I haven't posted in FOREVER sorry about that. The final countdown ended with an amazing trip to CA to visit friends. I got to spend lots of time with J and E and lots of time with the belly that is little baby H to come.
If I could sum up the trip in two words they would be Comfort and Yum. We had lots of comfortable fun just hanging out, walking, playing games, and watching movies with comfortable friends. We also ate A LOT of good food. I think I consumed my entire food ration for March in that one week. We ate everything from Japanese stake house, to the best sushi that I have ever had, to brazillian bar-b-cue, to Mexican market food. WOW... and we topped it off with a seven pound chocolate cake. Yah... the cake actually weighed seven pounds.
Then spring break was over and last week came and went with a whoosh. No kidding it was a wierd week both with the weather and with life. We started the week on Monday with a disasterous wind storm resulting in the loss of power for two and a half hours. Had a couple nice days and then ended the week with a 10 inch snow storm with 3-4 foot drifts. Two days after the snow storm it was 60 degrees and the snow has all melted.
The children responded to mother natures tricks with all of the following:
Dispondancy
Gregariousness
Disrespect
Slugishness
Hyper social tendencies
Some of those traits all happened at the same time in the same classes. It was not a bad week, it was a wierd week with lots of energy spent.
So I am hoping that this week will go a little steadier. Although Mother Nature is already sending us spinning on a hot/cold dance in which I would rather not partake.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
The Final Countdown
Disclaimer: You should not read this if you have something better to do. Um... you don't even have to read this one if you have something worse to do. It isn't that good.
WOW,
So I have been in this "final countdown" for officially 25 days. That is the number that I actually started with when I wrote down the dates on the calendar. That is the day when I felt it appropriate to actually number the days. The actual time span has been more like 60 days... but I didn't want to put myself under that kind of suspense.
This is the final countdown to spring break 2009. Most people associate spring break with relaxation, cleaning, partying, road trips, and many other things. For me this year means spring break with J. and E. out in California. E. will be 8 months pregnant when we see them, so I expect I will be spending a significant time watching "the belly" move by itself.
Anyway I wanted to say that I haven't counted down to anything since the wedding, but that would be a lie. I tend to count down to a lot of things in my life. I counted down to KMEA when I got to go to W and spend time refreshing my personal and social life.
I counted down to the work day that I had last Friday so that I could actually get my fifth grade program choreographed and finished.
After spring break I will be counting down to May 22, which is the work day at the end of the year. Lord knows that will be a difficult countdown. I may just have to number that one on the good old planner so that I don't have to re-count it every week.
Sometimes I try to get myself to stop counting down. I don't think it is good for me to be looking ahead all of the time. I have goals that I am going to live in the present. I actually have done a pretty good job of living in the present at school this year. I lived in the present so much that the first 9 weeks of second semester flew by. I just need to figure out how to do that again.
Well... this post is pretty much boring for anyone who read it... there were no anecdotes or interesting stories... just little things about my thought processing for life.
I think I will go back to the beginning and put a disclaimer.
WOW,
So I have been in this "final countdown" for officially 25 days. That is the number that I actually started with when I wrote down the dates on the calendar. That is the day when I felt it appropriate to actually number the days. The actual time span has been more like 60 days... but I didn't want to put myself under that kind of suspense.
This is the final countdown to spring break 2009. Most people associate spring break with relaxation, cleaning, partying, road trips, and many other things. For me this year means spring break with J. and E. out in California. E. will be 8 months pregnant when we see them, so I expect I will be spending a significant time watching "the belly" move by itself.
Anyway I wanted to say that I haven't counted down to anything since the wedding, but that would be a lie. I tend to count down to a lot of things in my life. I counted down to KMEA when I got to go to W and spend time refreshing my personal and social life.
I counted down to the work day that I had last Friday so that I could actually get my fifth grade program choreographed and finished.
After spring break I will be counting down to May 22, which is the work day at the end of the year. Lord knows that will be a difficult countdown. I may just have to number that one on the good old planner so that I don't have to re-count it every week.
Sometimes I try to get myself to stop counting down. I don't think it is good for me to be looking ahead all of the time. I have goals that I am going to live in the present. I actually have done a pretty good job of living in the present at school this year. I lived in the present so much that the first 9 weeks of second semester flew by. I just need to figure out how to do that again.
Well... this post is pretty much boring for anyone who read it... there were no anecdotes or interesting stories... just little things about my thought processing for life.
I think I will go back to the beginning and put a disclaimer.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Oh the storm before the calm
Wow,
I really am feeling the need to post right now. So I will even though I have a ton of other stuff to do.
First of all... updates on the week. Last night I had a meeting at church. These meetings are only supposed to last 2 hours, but we are lucky if we get by with 3. Last night was no exception. Husband started texting me at 8:30 and continued to demand that I come home till I walked in the door at 9:30. I ate and went to bed. Not so much an exciting evening.
Tonight are my first and second grade programs. As usual the children are pulling out all of the stops at the last moment. I really hope that I didn't overshoot the peak of their performance by one practice. That would be a REAL SHAME since this is kind of like my state assessment.
Speaking of state assessments... we started them today. The quiet signs will be up in the hall ways for the next month or so. My schedule will be overturned. The children will be rambunctious. Time for all of the movement lessons I can come up with.
So tonight is full. Tomorrow I have Choir which should go alright....
(time laps of two days)
So... I don't normally start posts and finish them two days later, but today I did... or rather two days I did. Anyway...
Choir did not go as alright as I had hoped. Some of the songs are just about ready, and some are, well, in need of some shock therapy. I need to say some shocking things to get these people moving. There was something else that happened after Choir that dampened my spirits. Just some "advice" about choosing music that I don't really know how to take. It seems that the music that I have been choosing is too difficult and artful. It makes them sound "classical."
Well, excuse me for raising the bar on musicianship.
Ahem... That's all.
Today is my first night off from everything. I think I am going to try to get my hair did. It is in need of a trim and some root attention.
Two more days and then we fly. The calm can finally come. This week is almost through. WAHOO!
I really am feeling the need to post right now. So I will even though I have a ton of other stuff to do.
First of all... updates on the week. Last night I had a meeting at church. These meetings are only supposed to last 2 hours, but we are lucky if we get by with 3. Last night was no exception. Husband started texting me at 8:30 and continued to demand that I come home till I walked in the door at 9:30. I ate and went to bed. Not so much an exciting evening.
Tonight are my first and second grade programs. As usual the children are pulling out all of the stops at the last moment. I really hope that I didn't overshoot the peak of their performance by one practice. That would be a REAL SHAME since this is kind of like my state assessment.
Speaking of state assessments... we started them today. The quiet signs will be up in the hall ways for the next month or so. My schedule will be overturned. The children will be rambunctious. Time for all of the movement lessons I can come up with.
So tonight is full. Tomorrow I have Choir which should go alright....
(time laps of two days)
So... I don't normally start posts and finish them two days later, but today I did... or rather two days I did. Anyway...
Choir did not go as alright as I had hoped. Some of the songs are just about ready, and some are, well, in need of some shock therapy. I need to say some shocking things to get these people moving. There was something else that happened after Choir that dampened my spirits. Just some "advice" about choosing music that I don't really know how to take. It seems that the music that I have been choosing is too difficult and artful. It makes them sound "classical."
Well, excuse me for raising the bar on musicianship.
Ahem... That's all.
Today is my first night off from everything. I think I am going to try to get my hair did. It is in need of a trim and some root attention.
Two more days and then we fly. The calm can finally come. This week is almost through. WAHOO!
Thursday, March 05, 2009
KMEA and the madness that is life
So.... I was at KMEA last weekend. It made my week short, but short weeks are always so fast, and I never get to write when I want to.
Then KMEA happened, and it was a wonderful time to gather new materials and re-charge my batteries. I danced. I sang. I watched teachers use smart boards like professionals. I even talked with a first year teacher who looked like she was about to pass out right there on scene. I remember that feeling. The feeling that if you are pushed one more inch that you will crumble like a dried up Gumby. I assured her that it will get better. SO much better.
Then this week came, and it is the last week of third quarter so I am grading like a mad fiend.
So much for posting more often.
Then KMEA happened, and it was a wonderful time to gather new materials and re-charge my batteries. I danced. I sang. I watched teachers use smart boards like professionals. I even talked with a first year teacher who looked like she was about to pass out right there on scene. I remember that feeling. The feeling that if you are pushed one more inch that you will crumble like a dried up Gumby. I assured her that it will get better. SO much better.
Then this week came, and it is the last week of third quarter so I am grading like a mad fiend.
So much for posting more often.
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