February

Happy December!

Whew! It has been a hectic two months. Since I last posted, I taught my first History class. Having been the first class that I have taught, I spent a lot of time on prep work. It felt like the one class completely consumed me. I seemed to put everything else on hold. I really need to learn how to prioritize things. This module, I am working as the Student Success Coach. I will be working with the students who are on academic probation. I will also begin my student teaching in January. It has been five years in the making! Here is a glimpse of what my first class looked like.

Happy Birthday Adam!

Yesterday, October 16th was Adam's 3rd birthday. We had a fun-filled afternoon at the Pumpkin Patch with some friends and family. He received many great gifts, including the one thing that he had been asking for, the Big Buzz Lightyear! Today we made the trip down to Santa Ana for my little cousin Ella's birthday. Rod & Brad put together a very cute Snow White themed party for her. We all had a really nice time. Still can't believe my little one is 3. He is such a joy! Here are pics from his party and from Ella's.

October

Whew, busy weekend and last couple of days. World Mission Conference at church, truly awesome time. So far, teaching the career class has been going really well. Next module, I will be teaching History 10, yay! Loving that I have the opportunity to see my friends during the week. Adam & I have been able to hang out with all the friends and "baby Bea" twice. I keep telling him that Bea is the same age as him, but that seems to be what he likes to call her. Which brings up the fact that he will be 3 next week! Very crazy that time has call by so fast. He is a very smart little man who constantly makes me and Chris laugh on a daily basis. Here is a pic of Adam & Bea at one of our get-togethers.

Home

This last weekend was so nice. Saturday was test day and Chris and I headed up to Fresno. He hung around for a couple hours while I took the test. It was so nice to be done with it. It is kinda a tradition to go to dinner after and we normally go to Logan's or Chick-fil-a : ) While Chris was driving around he found a DiCiccio's, which was one of our favorites here in Visalia before it closed. So we got to have our favorite yummy pepperoni calzones. We then wen to Home Goods. I love that store, I love to just walk down each aisle and look at everything. All in all, it was a really nice day.
Monday was my first day home from work, and it was also really nice. Maybe it is because I feel this huge load off my shoulders. I'm happier now. I began my Monday by waking up early and going for a run with Elizabet. It is really beautiful early in the morning. I then made breakfast for Elizabeth and Adam. I want to get Adam on a daily schedule of the preschool curriculum that I bought. So we read several books, did a puzzle, some finger painting and some other crafts. We then met Gaby, Benji and Uriah at the gym. After we came home made lunch and then took a nap. After nap time, we watched the new Cat in the Hat cartoon-it is really cute. We then spent time outside for our "PE" time. Then it was dinner time. Chris brought me flowers-so sweet! Today was my first day of Instructor training, so I had to go into work for a couple of hours. I had to become familiar with the class and I learned how to upload my syllabus. Tomorrow is day 2 of training, so we will see how it goes.

"Here we come Visalia, another fabulous stylist has joined my team and wants to introduce you to the wonderful world of Stella & Dot! Welcome Desi Brantley, I can't wait to see all that Stella and Dot brings to you and all that you will bring to us! Woohoo!"
Yay! This was a Facebook post by my sponsor Jana today. I have officially signed up to be a stylist. I cannot wait to get all the jewelry that I ordered today! In other Brantley news, tomorrow is my last day in the office. Mixed emotions. I began cleaning out my cube earlier this week, I think the thing that gets me the most is leaving my friends, Jahaira & Tonya. They have been a blast to work with and I will miss seeing them everyday. : ( Ugh, I hope that I don't cry. I hate when I do that, I am such an emotional person and I can't tell if that is a good or bad thing, either way, its embarrassing. : / Will do my best to keep it together.

Busy Week

Ugh, I am tired and I feel like my head is going to explode. I don't think that I can cram anymore information into my brain. Saturday is my last CSET subtest and I am over studying. It feels like it is consuming my life. On top of working full time, and being a mom and having to worry about what is for dinner, it just is kinda crazy. Chris has been really great about taking Adam and leaving the house for a couple hours, which has been so helpful.
On a better note, this is my last week of being an Extern Coordinator at SJVC. I will start training for my Instructor position next week. My first class will be a CSS100, which is a Career Seminar class, so that should be interesting. I have to try to stay positive and not be discouraged this week. I have too much to look forward to, being at home with Adam, getting back to the gym, running again,and of course my new business. : ) So I am going to pray it up this week and remind myself that we are never given more than we can handle.