The Real World is a HUGE Smack in My Face...

Wow! Ok. So, my apologies to my DEDICATED blog readers (Mom), but I have not had the chance to update this in a month or so. MY BAD. I will try to set aside once a week or so to update the blog world on my life. Of course, I say this now and I'm sure I won't blog for another month.... then my mom will yell at me again. Well hey, maybe I'll hire someone to write for my blog. Can't do that, no money for that-- YET. 

Anyway... so my job is really great. Even though it's a ton of work (teaching 6th Grade GT English, Math, Science and Social Studies...) I am loving it. I absolutely adore the people I work with. I have made a lot of great friends. It's so nice to go to work everyday and be HAPPY so see people! I mean, not that when I was working in the toy store I wasn't happy to see my co-workers (Dana!) .... but this is different. I am actually in the real world. I always hear stories about people not enjoying their job.... or people not getting along with their co-workers.... but that is definitely not the case with me. For the most part, I love my job. 

My kids are awesome. I have such a range of personalities and attitudes. Sixth graders are hilarious. Sometimes they don't know they're hilarious... but they are. I have around 125 sweethearts and I love them all... except when I have a headache. Haha. But seriously, I couldn't ask for a better set of students. They are fabulous. 

So. There you have it. An update on my outrageously exciting life. (Such a lie) I seriously wake up at 6:25 (wooo new for me, 20 mins later) ... go to school until around 5:45 or so.... come home... make dinner-- and then watch 90210 until around 9. I am usually in bed by 9 or 9:30. I rarely see my roommate :(   I love you Leslie!  Maybe one of these days I'll be able to go out on a week night or go to bed at a "big girl" time... but until then, I am proud of my schedule. Welp-- until next time!

FINALLY.

So it's been a rough two weeks. Why, you say? It's been tough because it has been a TV-less and Internet-less world for me. That means no Jersey Shore... no Housewives... no other stupid little shows I watch... NOTHING. It has been a rough and tough journey, but finally my woes have come to an end. We finally got TV and internet yesterday INCLUDING dvr so I can catch up on the previously named shows. I can definitely get used to that DVR thing. Very cool. 

In other news... I have been trying to set up my classroom, but with very little luck. My classroom is literally a blank slate and I am just so confused on what to do with my space. I don't want it to be too baby-ish or else my 6th graders will hate me... but then again, I want a cute-ish room! Ah, I guess we'll see. 

FINALLY.

Time to SMILE

My apologies to my avid blog readers (Mom) that I haven't updated you on my life. Leslie and I finally moved into out apartment in Greenville (pictures to come soon!) Thanks to Mommy and lots of heavy lifting, our new home is WONDERFUL. I love everything about the new place. It is very spacious, cozy, and fun. Although we're not completely finished decorating, we have made a TON of progress since Saturday when we moved in. 

In other news, I GOT A JOB!! A real job. One that I actually went to college for. Don't get me wrong, I love Bath and Body Works as much as the next girl, but my college degree was not being put to use there. The teaching job is in Simpsonville, SC and is at Ralph Chandler Middle School. I'll be teaching the little darlings in 6th grade. 

I must stop writing now... Leslie is rushing me... I forgot to mention that we are sitting outside of McDonald's in the car because they have WiFi and uhhh... we haven't gotten around to the whole internet/TV thing yet. BUT next Friday we will be reconnected to the world and have the luxuries of life. I will update more soon! 

Money Trees

Anyone else wish that money grew on trees? Yeah, well-- as I said in a previous post, I am completely addicted to shopping. I can be in ANY store and I will find SOMETHING in there that I can't live without. It's just frustrating because yes, I got a new job that gives me a teeny tiny bit of income, but that money is not going to the fun things in life... it's going to rent and electricity. Oh,  the horror of growing up. It's only when that wonderful time comes that Mommy comes to town and I can truly go to the mall and have someone else spend on silly things I want. Luckily, that time is in three weeks. 

Although I absolutely love summer and the pool and such, I am looking forward to when school is back in session and I can sub a few days a week. That way, I can have a little more money and fun ... maybe indulge myself in things that I may not exactly NEED but... that I want. 

So until the time comes when you can step outside and twenty dollar bills rush by your face in the wind... I am stuck being practical with my money (cue the Snooki "wahhhhh"). Hopefully someone will figure out how to do that. 

SHAPE up

Once I month I receive something in the mail that screams at me, "JESS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE?!?" This little wake up call is SHAPE magazine. I recently began my torture of subscribing to this magazine about a month or so ago, but SHAPE decided to send me 3 issues back-to-back-to-back. Something like this would usually thrill me, but these magazines just taunt me with what I could be. It shows how "easy" it is to get a flat stomach in 4 weeks... or how you can drop 10 lbs this month... All the things I would love to do but just lack the motivation for. I am a dork and usually when I read shape magazine, I put post-it notes of good workout routines and fun recipes. This "new life style" lasts... oh... a good 24 hours and then it's back to eating whatever. I was just at the pool, "diving" into the May issue and was reading stories about women who didn't have the motivation to change, but now just believe it's time. I can be that women, and I will be. I am here to tell you, blog world, that starting today, June 27th, my life is on track. No, I'll never be a stick figure, and I sincerely don't want to be, but I do want to get back into shape (oh those field hockey days...) Granted, I will never look like Kim Kardashian, Jewel, Lauren Conrad, or the other beauties that grace the cover of the magazine, but I WILL look like who I want to look like. I've heard all my life, "weight is just a number, it's how you feel..." and I completely agree... however, I want my weight to be a number I like. So, you heard it here first. As I change my living location and clean sweep the college years, I will also focus on improving myself, inside and out. Hold on, it's gonna be a bumpy... sweaty ride. 

Great Things Happening

So these past fews days have been fabulous. I finally got a new job at Bath and Body Works after being tortured and yelled at on the phone for 8 hours a day at a different job that lasted ummm 3 weeks... The new job is really fun so far-- I mean, who wouldn't have fun selling "lotions and potions" (as my mom says). This new job will be a great opportunity that even if I continue subbing or get a REAL teaching job {gasp!!}, I can still work at the store nights and weekends. As most of you know, I am a workaholic, I love working because I love shopping. Shopping is my drug... some people are addicted to other things, I'm addicted to clothes. Even when I was putting my applications out at the mall, I never came home empty handed. It's a sickness... but I'm working on it. Is there a step program for Shopaholics? 

Another great thing happened yesterday-- Leslie and I were approved to move into our apartment in Greenville! I mean, I was pretty sure that we would be approved, but you never know when you have two girls with less than stellar income. I am so excited to move out of Clemson-- as much as I love it here, I am looking forward to exploring a new city. Rather than hearing the question, "HEY!! What year are you??" I'll hear, "Where do you work?" What a nice change, since I am still a little angry at the fact that I graduated.  My next challenge comes with furnishing my new home. Since Berkeley Place (my home for the past three years) was nice enough to supply me with a bed, dresser, etc... that leaves me furniture-less for my new place! So, I am taking ideas of where to find furniture... bring it on. I'm looking forward to the next month or so because Greenville is close enough to Clemson so I can still enjoy a game every now and then, but far enough to start a new chapter here in the South. 

What's up Blog World?

So I have been thinking about making a blog for a while now... Not because I have a bunch of great stuff to share with the world, but because I have a lot I just want to get down for myself. I have always been the one to start a journal on the 1st of January... complete a few entries, and then never go back to it. After finding about four journals with five entries each, I decided to buckle down and BLOG! Thanks to Sara Roe and her amazing blog, I have gotten the inspiration to begin this journey. So thanks to all those bloggers out there, I hope that I don't disappoint!