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this made me happy

Sat, 24 May 2008 20:56:10 GMT

Deja(a student in the class next door to mine) said, "You know what I like about you Mrs. Hernandez?"
me: "what deja?"
Deja: "You're ALWAYS smiling!"

costa rica was fucking amazing

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:58:04 GMT

it was seriously the best week ever, you should look at my pictures on facebook if you want to see some of the sexyness which took place. that is all. because ever since we got back all i do is daydream about how we can move down there asap.

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:43:23 GMT

we leave for costa rica in 10 hours! woot

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:33:55 GMT

my grandma recovered well from the surgery and she is still doing well all around so yay for that.

i've lost 19 pounds.

and we leave for costa rica in 1 week. woot.

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:55:53 GMT

i have all the wackadoos in my class.

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:35:50 GMT

The river's running fast right now.
It's the time of year the water cleanses itself.
Running wild, but always in control.
And now's the time to sever the ties.
To habits that weaken, disguised by tradition.

Drain away this fear,
Until it disappears.
Yeah!
I'm not ready to swim, I'm not going to sink.
I just want to float through the sea.
Are you pulling me down?
Are you holding me up?
Or are you slowly drowning me?

There's something to be said for luck.
It's better than being good.
When half of being good is being lucky, anyways.
We're spreading out, we're harder to hit.
Become a moving target,
Drop your burden,
And abandon it.

I remember a day when I could walk right down the street
And feel so confident, and know everything's okay.
Take my hand, don't let go, but please remember, hearts can grow.

people say i'm a pretty good....salsa dancer

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:14:42 GMT

my grandma is still doin good

i'm up to 15 pounds

my papitos came down to visit and it was awesome. they actually got a hotel in coco beach and we drove up to spend the weekend with them last weekend. it was really good to see them and so nice to have some relaxing time away from everything.

then on march 28 we leave for costa rica, i am so excited we will stay there til april 6. i wish we didn't have to come back but that's life. we're just gonna keep paying our debt poquito a poco until it's all paid off and we can move to costa rica for good.

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:01:45 GMT

my grandma is doing well. the doctor said she is doing as well as can be expected and they think they got all the cancer so as long as the don't find any new stuff at her future checkups she is in the clear, so yay for my best grandma ever.

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:02:31 GMT

now i have lost a total of 12 pounds. woot.

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:39:11 GMT

my grandma had her surgery, they think they were able to get all the cancer, but of course you never know. she still has to do the radiation and everything so please keep praying, but at least so far they think it is going good!

quick and random update

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:35:18 GMT

bad or just not so good news:

my grandma was dianosed with breast cancer
gabriel still needs a 2nd and or better job because we cannot seem to make ends meet
(please pray for these things)

regular news is that i've just been crazy super busy with work since it was report card time and now we are starting all the mid-year testing mandated lameass testing

good news yay!:

my mid-year evauluation at work i got all Ms and As (M is meets expectations and A is above expectations) so that's pretty hot and sexy for my first year

also in keeping with my new years resolution as of yesterday i have already lost 7 and a half pounds
go me

also, my dogs are cooler than yours

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:47:40 GMT

It got down to 36 here this morning. A whopping 30 with wind chill. And I had the news on while I was getting ready for work and they literally spent 25 minutes talking about how cold it was. They were interviewing people at dunking donuts (drinking coffee to stay warm) and people at walmart buying warm clothes to bundle up! And the traffic man actually said, "it's just too cold to go outside, you better stay home if you can today."
hahaha

help

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:31:58 GMT

gabriel has been trying really hard to get a better job or a second job. please pray that he gets it because otherwise i don't know how we are going to make ends meet. i absolutely love my new job here, it is seriously my dream job except that as everyone always says teachers don't do it for the money. cost of living is so much more down here that we are really struggling, we never have enough money to pay the bills on time and then the late fees pile up and add on. so anyway please pray.

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:50:49 GMT

it's still lonely here.

just in case you were wondering.

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:52:36 GMT

it's lonely here.

crazy day at school

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:21:24 GMT

http://www.wptv.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=1f22edcc-cc2f-48fc-8a57-352cf92a64e0

tornado what!

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:28:46 GMT

we are in florida, it is hot
we finally have internet

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:40:02 GMT

last weekend we went to philly for erin's wedding. she was beautiful and i am so happy for her. it was good to see people i haven't seen in a long time, except that it made me miss them even more. especially kayla. she is my favorite. and i drug gabriel all around philly which he decided he does not like due to the lack of parking. but ruphus liked it.

we got a new car. it's a 2007 toyota yaris, black, 4 door, manuel (which means i am still learning how to drive it) and it gets 41 miles per gallon (highway) it's pretty much amazing. my 1st new car ever. after 4 crappy used ones it is so nice. of course it comes with car payments for the next 3 years but at least it will last us a while.

http://www.toyota.com/yaris/exterior.html

we were planning to get the 2-door hatchback because it was cheaper but the salesman "got the wrong one" but really it was a bait and switch because he wanted to talk us into paying more for the 4 door. to make a long story short after a day of arguing with him and chuck the sales manager. we got the 4 door, for the 2 door price. hot diggity damn. and we love it. and it is fun to drive even though i still stall it sometimes.

and we are still in baltimore watchin the kiddos who are getting so big.

cars

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:42:19 GMT

well the new(used) car pooped on us, yes we bought a 250 dollar maza 323 1991 in the hopes it would last us til florida and then we could get something else when we got down there and saved up a little bit of money. but it lasted about 3 weeks so instead of buying shitty car after shitty car and keep having them break down we decided it might be a better investment to borrow some money and get a decent car. we've been looking around and are hopefully going to get a toyota yaris 2007. 41 miles per gallon(if you don't know the yaris replaced the tercel) and it's a nice little 2 door car. we were pretty much surprised at how much a not-crappy but nice used car was, and it's only a couple thousand more to get a new one since it's the end of the 2007 model year. we figured if we are going to have to borrow money anyway might as well borrow a little more, get a new one which comes with a 5 year warantee so we should be set for a little while anyway, i'm excited but i also officially HATE car shopping and goofy car salesmen.

movin

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:04:40 GMT

We are moving to Florida! I got an awesome job offer to teach 2nd grade at Gaines Academy in St. Lucie County. The school is in Ft. Pierce so that is where we will be living. It's pretty close to the beach so Gabriel is excited about that. We haven't found an apartment yet or anything we plan to go down at the end of June for a weekend or so and apartment hunt. It pays more than Buffalo and there is no state income tax. It's a brand new school with state of the art everything. The principal is freaking awesome and I am super excited. They also are willing to hire Gabriel as a custodian and will pay 2/3 of his school so he can start college which is awesome. (We had been on the fence about moving down there but then we had a faculty meeting at school and they are cutting one class from each grade next year due to decreased enrollment so I am the 1st one to go since I am the newest one hired so that pretty much made our decision for us) Anyway it is an awesome opportunity and we are super excited, the only things i am NOT excited for is that i am scared of hurricanes and i know i will miss everyone from home.

and since no one knows where Ft. Pierce is here you go frickers:

http://www.google.com/maps?q=Fort+Pierce,+FL,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:36:52 GMT

we're back from florida.
i'm still sick, but my dr. gave me new medicine so hopefully i will get better soon. the 2 schools we liked the most were hillsborough county and st. lucie county. of course staying in buffalo is still an option, so pray for us as we have a HUGE decision ahead of us. thanks guys. when i feel better we should hang out.

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:12:38 GMT

so we decided to come down to florida to check out my 5 job offers and visit gabriel's family in tampa. we got here saturday night and i have felt like pooh ever since then. today we went to a walk in clinic where the doc told me i have ear infections in both ears, a sinus infection, and post nasal drip, and a bad cough/sore throat. so he gave me not 1 or 2 but 4 different medicines. 1 antibiotic for my ears, one for my sinuses, a cough medicine and decongestent(however you spell that) and can i just say it sucks that i'm in FL away from the snow and trying to find a job when i feel like such crap. pray for us.

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:39:11 GMT

i went to teacher recruitment day last week...just to see. you know i LOVE the school i'm teaching at right now but they are going to close it in 2 years so there's not too much of a future there. so anyway teacher recruitment day had craploads of schools at the convention center and you get to sign up for interviews with the ones you are interested in, anyway it's basically a job fair for teachers. guess how many job offers i got? 6 that's right, 6. 5 in florida and one in marlyand. have some. some of them are really exciting because they are opening up brand new schools and have all this exciting new stuff, pretty much the opposit of buffalo....now we just have to figure out if we really want to move that far away....and if so which one of the 6 schools do i pick?

hoorah

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:27:02 GMT

thanks to those of you who sent an email or a letter to keep school #36 open as i talked about in my last entry. we ended up having a big community forum with lots of pissed off parents and the news and everything last thursday. so tonight was the board meeting with the official vote. i am happy to say they voted to keep us open for the rest of this school year + 2 more school years after which we will merge with herman badillo school 76. during the next 2 years they will be adding on to and renovating herman badillo so it will be a "21st century school" by the time we merge with them. anyway when we merge all the teachers from school #36 will have to reapply and may lose their jobs. BUT we are guaranteed to stay open for the next 2 years, so hooray for a small victory!

so remember how i just got my dream job?

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:56:05 GMT

second grade, SMALL bilingual school in buffalo, amazing students and staff, close to our apartment, and did i mention AMAZING kids? good paying with health insurance for me and gabriel, dental and vision coverage as well.

well now they want to close our school. go buffalo. so anyway we had a big community forum meeting thursday night, you may have seen us on the news. they want to combine school 36 (my school) with herman badillo another bilingual school close by. but in order to do this they have to add on to herman badillo. which they estimate to take 2 years. during those 2 years they want to send all the students from both schools to school 4 which is completely on the other side of the city. most of these parents do not have cars, they walk their young children to school each morning, and many of them only speak spanish. they are very concerned about their children being so far away because what if their child gets sick? so anyway this was the biggest concern brought up by parents. the buffalo board of education is meeting next wed. and they will vote to decide what is going to happen to these 2 wonderful schools. if you live in buffalo and you care, it would be wonderful of you to call or send a letter or email the board of ed and just tell them you think they should not send the students of these community schools so far away from their homes. thanks guys.

contact info:
Human Resources
Buffalo Board of Education
720 City Hall
Buffalo, NY 14202
P: (716) 816-3743
F: (716) 851-3883

http://www.buffaloschools.org/ContactUs/ContactUs.aspx