yes, bruno and chaco know all of the dallas hot spots!

got a letter from the doctor today saying i need to get an ekg and lab work, and they'd like me to do it a week before surgery...um..that's tomorrow. really? nothing like a head's up!

did i mention it's teacher appreciation week? well, it is. my coworkers obviously are aware (unless they have been hiding under a rock)...i chose the right week to not have the surgery-no one wants to miss being appreciated! i wonder if anyone is boxing up left-overs for mr. chavez...

we've been blessed to have someone providing lunch for us every day this week. tomorrow is subway! ooOOO! and thursday will be enchiladas, but what i am REALLY looking forward to is seeing what double tree  is going to provide! we are so fortunate to have them sponsoring us!!

and every day our school is providing fun little gifts:

i don't need a flash for my camera because now i have an awesome mini led flashlight!

the chinese make pretty good little light!

and today we got a cute little notepad with great little quotes and a pen.

after the week is over and i've posted all my pics, everyone is going to want to be a teacher! the sad thing is that i'm pretty sure not every school out there goes all out and does the kind of hoopla that our school does. we truly are blessed! it's fun, although it really is enough to know that we are making a difference in lives that is much further reaching than next week, next month or even next year.

my student teacher had an evaluation today and it was fun to see her do well. she has improved since the last time her evaluator was here! at the end of the class, we were called down for the money machine! one of my students won it for selling the most on our fundraiser! so we watched her and wished that we had been in there grabbing for money! i would absolutely love to be in a money machine!

grab and stuff!

  she got like $51! i mean, that's a lot of singles!

i need to tell my dad to bring his fishing pole so that he can fish in our little pond-it's catch and release, but he might enjoy it...or i could point him to another lake nearby..suggestions anyone? i'm trying to think of some fun things that mom and dad can do while they're here, because i'm sure they don't want to be stuck here every minute of the day!

i'm sure bruno and chaco are going to have all kinds of plans, they'll show them all of the hot spots and historical markers...petsmart...dog park...etc.

oh, and i had a dream last night that was really weird. the only part i remember was being tired and wishing i could float. so i looked a my feet and willed it to happen thinking, "it doesn't matter how hard i wish, this isn't even a logical feat to try." and of course, in the split second of that thought, i began to raise up off the floor and i was so excited that i now knew how to float! only when i'm awake, i don't float.

floating is over-rated,
julie