Five.

Wow...can it be?! My last Monday at the school?! It was a lot more emotional than I thought that it would be. Nicole had written and sent out one of the nicest letters about me to the parents. I was given the opportunity to read it and let me tell you...it made me cry. And I was also able to talk to Nicole privately about it...and I have to say that it was a very emotional conversation. I will forever be thankful for what she has done for and with me. She is an amazing director, teacher, and friend...and I am glad that I was able to have the privilege to work with her. She was a wonderful mentor. And to this day I know that I can go to her with any teaching problem that I might encounter...but she is also a friend that I can talk to about anything. That is one of the wonderful things about this school...it is like a family among the staff.

When I got home, I saw that I got a package...and I had fun stuff that was sent to me! Always exciting to get something in the mail...or on my doorstep. :)

Amazon is one of my favorite places to go online shopping. I love how you can also send things as gifts on Amazon...and it can go straight to the person that I want to send it to...or if they send something to me. :) Which is always a fun thing. :)

So, here is what my package looks like when I opened it. Random stuff, ya?! *laughs* Oh well...stuff fun to get.

I love this little gadget! I had mentioned that I wanted something like this to a friend...and look what she got me! She sent me the money/gift card to get this...and so I did! I had told her that I loved singing in the shower...it's something I love to do...just because. And LOOK! It's pink! Can't go wrong with a pink, water resistant sparker :)

Since I can't have a dog or cat at the moment, I have my fish...and I am known to spoil my pets. I love them. I got the leaf hammock for BamBam Jr. because I have heard a lot of how betta fish love this...and I have to say that I have see Jr. relax on it every so often since I've put it up. And I have read that freeze-dried blood worms are really good for tropical fish and bettas...so I got those for both fishtanks. And I have already fed all my fish with this...and I can tell that they really love this! But I won't be feeding this everyday all the time...but as a treat. :)

I can always use glue sticks...and these were very cheap, so I couldn't help it but just to stock up on my glue sticks.

Here is a picture of where I put my awesome speaker. And I have to say that it's sound is amazing! You can control the sound, skip a song, backtrack a song from this nifty gadget. I 'm so glad that I got it!

And in this last picture, you can see Jr. just about to chill on his new chilling leaf hammock. :)

So yay to surprises in the mail and thoughtful friends. 

Oh my days.

Oh goodness! So I knew waking up that this day would be a LONG day....but I was ready to tackle this day! Because I'm just cool like that. :) So, I woke up at around 5:50am to the wonderful smell of Cinnamon rolls baking in the oven! My sister knew that Amanda and I were going to wake up early to go to her jogathon that was happening early this morning. Oh yeah, we all spend the night at my sister house...so we were all there. My brother, Amanda, and I. My brothers went to go bike riding and Amanda and I took off to her schools jogathon.

SOO dark still that you can't even see my shoes...couldn't turn the light on coz I didn't want to wake everyone else up!

Just a little past six and this isn't even when I woke up! AND on a Sunday too; I should be sleeping in! *laughs*

So, we got to Kaiser Highschool in Hawai'i Kai at around 7:10...and Amanda and I started our day. It was a lot of fun...! So Amanda's school had a jogathon which lasted around two hours. I ended up being a counter. Meaning to say that I was to count the laps the her class did. It. Was. Hot. But it was so worth it because it was fun watching and cheering the little kiddos on! I was doing the 2nd graders...and they did a really good job! I am so proud of them! I had to keep moving myself because my shoes kept sticking to the ground if I stayed still so long! It was that hot...it got hot fast too! But everyone had fun and it was good.

When I got home I was sooo tired and I was starting to get a headache. I think it was because I didn't have my first coffee a black coffee. I ended up getting a Java Chip Frap from Starbucks...and then also I really did try drinking lots of water in the hot sun, but I don't think that it was enough so I get dehydrated and so when I got back to my sisters house I drowned myself in water and took a nap because the big game.

The 49ers and Seahawk game started at 1:30pm, so I was able to wake up myself to watch the game. I am sad. I am a Niners fan...it's all good...better luck next year...right?! So, Neal and I were a little bit bummed about the game (and I know a lot of other people were too! Come one now..BAD CALLS! BAD SPORTSMANSHIP! Just bad, bad, bad!!) so we ended up going out to eat at California Pizza Kitchen in Ala Moana.

It was a definitely a better experience than we had the last time we went to CPK! But I had my BBQ Chicken Pizza...put me in a better mood. I like Pizza. *laughs*

I also tried their Peach Lemonade...and I think that it's safe to say that I have a new favorite drink! *laughs* It was so yummy...a little on the tart and sour side...but wow, it was SOOO yummy. AND unimited refills...that was amazing! :)

Well, after we ate, we walked around a bit and I saw that Bath and Body Works was having a sale! So of course, I adore this store so I couldn't help myself and bought myself some stuff! So, all this was suppose to value at $60...but I only spent $20! I am excited...I always use the little hand sanitizers ALL. THE. TIME! I have to, working with kids is like that. I may not be a germaphobe...but I do get paranoid about all the germs that linger around the preschool! Plus, I need to watch myself because I don't want to get sick and see my lil DollGirl sick and get her sick...so I like to use A LOT of those hand sanitizers. 

LOOK! They even threw in a free lotion to boot! Yay for Bath and Body Works! I use to go here all the time on the mainland...but here in Hawai'i it's soooo far and so now I only go every so often...so I try to stock on on things that I know that I use a lot.

But tomorrow we don't have school in honor if Martin Luther King, Jr....so I'm staying the night at my sisters and we will see what we will do tomorrow.