111

In 111 days from today, I will be married! 

cough, cough

Last night, I logged another late night at elementary school. It was actually a very nice night - nicer than last week's parent teacher conference/difficult conversations/double booked by the other teachers/really late nights/nasty commutes home. This time, it was just open school night. We just finished our fancy biography projects (research a person from history, write a speech and paint a portrait). All of the portraits made the classroom look great. My students were all motivated and produced wonderful products. I'm very proud.

The only thing is that the open house might have pushed me over the edge. I think I now have walking pneumonia. 

Moments in teaching

Today I had a visit from a school psychologist who was in my classroom to observe a student. Of course, as with any visit into the classroom, there was an element of observing me as well. My students were not operating at their best. 

The lesson became a rapid fire rotation of my greatest hits. Some reminders about not taking away other people's chance to learn. Jokes about calling student A by student B's name because they were answering when I said "student B". Side conversations about where my eyes were pointed and reminders that if I'm not looking at you, I'm listening to someone else. 

There was even a moment when I felt my eyes get big - which many of my students know as my what are you thinking look. They were not exactly on fire. 

We finished up with some confusion about the start time for P.E. and then they fled the classroom in quite a flutter of movement for a small group of kids. 

The woman who was visiting seemed to think it was a great lesson. I set her straight and told her it was far from our best. The good thing about teaching is that I always have tomorrow! 

wedding craziness

I have had my first wedding melt down. It was silent and, luckily, swift. 

I realized that I was expecting my poor mother to communicate about a page and a half of single spaced information to 74 of my closest relatives. Most of the information had only been decided within the last few weeks - some of which she only heard about tucked into rambles about work/cats/wedding. It was a little bit of craziness. 

I feel as if I've been initiated into the fold. 

Ribbon

In case you were wondering, this is what 900 YARDS of ribbon looks like.

Wedding Weekend

This weekend turned out to be a bit of a wedding whirlwind. On Saturday, a suit was found for Dave and invitations were ordered. Sunday was a get up and go kind of day. We were at a Crate and Barrel wedding event by 9 and Dave had the scanner in his hand by 9:15.

This was my first wedding focused event. Everyone was very laid back, there was tons of tasty treats hidden all over the store and there was no shopping - just wishing. I think, if I want to keep the wedding is fun approach, I will not be going to any other stores' wedding events. I have a feeling those more closely resemble a full court press than the snack filled goodness of today.

After we found our way back home, Dave used his ability to make technology bend to his will to figure out how to do some home printing for the invites.

After some quite months of slow wedding planning, there are now lots of things to do and many opportunities for craftiness.