Oh, how I love thee, Fall Break!

Two little words that make every teacher's day when brought up in October: Fall. Break.

Fall break = Three days of absolute bliss, where there is no school, no students, no alarm going off at 6 a.m., no papers to grade (well, that's not entirely true...), nada. Three days where I can sit back, relax, and do things for me.

Too bad my to-do list is about a mile long. *sigh* Clean the house, do laundry, put away laundry, school things (I know, right? It's fall break. I must be crazy for thinking about school.), packing, brainstorming for my Halloween, costume, the list goes on. My cleaning list alone is prety long. The house has been neglected pretty badly recently, due to crazy busy-ness at school. Maybe I'll finally get around to hanging things up in my bedroom, also. I mean, I've only lived in this house for two months now. It's about time. I probably should've have started working on this list when I got up, but I just can't bring myself to get up out of my recliner and get to work. I haven't even put my contacts in yet. My motivation is really lacking today. I just want to relax on my break. I'll get around. Eventually.

I've also decided that I'm going to start my knitting again. I decided a while ago that I was going to knit scarves for my other team teachers for Christmas, and I figure if I have any chance at getting them finished, I should probably start now. So, I'm going to dig out my knitting needles and get to work. I'm sure you're thinking, "But what about your quilt?" Well, it's still there. Sitting in my sewing tub. And I'll get back to it eventually. But I'm not on a deadline for that, and I need to get these scarves done for Christmas. But one of these days, I promise I will get back to the sewing machine.

Back to fall break. The roommate and I are finally returning to Stillwater! This weekend is OSU's Homecoming (the biggest Homecoming the nation!) and we are so excited. We haven't been back to Stillwater since this summer, so this trip is long overdue. We're heading out Thursday to spend a long weekend with our fellow OSU fans. We're hoping to come home with another W on the schedule, especially since it's Homecoming, and we're playing a higher ranked team. And we're currently undefeated. Let's keep that goose egg on the right where it belongs. I sure do love those Cowboys.

I'm also pulling for another W for the Yankees. They're behind in the series right now with the Rangers and it makes me really sad. They need to get on that, put the Rangers away, and make an appearance in the World Series again. And preferably win it, like last year. I have faith in them.

Well, my to-do list is sitting here, staring me in the face. I'm running out of time before I leave, so I guess I better get on that.

Whooooooa.

I feel like life has taken off without me, and I'm barely hanging on! As soon as I mark off one or two things from my list, I feel like I add about five more. The other day, after a particularly rough day at school, I came home and just sat in silence for like fifteen minutes. No tv, no dogs, no Facebook. Just. Silence. I sat in my chair and stared off into space, enjoying the peace. It was glorious.

I think I need a vacation. How far away is fall break? Oh yeah. Eleven days. Because I'm counting down.

This is my life for the next 11 days: School (of course), grades = report cards = parent/teacher conferences, cleaning my room because I can't take it anymore, getting caught up on school projects (there's that darn to-do list again, will I ever get rid of it??), weekend trip to Lubbock (which means a long day on Friday, getting everything ready for school on Monday, because, let's be real, after spending my weekend in Lubbock, there's no way I'm gonna make it to the school on Sunday to get things ready), and most importantly, sleep. Does that leave any time for the enjoyable things in my life, like breaking out my sewing machine, because it's been forEVER? Nope. I feel like I've neglected my poor quilt. And it makes me sad.

On another note, this week is Homecoming. Monday was Crazy Hair Day and I rocked this sweet high, side ponytail. I'm talking full-on 80's awesome-ness here. But apparently, it wasn't crazy, according to my kids. Because, let's be real, I must wear my hair like this often, right? Oh dear. Tuesday was Twin Day, and the other 6th North teachers and I ROOOOOCKED it! We all dressed up as hippies, and it. was. epic. Once there is a picture on the website, I'll copy and post it on here. Wednesday was Pajama Day, thank goodness. And today was Favorite Team Day. I wore my OSU jersey and Pistol Pete earrings, of course. Even my panties were OSU, thanks to Victoria Secret's collegiate collection. But I didn't share that with anybody. Tomorrow is Tiger Day, duh.

**Side note: Lee DeWyze just came on my iTunes, and I must say... I love him. He can come sing to me every nite.**

This might be one of the most random blogs I've ever written. I like it.

Not entirely sure why I'm still up this late, but I should probably head to bed. 105 twelve year olds await me tomorrow. Oh boy.