flat tire

Last week I was minding my own business driving to work. I was actually going to be early {a rarity}. Then my car started to make horrendous noises. I was pretty sure I had a flat tire, but I thought I will just make it to work then I will figure it out. {Probably not the brightest idea looking back.... but hey I had never had a flat before!}  I own a 1997 Toyota Camry with over 150,000 miles on it. It is a treasure. You cannot open the driver door from the outside. The passenger window doesn't roll down, but if you do get it down you are going to spend 20 minutes pulling on it to get it back up. Anyways back to the story, I was about to approach a round about when the guy in front of me stopped, got out of his car, and told me I can't drive on that anymore. He even offered to change my tire, but I didn't even know I had a spare! Apparently I did because when James and Adam came to help they put the spare on, and I got there only a few minutes after the kids got started. It could have been way worse! I wanted to document this so I never forgot how lucky/blessed I really was!

So I suck at blogging. I am going to try to pick it up again and pretend I was never gone {for about a year}

This summer was so fun! We went to New York and D.C. We did so many fun things! In New York we saw our first Broadway play, the Newsies. We went to the Statue of Liberty and Elise Island, spent time in Central Park, and walked the Brooklyn Bridge. We also ate at fabulous places such as Gramaldis, Shake Shack, and many many more. In D.C. we spent a lot of time at museums including several Smithsonians, and the Holocaust museum. We saw quite a few (but not all) National monuments, and met our newest niece Elise! (oh and Richard and Sarah too :) )

School has been crazy for both of us! James is VERY busy with full time school, working in his microbiology lab, doing his MCAT prep course, and soccer. I have been very busy with those 6th Graders. I have 13 of the same kids I had last year. They are awesome. My class is relatively small. I have 24 kids. 12 boys, 12 girls. 12 in track 1. 12 in track 2. They are the best! I have been loving my second year teaching. It is so much less stressful and I feel like I enjoy it even more. Here is a picture of me in the 6th grade.

I am on a million committees though. Just to give you an idea I am the student council advisor. I kinda love that. I was on student council in the 6th Grade. I was treasurer. I am on the student recognition committee for the school. I am the skyward, go math, and prevention dimension rep for the school. I am also on the district committee for the new common core. Guys, that's a huge one. I am going to be teaching other 6th grade teachers in the district how to teach the new Language Arts core. At first I was a little discouraged. I thought "Language Arts? Why couldn't they choose me for math?" I feel like I have a really good handle on math, but now I am really excited about it because I am just getting better and better in Language Arts. That one of my favorite parts of my job. You have to keep working and keep getting better and better. You'll never be perfect at it. :) That is all for now.

Oh there is a soccer game this Friday and Saturday if you want to come! There was a game last Friday and James did GREAT!!