here I am, at school, for parent-teacher conferences. It's been kind of a slow day. I've had about 12 parents come in so far, for about 15 kids. But, I've only had about 3 parents of my homeroom kids come in to get their report cards. It's been nice though, because I have been able to clean my room and organize things. And any of you who know me well, know that I tend to just throw things wherever, so today was a much needed day of cleaning.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and I'm going to Rapid City to spend some time with some friends of mine and their family. It should be fun! I'm looking forward to it. However, it will be different, not being at home, eating cornbread and hashbrown caseroles and party mix. YUMMY!! I guess my family will just have to eat extra for me. I'm sure they won't mind that, at all!
This week has been crazy, but really nice. The past three nights, I've only got 11 hours of sleep. Yesterday was a rough day because the lack of sleep was catching up to me, but today I'm better, and my body might even be used to it. But, it was nice only having two days of school this week. And on Tuesdays, I only teach 8th grade because a group comes in and teaches a class called the Cirlce of Life, discussing all sorts of things from HIV/AIDS to expressing feelings and being able to communicate with people. It's a really neat class for these kids!
Last weekend I went to Rapid City to hang out with the people I'm spending Thanksgiving with. We had a great time! Shawna and I went to the mall- the first time that I had been since I moved out here. And then we went to the RamKota and played pool and then on Saturday, we went hunting. I had never been before, so it was a neat, different experience for me. I can't say that I'm much of the hunter, but now I can say that I have been deer hunting, and seen a deer that's been gutted (GROSS!!)
Well, that's all I really have for now. I'm looking forward to the break and it will be wonderful.
OK, Mr. Pence, the LA teacher just walked in and handed me a recorder, you know, like the instrument. He's giving them to all of the teachers so we can practice 4 Christmas songs and perform them for the kids before Christmas. Too much!! But I love it! As hard as it can be here, it's things like this that keep me laughing and going. Love you all!!

It's been a while

Well, it's been a while since I've posted anything. I've been SO crazy busy!! It's the last week of the trimester - yay! These past few weeks have been great, but really busy and stressful as well. We had a homecoming at school, so we had to plan everything and buy stuff, and then we had a homecoming dance. Fun times! And, each day had its own theme, so the kids really enjoyed dressing up. And this week, we had a half day yesterday for a concert, we have a half day tomorrow for our school's pow wow, and we have Friday and next Monday off. And if I could write everything that has been going on recently, I would just make everyone tired from just reading it. But, life has been good! I'm really starting to fit in here, and kids are always at my house. On the weekends, there's always kids over. For the past two weekends, I've had girls stay over. And, we play games outside, watch movies and just hang out. It's really tiring at times, but it's fun, and it gives the kids a safe place to hang out.
Well, I don't really have a whole lot to say. I feel like I should, but I don't. I'm looking forward to this weekend. We have to go to work on Monday and have meetings all day....yay! But, at least it will be somewhat relaxing, maybe.
Hope everyone is having a great week, and hopefully I'll be able to write more soon!!

Oh, and I added a picture of the Halloween carnival. Yes, I let the kids throw pies at my face, only if they paid double!