still subbing...

Today I'm at Hurricane High School. I typically don't like coming here. Its a big school and they never get enough subs, so they "farm" you out during prep period to go cover for another teacher. I'm on prep now though and I guess they are going to leave me alone. I'm kinda shocked.

This morning I'm subbing for a Math teacher...and I think its a Language Arts teacher this afternoon. My first block class I subbed for was an AP Statistics class. They were extremely well behaved. I mean, the room was silent up until about 2 minutes before the bell rang.

This morning, before class, another teacher came in the room. She was slightly plump (I'm being nice here) and was gnawing on, what else, but a slice of bacon. I'm not kidding. It was kinda strange. She asked me if I was working tomorrow..and I hadn't got a job yet, so I said no. She teaches Chemistry and said it would be an easy day and that she had good kids. So, of course, I told her that I would be glad to sub for her.

Later, at lunch, I went over to her room to ask her something and she was eating Lay's Potato Chips and some sort of biscuit from Tutor's.

So, tomorrow... I'll be back here. Being a Friday I probably will get "farmed" out. However, she said she only teaches 2 classes tomorrow, so I may get lucky!! Apparently, she teaches an AP class in the morning beginning at 7:15. She said that they won't be here tomorrow so I wouldn't have to come early. Then, she just has 2 blocks. Her day is over at 2 something. We'll see how that turns out!

Well...... now, about American Idol last night. I'm pretty amazed because I haven't been able to call the winners THIS well before. I'm always pretty good at it...but this year I've been great! A Looooooong time ago on Facebook, I picked my top 5. I selected Danny, Adam, Allison, Matt, and Kris and whattaya know? They WERE the top 5! If I would have picked a top 4...it would have been Matt that I left off.

I don't know about the Top 3. My guess is that it will really depend on how well they sing next week. I'm guessing that it will be either Kris or Allison, although, I love both of them....but it all depends on how well they perform.

Tonight... I am going to the Funny Bone with Whitney, Kelli and Jessica. I'm excited! I've never been before, but Kelli won free tickets and asked us to go...so, I'm excited to hang out with them. I haven't seen Whitney or Kelli in forever!! :)

I'm not sure about the guy that will be performing. I think his name is T.B. or T.D. or something like that. Hopefully its not TOO nasty. haha. Oh, ok...I just looked it up and his name is B.T. (I was close, hahaha!)

I'll be sure and write about it later.

I think its really the end.

I think my long term sub job is over. I'm depressed.

They are getting doughnuts for breakfast....and pizza for lunch. I'm going to be enormous.

After I leave Poca Middle School I will probably lose weight because they are always trying to feed me. You don't get people trying to feed you when you sub day to day... and when they do have food, you don't feel like you should eat it.

The more I think about it ...the sadder I get. I truly hope that I get a job this coming year. I don't want to jump around from school to school for another year.


About American Idol......... I am pretty happy with the choices the judges made. I didn't like Jasmine tonight. I thought she was boring. But... I guess they wanted to give her a second chance. I liked Matt, Anoop, and Megan. I've been a fan of Megan from the beginning. Her last note tonight was kind of a mess, but I think she could be really good.

Jesse said that the reason they had to have a top 13 this year was because the blind guy made it through and he shouldn't have. I couldn't agree more. He will NOT sell any albums. He'd be like Taylor Hicks #2.

Now I'm going to go cry.

ok.. I'm gonna attempt to call AI

I think tonight was unfair for the girls because the guys sucked. I think that Adam Lambert will be on to the next round for sure. For the girl, I'm going to guess that the redheaded 16 year old, Allison will be moving on also. The third person is a toss up... but my guess is the cute little blonde named Megan or Meghan or however its spelled. I'm usually pretty good about calling it....but this time I'm not sure.

Tomorrow we'll see!

sub job could be over? :(

This could be my last week as the 6th grade reading teacher at Poca Middle School. That means two more days!! Boooooo! I kinda doubt that it will be....but we shall see. I'm guessing that I'll find out tomorrow.

My students are taking a test tomorrow. I don't know what to do after that!! I don't want to start anything new if I'll be leaving. So, I still haven't decided what we will be doing when they finish their tests tomorrow. If I find out that I'll be staying we are going to start reading Where the Red Fern Grows. So.. my fingers are crossed. I really want to stay!!


I'm watching American Idol right now. Its been even worse than last week if that's possible. I'm a fan of Allison and Megan so far tonight. The guys have been awful. I don't like how they are saying that one guy and one girl and the next top vote-getter goes on. That's not fair. It should just be the top 3 regardless of sex.

Anywho........ I'm going to go make me a cup of hot chocolate. I'll be posting tomorrow or Friday about continuing my job. Pray.

American Idol Finals were GREAT!

Hey so I was really entertained tonight by the last 2 American Idol contestants!! I think this is the first time that I've not really had a favorite in the finals. I think David Cook will sell more records, but I think Archuleta is just adorable and probably a better singer. Now I'm really really excited about "So You Think You Can Dance," my fav!!

Today I had to go to yucky Cracker Barrel...but I was only there for 4 hours thankfully! It wasn't a bad day, but I only made 42 dollars. Tomorrow I gotta be there from 9:30 to 2:30.

I really pushed myself on the treadmill today. I payed more attention to minutes today rather than miles. First I ran at 7.6 mph for 10 minutes..then walked for 2 minutes at 4.5 mph. Then I ran at 7.8 mph for 5 minutes...and, well, you get the picture. At the end I was running at 8 mph for a few minutes at a time. Altogether I went 5 miles in 46 minutes, making my average speed 6.52 mph! And my knee wasn't even hurting!

Lester and Holli came over and watched Idol with us...then Jesse and I watched Hells Kitchen. Now we're watching Law & Order; SVU.

went to CB today...

Went to CB today....worked. It wasn't too bad.

Tomorrow I gotta go in at 8:30 but I found someone to take my shift on Thursday! YAY!

Tonight I really feel that I got a lot accomplished. I layed out in the sunshine for a while when I first got home. I came inside...ran the vacuum and cleaned up again. I did a load of laundry, ran the dishwasher, unloaded the dishwasher, ran on the treadmill (knee was hurting again) took a shower....and since then I've been playing around on the internet. Since my knees been hurting I decided that I need to take it easy for awhile. Tomorrow I'll probably do my yoga video.

Now... I'm gonna go watch L&O;SVU.

I thought Idol was good... I don't know who will be going home. Probably Syesha even though she was good.

soooo looooong

Today I went to West Forsyth High School...I taught biology and earth science. It was a good day and very easy, but it felt like it drug on and on forever!

When I finally got home I got on the treadmill and watched some episodes of How I Met Your Mother. Then I took a shower...ate leftovers...Holli & Lester came over to see who got booted from Idol (Yay!, it was Jason!!)....It was really a boring day.

But now...I'm drinking a smoothie and life is good. :)

I have to go to Cracker Barrel tomorrow...boooooooo!

aahh.. a day off

Today I didn't get a sub job....so Jesse and I slept the day away! I didn't get out of bed until almost 11 o'clock!!!

Later we just kinda hung out...and I started some beef stroganoff in the crock pot.

I wanted to go to the pool, but Jesse can't go because of his nasty crusty rash.

So, we watched a few episodes of How I Met Your Mother on his laptop and then I ran on the treadmill. I was pretty proud of myself, cause I walked for only 2 minutes...then I ran for 43 minutes straight at either 6.0, 6.2, or 7.0 mph. I ended up going 4.71 miles in 45 minutes. That makes my average speed 6.28 mph!!

After that we went to the library to pick up some fitness videos that I had put on hold. Then we went to the Hanes Mall for a little bit. I really need some new running shoes, but I didn't find anything I liked.

Tonight we watched American Idol with Holli & Lester in our apartment. They don't have cable anymore. I was much happier with this weeks show. Last week was pretty crappy. Tonight I think Simon was 100% right to say that David Archuletta CRUSHED the competition. I'd have to say Jason SHOULD be the one going home. He was awful.

Tomorrow I'm going to a high school thats only 5 minutes away to teach Science...4 classes of Biology and 1 class of Earth Science. I'm glad that I don't have to be there until 8:30 am! :)

hehe...sneaky, sneaky

I'm being sneaky because... currently I am sitting in a classroom...watching 5 eighth graders type away at their computers. The teacher that I am subbing for left her computer logged on so today I can get online! YAY! The 8th graders here went on their eighth grade trip to the coast this morning. So I will only have a few 8th graders in 1st and 2nd period today. They are working on a research paper in MLA format and a keyboarding program called Microtype.

Oh my gosh...I am SO sore from doing that dang yoga video yesterday. I found that while I was doing it yesterday I seemed to be getting better at it. Anyway... I put more into it..and I guess that means I am currently getting more out of it. I know my back hurts, my arms hurt, my abs are sore and most of all, my butt hurts.

Here is my schedule for today

8th grade 1st period 7:39 - 8:24
2nd period 8:28-9:13
planning 9:13-9:42
7th grade 3rd period 9:46-10:31
4th period 10:35-11:20
Lunch/planning 11:20-12:17
6th grade 5th period 12:21 - 1:06
6th period 1:10 -1:55


After school is out today Jesse and I have to drive to some place an hour away to get new tires put on my car. I am really glad because I have been driving Jesse's car since my tires are so bald. I hate driving Jesse's car.

I guess I won't be exercising today since we have to go do that.

I'm sure I will be watching American Idol later. I think, I HOPE that Brooke White goes home tonight!!!

1st time subbing @ a middle school

Today I subbed at a local middle school...and like I said yesterday I had to be there at 7 am! Well, I got there...its a really nice school..and I was in the computer lab. When I tried to unlock the door, someone opened it from inside. It was the teacher! She was sitting in a dark classroom so her students wouldn't bug her. haha..

She was taking 8 eighth graders to a soup kitchen for a field trip. We talked a little and then she asks me if I was the sub that was coming tomorrow, too because she was taking a few 7th graders on a field trip tomorrow.

I was like, "no" I only saw one day. She looks it up on her computer and it says that I AM the sub for tomorrow. I pulled up my info from the substitute website and I didn't see anything about subbing tomorrow....and I was supposed to work at Cracker Barrel!

Then I noticed... really really small... it said 4/29/2008 at 7:00 AM until 4/30/2008 at 2:15 PM (A)

and well, I just didn't notice that it said 4/29 and 4/30! So.. I felt bad, but I had to call in to Cracker Barrel. That means tomorrow I will have to wake up before 6 am once again!

It was really nice getting home at 2! :) After school I took a short nap w/ Jesse and then I did my yoga video.

I made enchiladas for dinner...and then we watched American Idol with the Conn's. I have to mention that it was quite possibly the most boring episode of American Idol EVER! Whats up with the old fogey's crap they've been doin' lately?? Neil Diamond, the Beatle's, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Dolly Parton, BLAH!

now... I gotta get to bed 5:45 comes early.

another day at the barrel

Today was a decent day at CB. I trained a girl named Heather and she is a really hard worker...and that always helps. I stayed decently busy and made a little bit of money...YAY!

At around 2 I couldn't wait to go home, but the girl who was taking my spot on the floorplan called and said she was going to be late... so I had to stay until she got there. But..it worked out because Jesse came in around 2:30 with Brian!! Brian was working in Raleigh so he drove over to see us! He and Jesse hit golf balls and hung out a little..and then came to CB. So I waited on them...and then I finally got to leave a little after 3.

So, I came home....and chatted with Brian for a few minutes until he had to leave.

Then I got on the treadmill and ran for an hour. Today I walked every other quarter mile at 4 to 4.5 mph and then ran the other on e at 8 mph. I went somewhere around 5.3 miles all together. The best part was that I got to watch How I Met Your Mother Season One on DVD while I ran!! It was great! I love that show and it was so cool not to have commercials while I ran. It made me really happy!

Tonight Holli, Jesse and I went to Monte De Rey and had dinner. I had a chicken quesadilla! YUM!

Then we watched American Idol. .. I cannot believe that Carly was the one voted off! I could not have predicted that one! But..Holli called it. She said that Carly would get voted off because she wasn't American.. Last week the Aussie was voted out..and this week the Irish chick. I think she might be right! I thought it should have been Brooke or Jason and they weren't even in the bottom 2! I guess people feel sorry for the people that screw up and vote for them.

Now I'm gonna go eat my leftovers from Monte De Rey! yes, at 11 pm, so what?

soooo sleeeepy........

Oh gee....where to start.




This weekend... Jesse and I drove home on Friday evening after I got home from work at Cracker Barrel. We got to my parents house and Jesse dropped me off...and he went to play basketball with Brian. I ate lasagna and a salad that my Mom made.






After dinner my Dad built a fire in their fire bowl and we sat around outside talking for awhile.




On Saturday morning Jesse woke up and went to the Y with Brian. I woke up and went shopping at South Ridge with my Mom. I bought 3 shirts, some pj's, and a bathing suit...YAY! I'm not totally in love with this bathing suit, but I like it... I think I'm gonna keep the tags on in case I find something that I like better. Or, I may just get 2 new bathing suits this year. I haven't had a new suit for at least 2 years, maybe longer!!









My Mom also bought me 2 new pairs of shoes....a really cute pair of brown dress shoes..and a pair of Ked's brown tennis shoe looking things. I decided that I have to start shopping at Shoe Carnival more now..cause they actually carry my size, 5 1/2!! YAY!


On Saturday night, Jesse and I went to Sarah and Jay's house to watch the UFC fight. We had a good time. We got there early so we could see Caylan before she went to bed. There were a lot of people there... (Me & Jesse, Bekah & Jeremy, Brian & Jessica, Sarah & Jay, Eric & Jackie, and Jay's friend, Josh.)







Sunday morning we went to church at Maranatha. Then we went back to my parents house for dinner, Lemon Pepper Chicken!





After that we went over to Brian and Jessica's and the boys dug up bushes from their front yard.

They were filthy!!

Then we all went over to Teays Valley so that we could meet up with Mike & Allyson and their whole family, including dogs. Sarah and Jay came too. The boys played basketball and soccer while the girls talked and the kids played on the playground.

On Monday Jesse and I made it back here to Winston.

Today has been tiring. I'm really sleepy now. I got to sleep in, went to Cracker Barrel from 11 to 2:30. I won the Strawberry Pecan Salad selling contest, so I got a free dinner. I got the Chile Jack Chicken and ate about 1/2 of it, even though I wasn't hungry. I didn't train today, but I'm training tomorrow and Thursday.

When I got home I did some laundry and ran on the treadmill... I went crazy today. I ran 5.64 miles in an hour. That's probably why I'm so tired now!

I took a shower..played around on facebook then went upstairs to watch Idol with Holli. I thought the 2 Davids were REALLY GREAT! I predict that Brooke and Jason will be in the bottom this week. I think its Brooke's turn to go home.

Now I'm gonna go get in the bed...watch Law & Order: SVU and then go to sleep!!

I survived my 2nd day as a "sub"

Wow... today has been a roller coaster!

I woke up around 7:15 am and got ready for school. Luckily West Forsyth is seriously a 5 minute drive from here so I didn't have to wake up too early. Plus, the teacher report time is 8:30! When I was doing my student teaching at Huntington High School I had to be there at 7:20 am!!!

Anyway, the day went very well.... as you would expect with 11th and 12th graders in AP English. There was a kid named Jesse Crouch in one of my classes today.. weird, huh?

Again.. everything was great and I made it home a tad bit before 4pm, so I was happy.....

but... I also kept thinking about the job that I had picked for tomorrow at Carver High School. It was Home Ec. and I know it would have been pretty easy. My only issue was how I was going to get there.

I've never claimed to be a good driver. As a matter of fact, I practically hate driving. I especially hate driving somewhere when I'm not at least 85% sure of where I'm going... ok, maybe closer to 90%...hehe.. I just get soooo nervous, anxious, stressed, tense, even scared.

And.. I'm definitely NOT a city girl. (well, maybe I could be a big city girl where you just walk places or call a cab..but anyway) I'm not a drive all over the city girl...and I'm not a Winston-Salem girl. I'm not even a suburb girl.

When I got home from West Forsyth today.. I was SO stressed out about the drive that I was in tears. Jesse had said that he wasn't going to drive me there to show me how to get there because I needed to learn how to navigate on my own.. plus with gas at $3.40 a gallon, its a waste of money to do that for every sub job I get. But... THANKFULLY Jesse saw how upset I was and decided to have me drive there this afternoon so I could calm down.

We started out just fine... but I had to drive right through downtown with cars coming at me from everywhere...and I kept having to merge, keep left, keep right, blah, blah, blah.... and after a little while I found myself saying, "I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN!" And of course I could feel my blood pressure rising.

Then, we got to the school and it was pretty much in the ghetto. I pulled into the driveway and everyone was looking at us like, "Whats up with the white people?" haha... I'm not racist. I knew when I took that job that the school was about 75% black, but that just made me feel weird. I really feel sorry for black people that feel that way around a bunch of white people. Maybe over time you just get used to it. Unfortunately, I'm just not used to that back in WV, ya know?

Anyway... it was right after that when I told Jesse that I wouldn't be coming back there. I cried cause I felt bad for reneging on something I had promised to do..but I got over it.

So, we went home and I cancelled the job...and I felt 1000 times better. I just did NOT want to drive there. Those 15 miles felt like a million!



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So I took at job at a local elementary school tomorrow instead. I already know how to get there. ;) Its about 10 minutes away down a quiet back road..hahaha. I know, I'm a baby.

After our excursion I got on the treadmill and walked a quarter mile, then ran 3.28 miles w/o stopping once. (that's 5.88 mph on average) I could have ran even further, but it was 7:15 pm and Jesse and I needed to reheat our leftovers for dinner and shower before going upstairs to watch American Idol w/ Holli and Lester. Its a weekly tradition now.

Speaking of Idol... I was only slightly impressed with the 2 Davids tonight. (granted I missed Kristy Lee Cook because of The Biggest Loser Finale, but of the ones I heard...)

Speaking of the Biggest Loser.. way to go Ally!!! She was the 1st female biggest loser and she REALLY deserved it! She looks amazing!

Time for bed now... I'm beat.

sunday..not so fun day

Went to church this morning at Agape.. it was pretty good. It was the 2nd message in a series titled, "GO" from Pastor Whitfield. He showed a video about Oprah's "megachurch" on Monday nights with A New Earth author, Eckhart Tolle. If you are reading this... just know that no matter what they say about it not interferring with your Christian beliefs...it does. If you believe that Jesus is the way to salvation and that no man comes to God except through Him, then you will have issues with Tolle's teaching.

Speaking of which...did everyone hear the American Idol contestants sing Darlene Zschech's song "Shout to the Lord" on American Idol on Thursday night???????? I was amazed that they would sing that song, although it is an extremely popular Christian song. Wikipedia says that is is sung by an estimated 25 to 30 million churchgoers each week! but anyway... the Idol version cut out the name of Jesus.



Yesterday I had made plans with Jesse to go eat lunch at Qdoba's after church. Then I wanted to go over to the mall and try on some more bathing suits. After that we needed a few things from Walmart and I thought we could pick those up on the way home.

Well..after church we did go to Qdoba's and it was very good. Jesse got a chicken burrito (which was $5.79, I think) and I got a chicken quesadilla (which was $6.29) Qdoba's is oddly a LOT like Chipotle and Moe's. The prices are slightly higher than Moe's but I think the taste and quality is a lot better at Qdoba's...but Moe's does give you free chips.

Well, we were headed on the way to the mall..and I knew it was going to take me a while to find some bathing suits and try them all on. I wanted to go to Dillard's, Belk, JCPenney's and Macy's. Anyway...we were on our way and its already like almost 2 o'clock...and Jesse says that he wants to make it home by 3:30 to watch the Master's. haha.... I was supposed to go to the mall and walmart in an hour and a half??

So I told him to turn around and just go to Walmart. I guess I'll have to go to the mall by myself cause Jesse just doesn't have enough patience to shop with me when I'm actually looking for something.

When we got home from Walmart we went over to the apartment complex's gym. I ran 1.75 miles w/o stopping. The stupid treadmill screwed up so I don't know how far I went all together, but...it was about 3.5 miles. It was really hot in there and my face was blood red.

Then I took a bath and read my book. Now I'm reading Nicholas Spark's "The Rescue" which I borrowed from Holli.

our lunch special today is meatloaf...

Cracker Barrel was ok today. Of course I trained Bronwyn today and I do think it helped make the day go by faster.

I tried to go online and search for some information on the school I'm going to on Friday. At first I got really excited because their website was nice and had lots of info. I even found the Art teacher's schedule! ... haha, but it was in Georgia! I searched again and found nothing...so now I'm depressed.

I ran today, but I changed it up a little. Jesse and Lester were going over to the "gym" at the apartment complex. So, I went over there too. I ran 3 miles on their treadmill and then I got on a recumbent bike for 15 minutes of pure torture. After that I did a little bit with the weights.

We had taco salad for dinner and it was sooo yummy. I could eat taco salad everyday!!

I tried to watch American Idol upstairs at Holli and Lester's house. BUT, Jesse had the remote and he kept changing the chanel over to the Biggest Loser even when people were singing. I got mad and came back downstairs to watch it by myself. grrrrr......... David Archuletta was good. I even thought that Kristy Lee was good. I don't know who to predict will be in the bottom 3 this week. We shall see!!

adios muchacha

so FINALLY.... after I thought she was going home like 5 times...Ramiele is OFF American Idol! YAY!

Wahooo.... I'm excited about going to the Outer Banks! We are going the week of June 22nd! Yippeee!

yo yo dawg

Just my opinion...but I think Ramielle or Kristy Lee Cook shall be packin' their bags tomorrow. Personally I'm hoping its Ramielle, but I've never been a fan. As of right now my vote is for David Cook to win! :) Brooke White is my #2 and David Archuletta is my 3. Jason Castro is #4.....The Austrailian guy is #5...Carly is #6....Syesha is 7....Kristy Lee Cook is 8....and Ramielle is my #9. Here's a link to the american idol webpage.

bad mood today

I've been cranky today for no good reason. I'm going to try to be nice for the rest of the evening!

I was in the smoking section at Cracker Barrel today... for about 40 minutes. Then I got moved to the middle dining room and I was SO glad.

I wanted to go for a walk/jog with Jesse when I got home cause it was so pretty and nice today. Well... he decided that we should find a different trail. So we drove around to 2 different parks but neither were as nice as the one we usually use. So, we left them and went over to our normal place. Jesse shot his basketball a little..but by that point I had lost my energy and I had to pee. There was a porta-potty over there but it was NASTY & I wasn't about to go in there. Yuck.

So we came home and cleaned out the fridge...loaded the dishwasher...swept the floor....and then cooked dinner.

We had seared salmon with a balsamic vinegar reduction sauce with pasta salad in a balsamic basil vinaigrette. I had some corn and Jesse had a baked potato. I know...too many starches, but we haven't been to Wal-mart in 3 weeks... I have been trying to use what we have and clean out the fridge, freezer, and the pantry this week. I was going to make some frozen broccoli but when I thawed it there were only 4 florets left.... I hate how they give you all stalks. So I had to use the veggies that I had.

I have friday off this week and I'm really glad. I hate working 5 days straight..I know, I'm spoiled. But Jesse and I desperately need to go to Wal-mart and we'll probably drive to the Mocksville Wal-mart on Friday.

In just a few minutes Jesse and I will be going upstairs to watch American Idol w/ Holli & Lester. I still haven't had a shower and my hair probably smells like Cracker Barrel's fireplace..so I'm going to go spray some body spray on it. :) I can't miss American Idol for a shower!!

Goodbye Amanda!

Its not a bad thing that Amanda is gone... it just should have been Ramelle. And then... if it wasn't her it should have been Christy Lee Cook before Amanda. Oh well... Hopefully Ramielle or however she spells her name, will be gONE next week!

goin' 4 a 3-pete!

Today was another good day.



First I woke up at 6 am and put my corned beef brisket in the crock pot. By 6:05 I was back in the bed. I had to be at work at 10.





I had a really busy day at Cracker Barrel. I had the whole smoking section to myself and I was training that lady, Janice, again. I'm glad she was there to help me because at one time I had 10 tables back there.





After work Jesse and I went to the library and I picked up some books. When we got home I finished up dinner.... boiled potatoes, carrots, onions, and cabbage...put a glaze on the corned beef, and baked a loaf of irish soda bread. The bread was really good. I used a recipe from www.allrecipes.com for it.





After dinner Jesse and I watched Dan In Real Life. Its a really sweet movie..I really liked it!



Then we went upstairs to Holli & Lester's to watch American Idol. I'm hoping that Ramielle goes home this time! But she always seems to do ok....so it will probably be Christy Lee Cook that goes home...but whatever :(



I wasn't thrilled with any of the performances tonight. David Cook was ok...and David Archuletta was pretty good.



Now......I'm beat! Time for bed!