sweat

So I bought a new green shirt at Banana Republic and have been dying for a warmISH day to try it out, and decided today was the day. So because the weather has been so up and down the thermostat in my classroom is whacky, so I went into my classroom and it was burning up. First thing this morning, as I'm starting my lesson, one of my students raises her hand and says..

A. "Mrs. Ward, what's that on your shirt?"

Me. "Oh! You like my new shirt? It's a pretty bow."

A. "No, over there on your shirt."

Me. "That's my nametag. I wear it every day."

A. "No, not that, over THERE!"

Me. "There's nothing on my shirt honey."

A. "Mrs. Ward, it's under your armpit!"

Me. " A. that's called sweat. Moving on..."

Needless to day this fabric likes to maintain moisture, and it was the beginning of the day, and I knew I had a long day ahead of me trying to make my armpits look fresh. Soemtimes, buying new clothes is not what it's cracked up to be...

Snowed In...

It's a good thing that we didn't go to the grocery store before the snowstorm. I have a tendency to eat when I'm all cooped up. I've had a big breakfast, lunch, and am craving a snack, all in the past 2 hours or so it seems...

We were supposed to get pounded by snow, but only have a little, so I've convinced my husband to venture out, before I eat us out of house and home.

Even though it is April, and snowing, and I'm colder than I usually am this time of year, Colorado is great. Right now, the sun is shining, and there isn't a layer of ice underneath this snow (a Kansas tradition).

Last week was spring break, and I got to go home and remember what it was like to have great friends and a job where I knew where everything was. I was kind of on my pitty pot when I got back, feeling like the new kid at work, and feeling lonely, but then I went walking/running with my new friends, spent the week teaching kids who do not fall apart on a daily basis and ate some delicious mexican food, and my pitty pot slowly dissipated. Plus, mom called and asked us to come down for Easter, and that's totally possible.

I really miss my Missouri job, my Kansas/Missouri friends, our house, my nephews, being able to drive to Tulsa for the weekend and carpooling, but distance makes the heart grow fonder right? And it helps that I am building a new home for my family here.

It also helps that we go to Colorado Springs for Easter, I know when I'm going back to Kansas to visit my friends, Scott and I now have plane tickets to Tulsa in May, my new friends and I are meeting for "cokes" on Friday after work, and that Scott and I are flying to Hawaii June 2nd!!! It's nice to have something to look forward to :) Even if a Royals game is included in there along the way...