Take matters into your own hands! You control your DESTINY!

 Hello Blogger Fam! 

I know you are probably thinking Jill you are late on your post for last week! You are right! I went out of town and didn't have wifi most of the weekend. Let me tell you about my adventures! 

First it all started two weeks ago when I took matters into my own hands. I called the state and talked to them about the Praxis to see if there was a different way to get my teaching certification. GUESS WHAT! They told me that I could email them all my scores and they would average them out to see if it was passing. It was for social studies but not for English but they just put a new law in place that if you have taken these courses then you can get your Praxis score waived. I had to contact my University. Long story short, the lady at the state went above and beyond to help me get it. After 7 years of taking this test I have finally got my teaching license. 

I started this process the 2nd of May and by the 10th of May I had a teaching license. I am so thankful for the Utah State Board of Education who take the time to help teachers like me reach their goals that they have been fighting for, for years! May 10th my LEA license that I was working on got expired by the state and by 3 PM that afternoon I had my Professional license. 

Just because I didn't like the answer that I got from my school of having to pay for my license. So I called and met with the state and BAM! Professional License.

Then I went with my friend to Phoenix, Arizona to drop off her cat to a new home! What a road trip! It was so fun! It was a long road trip but so worth it. We stayed in Phoenix and then went to Vegas but along the journey we stopped in some small town for breakfast! It was a cute little place called Horseshoe Cafe! It has pancakes bigger than my head, no joke! We then made it to Vegas and of course we went to the Coke Store, M&M Store and the Hershey Store! Then we went to St. George to see a coworker who helped me when I first started my teaching career. I love her and I am so thankful for her! 

I had a great weekend and week last week! I am so blessed to be who I am and to be where I am! I am so thankful for all the challenges and the struggles that it took to get me here! That is a week in review! 

Teaching is a hard job, but it is worth every minute. I love my job! I am so thankful for it! 

When life gets hard, drink a COKE!

I am off to my next adventure. Until next time Peace Out Cub scout. Work hard, Play harder, RUN YOUR HEART OUT! Never lose sight of the end goal. Keep the Faith! Peace and Love! Over and Out!

Great News! Life is looking up!

 Hello Blogger Fam! 

As promised I am blogging once a week in May to give you updates on life. 

I first want to start off by saying how lucky I am to be a teacher. I have been working for 7 years to pass a test as you all know. I finally took matters into my own hands and talked to the Utah State Board of Education Licensing and I have found out that I can get my teaching license. Finally, after all the defeat! I am moving up in the world.

Fighting for something you want is worth it, it is always on the lord's timing not yours. I have been fighting for so long and now that it is coming it is so crazy to me. 

The state has passed me on my Social Studies praxis! WAHOO!!! 27 times finally paid off! One more test to go or just my college courses! 

I am so thankful for the opportunity to be a teacher and to watch my students learn and grow. It is so amazing to see how far they have come from the first of the year to now. 

In the first grade where I work we have a Fiesta because we teach about Mexico. The Fiesta brings so much joy to their faces. They get so excited for the piñatas and the food. They are so excited to tell others what they have learned and how they learned it. I always say when I want them to remember something. I tell them to tell it to everyone they know, even to the random stranger in the grocery store. 

Teaching is a hard job, but it is worth every minute. I love my job! I am so thankful for it! 

When life gets hard, drink a COKE! 😊

I am off to my next adventure. Until next time Peace Out Cub scout. Work hard, Play harder, RUN YOUR HEART OUT! Never lose sight of the end goal. Keep the Faith! Peace and Love! Over and Out!

Different Perspective

Hello Blogger Fam! 

I know it has been forever since I have blogged, not because I have not thought about it, I am just busy with work and then I forget. Starting in May I am going to blog once a week just about the week happenings! 

The reason for this blog post today is to just let you know how I feel about the Praxis. I know that you are like Jill. We know you hate that test.Yes, but hear me out. I have taken that test many times 29 to be exact besides the point. I took it last week but this time was different. I walked in with a new sense of confidence. The sense of peace I felt as I walked into that test and the love of the Savior that I felt was different than before. I had this sense of do you trust me? Everything is going to be okay, TRUST ME! I went in knowing that I was going to pass.  I walked out defeated not because I failed but knowing I missed it by one point. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry or be mad. So my solution was to go to Chick-Fila and drink a coke. I am only drinking one a week which we know is a real struggle haha! I called my mom and she said the same thing as she always does. I'm so sorry! What question and my response who knows! I then texted my Bishop and he responded "Oh no, I'm so sorry! Next time for sure." Little did I know that meant he would come and talk to me at church and tell me how sorry he was. His wife also told me that she would help me and that meant a lot. Because I am just one person in the world and yet they were willing to take the time to make me feel like I mattered!

I know people want to help but I don't know how to have them help me. I feel like I am a lost cause and that I have wasted my time and money and my parents money on this test. I have given it everything I have. I wonder if I have made the incorrect career choice. I love my job and I love my students! I love the love they have for me and the love I have for them. I feel the pure love of Christ through them everyday. I am truly lucky to be a teacher in this day and age. Is it hard, yes but it is worth every minute, every tear and every early morning at the gym! 

Moral of my story, the Praxis still owns me but I am not worried about it because I know that everything is going to be okay! I am doing what I need to, to be the best teacher I can be. 

I am done letting the Praxis bring me down. I can run marathons for pete sake.

The love I felt this time taking the Praxis was incredible. Just to see my fan club cheer me on and to pick up the broken pieces of devastation and no matter what I am loved! I am worth it! I am enough! 

I am so thankful for the time I had to take the Praxis this past weekend because it has given me a new sense of self confidence. The test doesn't own me I OWN IT! 1 point I got this!

When life gets hard, drink a COKE! 😊

I am off to my next adventure. Until next time Peace Out Cub scout. Work hard, Play harder, RUN YOUR HEART OUT! Never lose sight of the end goal. Keep the Faith! Peace and Love! Over and Out! 

My Sweet Friend!

 Hello Blogger Fam! 

Welcome to 2022! What a crazy year 2021 has been! I am excited for the new adventures of 2022 that are coming! I am ready for the craziness because I know that life doesn't slow down for anyone. 

First, I would like to start talking about life! Life comes at you fast! I got a call last week from my mom which is nothing new. I call my mom everyday after school on my drive home but this day was different. She talked like she normally did but she stopped and said, "Snortis's wife called and said our friend isn't doing well." I know that she has been fighting cancer for 2 years. I always knew she could beat it and win the fight! She told me that! Let me backup and tell you about this Sweet Lady. 

This sweet lady is the most positive and amazing person you will ever meet! Her favorite color is yellow and I think that is where my love of yellow came from because I wanted to be just like her, so positive and happy.  I want to share some memories that I have with Sweet Lady.

She watched us grow up, the good, the bad and the ugly. I remember when I was in a choir when I was in 1st and 2nd grade. We had a competition or some convention in Salt Lake City and she came and picked me up and took me to Wendy's and I gotta stay at her house. Another thing I remember is when I was in 5th grade my grandma died and she was at the funeral. I know that was something so small but that meant the world to me that she would come all the way from Brigham City with her parents to just be with our family! She supported me in my beauty pageants. She was one of my biggest fans in the crowd with my family!  

Even when her life got hard she never gave up and she never lost sight of the end goal! She never forgot the plan, she never forgot who she was and what she was to do. 

She called me on February 14, 2020 and said are you sitting down? I have something very important to tell you. What she didn't know is I was sitting on the floor by my suitcase thinking of what I needed to pack for a trip. She then proceeded and said I have cancer but I have the best doctors and I will beat it. It didn't phase me then but when my mom said that she was getting sicker and not better that was when it hit me! 

I love this sweet lady so much! I text her occasionally as her life is coming to a close. My heart is breaking because she is one of those people that you need in your corner not because you talk everyday but because you know that someone loves you no matter what! You are loved even when you make dumb choices she is the one who cheers you on when you can't cheer for yourself anymore. She is the one who believes in you even when you can't believe in yourself anymore. I am so grateful for her! I love this sweet lady so much! 

Cancer is taking an amazing person as it does quite often but my life has been changed for the better because of this sweet lady! When she makes it to the other side I hope she talks to BettyAnn and gives my grandma B a hug for me! 

I love you my sweet friend! Thank you for loving me and believing in me and never giving up on me! Thank you for fighting with all you have! I will never forget the Christlike love that you have for others! I hope one day to be as amazing as you are! 

The plan of salvation is real! 

When life gets hard, drink a COKE! 😊

I am off to my next adventure. Until next time Peace Out Cub scout. Work hard, Play harder, RUN YOUR HEART OUT! Never lose sight of the end goal. Keep the Faith! Peace and Love! Over and Out!

Having to share the BEST!

 Hello Blogger Fam! 

It has been a long time since I have blogged and a lot has happened since I last blogged. I moved back in with my parents for a little bit. I worked at a scout camp for a few weeks this past summer and then went fabric shopping with my mom and her best friend Janet. Then again another school year started and let me tell you what that was a joke! I love my job so I thought until someone decided to push every button I had. I did my bulletin boards back in July! JULY! We were going to be Mountain Climbers again. Let me back up a little. Our classrooms got redone with new old cabinets and counters totally awesome right?! Well, that meant we couldn't go into our classrooms so once we sorta could I went in. I did my bulletin board in July. JULY! I had my board up and then two days before school starts another teacher on my team did the same theme I did but she one upped me and we all know that I don't like that. She them came to me and said "Oh, you did that too?!" Therefore, I went home to my mom and just got so mad and cried because I was so UPSET! I shouldn't have been upset but when you have to one up me that is a problem. Friday after the meet and greet was over I tore my board down and I asked the art teacher to paint sunflowers and she said let me make you a template and she came back to me within 20 minutes with 4 sunflowers ready to be put on my bulletin board. I know the other teacher doesn't know how much she hurt my feelings but she did and then to make things worse she got the most amazing instructor in the world. She can have that instructor but if you are mean to her I will definitely be even more upset.

I loved my instructor from last year; she is a saint! She was the most amazing person I know and she even has the cutest little boy. She knew when we needed an emergency recess, she knew when I was frustrated and she knew what I was thinking before I even spoke to her. I loved her so much! I miss her so much! She took all her stuff and moved it to her new room. When she grabbed her last load she said this is my last load of stuff. When she left something left the calm and peace that she brings to the classroom. I told her she would always be welcome and wasn't quite out. She wrote me a note and it was so simple but that day was the day that I needed it the most. It said, "Have a great day!" That was the day I knew I had a friend and I didn't have to worry about being someone I wasn't and I could just be Jill. She has become  one of my best friends! I am so grateful that I was able to have her as an instructor for a year and a half. Ms. Incredible was a blessing in my life and a much needed one. I am so thankful to have her in my life and to call her my friend. She taught me so many things. She taught me to believe in myself and to not give up on my dreams! Ms. Incredible thank you for all you do and for never giving up on me and sticking around as my instructor. You are truly the BEST!!!

When life gets hard, drink a COKE! 😊

I am off to my next adventure. Until next time Peace Out Cub scout. Work hard, Play harder, RUN YOUR HEART OUT! Never lose sight of the end goal. Keep the Faith! Peace and Love! Over and Out!

Welcome 2021! See Ya 2020

Good Morning Blogger World! 

What a crazy year it has been! We have learned how to be socially distant and how to talk to people on the phone again. Welcome back to the 90's when cellphones and texting were not a thing! As the year has wrapped up I have thought and thought about what a crazy ride it has been and all the adventures. I often wonder if people would change the way 2020 went if they could, me not so much! It got me a best friend who I know I could tell anything to and he will just say oh Jill. It taught me the people you can trust and who not to trust. Some of the experiences I would have loved to not had but I wouldn't change them for anything. They have made me a better person and human.

I am 10 days late at welcoming in the year 2021! It is going to be a great year! Full of adventures and many things to learn. I know COVID has come and took its toll on all of us. I am here to tell you it is hard but life is meant to be enjoyed! Go running in the rain, dance in the rain, dance to the beat of your own drum! Dance like no one is watching because in those moments those are truly the moments that you are being you who you are and what you are meant to become! Don't let the fear of COVID take your dreams away. Go live the dream! 

Last year was hard but this year is new and a new you! Go be the you, you want the world to see, don't look back! 

Here's to a GREAT year! Welcome 2021 let's rock it! 

If you wonder what I will be doing this year I will give you my top 5 things I want to accomplish and next year I will report on them! 

1. Blog at least once a month

2. Date 

3. Pass the Praxis

4. Run

5. Go somewhere new

Those are some of my goals here's to a wonderful year! 2021 let's ROCK IT! When life gets hard, drink a COKE! 😊

I am off to my next adventure. Until next time Peace Out Cub scout. Work hard, Play harder, RUN YOUR HEART OUT! Never lose sight of the end goal. Keep the Faith! Peace and Love! Over and Out!

It's Okay to Ask for Help Sometimes

 Good Morning Blogger Fam!

I have learned many things this past year. The first thing I want w weeks ago about is an experience I had a few weeks ago. As many of you know when I was a senior in high school I tore the ligaments in my right foot. I ran a track meet on the Thursday and my dad picked me up because it was at Skyview and he works in Hyrum. We went to the grocery store to get milk I said dad my foot hurts he said, Willy it will feel better tomorrow. I was like you are right no big deal I went on limping through the grocery store and then when we got home we did the nightly doings. I woke up the next morning in pain that I had never felt before, went about my day hoping people would not ask me to move. I told my mom at lunch I needed to go to the doctor and when I ask to go to the doctor I am DYING!!!! I never want to go to the doctor. We went a few x-rays later Jill I am sorry to tell you, that your track season is probably over that was the first meet of the season. I said are you sure he said I am sorry your ligaments are torn and they need to heal. Maybe in a few weeks we can try running but I need to make sure they are better. Anyway, they got better I could walk again and life was INCREDIBLE! I have been on so many adventures since then. He always said my foot would ache with the change of the weather but I have not felt the pain that I felt that day in over 10 and a half years. 

Two weeks ago December 1, 2020 I was sitting and talking with my roommate and my foot started hurting me being Jill Dallon was like it will feel better in the morning. I went to bed and prayed for a miracle because I knew that without my Heavenly Father's help I wouldn't be able to walk. Did it feel like I could run a marathon? NO! Did it feel like I could work? NO! Did I go to work and pretend everything was fine? YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!  I went to work and limped I tried so hard to walk normal but the pain was winning today. I would hold a desk for a minute until I could bare the pain again. I walked my kids to P.E. then I stopped and asked admin a question. They asked me the question that I had been avoiding all day because I knew the tears would come and they wouldn't stop. I am tough, I have a high pain tolerance. But today the pain had won! They asked me why I was walking funny and the tears streamed down my face as I tried to pretend everything was fine. I told them my foot hurt and they said I will go and get your kids from P.E.. Do you need some ice or anything? Ms. Dallon please just sit and don't walk around we are not mad if you sit today. I knew that sitting meant I had failed my kids, just because I was in pain didn't mean that they didn't need to learn. A kind sir walked up to the side of me at the academic office and started to say my name he saw the tears and he just waited. We then walked down the hall together and he we pretended like I didn't just let my guard down and cry. We chatted I said if you need me I will be in my chair at my desk. I got to my desk and texted him. Not that I had to explain myself to him because I don't but I wanted him to know that I trust him enough to know that I am not okay. He was so kind to me and asked if I needed anything. I learned on those days that it is okay to ask for help because sometimes we all need a little extra love! I emailed admin and apologized for crying. One emailed me back and said Ms. Dallon I knew you were tough but I didn't know you were that tough. I didn't even notice this morning but now it makes sense why squatting to take a picture with your friend was so hard. I learned that admin does care and they want us to succeed even on the hard days when we can't walk. Everyday since one of the admin has asked how my foot is doing. That has meant the world to me because they are very busy ladies and yet she has the time to ask me and to care about my foot. 

I realize that day that we are not in the journey we call life alone we have people who care. People who notice and want to help you just have to get off your high horse and ask. I am so thankful that my Heavenly Father loves me enough to have suffered that pain for me and to give it to me so I can learn of his will and not my own. I am so thankful for the days that my foot hurts not because of the pain but because it reminds me of how much my Father in heaven loves me and knows me. He never once has let me down. He sent his son to suffer on the cross for me and for each and everyone of you. I know that he loves me and sometimes I doubt that and then I say Jill he is the one who will always love you even with the mistakes you make. I am so thankful for my Heavenly Father and all he does for me and my family. I am so thankful for all my pains and struggles because I have learned that it is okay to ask for help because we all need it sometimes! 

I am so thankful and blessed to know that the life is hard but with the gospel it is a lot easier knowing you don't have to face it alone. I am so thankful for all the wonderful people I have in my life the ones I trust and just the ones that I don't. I am thankful to be me and to live in this crazy time of COVID! Life is a Beautiful thing! 

I am off to my next adventure. Until next time Peace Out Cub scout. Work hard, Play harder, RUN YOUR HEART OUT! Never lose sight of the end goal. Keep the Faith! Peace and Love! Over and Out!