The princess and the frog

- We went home to my parents' house this weekend. Saturday night we went to a Halloween dance for kids. Chelsea was VERY excited to have a new Snow White dress from Aunty Jen with new shiny black shoes.
- I should have gone to school today to plan my week, but I didn't. I was so tired after our 3.5 hour drive home took close to 5 hours that I decided to skip it. This is the first weekend since school started that I haven't been there for 4-5 hours on the weekend.

- I just got an email from someone asking me why I'm not as smiley as I used to be. That made me really sad. I need to get a handle on why this job is making me so stressful. I'm constantly worrying about work and how to do it better and how to become a better teacher - so much so that it's stressing me out all the time and that's gotta go!

- Hey, in case you were wondering, having a puppy loses it's excitement really fast. The training is coming along, but it's busy with 2 kids. I'm a little tired of the accidents, the jumping up, the nipping.... but at the same time, she's well loved and is great with the kids.

- Friendships are hard for me. I'm a home-body and I like being at home. On those rare nights when I don't have school work to do, cakes to make and decorate, or housework, I like staying home. Friendships take a lot of work and time and sometimes that is hard. But the rewards are definitely worth it. I have such great friends right now and I just want to say thank you ladies. Thank you for loving me for who I am and loving me for where I am right now. I appreciate you.

- And on that note, good night all!