sleeping in

S U N D A Y

it's okay to be lazy

and sleep in way too late

and sit around

all day

and not really accomplish anything.

so it's dia de los muertos time in mexico.

tradition here is people build alters to people in their family who have died.

with their favorite foods/alcohol/pictures and such.

colleen's neighbor built his alter to michael jackson. rip.

this week at school was definately a roller coaster. Monday was probably the worst day at school i have had so far. BOTH of my classes were really really disrespectful and did not listen and frustrated me so much. i'm sure it wasn't all the students though. i was probably not very patient from the beginning and hence the students not being very respectful. at the end of the day on Monday i just sat at my desk and came up with all of the reasons that i have wanted to be a teacher my whole life. i had to remind myself that there WILL BE days like that and it's part of the job. and i have to learn to overcome the bad days because the good ones are more frequent :)

then, on the other end, thursday & friday were 2 of the best days! complete opposite. i actually got to TEACH new things and we did lots of fun activities and the students had fun and so did i! days like this remind me why i'm a teacher.

two of my students told me that their moms set them up emails and they wanted my email address so they could send me an email. of course, i gave them my email. this year is "the year of technology" so i think it's special that they are learn

ing email at such a young age. anyway, they emailed me that night. here are the 2 emails i received. so presh.

1. Hello Miss Megan,I wanted to sed you that I Love you from hear to the stars.goodby

2. hi teacher megan you are the best teacher in the world, you are star you are beautiful.

i loved it.

it's funny how little things can make your day :)

on wednesdays, i always write a sentence on the board and the students copy it for their morning work to practice handwriting and spelling words. this sentence said "inside the box, i found lots of new pets! i found some dogs and even a baby turtle" (spelling words were box, pets, dogs, turtle) but this sweet lil' boy obviously found some dogs and a baby boy inside his box....

i really love where we live. the little community around us is really cute. i realized this when i walked home from school the other day. i've made some new friends with the workers who live near us. for example, there is a new healthy food restaurant and the owner told us that whatever we want, we can just tell him and he can make it for us. (um, do i hear a personal chef?). there is a little corner store and the man that owns it is PRESH and he always has a greeting with a smile. then, there's the ladies at the laundromat. one older woman, she has one tooth in the front. and her daughter, i'm assuming. but everytime i walk by they greet me by name "hola meegan!" i love it. it's really great.

well, yawl please pray for:

- laiza's family. her brother was killed on thursday in mexico. pray for comfort and peace in their lives as they struggle with the loss.

- our trip to acapulco (this friday through tuesday); safe traveling and exploring the city

- ty & erin, ty as he's starting a new journey in his life in the military & erin as she works hard to be at peace with him gone from alabama..

- my students

that's all, folks.

-meggie