This Week's Randomness 9/16/11

So whats up with me this week?
This week I had my 2nd week of field experience. That was great! The teacher I work with lets me do so much! I love it! Right now I am kind of sore because of Zumba. I really enjoy going to Zumba, it gets me out of the house and lets me spend time with people (and not just my pets). We h ave started going to a bible study at our church that is close to us. It is kind of like home group or small groups. We meet in someones house, sing and learn about God. I like it a lot (it gets me out of the house too). I am really beginning to hate being in the house. I want to have a friend that I can meet (out of the house) and go out for coffee or go to the movies or the library or anything really as long as I am not in the house. I am going to start studying for my certification exams that I take when we go to FL in January. We will be in FL January 9th-21st. I cannot wait to go home and see all our family and friends again; I miss them all so much!

Pets
Midnight's knee is swollen and has to have xrays. They are going to cost around $200 after the vet visit and xrays. Plus we need to get him the anti inflammatory medication. :( Cocoa is being her normal crazy self.



Mikel:

Well, we finally found out what is wrong with Mikel's back. :( He has 2 cysts under his S1 vertebrae. He has an appointment next week for an MRI and an appointment with the neurologist. After the MRI he has to make an appointment with the neurosurgeon. This really scares me because that really sounds like surgery... :( and with it being in his back there are a lot of risks, but if it makes him not in so much pain that would be good. His pain has gotten worse and worse. :( I am adding a picture of the spine so one can see where the S1 vertebrae are. it is part of the lower back.
Reading:

                My parents got me Monster by Frank Peretti for my birthday. I am hoping to begin reading that this next week.


Random Picture:
This is Mikel and I at the football game a few weeks ago. :)

Wednesday Hodgepodge 9/14/11 :)

 

1.      What do you do at the first sign of a cold? Will you get a flu shot this year?

Hope it’s just allergies… Then make sure I have some mucinex handy… No I will not get the flu shot… Everyone I know who gets them gets sick anyway… LOL!

2.      What advice can you give about how to conquer fear?

Pray, God will give you the strength to conquer your fear. 

Perfect Love (The kind that only comes from God) casts out fear.

1 John 4:18

English Standard Version (ESV)

¹⁸There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

3.      Share two good things about your life right now.

I have an amazing husband!

I have amazing family members and friends! (ok that's 3 I know... )

4.      A hot fall fashion trend in 2011 is a return to sixties style...tunics with pants, shift dresses, pencil skirts, cinched waists, bold prints, high necklines and short lengths to name a few. How does this fashion trend fit with your wardrobe and personal sense of style?

It doesn’t…. Right now I am either wearing jeans(shorts) with a T-shirt or business clothes.

5.      Were you involved in scouting as a kid? How about as an adult?

I have never been involved in scouting but I was in missionettes.

6.      Apple, pear, plum, pumpkin...your favorite fall flavor?

Pumpkin Definitely!! I so want some pumpkin pie! My friend posted on facebook about hot fresh pumpkin pies…. I've been craving them ever since.

7.      What characteristics do you think are essential in a good teacher?

Caring, knowledge, a desire to be a better teacher, a heart for children.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

Thinking about the fact that my husband knew the washer machine soap and sodas had spilled all over the ground. He didn’t even take a towel to it or even try to clean it up. Apparently, the box of soda opened on its own and cans of soda came pouring down onto the dryer making the washer soap fall to the ground and spill and 2-3 cans of soda burst…. UGH! It’s a big mess. There is splatter all across the kitchen. :(

Baby

What is it about getting married that makes you want to have a baby? I mean... Its like every time I see someone with a baby it makes me want one of my own. No, I am not planning on having one anytime soon... But i really want one! Mikel and I decided to wait until I graduate and become a certified teacher... This however, doesn't make it any easier to wait. Mikel even told me the other day he would like one soon, but he said he knows we have decided to wait till I graduate. I don't understand why ever since I got married, I really want to be pregnant and have a baby...
Most people I know who are married right now, either just had a baby or are pregnant.... I guess that's a reason why I want one... because every one else has one... But, well... IDK. I know we will have a baby whenever God wants us to and its all in his hands.

This Week's Randomness

These are my gifts from my hubby for my birthday. :)

 My birthday was great! Mikel and I slept in, then got up and went out for Chinese. We found and ok place, nothing like Lings in FL, but it wasn't bad... They even had the kind of sushi i like. :) (The last place we tried the only thing I would eat was the teriyaki (sp?) chicken.... and I am not picky everything just tasted bad!) 

After that we went to Kmart and I got some awesome shoes!

  

After going to Kmart we went to the movies. Outside of the movies there was a coffee shop called Tully's. They have the best coffee ever! WAY better than Starbucks! I had a Mocha Bellachino. It was amazing! I have been wanting one every day since. LOL! 

After watching the movie The Help (Which was great by the way!) We went to bible study. We ended my birthday at Applebees. I got a free sundae because it was my birthday which Mikel ate almost all of.

My hubby and I at Applebees

Ok, so field experience on thursday was great! I am just now getting the chance to write on here because I have been so busy. I got to do a lot on Thursday including doing a reading inventory test on a student. The teacher I work with is trying to let me do all she can. :) The past couple days I have spent doing my homework which was a lot! But now it is all done and turned in.

Yesterday we got a stray dog. We are trying to find his owner. For now, he has a home with us. We are calling him Brutus. Today the kitty was curious about the water in the tub... I got a picture of him looking at it. A few min after the picture Midnight jumped in the bathtub and jumped right back out all nice and wet lol!

Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of 9/11/2001. :(  Take time to pray for those families who had someone close die and to remember what happened on that day.

 

Ang

Field Experience and more

So field experience was awesome! I get to work with children from 4th-8th grade. Here they only have elementary and high school so the elementary is K-8th grade. The teacher I work with is wonderful and she put me to work right away, which is great! I dont like it when I just have to sit there and observe, I learn better by doing. I get to be in a fourth and fifth grade classroom as well as in the special ed room every day... This gives me tons of opportunities to learn! Today, I realized how inadequate I am compared to real teachers... I am in awe of these teachers. I hope I will become an even better teacher than they are! Every field experience has taught me something different and showed me things I need to learn how to do. I dont know how I am going to learn all that I need to, to be a great teacher.... :/ I am going to do my best and be the best I can be.

This week is kind of different... Mikel goes to work at 9pm whereas I have to be up at 7am for field experience... So I am on a morning schedule and Mikel is on a night schedule so its different for us. Guess what? Tomorrow is my birthday, I turn 22 and my hubby got my birthday off. :) We are going to go see the movie The Help and go out for lunch or dinner or both and then go to bible study. :)

I have so much homework to do before Saturday... I should really be working on that instead of blogging. LOL!

Yesterday's Randomnes

So the other day I posted all about things that were supposed to happen yesterday. So now I am going to tell you what actually did happen yesterday. LOL!

I woke up at 5:30am when I didn't have to be up till 7am. I went to Heart Link, which ended up being great. I learned a great deal about the Air Force and if you are reading this and are an Air Force spouse and never been to a Heart Link meeting I strongly suggest going whether you have  been an AF spouse for 1 or 21 years. We had women in there who had been AF spouses for 18-25 years and they learned things they didn't know.  It was very cool, they fed us a great breakfast, lunch and provided lots of drinks and snacks for everyone. They also had all different people come and talk to us. The Commander and Chief came and talked to us and that was cool. When they did that I found out that the Chief's wife was sitting next to me (and she was a newlywed) we also found out that the other Commander's wife was in there with us too taking part in heart link and trying to learn more about the USAF. We also had people from all of the different agencies and clubs come. The taught us about protocol, how to tell different ranking based upon strips and more. It was great! I am thinking about joining the enlisted spouses club it sounds really awesome and like a great opportunity for me to meet more people.

After Heart Link, I came home payed the rent (a good thing to do, since it was due) and then waited for Mikel to come home. Once Mikel came home we went shopping and got all the groceries we need for the next few weeks. :) After that we came home put up the cold stuff and then went to a football game. (Did I do my science experiment? No! Did I call my grandparents? No! Did I post a pic on here? No!)

My monkey T-shirt

The AZ Cardinals vs. the Denver Broncos. That was my first football game ever.  The whole time I was having to ask what was going on because what it looked like to me was a bunch of guys running around in circles and trying to catch a ball lol! One cool thing is that I got to watch Tim Tebow play (the only football player I know by name). Which I thought was awesome since he was once a FL gator and he claims to be a Christian.  :) By the end of the 2nd quarter I was kind of bored. So I started going a lil crazy taking pictures.
LOL! I took 150 pics. So I added a few of them on here. Do not ask me what is happening in them because I have no idea! LOL!

By the time we got home it was almost midnight so we crashed. Mikel woke up for work late today which wasn't the greatest thing but he went to work and didn't get into trouble that we know of. :) Cocoa hated yesterday because she is was in the cage most of the day we were only home for 2hrs of the day. So now she is acting all crazy and running around in circle and Midnight is attacking her as well. I did finish my science experiment today and did all the homework associated with it and turned it in. :) I feel very tired right now so I am thinking about taking a nap... But, I need to clean the apartment which I really haven't done all week. :/ (So its pretty bad.) IDK what will happen. Mikel and I may go to wet and wild tomorrow. Its free for military and only $20 for dependents tomorrow only, so we are really considering it. :)
Anyway, thats all for now!
Ang

Randomness About Tomorrow..

I should be sleeping, but for some reason im not.. I have to be up in a few hours for heart link; Something the Air Force has for new  military spouses... I don't really know what to expect, other than that I will be there all day from 8am-2pm... So that will take up a lot of my day and homework time... Oh well, hopefully ill learn something and maybe ill make a new friend or something... Like I said I don't know what to expect... At least they are going to feed me so I won't starve lol!
I'll be twenty two in a week aka sep 7th... I got my first birthday present today which was a monkey t-shirt from my grandparents. :) I really like it and I think my grandma made it. I'm going to ask her tomorrow when I call and thank her for it. I will try to remember to put a picture on here of it tomorrow.
Sometime tomorrow I get to do a science experiment for my teaching science class. I am kind of excited about that. :) I would have done it today but I don't have corn oil or corn syrup nor rubbing alcohol; so, I have to go shopping for those things in order to do it.. I have to write about it for my class and thats due on friday. The shopping will happen after heart link...
After writing about all these things that will hopefully happen tomorrow I am reminded of a verse:
Matthew 6:34 ESV
"Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Anyway, I am going to read my bible until I fall asleep. Night!

Wednesday Hodgepodge

1. Do you think the world became a more dangerous place on September 11, 2001 or did we just become more aware of the danger? How has your own life changed as a result of that day?

I believe we just became more aware of the danger. To be honest, my life hasn’t changed that much since then. I was one of the lucky ones who didn’t know anyone who died or was injured that day, plus I was only 12 when in happened. I do remember gas prices going crazy and ever since then they have continued to be crazy.

2. Did you think your parents were too strict when you were growing up? How about in hindsight?

I don’t think my parents were too strict in fact they were less strict than other parents, but I think that’s because they could trust us because they raised us to be honest. I was one of the few who didn’t have to call home every time I changed places, I just called and told my mom or dad I was hanging with whomever and then I would usually call when I was on the way home. I would sometimes text if I had been gone for a long time just so that they didn’t worry.

They are less strict with my brothers and lil sister than they were with me and Carrie. It’s kind of weird because I think, “If I had done that I would be in pretty big trouble right now” but it’s probably mostly the difference between boy and girl.

3. Share one random but candid fact about yourself.

I LOVE Monkeys!!! I have over 40 stuffed monkeys. 

4. Would your nearest and dearest describe you as simple or far too complicated?

Probably complicated.

5. What is your favorite stadium or carnival food?

Funnel Cakes rule!!!

6. Tornado, hurricane, earthquake...how many of these natural disasters have you experienced? Which event do you think would be the scariest?

I have experienced many hurricanes I’m not sure the exact number since I lived in FL for 21 years but you get the idea. I was there the year that 5 hit the state… So yea. Hurricanes don’t really scare me. I love having a hurricane party!

I am not sure which scares me worse, a tornado or an earthquake. I’ve never experienced either one. :/

7. Labor Day weekend is approaching so a work related question seems appropriate. Growing up, did your parents assign you regular chores? Were you paid for doing those chores? If you're a parent do you assign chores to your own children? Why or why not?

My parents assigned me regular chores. It depended on the year whether we got paid because my parents did not always have the money. Sometimes the reward was going to dollar tree and picking something out after a month of chores. Sometimes it was just doing them because we were told to.

I don’t have any children right now.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

Sometimes, I think we spoil our pets a lil too much! LOL!

 They were both sleeping when I tried to take the picture. LOL!

No Field Expereince Today

So today I was supposed to have my first field experience. Notice the key word SUPPOSED. Well, I woke up early got dressed, reviewed my handbook and orientation. Got everything ready to go, put Cocoa in her cage then went to grab my purse and walk out the door and that's when it hit me. MY PURSE WAS IN MIKEL'S CAR!!!  I texted him immediately and waited a few checked the house to make sure my keys weren't somewhere in here. Then finally, I called the school to tell them that I couldn't come. (Way to make a first impression. :(  ) Mikel called me right after I canceled... Which was just awesome because I had already canceled. I started crying... I still feel horrible.. :( So thought I would blog about it... :( Anyway, no field experience today to write about or enjoy.... :( I guess I have extra time to clean and do homework.