• Happy that tomorrow is Friday.  It is almost the weekend.  Going back to work on Monday was tough, but overall it wasn’t too bad.  The students did pretty good (maybe they were still tired) and the days did go by quickly.  Yesterday was our STEAM Family Night at school and we had a decent turnout.  I was EXHAUSTED at the end of the evening.

• We had some great weather at the beginning of the week and now we are back to cold weather.  I ran in shorts and short sleeve top on Monday morning.  Also, I slept in shorts on Tuesday night but had to wear pants and a sweatshirt on Wednesday because I was so cold.  It is supposed to warm up (again) and hopefully it will stay that way.

• I rarely buy anything from the vending machine.  I saw that there is an option to pay with a credit card or Apply Pay.  Love the convenience because I rarely have cash with me since I’d rather pay for everything with my credit card.

• It always irks me when I cannot find parking in front of my house.  My street has lots of two flats so there are many families with multiple cars that live on my street.  That means sometimes it is hard to find parking.  Well maybe that isn’t entirely true.  There are some spots but that requires me to walk more than I want to.  🙂 It makes me smile when I can find a spot almost in front of where I live.  What makes it even better is that sometimes I can find a spot at night!

• I always struggle with the desk setup for my students.  There is always going to be someone that doesn’t get along with others or requires more attention than others.  I saw this on Facebook and want to use it in my room but do not know which option to use.  Something else I need to remember is that I have 35 days left of school.  Should I change my setup or leave it the way it is?  🙂

• Last week I went to see a house that was for sale.  It was beautiful and exactly what I am looking for to buy.  I went to see it on Thursday and was ready to put in an offer on Friday.  I didn’t do it on Thursday because I still had to get pre-approved but was able to do that on Friday afternoon.  Friday evening there was an offer on the house.  I wanted to cry.  I really wanted that house.  I had already picked out bedrooms for me and my mother.  Oh well, time to start looking again.

• I’ve had a Southwest credit card for a few years.  My credit limit is around $27,000.  I don’t want it anymore and will be cancelling it soon.  I did ask my loan officer to find out if it will impact my credit score and my chances of getting a home loan.  She said no.  Ha, can you believe it?

• I didn’t know pay phones were still around.  For sure I thought all of them disappeared from this planet.  I saw one at a hospital and was actually surprised.  I should have checked if it actually worked.

• Monday was April Fools’ Day and there was no school because of Spring Break.  Saw this on Facebook and thought it would be so much fun to do this next year (assuming we’re not on Spring Break).

• I received an email from Orgain looking for in-home taste testers.  I like Orgain and immediately applied.  I remember one of the questions was about my profession and most of the options to choose from were health related.  Of course I chose none of the above and then received the message below.  I will admit I was a bit disappointed because even though I am not in the health related field, I still use Orgain and would have loved to taste test their products.

• Tomorrow is my last day before Spring Break.  I am definitely excited!  My plan is to walk out the door with my kids (dismissal is at 2:50) so I can leave at 3:00.

• Why Netflix?  I love you but why again the price increase?  Didn’t they just raise it like 2 years ago?  But even with the price increase, I know I will continue to pay.

• I love that I have zenaida.net and remember wanting to buy zenaida.com but it was too much money.  I checked the price again and holy frijoles!

• Tried these chips and they’re yummy!  Add some hot sauce and they’re even better.

• A photo of Lola just because she is cute.  🙂  

• Typos is one of my pet peeves.  It really drives me crazy when I see them on  Instagram or Facebook.  Sometimes I feel like correcting that person, but will that make me a b$#ch? 

• Is this a typo too?  I don’t understand why a word cannot be spelled out.  Are we that lazy?  I also HATE it when I see “fav” instead of “favorite”.

• I don’t know why I didn’t do this before, but I finally changed my car insurance coverage.  I used to pay for full coverage and recently changed it to only liability.  Now I am paying half of what I used to pay.  I am mad at myself because I could have saved so much money if I would have changed it before.

• Always, always coffee.  🙂 

• I love math and wished my kids loved it as much as I do.  I am having trouble with them understanding subtraction problems.  We were working on a story problem and one student told me the equation was “20-36=”.  I wrote it on the board and asked for answers.  They told me 10, 24, and 0.  I had a fit!  Ugh!  Finally, a student did tell me that the equation was wrong because you couldn’t subtract 36 from 20 because there wasn’t enough.  Now I know I could have told them from the beginning that the equation was wrong, but I wanted THEM to tell me that and the reason.

• I have a Starbucks Rewards Visa Cards.  One of the perks is getting a FREE drink or food every couple of months.  My free item this time was the Sous Vide Egg Bites.  Wow!  These were so good!  There are a couple of options to choose from, but the ones I had were with bacon and gruyere.  

• The other day I purchased two iced coffees from Starbucks.  I put one cup on top of my car while holding the other one with my left hand and trying to open the door with my right hand.  Well, the cup on the car fell.  What a mess.  But yes I was more upset for the coffee.  I went back inside to buy another one, but the barista was nice enough to give me a free one.

• I know at one point I wrote about getting a BQ.  I admire everyone that gets that qualifying time but then feel bad when some STILL don’t get to run Boston.  A BQ does NOT guarantee that you’ll run Boston.  This tweet made me angry.  I know he means well, but shouldn’t all runs/races make you feel like you won an Olympic gold medal?  The next tweet made me even more angry.  Ridiculously easy BQ times?  I am in that same age group and to me it isn’t easy.

• I have NO idea how I have so much money in my Dunkin’ Donuts cars.  I told my coworker that I was taking a break from Starbucks and from now on getting my coffee from DD.  Note:  I make my coffee at home, but sometimes I like to get an iced coffee from Starbucks.

• Back to coffee.  🙂  I had this and it was OK.  I added almond milk and it was almost $6.00.  Yikes!  And that is why I just get an iced coffee and that alone is still $2-$4.