A Rainy-ish Day

It was a yucky morning here and there was a good chance of rain, so Gabriel and I skipped the football game in Chapel Hill. I didn't want to take the chance of being stuck in the rain with him for a few hours. It is halftime, he is asleep, so I am catching up on a little blogging :) We just hit the Mt. Pleasant Barbecue with Uncle Zach for lunch and we left his house so he could get busy studying...he is taking an exam tomorrow to get his contractor's license. After Gabriel wakes up, we may head to town to do a little shopping. I have a 3 day weekend! Yeah! We have a optional workday and I have "opted" to take the day off. I have an eye doc appt. then we take Gabriel to get his 9 month shots. We are really looking forward to Halloween. They are having a costume parade/party at daycare and both Cedric and I are going to be able to go.

Happy Late Birthday to Cedric, he turned 33 on Thursday!!! Alright, game is back on and I need to focus!

Feeling Better (me!)

I guess since it is Saturday, I did wake up this morning with a brighter outlook on things. Glad that I at least have a job and that Cedric does too. Glad we have a home to live in and are all relatively healthy. Thankful for our amazing families who support us each day. Thankful for our beautiful little angel who makes me smile in my heart and on my face, didn't even know you could do that!.... Doesn't mean I am not going to keep my eyes open for something different as far as jobs go, but we are lucky compared to many people out there. When I think about other people, I am able to put it in perspective....i have a TON to be thankful for! Doesn't mean I don't want to whine and moan about things sometimes but.....sometimes that just makes ya feel better!

We are really looking forward to Halloween. We will ALL be in costume for trick or treating (if I can just convice Cedric) and then plan on having a bonfire at mom and dad's afterwards. I know the Spinellis are coming and any one else is more than welcome. We hope to hang out by the fire, roast a few marshmallows and enjoy each others company.

Still Here!

It's been awhile, but we are still here and doing alright....It has kind of been a week from HE^%, with Gabriel STILL sick (week 4 of it).....I ended up having to take off and head back to the doctor with him on Thursday, the doctor thinks he has asthma/allergies...we have allergy medicine, 2 inhalants, and a weird mask and I hope and pray we are on the way to feeling better.

Work has been really sucking lately for me. Really sucking. You know the kind when you are on the Internet looking for a new job whenever you get a free moment? When you are filled with a feeling of dread the night before.... Not a good thing. Something needs to happen in education, something big. I wish I could organize a revolution, b/c I really think it is a shame the way things are right now. A real shame and its only getting worse with each year. I'll get on that in all my free time.....Seriously though. There are lots of good teachers out there in the public schools..Lots of good teachers who have to devote tons of their time proving that they are teaching, instead of having time to just teach. I am SO sick of hearing that we need more accountability for teachers. How about a little accountability for parents and students???? We cannot perform miracles. This No Child Left Behind crap has made a bad situation 100 times worse. It is seriously ridiculous, the amount of paperwork required in today's schools, especially with EC (Exceptional Children for those of you who are lucky enough not to know that acronym!) Not to mention all this crap we are doing in my school system. Having kinder and 1st grade students write a mission statements, come up with their own goals for their learning...come on, who is writing this, not the kids, I can tell you that. What happened to teachers just teaching???

Ok, enough moaning and complaining from me tonight. Writing about this has just made me feel mad all over again. Any one who has any ideas on what I could do as an individual to combat this, let me know. Happy Weekend!

9 Months and Counting!

Gabriel is 9 months old as of yesterday, and man, how he has changed in those 9 months...When we brought him home he was just a cute little snuggly thing that slept, ate, used the bathroom and not a whole lot more...Now, good gracious, he is crawling, standing up, almost walking, grinning at us, laughing at us, chasing poor Rocky around the house and just generally getting into anything and everything that he shouldn't be!!! He is a LOT more fun now, but a LOT more work too!! Can't wait to see what the next 9 months holds for us.

Here are some recent shots of my little man!

Home From School

Well, I am at home with Gabriel today, so I figured I had better squeeze in some time for a new blog! He has been sick on and off for the past 2 weeks. He had a fever on Sunday, so I took him back to the doctor yesterday. They did a chest X ray and lab work to rule out pneumonia and ends up they think it is just a virus that keeps hanging around. He seems to be feeling much better today, thank goodness!! Hopefully he should be back at school tomorrow and I will be headed back to work. We had planned on taking him to the UNC/Notre Dame game this weekend and then to spend Saturday night with our friends Laura and Travis in their new house. But since all of this, he will be staying at home with his Grammy, who volunteered to skip the game and keep him. So.....Cedric and I will be getting a little date, just the two of us on Saturday and Saturday night! I am pretty excited! Since the game is at 3:30, we will tail-gate before, and maybe after the game, we will get to hit a few of the hot spots on Franklin Street!