Summer is over, school is beginning...

tomorrow.

Classes begin full time tomorrow. I do not feel ready. I was in my classroom, no where near as much as I would like to have been. I finally got it presentable on Saturday. Yes, I said Saturday. I took the younger three with me and spent several hours there putting the finishing touches on it. The classroom is ready for students to walk in, I am not so sure I am though.

I do not have the lesson plans set out and ready, not yet. I have them, just need to post them and prep for them. Make sure I have read up on the topic of the day, made power points, copied off things, etc ect.

I know I am harder on myself, than anyone else is, but if I am not tough on me, I will slack off.

I am looking forward to the school year and dreading it all at the same time. I have three subjects I have to prep for, what if I can't do it? What if I can't keep them straight? I know I am going to have good days and bad days. My hope is I have more good than bad. That I find my sea legs, so to speak, that I am able to find the time to do everything I need to get done. To remember to make the calls home, to document, document, document. Make sure I don't let things slip too far.

I wish for patience, knowledge, and peace to be able to reach each student that walks into my room and educate them all to the very best of my abilities and to challenge them to reach their full potential, yet not challenging to the point where they shut down.

Back to work

I am in the business of saving lives!

This is what we were informed of today. Once I thought about it, I could see it. I not only teach my students about my content area, I teach them about life. I do everything I can to introduce them to the many different options out there. Many students think that they are stuck in a mold that has been preset for them. They need to know they have choices. The only thing holding them back is themselves. They need to have the drive to succeed.

I am now teaching three different subjects this year. I have less than a week to prepare. I am worried I won't be, but I will do everything I can to be ready. We have trainings all this week and will only have Friday and Saturday to prepare my classroom. The new classroom where I only currently have one full bin unpacked. A bin of books. Maybe more tomorrow can be squeezed in, maybe.

A week in review

So this past week I have been getting to know a friend from high school. Its been a long and interesting week.

Currently we are traveling back for our high school reunion. I didn't realize how different adding one additional person to our traveling would make. Since we are relearning each other and my family has only known her a short time, the usual gel that happens between friends of 20 plus years isn't there yet as easily as it should be.

A visitor is amongst us

This week my best friend from high school is visiting us. She flew in on Thursday and will be driving back with us on Wed. Yes, driving back. We will have an 18 hour drive ahead of us. We are all going. She is going home and home is where are 20th Class Reunion is being held.

It is hard for me to believe it has been 20 years since I graduated high school. I had so much going on during my life at that time I don't remember much.

I volunteered to put together a slide show of pictures for the reunion. It has been fun putting it together.

We have been doing the sight seeing thing since M has been here. I am so tired! But a good tired. Stayed up until 3am yesterday talking to her. We have so much to talk about, so many gaps to fill in, yet we feel comfortable with each other still. It is hard to believe it has been 18 years since we last had any time together to talk... to be friends.

We have both said it took too long to get back in touch. I missed her being in my life.

Today's rant

Dallas Parks and Recreation has some very intelligent people employed with them. They decided that placing stainless steel playground equipment at the parks around the city would be a great idea. Hmmmm.... didn't a single person stop to think that the weather there... HOT HOT and STEAMING HOT, would make the playground equipment a hazard? Guess not!

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-totlot_30met.ART.Central.Edition1.2a06a00.html

Got an email today!
Not just any email, but an email from my principal. Seems the master schedule is being changed!!!!! Go figure, I still don't know for sure what I am teaching. WTF!!! So there is a chance I have been prepping for classes that, yet again, I won't be teaching. I am going to continue working on the lesson plans. I am going to assume that I will be teaching the same subjects. I have to - I need sanity.
Then I learned I go back to work on Friday the 13th! What brilliant individual thought that would be a great idea? Lets bring the teachers back on the 13th!
Forget that! I am going into work on the 12th just because.

Visitor coming soon

On Thursday I am driving to San Antonio to pick up a high school friend of mine. She is going to be here for a week before the family and I, along with her, drive back to Iowa to attend my 20th class reunion. I don't know what I am more nervous about.
I do know there are still some things around the house before the visit and definitely before I go back to work.

TARGET SUCKS!!

I found a new website gayrights.change.org
http://gayrights.change.org/petitions/view/demand_target_stop_donating_to_anti-gay_politicians

Target gave money to a group that supports anti-gay rights.

Won't be going into a Target anytime soon!

Summer is almost over?

Tell me it isn't so!!

Yesterday I was talking with K and it hit me, I only have about three weeks of vacation left. THREE!!!

I haven't even begun to work, seriously, on my lesson plans. I have so much left to do around the house. I did finish the master bathroom... FINALLY!! I had promised K I would do it a long time ago and finally finished it. I also put the floor in the master closets, the closet in the hallway, and have begun putting shelves in that closet too. Something K has wanted done as well. I have too, it just take a slight kick in the butt for me to do it.

Today I have things to do as well. I made me a list. Lets see what I can get done.

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