Iron Girl 2008

Iron Girl #2 and I beat my time by 30some seconds. 51:37.. not anything to brag about especially since the 1st placer finished in 19 minutes.. yeah nice. There were two different legs; 5k & 10k. Of course, if you know me, you know which one I did.

Prior to the race, we were stuck in traffic. Who's crazy idea was it to move the race to the Fairgrounds?! Anyway, I got out of the car to run and get our bibs and timing chips. It worked out because they started the race late anyway. So we were able to meet up with my colleague Allison and her friend Morgan. It was nice bring them along for the ride this year.

But this time, I was madddd sore. #1 I did nothing to train or prepare myself for this race. #2 I pushed myself hard especially at the end. My sister was literally pushing me before the finish line. I think, no I know I paced myself wrong. And my breathing is all messed up. It probably did not help that the course changed this year, not a straightaway like last year's.

I have to say though, when I ran, it felt pretty good. Good enough that I am considering taking up running... hmmmm

Here's me going uphill.. not a champion photo, but hey..


Oh and here's my triathlete sister who's my biggest fitness inspiration...


After we finished our race, we were handed our beautiful Iron Girl medals and an Aflac duck sponge soaked in ice water. I was more concerned about getting my shoes wet.. haha. Then we got in line for our dri-fit shirts and proceeded to fall in line for our breakfast.

I love Iron Girl for the treatment we get and the fun freebies that came along with the very affordable admission fee. You ladies will have to join us next year.

Grad Program Here I Come!

I am officially a graduate student!

Today was my first day and I couldn't even log on. My advisor (who btw I first heard from only a week ago) calls me this morning to tell me that she got the wrong calendar and thought I started on the 24th. This is, of course, after I emailed her that my co-scholar was starting today.

She gets me enrolled in the class, but I couldn't even log onto Blackboard which is what we use for my district so I'm very familiar with it.

I contacted tech support and they told me that I need to create my student portal but she told me that takes a while. It's a requirement to log on twice a week at the very least. Now if I could only do that. I have made many unsuccessful attempts.

Great way to start my MATLT (Master of Arts in Teaching & Learning in Technology program!

Proud of my former student

He submitted 6 pieces to the San Diego County Fair and 5 were accepted.. this is one of his pieces!


scarlett II by ~jerameha on deviantART

Make Money Daddy

Last week, it is morning and I am still in bed with Kyan awake sitting in bed with me. Mahal is just about to leave for work.

Kyan calls out to his daddy at the door, "Night night Daddy," motioning him to come back to bed.

Awwww. Kai called out to his daddy again.

Mahal walks over to him and said, "Daddy has to go to work. Daddy has to make money." Mahal hugs and kisses Kai and off to work he went.

A couple minutes later...

"Make money Daddy." I thought, what?! And again, my 2yo son replies "Make money Daddy."

Kai has said many words and sentences before but this was funny. Just really funny!

The Perfect Version of Me

And this is me at 15mos.. Is she my mini-me or what?!


My little princess
My sweet cupcake
My NJ babygirl

It was only recently that I did something and figured it out...

My daughter, Nakia Jordan is the perfect version of me..

Methodology Books?! Arrgh!

Oh boy, am I in for it now?!

I just enrolled for a methodology course with NU today. It's a class that I need in order to apply for my SS (single subject) credential.

Right now, I'm stressed because the class actually started on Monday so I have to bum rush through all the assignments! But I've got no books!! And they're all due on SUNDAY! Arrrgh!

So I'm going to hit up Borders and Barnes tomorrow.. well I'll call first. I checked online with Borders and it's there, but is it in the store? We'll see.

I also did mass email to my board friends and colleagues to see if any of them possibly have it.

And just in case, for any of my beautiful readers, check your bookshelves for these:
0-13-119111-X Teaching in k-12 Schools Edition: 4 Published: 2006 Author: Eby

0-205-57860-8 Classroom Management for Middle and High School Teachers Edition: 8 Published: 2008 Authors: Edmund T. Emmer, Carolyn M. Evertson

They're pretty new so I've got a challenged ahead of me. Ay yayay!

Thoughts and Prayers please

I'm dealing with family issues right now. I'm not really sure when and where to begin, but when I am ready to share, I will.

If you're reading this, will you just keep my family in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you much. I really do appreciate it very much.