Mad at Craigo's

Yep. I'm mad at Craigo's. Joshua called the Craigo's place in Broulim's and ordered us a pizza, half cheese/half pepperoni, for dinner. When we got there to pick it up. . .there was no more Craigo's place in Broulim's. The lights were off and nobody was there. We asked the guy at the deli if he knew where they had moved, and he said they hadn't moved, just closed. Saturday had been their last day. What in the world?? We had called and ordered a pizza and they told us when it would be ready.

So we tried calling them back to ask where they were. I was put on hold and in the meantime we just drove to the regular Craigo's building. On the way to Craigo's, I ranted about them closing/moving and not telling us. Like Craigo's should have told us personally that they were moving. Of course I was mainly kidding, but really. . .it was only Tuesday and Saturday had been their last day at the place in Broulim's. It seems like it would be a common courtesy to mention to anybody that in case we didn't know, they were located at wherever they're located now.

We showed up at Craigo's (they'd never come back to talk to me, so after 5 minutes I was irritated and hung up) and waited in an atrociously long line! That was just to find out if they even had our pizza. Thankfully, they did. I think it's totally weird that they closed the place in Broulim's and didn't even bother to leave a sign or something. I was happy to have our wonderful smelling pizza, and I thought maybe I could get over Craigo's being lame.

Then we got home and opened our pizza. . . .
(Don't worry, this picture is after Joshua ate a couple slices. We didn't get a half-eaten pizza.)


In case you can't tell from this picture, only slice had no pepperoni on it. And the other slices that were pretending to be cheese (as in, they only had minimal pepperonis) totally made up less than half of the pizza. Somebody should be fired. Or at least taught how to cut a straight line.

We got jipped. And I'm mad at Craigo's.

He's got the fever!

Literally. Joshua had a really high fever all last weekend. It fluctuated between 100-102.8! Yikes! It was kinda scary, but we figured the doctor could only tell him to take Ibuprofen, drink lots of fluids, and rest. So he did all of those things, and we decided if it ever got to 103 we'd go to the emergency room. He spent much of the weekend looking a little something like this:

Monday morning came and he was still feeling super rotten. He not only had a high fever but some symptoms, such as a stiff neck and distinct headache, that the Mayo Clinic says you should see the doctor if you have. (The Mayo Clinic is pretty much like the Bible - but for sicknesses.) So he called the Health Center and went in that morning. They hooked him up to an IV and gave him 2 liters (that's soo much!) of fluid and nutrients. At this point he looked a little something like this:

Then they decided he had meningitis...but weren't sure if it was bacterial or viral. They were gonna send him to the hospital for a spinal tap so they could find out, but decided to hold off. In the meantime they gave him 3 medicines (one of which has 3 different drugs in it...so basically he's on 5 drugs) to take. If his fever got to 103 we were supposed to take him to the E.R. as soon as possible for a spinal tap. Scary stuff!

Good thing his drugs knocked his fever out! He stayed home from school on Monday and Tuesday. He went back to see the doctor on Tuesday and the doctor said it was nice to see he was still with us. Comforting, huh? The doctor said if it was bacterial meningitis the drugs wouldn't have been able to keep the fever down so we were past the scary part of his sickness. That was good, but viral meningitis is still a yucky thing. He made it to his classes Wednesday - Friday, but that was draining and he's spent much of the rest of his time resting. He still starts to feel nasty when his medicine is wearing off and it's time to take some more. Now he looks more like this:


With his monster pills and lots of sleep I'm hoping he's all better soon!

New Glasses

I got new glasses today!! I love them.

So in my handful of trips to the eye doctor I found a pair of frames I loved. They were just great...except that they were teal. I asked if they had them in any other colors and was super disappointed when the lady said no. She wrote down the info so I could look them up online. And I found that they also make them in brown. Turns out I could get the entire pair of glasses at the eye doctor for about 8 dollars more than what the frames alone cost online. :( I was sad because there's no way buying the brown frames would be worth it.

I was pretty set in loving the shape of these frames. I'd originally planned on buying glasses online anyway so I looked at a bunch of other websites and couldn't find anything that I liked. And I was set on having something I really liked. I was never really sold on liking the glasses I currently had, and after having to wear them every day for over two months I was pretty much hating them. So my new ones had to make me happy.

After much deliberating (really...it was like a month) I finally decided to get the teal frames. I really like the shape and how they fit. And besides, they'll be fun! So I went and ordered them. And then spent my days anxiously waiting for a phone call to say they were ready for me. Today was the day! And let me just say again, I love my new glasses! (Even the teal-ness.)

Me and my fabulous new glasses:
Check out this funny picture Joshua got
in his attempt to get a decent picture of me...

We're not sure how it happened that my mouth looks
like that but we both laughed really hard when we saw it.

Donut Monster

I've decided I'm a donut monster. I think I'm addicted. Seriously, I think about wanting donuts every day...or at least every other day. But don't worry, I don't really eat donuts that often. I just want to.

When I was considering my favorites I came up with chocolate, maple, chocolate or maple with nuts on top, glazed twisty donuts, cake donuts, coconut crunchy donuts (I don't know if they really have a name), and anything with lots of SPRINKLES!!! And my new and current favorite that I've only found at Broulim's...German Chocolate! They have them in both maple and chocolate. The hole isn't cut out all the way and they fill the middle to overflowing with German Chocolate frosting goodness. It was love at first sight. I want one now.

All I'm really trying to say is . . . I love donuts!!

Here's a picture some scrumptious looking donuts I found online.
(I love when they have TONS of sprinkles!)

The "Feds" & Easter

Each Head Start has a federal review every three years, and it was our lucky year! Seriously, we've been anticipating this forever. At least since I started in November. We were expecting them in December, then January, then . . . you get the picture. One of our regular volunteers always made fun of us for talking about "the Feds." Eventually we found out which week they were coming and got ourselves all ready. And they came last week!!

It wasn't nearly as terrifying as I'd been expecting. One came to our center on Tuesday to observe Connie's and my class. Rose had told us she would probably be there for half an hour. Two and a half hours later we were glad to see her go. But she was a really friendly lady. Not scary like I'd imagined. And she was only observing the environment and what we do for school readiness.

The other "Fed" that observed our classroom came on Thursday. She was the one actually using an observation tool to grade everything based on a scale. I wasn't too nervous to teach with her there until I noticed how often she was checking her watch. In the back of my mind, I knew it was really because they are supposed to do 20 minutes in/10 minutes out, but I couldn't help thinking maybe I was spending too long on certain activities. I got nervous then. Turns out she thought our classroom was great! And now we can be relieved it's all over for another three years!!

Now, totally unrelated except that they happened in the same week. . . .

We decided to buy lots of Easter candy this year!! Joshua and I went shopping together but kinda bought our own candy, so we both got what we wanted. Then we threw it all together for our basket:


For Easter dinner we went over to the Barrons. They made a succulent ham, green bean casserole (my first experience with one! and it was so good!), and cooked carrots. We took over potatoes, gravy, and rolls. Basically our dinner was heavenly!! For dessert we had our own mini cookie monsters! After dinner, we were so busy talking we forgot to play games. Overall, I'd say Easter was great this year. Good church meetings, awesome dinner, and even better company!

Broulim's

Once upon a time (the week after spring break) we went on a field trip to Broulim's! Remember how field trip days are my favorite?? One of the morning teachers was off getting married, so I got to go with both classes. It was really fun!

Somebody took us on a tour of the store. We stopped at the deli (where the kids got samples), bakery (another sample), produce department (yet another sample), and the meat department (another sample. . .string cheese). In the back we saw the garbage chute, watched them crush boxes, watched the machine that packages meat, and walked through the freezers and coolers. Before leaving, each child in the morning class got to scan a package of gum. The kids in the afternoon class each got to say their favorite food over the PA system. They also got fresh bread sticks from the Craigo's place in Broulim's. While they were eating them, I spent the entire time standing at the bathroom door while everybody took turns going to the bathroom. (Worst/most awkward part of field trips.)

I think my favorite part of the day was not the actual field trip, though that was really cool. My favorite part was the walk home with the afternoon class. I was walking at the back of our line and found two lost shoes by each other. Two different children lost a shoe and kept walking without even noticing. I held them up to say we had lost shoes so we could stop. We had to walk down the line to spot whose shoes they were. Let's just say I love preschoolers.

Another One Down

We survived another semester! This past semester was a hard one. Joshua's class schedule was the regular 15 credits. It consisted of 2 upper level Philosophy classes, as well as general English, science, and communication classes. Joshua spent all of his time studying and doing homework! Well, not all of it. The rest was spent TAing for three Intro to Philosophy classes, Ethics, and Logic (for half of the semester). Plus, 

 

**Unfinished blog post alert!**