*** I know I know I know! You want updates on my Christmas Break in Washington with Bob. It was wonderful, amazing, fun and relaxing. I lost my thingy-ma-jiger that you use to upload pictures from your card. I will find it and post soon!
Monday, January 12, 2009
5 days later
It has been 5 days since laser treatment. My long weekend relaxing and healing was such a blessing! Friday and Saturday were my worst days and I was glad I could take a break from work. I am back at school, loving my kids and class. Here is an update on my face.... Hey I am actually smiling, and most of the grossness is gone! And I actually can tell a difference with my face! I'm not going to say I like laser treatment or recommend it at this point, but I am past hating.
*** I know I know I know! You want updates on my Christmas Break in Washington with Bob. It was wonderful, amazing, fun and relaxing. I lost my thingy-ma-jiger that you use to upload pictures from your card. I will find it and post soon!
*** I know I know I know! You want updates on my Christmas Break in Washington with Bob. It was wonderful, amazing, fun and relaxing. I lost my thingy-ma-jiger that you use to upload pictures from your card. I will find it and post soon!
Pro's and Con's of the Trailer!
As I got to school today after a wonderful 3 day weekend, I forgot about the problem of having a trailer classroom in the winter time. Here are some of the Pro's and Con's I have come up with for having a trailer as a classroom.
Pro's:
1. You can control your heat/ac
2. You don't have a hallway where kids are talking outside
3. You can open the door and get fresh air
4. You can easily transition your lesson/teaching to outside
5. You can staple things onto the wall
6. You can drive your car back to your classroom door and unload supplies
7. You can walk different ways to lunch depending on your mood, and the weather
8. I can blame my messiness/ unorganized classroom on the fact that I have no place for storage
Con's:
1. You can control your heat/ac-- if you forget to turn the heat on, your classroom is the same temperature as the outside and your fish, Joe Jonas will freeze. (He will thaw though!)
2. You have no storage/organization
3. You have to leave for assemblies, lunch and classes 2 minutes earlier because you are so far away
4. You can't just peak in next door or across the hall to ask a question to your teammate
5. You will have to walk through a foot of snow to get to your classroom after a huge snowstorm
6. That snow will then turn into slush or ice
7. You will slip on that ice/slush mixture and your pants will be soaked and your arm will be scraped.
8. The slush freezes and there is a 4 inch layer of ice surrounding your door to your trailer
9. You will slip on the ice
10. You will slip on the ice
Pro's:
1. You can control your heat/ac
2. You don't have a hallway where kids are talking outside
3. You can open the door and get fresh air
4. You can easily transition your lesson/teaching to outside
5. You can staple things onto the wall
6. You can drive your car back to your classroom door and unload supplies
7. You can walk different ways to lunch depending on your mood, and the weather
8. I can blame my messiness/ unorganized classroom on the fact that I have no place for storage
Con's:
1. You can control your heat/ac-- if you forget to turn the heat on, your classroom is the same temperature as the outside and your fish, Joe Jonas will freeze. (He will thaw though!)
2. You have no storage/organization
3. You have to leave for assemblies, lunch and classes 2 minutes earlier because you are so far away
4. You can't just peak in next door or across the hall to ask a question to your teammate
5. You will have to walk through a foot of snow to get to your classroom after a huge snowstorm
6. That snow will then turn into slush or ice
7. You will slip on that ice/slush mixture and your pants will be soaked and your arm will be scraped.
8. The slush freezes and there is a 4 inch layer of ice surrounding your door to your trailer
9. You will slip on the ice
10. You will slip on the ice
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Laser Face--- How can I be Positive?
I went to the doctor yesterday and I was going to tell him I wanted to tone down the laser and do 300. That is what I had signed up for, a LIGHT laser treatment, but when I went the first time they lasered me at 500.
When I got there he said we would need to do my cheeks at 700 if we were going to get all of the scars. I thought, well I am already going through all the pain, I might as well get rid of everything cause it will hurt either way. Needless to say this is what I look like:
As soon as the procedure was over he showed me my face with a mirror and I started bawling. Last time my face didn't look this bad, and this time I could see the lines on my cheeks from the laser. I am in a lot of pain, but I do have numbing cream, so that does help. It will get a lot worse before it gets better, so I am going to stay home tomorrow and rest!
My kids have been funny today. Some have been nice, some have just been blunt.
Michael: WOAH!!! Teacher did you get your face lasered again?
Me-Yes
Michael- WHY?
Michael- When are you going to do it again?
Me- In February, only one more time.
Michael-OH THANKGOODNESS!
His final comment: Your face looks as brown as a rasin
Payton- What happened?
Me- To what?
Payton- Your face.
Me-I got lasered.
Payton-Again? Why is your face brown?
I took my class to computers and the computer teacher met us in the hall, Ashley yelled to her, "Miss Hales got laser face again!"
I can only laugh. And keep away from all mirrors. I really can't believe I am posting this picture. But-- It's a memory, and soon, hopefully I will have a nice face.
Have a great day!
When I got there he said we would need to do my cheeks at 700 if we were going to get all of the scars. I thought, well I am already going through all the pain, I might as well get rid of everything cause it will hurt either way. Needless to say this is what I look like:
As soon as the procedure was over he showed me my face with a mirror and I started bawling. Last time my face didn't look this bad, and this time I could see the lines on my cheeks from the laser. I am in a lot of pain, but I do have numbing cream, so that does help. It will get a lot worse before it gets better, so I am going to stay home tomorrow and rest!
My kids have been funny today. Some have been nice, some have just been blunt.
Michael: WOAH!!! Teacher did you get your face lasered again?
Me-Yes
Michael- WHY?
Michael- When are you going to do it again?
Me- In February, only one more time.
Michael-OH THANKGOODNESS!
His final comment: Your face looks as brown as a rasin
Payton- What happened?
Me- To what?
Payton- Your face.
Me-I got lasered.
Payton-Again? Why is your face brown?
I took my class to computers and the computer teacher met us in the hall, Ashley yelled to her, "Miss Hales got laser face again!"
I can only laugh. And keep away from all mirrors. I really can't believe I am posting this picture. But-- It's a memory, and soon, hopefully I will have a nice face.
Have a great day!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
numb face...
I just put the numbing cream on my face and soon I will be at the doctor's getting my face lasered again. I don't know why I am doing this. Wait, I do, Mom paid for it to happen 3 times so I am going back for my 2nd treatment. I got some of the cream on my lips, they are really numb at this point. I hope that it isn't as bad as my first treatment, but I am afraid that it will be.
If you don't hear from me for a while, it is because I am hiding- Again. Please let this one treatment be nicer to me.
*Brittany, I am sure I will have a good post for you soon, I didn't tell my kids that I will be going to school looking scary tomorrow. Haha. I am sure they will say some awesome things!
If you don't hear from me for a while, it is because I am hiding- Again. Please let this one treatment be nicer to me.
*Brittany, I am sure I will have a good post for you soon, I didn't tell my kids that I will be going to school looking scary tomorrow. Haha. I am sure they will say some awesome things!
Monday, January 5, 2009
I'm back...
Christmas break was Amazing, but amazingly too short. I spent the first ten days wishing I was in Washington and then the week I was there went by way too fast. I have lots of pictures and fun stories, but will share them later.
Today started out crappy. I had a bad night, couldn't sleep and I was totally unprepared for today. I wasn't ready for school to start. But I got to school early and I got the things that I needed to do done.
I was walking into the school around 7:30 and my student Michael was waiting between the set of doors. I can not tell you how happy he looked when he saw me. He was the sweetest thing ever and yelled MISS HALES! I told him it was inside recess and he ran to the trailer. He later told me when school started that I looked beautiful. My little innocent 3rd grader, made my morning. I had a lot of my mind, and wasn't very happy. What a joy and a blessing it was for me to hear that my kids love and missed me.
We were talking about my Christmas break so I could get the students to brainstorm a personal narrative. I told them what I got for Christmas and told them I got new clothes. Ashley, my little sweet heart who sometimes drives me crazy shouted out, "Is that a new outfit Miss Hales?" I told her it was and she proceeded to tell me she loved it. Before school got out she came up to me and hugged me goodbye telling me again I looked good. (This may or may not be the same girl that told the class I was pregnant at the beginning of the year- but that's ok.)
After a long lazy break, I wasn't ready to go back. I knew that once I got to school I would remember why I loved teaching. The students are amazing and they are full of love and joy. I love every single one of them and can't wait to teach them everyday.
*** After lunch recess my student Payton told me that his tongue was hurting and I said, "You didn't stick your tongue to a pole did you?" He stuck his raw and soar tongue out at me and I knew right away he had. Oh man, gotta love third graders!
Today started out crappy. I had a bad night, couldn't sleep and I was totally unprepared for today. I wasn't ready for school to start. But I got to school early and I got the things that I needed to do done.
I was walking into the school around 7:30 and my student Michael was waiting between the set of doors. I can not tell you how happy he looked when he saw me. He was the sweetest thing ever and yelled MISS HALES! I told him it was inside recess and he ran to the trailer. He later told me when school started that I looked beautiful. My little innocent 3rd grader, made my morning. I had a lot of my mind, and wasn't very happy. What a joy and a blessing it was for me to hear that my kids love and missed me.
We were talking about my Christmas break so I could get the students to brainstorm a personal narrative. I told them what I got for Christmas and told them I got new clothes. Ashley, my little sweet heart who sometimes drives me crazy shouted out, "Is that a new outfit Miss Hales?" I told her it was and she proceeded to tell me she loved it. Before school got out she came up to me and hugged me goodbye telling me again I looked good. (This may or may not be the same girl that told the class I was pregnant at the beginning of the year- but that's ok.)
After a long lazy break, I wasn't ready to go back. I knew that once I got to school I would remember why I loved teaching. The students are amazing and they are full of love and joy. I love every single one of them and can't wait to teach them everyday.
*** After lunch recess my student Payton told me that his tongue was hurting and I said, "You didn't stick your tongue to a pole did you?" He stuck his raw and soar tongue out at me and I knew right away he had. Oh man, gotta love third graders!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Look who's been good this year...
This was part of my parents ward, "Christmas Idol" for our ward Christmas party. My dad and one of the members of the bishopbric did a little Christmas Rap. It was so funny. My dad was trying to learn some dance moves from my siblings a few minutes before it started!!! Sorry the pictures are blurry!
My sister was freaking out the whole time, because my Dad's hand was tight in ball, instead of loose and swaying above his head.... Good times!
Everyone in the ward loved them, except for the judge Simon, he told my Dad that he needed to Repent for the performance!
Dad and Andrea at our ward Christmas party!!!
Dan and I at the party
Sitting on Santa's lap. This was my second time this year, and I was just as excited as I was the first time. I am so excited for Christmas!!!!
Friday, December 19, 2008
laser face pics...
These pictures are not even bad... I only let pictures be taken when I looked semi decent. Now my face has almost completely healed minus a few places that are still peeling. Maybe on round 2 or 3 I will be brave and take pictures when I am at the worst point. Yes I am going through with lasering of the face 2 more times.
(I am blogging because tonight Bob flew back to Washington.... and I may be a little bored!)
And yes.... Bob is in both of the pictures! The first picture is a few hours after the procedure, don't worry my face got a lot more red and blotchy.
This was maybe 4 or 5 days after, my face is still shiny, but their is a little peeling going on at this point. It is hidden by the large amount of grease on my face.
(I am blogging because tonight Bob flew back to Washington.... and I may be a little bored!)
And yes.... Bob is in both of the pictures! The first picture is a few hours after the procedure, don't worry my face got a lot more red and blotchy.
This was maybe 4 or 5 days after, my face is still shiny, but their is a little peeling going on at this point. It is hidden by the large amount of grease on my face.
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