Time Escapes Me

WOW! How long has it been since I have been able to sit and express myself on here? Well I can say its been to long! Life is busy, no surprise there. Between teaching, grading and grad work... I am not sure if I should scratch my watch or wind my rear. I do know that I am starting a new challenge at work... the Biggest Loser! We are a team of four, and  we are challenging others in the building to lose weight. I am really excited and hopefully with the work I am doing, I will see results. I am also running and hope to get started running in a few run funs, and mud runs this year! Let's see......keep your fingers crossed and keep cheering because I am going need all the encouragement I can get.

Mean-y

I believe I have mentioned that I am a teacher, but just in case I am a high school teacher. That could explain the need to blog and vent! So today I hear through the good ol' high school grape vine, that I am a mean teacher. This really bothers me. Not that it should because I don't believe I am mean. I do have exacting standards and I work to get my students to achieve those standards. However many make the CHOICE to do otherwise, and as much as I try those students tend to be counterproductive to my goal of getting the very best out of children. So in short they tend to fail themselves by not trying. So today two of my students from last semester, who did not pass, were in a different classroom discussing my "meanness". Yea... as if there aren't other topics of discussion.
So I look up mean. Here is what I got from Merriam-Webster:
1 a : to have in the mind as a purpose : intend —sometimes used interjectionally with I, chiefly in informal speech for emphasis or to introduce a phrase restating the point of a preceding phrase b : to design for or destine to a specified purpose or future



2 : to serve or intend to convey, show, or indicate : signify


3 : to have importance to the degree of


4 : to direct to a particular individual
 
I gotta say it makes me feel better. It validates that what I am asking them to do isn't unrealistic or too demanding. Since when is demanding someone's best a sign of meaness. Well according to Merriam-Webster it isn't a bad thing!! Thanks M-W... I needed that! I can wear my mean-ness with pride.

Just BLAH

Ok... so just looking at the dates you can tell that I have fallen off the face of the blogsphere. This snow has got my routine all jacked up. I just want to get back to a routine. I want to start running again and I want to start losing weight again. So tomorrow is the day I start again. Don't care that it is Friday and that it doesn't make sense to start up again at the end of the week. I am gonna do it anyways. I need to get back in the saddle or my blahness will continue to get worse.

blah blah blah... that is the word of the day. Did I mention I have given up cussing for lent? That sounds great doesn't it.... we will see how that works out. :)

Snow days

Snow, snow and more snow. I haven't done much in days except shovel and shovel and drink. And in no particular order. SO I will continue this later, just wanted to let you know I am alive and shoveling well. :) Did I mention I haven't been to work or grad class at all this week? blah