My goodness...its almost Christmas!

I can't believe that Thanksgiving has past and it is only 3 weeks and a couple of days until Christmas. Do you know what this means?

(1) I have one week left to student teach.
(2) I GRADUATE IN 13 DAYS!!!!
(3) I have to put it in gear to get Sydney's birthday gifts AND finish Christmas shopping.

I love this time of year. Fires in the fireplace...the smell of evergreen and cinnamon....and spending time with family. WOW! This year really has flown. Sydney will be 4 on the 20th and I really am in denial. She is really starting to blossom into a girl and not a toddler. She says things sometimes that really makes me laugh. My favorite is when she has gotten into trouble for something and I tell her that I am disappointed in her. She comes to me like 30 seconds later and says, "are you happy to me?" It is the cutest thing in the world, I can't help but say of course. I hope I get a job, but if I don't I will sub and make the best of it until I do. I know that this was a lot of jumbled thoughts, but I have so many things running through my mind it just feels good to get them out!

1 week till Thanksgiving?!

My goodness it seems as if there is no stopping the holidays from coming. I can't believe that next week is one of the last 2 weeks that I have to student teach. I can't wait to walk that stage. I received my honor cord from KDP this past Thursday and it became so real that I am FINALLY going to graduate. I love my graduation announcements. They are unique and I love that.
Things in my life at home could be in for a change and that will be a factor in if I pursue a job right away or not. (NO KATIE I AM NOT PREGNANT!) I think that it is going to be a weird feeling that I don't have to go to school anymore. (At least for a while) I am a little perturbed with some things right now, but I can't do anything to change those things.
Smile because my favorite time of year is coming. Thanksgiving then Sydney's birthday and then Christmas. So much going on and so much shopping to do. We usually put our Christmas tree up the weekend after Thanksgiving and Sydney just cannot stand the wait. So many things I still have left to figure out and not much time decide. I guess that is just life and we are on the ride.

Yeah for November!

Well so this year is really flying! I have a total of 3 weeks left for student teaching which is only 15 days of instruction and honestly I can't wait until it is over. I can say that I am exremely lucky where I got placed. Fort Concho is an amazing school and I can't imagine ever leaving. All of the faculty and staff are just so fun to be around it is easy to get up in the morning and come to free work. There has not been one day that I woke up and said I just don't want to go and I love it! However, I can't work for free forever, and I really would like to get my own classroom and see just how good of a teacher I am on my own. I am so excited that Thanksgiving is only 2 weeks away. I am going to eat so much food. After that is 2 weeks till graduation. WOOO HOOOO! I still have to make graduation announcements (cause I refuse to spend so much money on something that really isn't my taste anyway) That is a project for this weekend~~ Next weekend I will be going to Abilene to get fingerprinted... This is a bitter subject, but it has to be done so I will go. I hope everyone is doing great!