Hey ya'll! We've been having HORRIBLE storms for the last two days off and on... Every evening as I sit down to post here, the thunder and lightning begin. Monday was spent hanging out in the tire store as they checked my new tires that are leaking (nothing is wrong with them... they think that someone is messing with them at night. Um, NOOOOO not with our dog!) Tuesday was spent returning the oldest kid's new band pants, getting a pair that are long enough, finishing school supply shopping, grocery shopping. (It is beginning to thunder, I can't believe this!) I have also been running to and from the high school taking the kid to band. Today I am cleaning out my bedroom closet, laundry, washing the dog and I must get that kitchen floor done. Tomorrow is my mother's surgery so I will be gone from 4 am until who knows... Friday I must return to work. It will be good to get the big huge pile of stuff that I've been collecting for school out of the corner of the living room! I'm actually very calm about tomorrow AND Friday. Que sara, sara! This IS the 20th time that I've returned to my 1st grade classroom. Perhaps finally something good comes with my old age.... experience and a :
: shoulders sort of attitude regarding getting my panties in a twitch over ME starting school. NOW, my boys starting, now THAT has my panties TIGHTLY TWITCHED and I'm a bit freaked out over THAT topic!
Kerry, congratulations on your progress at TOPS! You are doing so well with it! Also, congratulations on the new classroom! Sounds like lots of wonderful items that will be so very useful with your students! Tell me again, about your students. What classification do your students have?! Grade? Middle school, right?
Summerrrr, it wouldn't be back to school with out a Nimrod story! However, the missing firefighters and fire truck would make me crazy! In fact, it reminds me of the summer, that my big huge RED wooden puppet stage simply disappeared. I searched each and every room for the thing. No teachers had seen it. The custodians all sort of "yeah, I remember seeing it... What? It wasn't returned to your room? Hmmmmm...no don't know where we put it." The only silver lining was... I hated, hated, hated that thing! I only had it because a dear friend had given it to me... and she loved it... the kids always would argue and the puppets would even end up fighting... HOWEVER, it was MINE to throw out...or share...NOT the custodians! (That was my old school!) Oh and about a new or old teacher coming to your school to teach the other PreK class... perhaps she will be like me... I had 17 years in 1st grade when I moved to my new school.... I was assigned immediately to be a 5th grade beginning teacher's mentor, I also would like to add that I didn't second guess the 1st grade team that I joined but that I added my own ideas, perspective and experience to their collective. It was VERY difficult to join "an already in progress" team who were very close and were very nervous about adding me. 4 years later, I belong at the school and have been assimilated ....... the team DOES do somethings that I brought to them.... but I didn't force them to! I'm trying to help... and hope this doesn't sound like some sort of lecture.. Please know how I mean these comments! ARGGGH! darn computer... enough!
Ginger, Ginger, Ginger.... where is our Ginger... still shaking the sand out of your clothing and hair?! I'm a bit concerned about your trip knowing how the weather was.... please check in soon!
Alright...back to the closet.... yipeee!
DH has today off....and he has given me THAT look... while looking at the big huge mess in the bedroom... He just mentioned the weather... he is so worried about the computer during storms...and well, we did lose one once... so BYE!
take care!