 Funny feet. See the rabbit footprints? Here ready? Yeah, it's frozen. Alright, hold it open. Scooch it a little bit in and flip the lights on for me. Good morning, everyone. Welcome back to another Apples and Tears vlog. So today is Monday, January 8th. It's the first day back from winter break. And I haven't opened my fridge in two weeks. I probably should have. There's a lot of stuff in here that probably should be thrown out. So I'm going to do that. I'm going to unpack though. And here's a fidget. Yeah, it's a fidget. It's a snowy day. Yesterday we had a snow storm. And so today we are all geared up for snow because there's still a lot of snow on the ground. So I brought an extra pair of shoes so I don't have to wear these all day. So we'll see if I use those. They're just like slippers. If you don't stand on that with your wet feet, please. I have North Face snow boots on. Maternity leggings. These are cold apple pockets. And then this sweater. Check out this 29 week bump. Crazy. It's hard to believe I only have eight weeks left of school. Well, probably nine. You just can't help it. It's like bubble wrap. You just can't resist. Happy Thursday everybody. Got a good old fashioned snow storm. It is 6.50 in the morning. And we're leaving super early because of the snow. I wanted to go and get breakfast from this coffee shop, but I think it would be smarter to probably just go. I have something I can eat at school. So we'll probably not stop. Excuse you. So we'll probably not stop. Beautiful view we have. So I just got to school at 7.15. Kids will be arriving in about 30 minutes. 25 minutes. It's going to be a weird morning though, because the weather outside is frightful. And the driving situation is not easy. So I know like I've already heard it means like scary. I've already heard of a couple of buses that are stuck. And some teachers who are stuck behind buses and things like that. So it's going to be a little bit tough. Morning there's going to be kids coming late. There's going to be kids not coming at all. So I might suggest to my team that we try a Friday schedule, which is where we start with homeroom. We don't rotate until 8.15. And then we like we start with block two and then we do block three. And then block one is what we finish with. They come back at the end of the day. Just because it would give us like a 15 minute cushion just to allow kids to get here a little bit later. So I'm going to suggest that to my team just so that one block of kids doesn't get like less time than another. They'll probably go for it. We'll see. But I'm thinking we'll just maybe try to do that. We'll see. So I did not have time to prepare my lunch or breakfast today because I wanted to get out so that there was time to get here, which thank goodness I did. So I'm bringing a mac and cheese from Trader Joe's for lunch. And I have some of these chicken patty melts from Costco. So I'm just going to eat one for breakfast. And I don't think I have any like I have hard boiled eggs in my pickle jar. I have apples and oranges. So I could probably just eat one of those too. And I have a rice pudding, two rice puddings. So I think I'm just going to heat one of these up for now for breakfast. See what else do I have in here? I have one of these noodles. I have peanut butter. And I have all that popcorn and some trail mix. I also have pretzels. So I think I'm okay. It's not the most nutritious breakfast, but it'll feed me. It's very windy though. Okay, so it is now specials time. And let me tell you this morning has been a whirlwind of a day. As you have seen in the previous clips, it is like technically supposed to be a snow day. But we are all here. So last night we got an email. We knew there was going to be snow in the forecast, but it was supposed to start at like five o'clock in the morning. So of course everybody was kind of on high alert this morning. It didn't actually start snowing until about 6 a.m. And by then they had already said that we would be on a regular schedule. So I left the house at 6 30 because I knew I wanted to drive really slow. And we had already had our, like everything ready to go cash and breakfast. I was going to just eat breakfast here. And I didn't need to pack his lunch because he was having school lunch today. So it was kind of like the perfect day to leave early. But so many events have taken place. I got here safe. The roads were, they were okay coming here. I did drive on like snowy roads as you guys saw. But as the morning progressed, the roads got even more crazy and hectic and scary. There's been several reports of accidents in the area. Several of the kids families have been in accidents. The buses were spinning out of control and not being able to make it up streets. So obviously we should have had a two hour delay today. But unfortunately the call was made before it got that bad. So I'm thinking, you know, if they don't make a two hour delay tomorrow, depending on how the roads shape up the rest of the day, it's not supposed to snow all day long. It is currently still snowing out there. But the forecast does say that it's supposed to stop around one o'clock. So that will hopefully give the snow plows time to get all the major streets and at least the bus routes clear. My teammate, Jocelyn, who's my math teacher, she actually didn't get here until about 845. She lives in a neighboring city and was just in terrible traffic and terrible snow trying to get here. So we just split her class into two. And we decided to kind of change our schedule to help everybody kind of get here, get settled in. And so we had just the whole morning hour to just relax. Kids were working on New Year's projects. We were just chilling. Kids were split up. So we had more kids in our rooms than normal. And instead of doing our intervention block for an hour after specials, we will just do our normal block schedule. But it's just been a crazy morning. But it's cozy and everyone's happy. And the staff here is amazing. They really stepped it up and like supported each other. And so it's just, it's just been a fun, interesting morning. It's been a long time since I've taught in a place where there's snow. And even the last time I taught here in this area, I was in an area that didn't get as much snow. So teaching here, we get a little bit more snow or higher up. But anyway, it's been kind of fun. So it is special now. I'm just having a snack, some trail mix. And I was thinking about New Year's resolutions because that's what my kids are working on. And one that I always try to set for myself. I haven't set this one in a while, but one of my resolutions is to put more effort into my daily appearance and show that I really care about like showing up for myself every day, especially being pregnant. It's hard to find the motivation to get up early and like put a full face of makeup on, do my hair and like actually try to look cute because let's face it, maternity fashion is a way too expensive and B, not really that cute. I refuse to spend hundreds of dollars on maternity clothes when I only have two months left. I would rather like invest in some postpartum things or like, you know, a bigger size gene once the baby's here. So I'm trying to like not purchase any more maternity clothes and I think I'll be okay. It is hard in the winter because my jacket doesn't really zip up all the way. So I'm trying not to spend extended periods of time out in the snow. Sorry about that. My teammate came in and had a question. So anyway, the rest of this prep time, I'm going to start working on report cards because I do have to stuff them all and get them sent home by tomorrow. Fingers crossed. I have time to do it. I do have tutoring after school. So while the kiddos are working on some stuff, I can stuff those. Anyways, we'll see how the rest of the day pans out. Do you know that it's winter? Yeah. Okay. I didn't even notice. My lip is all bloody. Good morning friends. I am coming to you live from my bed. It's 7 30 and I'm still in my bed because it has been issued. We have been issued a two hour delay. Not because we have any fresh snow, but because all of the snow from yesterday has melted and now is iced over on the roads. So we're on a two hour delay today, which means we do not start school until 10, which means I don't have to be at work until 9 30. Now pre-mom Charlotte would have been at school at normal time. I would have just taken my time to go in and get stuff done. But today is Friday, January 12th. We get out of school at 120. And so I was like, you know what? A three hour workday sounds glorious. So I did not. I slept in. I got up at 7. It's 7 30. I haven't got up yet. I just turned my little heater on and I'm going to take my time getting ready. Cash and I probably won't leave till about 9. So this gives us like an hour and a half to get ready, which is typically how long it takes us on a normal school day. I get up at 5 between 5 and 5 30, depending on like how I want to do my hair for the day. We make breakfasts and lunches and then we're out the door before 7. So it's just nice getting to sleep in. What are you doing? Jack and Alice, what are you doing? I don't know if I've ever showed you guys our room at my mom's house. It just got clean. So it's like fresh. Got to have all the moisturizers by the bed, you know, got my little heater remote. This is going to come in handy when the baby hymns. It's one of those little outlet things. I can turn my light on and off just from right here. So I can keep it way over there and have space for stuff. You know, got to keep all the moisturizers right by the bed. And then like I said, this is what we live in right now. It's a bedroom, but it works. You know, it's crowded and we have, you know, all of our personal stuff in here, but we make it work and it's fine. We have a baby's bassinet set up over here ready to go. We still have two months till baby comes, but that came early. So we just set it up and stuck it there and we're starting to put baby things in it. My beautiful antique chair. I still don't know what I'm going to do with that. I don't know if I'm going to put it in our bedroom, in our living room, in my closet. I don't know yet. And then of course my husband's side of the bed where he, you know, anyway, what are you doing? And then you're, you know, your family baseball bat in the court. So anyway, I'm going to get up and get ready for work and then chat with you guys in a second. All right guys, so we are here at school. It is 922. Got my sandwich. See what it looks like. I love the sandwiches. This place is called Method Coffee. It's just like a local owned coffee shop, but they make really good breakfast sandwiches. That looks so good. I just got sausage, egg and cheese on a cheese bagel. I need to get a napkin. So today's schedule is going to be very strange because it is a two hour delay and an early release day. So the school day starts at 10 and the day ends at 120. So we're literally going to have like, when the kids come, it'll be 10. And then lunch will be at 1110. And then I think we'll have a block from, let's see, 1150. Well, I don't know. Honestly, I don't know how we're going to do the schedule. We might end up just keeping our homerooms to be honest and like giving them a task for each class to work on. Like they'll get a math assignment to do. They'll get a reading assignment to do and they'll get a science assignment to do. And we'll just keep them in our homerooms. That way there's no rotating, wasting time, any of that stuff. So that's probably going to be the easiest way to do it. Cashers over there playing Minecraft. Yesterday I stuffed all my report cards, which need to go home today. So I need to get those out and like somewhere where I can see them and they're in my way. So they're inconvenient so that I actually remember to send them out because last time I forgot. It's fine, nobody cared, but I need to try and do that on time. So anyway, kids don't start showing up for another 25 minutes. And so I'm going to just get ready for the day. All right, you guys, so we are home for the week. It is Friday afternoon and we're just going to chill and hang out. So that is all for this vlog this week. Thank you guys so much for watching. Don't forget to follow us on the socials and we'll see you in the next one. Bye guys.