Recycling

I started recycling last weekend. I really got motivated when I was at my parents' house over break to look into recycling since they recycle. It really is amazing how much I use that can be recycled. My trash has been cut in half. A bonus is that I don't have to sort it either. I just have to drive it down to the elementary school down the street and dump it in the recycling dumpster. So, it really doesn't take very much time for me to do at all and I'm helping reduce the amount of trash that I contribute to the landfills. I'm not really the tree-hugging type of person, but this is just something small that I can do to help the environment.

I'm trying to be productive this weekend. I didn't do anything last weekend, which was nice, but I really did have things I needed to get done. Hopefully I can get everything done that I need to this weekend. The weekends always go by too fast.

Long Weekend

I have a 3 day weekend and I am so happy. All week long I contemplated a day off just to be at home and do nothing! I think I was needing a mental health day or something. You would think that I didn't just have 2 1/2 weeks off. I guess maybe that is why I felt I needed a day off. I didn't end up taking one because there was just too much to do and I didn't get home until 8pm every night this week. I don't have any plans for the weekend, which I love! I'm just going to sit around, watch movies, read my book, and probably work out too.

I did start reading Marley & Me even though I know how it ends. So, I'll probably finish that today because I can't put it down. It is hysterical. Any pet lover should read it. Hope you all have a nice weekend whether or not you have a long one.

Busy, Busy

I have been thinking all week that I need to blog, but it was just a crazy week. I started back to school and boy was I exhausted. I could barely get out of bed every morning. Then on Friday night I fell asleep at 9:00 and didn't wake up until 8:30. I think I could have still slept some more too, but I figured that I should get out of bed. Getting back in the groove of school just makes me tired. It couldn't have anything to do with 23 6 year olds stealing all of my energy from me, could it?? It has been good to be back. I always hope for the Christmas Miracle when I go back. That is when my students all grow up and are more mature after Christmas. I think I am seeing the miracle in some of them, but definitely not in all of them. They are still cute and sweet though. I also don't have to see the movie Marley & Me because every single one of my students told me how it ends. They even told me after I told them to not tell me the end. I hate knowing the end of books or movies. So, I'm not excited to see the movie at all which makes me a little sad, but what do you do. I'm sure it will still be good and I could have probably guessed the end, but still I would have liked to see the movie or read the book before I knew the ending.

I have also been thinking a lot about my finances this past week. Maybe because my church is talking about the economy and finances right now or maybe because I think about it a lot. The series is called Econome. Get it?? Basically, talking about what the economy has to do with you. They are talking about all of Dave Ramsey's principles and it has just been a good reminder to me to take a closer look at how I'm spending and to be better about sticking to my budget. That car payment that I used to have is getting spent somewhere. I just need to figure out where and figure out how to pay off more debt with that.

I'm back into the running mode these past couple of weeks. I can't say that I'm enjoying it as much as I usually do. I think I am just really nervous to attempt a half marathon and I keep telling myself that I can't do it. Well, I'm going to do it even if I don't think I can just to prove to myself that I can do it! Hopefully I'll start enjoying running again because I do love it. I still ran about 12 miles this week, so I guess I'm not totally hating it. I'll keep pressing on.