Halloween is here.....

Hi,

sorry about not posting so frequently now. I have been crazy busy at school. Kindergarten is a looooooooooooooooooooot of work. Who said kindergarten is fun?????

There is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much planning and the work is never done. There is always more work to do!!!

Soon I will have to start writing report cards. I am not looking forward to it.

But I love teaching.

This week my class did a Halloween Art and it was so wonderful.

I loved it.

Lots of teachers make "crafts" in their classroom, but I want to make art with them.

What the difference between a craft and an art project, you ask?

Well, a craft is when the student's work look exactly the same. An art project is when it looks like their own and it is not the same as others.

My halloween art open ended. I gave them a purple piece of paper, a paint brush and put a drop of white paint on their paper. I told them to make it into a ghost, a monster or whatever they wanted. Next I put a drop of orange paint and they created something beautiful again. Then, I gave them accents like googley eyes and witches, and pumpkins and haunted houses.

For the grand finnaly, I found baking soda in the classroom, but I poured it into another container and told them it was "ghost powder". They all believed it.

I put some "ghost powder" in their pictures.

It was an amazing day. I will cherish it forever.

I will post the pictures later.

Cheerios,

Paula

PS: I am sleeping a little bit better, but it could improve still.

Meus 30 anos!

Dia 16 de Outubro fiz 30 anos. Uau!

Quantas coisas ja me aconteceram. Quantas conquistas, quantas vitorias.

Estou muito feliz e declaro abertamente que essa decada sera a melhor decada da minha vida ate agora.

Muita paz para todos e Jesus no coracao sempre.

beijos

Insomnia

Insomnia.



Definition: Insomnia is a symptom, not a stand-alone diagnosis or a disease. By definition, insomnia is "difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, or both" and it may be due to inadequate quality or quantity of sleep. Insomnia is not defined by a specific number of hours of sleep that one gets, since individuals vary widely in their sleep needs and practices.



For the past month I can't sleep. This is such a horrible feeling. I feel exhausted all day and night and I can't "fall" asleep or maintain sleep.



My doctor gave me prescribed sleeping pills and a while ago I meant to go back to her office and ask her if she gave me placebos, because they weren't working. When I take them, sometimes they help me fall asleep better, but only for 1 hour or 2 hours. Other times, they doesn't work at all.


Right now I feel very miserable. All I want to do is sleep and I can't.


Sleep is very sacred to me now. That's the one thing I want the most.

"No wonder you have insomnia...., lying there awake all night"

So, right now, since I can't fall asleep anyways, I am researching what monster this is.

Here is what I found:

Insomnia is generally classified based on the duration of the problem. Not everyone agrees on one definition, but generally:

symptoms lasting less than one week are classified as transient insomnia,

symptoms between one to three weeks are classified as short-term insomnia, and

those longer than three weeks are classified as chronic insomnia. (Great, this is where I am!)

Statistics on Insomnia

Insomnia affects all age groups. Among adults, insomnia affects women more often than men. (That's just great!)

Stress most commonly triggers short-term or acute insomnia.

Ok, so I now I am stressed and anxious with my new teaching assignment, but this is too much.

Have you ever experienced insomnia? What did you do to cure it?

Please let me know.

thanks