Signs that I Live in a Small Town

So another week in! Praise the Lord! This week was a four day week since WV has off for Veteran's Day! Honestly, this was a MUCH needed day! I thought that the beginning of the week went fairly well, but Thursday was by far the hardest day with my kids. They were out of control!!! I am learning quickly about behavior management and discipline...probably more than I ever had hoped for. Unfortunately, these kids lack structure and discipline so much. So, I know that it is what they need...I just HATE it!! I sometimes wish that I could just be that sweet Miss Marshall always with a smile! :)

I am sure that you are dying to know how I spent my day off on Wednesday! Well...Tuesday night my roommate and I went out with our new friend, Dan...another teacher...and had some great Mexican food and remembered that we were in our early twenties again. It was so nice to stay up late and not have to worry about the next morning! After dinner, we came back to our house and played some cards and laughed about our new lives! So...Wednesday I slept in till 11:30! AMAZING!!! Laura asked me if I was in the mood for some biscuits and gravy for breakfast. If you know me...that answer is always yes! However, we realized that we didn't have the right ingredients to make our own. After much contemplation, we decided to drive 20 minutes to the nearest McDonald's for breakfast. We stayed in our PJs since we would only be going through the drive through. Well....on the way we soon realized that we would miss breakfast...so we stopped at a convenient store that had a restaurant in the middle of it. We were slightly embarrassed by our attire, but strangely enough, no one even seemed to think we looked funny. May I just add that I was wearing pink slipper boots with fake fur on them?!?! Also, our hair was not combed and makeup was nowhere to be found. Get the picture?!?! :) So we check out the menu and see biscuits and gravy! yes! Well, then we are told that they are out of gravy. fabulous! So, we settled for another breakfast choice that was still probably better than McDonald's. I guess I was not meant to have biscuits and gravy that day. I stayed in my PJs the WHOLE day and watched several episodes of Gilmore Girls...which I am now hooked on....and then finally did some school work. It was basically a wonderful day!! :)

To celebrate the weekend being here, Laura and I met up with Dan again to have dinner at Wendy's...a luxury these days! Then, we went to the movie theatre there....which is actually super nice...and saw 2012. I really enjoyed it; however, there were so many over dramatized parts that made me laugh. I don't agree that the world is going to come to an end in 2012...although it could...but that is for the Lord to choose. He says that NO MAN will know the day or the hour. Also, the movie was three hours...and you could feel it. Besides that, I think overall it was a good movie, and I'm glad I got to see it!

Oh...and tonight when I was driving Laura and I home, we saw a possum in the middle of the road just chewing away on some roadkill. lovely! Really glad it wasn't a deer! ;)



Going with recent tradition, I will leave you with a new list:

SIGNS THAT I LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN:
-There is a Street Sweeper...seriously seems like Disney World...without the magic!
-People at the bank know me by name after the second visit
-There's only one post office man--Ira. War would be lost if he got sick!
-every one knows where you live....for example...when I lost my ipod last Saturday, it was found by a lady I've never seen before and given to my landlord. Then, she knew that I had the white car. Wow!
-Before I pump gas, I have to ask the cashier to turn on the gas.
-Restaurants are literally inside other stores such pharmacies or convenient stores

As much as I think that these things are really funny...I must say that I really am enjoying the Southern hospitality!

Well, I best be heading to bed now. Sleeping in tomorrow and trying to get LOTS of school work done!! I hope that I am as productive as I hope!!