Happy New Year!

Happy 2015 Friends! It's time to link up with Farley for my January Currently. So here's what I'm up to...

I am a super HUGE football fan. College, professional, you name it and I'm watching it. While my team is the Dallas Cowboys, I love watching all football. So tonight I am plopped in front of the tv watching the Panthers and the Cardinals go at it. I am going to be so sad when football season is over.

My Winter Break from school has been R-E-L-A-X-I-N-G! I made of point of not doing anything I did not absolutely have to do. Now I didn't completely abandon school work although I did take a serious vacation from it. This week I tried to stick to my regular planning/school work schedule. So everyday I took 45 minutes (my school planning time) out of the day to do what I normally would if I were at school; grade papers and plan. Other than that I didn't do much. I enjoyed time with my family and friends,  read,  lounged and watched movies and old seasons of Grey's Anatomy, and took plenty of naps.

I am SOOOOO not ready to go back to school next week. I think if I were going back to a teacher workday that would be a good transition for me. I am dreading the Monday Copy Machine Line! We do not have access to our school building so I have a ton of copies to make along with a laundry list of other things to get done before my precious kiddos arrive.

A back massage right now would be AMAZING! I've been hitting it hard with my workouts and my back could use some TLC. I think a trip to Massage Envy will be in order soon. 

They say "Failing to plan is planning to fail" which is so true! If I don't have my meals for the week prepared already it's all down hill. I have to settle for school lunch (yuck) or I just get takeout for dinner which adds up and is completely a bad habit. One of the books I enjoyed over the break was It Start With Food. I'm going to try my hand at eating clean. My biggest struggle is with sugary treats. I LOVE THEM! I always tell my friends "I don't know how I would be able to give up sweets, I work at an elementary school." If your school is anything like mine there are ALWAYS treats and women hoarding a stash of chocolate for *special times*.  So my goal tonight is to get this shopping list complete so I can get ready for a successful whole 30 days of clean eating. :)

Last year one of my resolutions was to make time for myself by actually taking a day or two off of school to run errands, go to appointments, or to just simply have a me day. At first I kept making excuses about why I couldn't take off....we had too many snow days, this month is short, I can't leave my student teacher alone, standardized testing is coming...I dread writing sub plans, but more than that I do not like leaving my kids with a sub because I want them to learn EVERY DAY. I don't like busy work. I need a sub that I trust to teach in my absence. I went into this school year with the same goal since it was still technically 2014. I have successfully taken 3 days off (one each month) to accomplish personal things and it's been great! I hope to continue this in 2015! It's important that I take care of myself so I can be my best for my kiddos each day.