end of June..........

Yea!!! Got my FELE scores back yesterday - I passed 2/3 of the sessions - so I only have to retake the 1 that I did not pass. Sooooooooo much better than having to do all of them again!!!

I cannot believe that I really finish grad school on Monday. I am so excited to be done with it - no more! I have a 3.92 GPA right now, hopefully that won't budget at all, I want to keep that!

Leave for Mexico on Wednesday and also cannot wait for that, need some serious relaxation!

Countdown!!!!

So much coming up - I am so excited guys!!!

5 days until I find out if I passed any of the FELE
8 days until I am DONE with my masters
9 days until Jamie gets here
10 days until we go to Puerta Vallarta - whoohoooooo!!
And then after I get back from PV, my friend Chawanis from college is coming to visit - I haven't seen her since my wedding in 03, and I cannot wait!!

This summer is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Sigh.....*

Working during the summer is totally wearing me out this summer. I guess it's the combo of the work + the class + not really having a break in ages. I was so tired today, I felt like I could put my head down & just pass out on my desk. It was bad, lol.

I cannot wait to be done, 2 weeks from yesterday I will be DONE! 2 weeks from tomorrow we will be in Mexico!! Soooooooooo excited to have this break & celebration all in one!!

Thunder, Lightning, and RAIN

The worst part of living in South Florida, aside from the ridiculous heat & humidity, is the RAINY season. I hate it.
It happens at the same time everyday...and it sucks
I went to the pool today - set up my ipod, had my kindle, my beer - great day
Then it started thundering..........then it started raining............UGH. I hate it.

How many more months of this shit???

Maybe I should start this again

I always forget I have a blog, and therefore always forget to update it. Someone reminded me about it just the other day, so here I am...........updating
Someone needs to remind me again after this


So much has happened lately - first off, I am almost totally DONE with my Masters!!! I am done in just about 3 weeks......I am so ecstatic about it, I don't even know what to say.
This is the first time I've ever taken school seriously in my life - and I cannot believe that I am almost done and have receieved an (A) or an (A-) in every class - I have a 3.93 GPA! That's something I am really proud of myself for.....HOWEVER - I will not be sad in a couple of weeks to say goodbye to UoP for awhile

The reason I say for awhile is because now that I am almost done, I am thinking about following up with a doctoral program! What do you think? Do I want to do more school and become "Dr. Critelli"? Haha, I think I will think on it for awhile

Anyway, I finish class soon and then Jamie and I leave for Puerta Vallarta, Mexico just 2 days after that! I am super excited to go spend a girlie vacation, laying in the sun, drinking some drinks, and reading on the beach all day! So excited for this week and so happy to have the time to spend with Jamie!!

At work, things are diff - Tammy left, and I am so torn about this - I've been with her since 2001 when I moved down here (she hired me out of college!) but she got an amazing promotion and I am happy for her. Cindy got a specialist job at the district and Spoon Baby got a director position. So that's 3 administrators leaving right now. New principal coming in with her AP. Shall be an interesting time, everyone getting accustomed to working on the same team. I hope it is all good.

Free time hasn't been much as of late. Weekends when it's sunny, me & Luna go down to Vida's and hang with her family & dog at the pool. I really enjoy doing this because - (1) Luna has so much fun with Stella, (2) I get BFF girl talk with Vida, and (3) I really like the rest of her family! It's so fun to eat pizza bites with her kids & chill. I like being around them.

Other than that, Mexican with Schwarz every week or so and that's about it. Haven't been out-out in ages. I really need to get going on that, LOL.
Up to season 6 in 24, it's really good but this season is slowest to me so far - which is odd because most people said it is the best one
I've been watching more of my Netflix movies so I can send them right back & get something new
Oh! I took the damn FELE again last week. I should find out next Fri if I passed any of the 3 sections or if I have to retake all of it
I hate this test. I dont know if I will ever pass it. But I need to get into PNP this fall - no possibility of not doing that. I have to.
I also got another new tattoo - I am up to a number now...and I have Mel working on my next one already. I am a freaking addict.

And if you know me, you will totally understand this entire post. HAHAHA

Proverb

Just when the Caterpillar thought the World was over, it became a Butterfly ~ Proverb




My Principal's birthday was yesterday & she got a coffee mug with this quote on it - she immediately ran to my office & told me that I have to make it my signature for my work email. LOL. I did it, to amuse her, but I am now using it as one of my favorite quotes. I really like it and how I read it.


In other news...............FCAT gets picked up tomorrow morning! Cannot wait to see it taken away forever!! Stupid test has made me a crazy woman for the past two weeks!!

And then Ted came to visit......

Ted came to visit last weekend and we had a blast, as we usually do when we are together
We ate SO much food and drank quite a bit of beer.
We ended up going bowling which I haven't done in eons, and which I found out I still suck at!

Getting Wasted in front of Co-Workers

I mean, the annual Holiday Party -- and the alcohol that flows there -- who knows what will happen? Well Melissa is 2 years deep in the idiot bowl - this year I had only 3 beers, but then topped that with 9 shots of Patron.
Um..........yea
This is what I looked like after that:


Heehee.
I had a rough night after all that and an even rougher next day - and thankfully someone took me to get my car the next afternoon after I could move without being sick.
What a blast - whoohoo
See, this is why we have TWO weeks off from school. So we can act a fool & then not have to see each other for two weeks. Because this Tuesday, on the first day back, one of the teachers came to my office & literally said "holy shit! you survived!"
As if it were really a question............................jeez

Good Visit with my DAD!

I am so happy to say that the visit with my dad was fantastic - I was very unsure, as I think he was, since we hadn't spent any time alone in over 10 years.
Friday night we went to the movies with 12 of my students - I took them all to see Twilight on opening night - yes I am insane!
After the movies my dad and I went to Cabana, an amazing Cuban restaurant on Atlantic Ave - I think he was amused by the whack people that bar hop down there.

Saturday was a fun day - we went to breakfast, put my grill together (finally!), went for a walk on the beach & saw some really cool kite surfers, then we went up to City Place to go to Anthropologie and to have dinner at Il Bellagio. We were able to have some good conversation - nothing forced, everything nice. It was good.

Sunday we went to lunch & then it was time to go to the airport - saying goodbye was sad - and hopefully so much time won't pass again.
I am so glad he came to visit!

College Tour

I took a group of 14 of my 10th graders on a college tour throughout Florida this past week - we went to UCF, USF, FSU, and UF over the course of 3 days. We were on a tour with an outside provider and there were 40 kids on the tour all together - all of the other kids on the tour were disgustingly rich snotty ass white kids. For the first 24 hours together, most of these kids were mean to my kids; talking about them & teasing them - but my kids never let it get to them- they just let it roll right off & went about their business having a good time - our kids have so much class! We all learned so much on this trip - not only was it fun (most of the time...) but it was very educational for everyone.
One of the best parts was being with the kids when Obama won and being able to share that with them. Very memorable.