The Grieving Insomniac

I usually make a goal to read 50 books each year. This year I far surpassed that goal partially because I was sick for most of the end of the year. Here are the books I read: Books Read in 2012 1. The Amish Nanny by Mindy Starns Clark* 2. Plain Fear: Foresaken by Leanna Ellis* 3. Strange but True 4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins* 5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins* 6. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins* 7. The Derailment of the Sunset Limited by Neal Hallford 8. What Would Lincoln Say? 9. The Harbinger 10. The Sister Wife by Diane Noble 11. Beauty and the Werewolf by Mercedes Lackey 12. Almost Amish by Nancy * 13. George Washington & Israel 14. Titanic: the Tragedy that Shook the World 15. The 8th Confession 16. Angel in the Rubble* 17. Missing by Shelley Shepard Grey* 18. The 9th Judgement 19. The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark 20. Gypsy Bride* 21. See How They Run by James Patterson 22. Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith* 23. Piece de Resistance by Sandra Byrd 24. Holy ...

My allergies are still going crazy, including my teeth! I'm brushing, flossing, and using rinse two times a day. I was also able to get a dentist appointment tomorrow for a deep cleaning, which is a blessing, I haven't used the breathing machine since Thursday. I will use it tomorrow before I go out. Considering I'm having the allergy shot I will need to use the machine frequently in the upcoming days. I just pray my reaction is minimal this time. I will tell the. Ruse about what happened last time.

I've been out sick from work for nearly 3 weeks with a sinus infection/asthma/bronchitis.  As a result I was home when the reports started coming in Friday morning about the shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary.  I had a very déjà vu-ish feeling as I sat glued to the tv for the entire day.  I did this the day of the Columbine shooting, as well as the Amish school house shooting.  The difference now...I teach at an elementary school.  When the reports were coming in that is was a K class, I began thinking about all of the K students I've taught both as a preschool teacher and an RSP, and even as a sub.  My favorite sub assignment was teaching a K class for a teacher who had a back injury.  A lot of the things I do in my class are a direct result from that experience. But then u learned it was first graders.  That's my grade! Even though I now teach RSP, my heart is and always will be with teaching first graders.  I thank my former principal for...