A Warm November

I feel like this year has blown by! This November seems extremely mild weather wise! I don't remember the last time I ran around in shorts and a tank top in November in a 4 season climate!

I also feel like the flu season has hit harder this year though, oddly enough. I don't know if it's due to the H1N1 freak out or what. Even in Idaho, it seems rougher from what I hear. Also, me working at a daycare, I see how much it happens, and yes it finally hit me this past weekend, teach me for not getting a flu shot.

The trimester just ended and hopefully I only have two left until I am done! My classes went pretty smoothly and I'm feeling confident with things, a couple of my finals were tough but I think I will make it! This upcoming trimester should be interesting with most of my classes happening late afternoon/night, I typically have too much ADD around this time to concentrate, so I will see about focusing better haha!

Work is going great, I'm still loving it! I've been working with toddlers a lot more and I'm also a floater but I am still in charge of coming up with the activity curriculum and taking care of the paperwork for school age. Working with toddlers is pure mayhem at times but I still love it! Having up to 18 of them and 3 of us adds to the fun definitely. I think one of my most memorable days at work is when I had the worst diaper blowout ever, a 4 year old with a fever of 104, another sick 4 year old who vomited all across the room in route to the bathroom while I had to make sure my 12 other 3 & 4 years did not get in the mess during clean up, and being bitten by a toddler who was frustrated with me for not letting him attack another toddler. Toddlers are definitely one of my favorite age groups which is kind of surprising to me.

My brother came out on a day's notice for a short 4 day trip and we had a blast tearing up the sites. I took him to Newport to see the beaches and Purgatory Chasm as well as Ocean Drive and we toured the Breakers Mansion, holy cow what an awesome home, I cannot believe that they only used it for a summer residence! We went to Hilltop Steakhouse and had some yummy steak and ribs. I took him to Thayer Street and had him experience bubble tea, we went to Prospect Park and did some night photography of the statehouse. He ran off to Ikea (almost an hour away) while I was working, haha he doesn't like the driving out here, he tells me that RI/MA drivers are horrific. I said yep, we live up to our name of being the worst drivers in the country. I also dragged him along to babysit a 3 month old baby with me and I almost forgot how much joy kids bring to my brother, I haven't seen him smile like that in ages (well it'd help if I saw him more too haha). Of course, he flew into Boston, and he flew out of Boston at the crack of dawn so I got to drive him to the airport at 2:30 in the morning when I had a final at 7:10am. Haha, yeah I didn't make it to class on time but had a forgiving professor who let me make it up, thankfully!

Church and Bible studies are still going great! I've been journeying through the book of Psalms and wow, what an awesome book that is! However, any book I journey through is awesome! I'm seeing more and more the importance of spending time with God on a regular, daily basis. Reading the Bible and praying daily is spiritual food and your body needs it just as much as physical food!