Well I go back to work on Momday. Yesterday I spent several hours rearranging stuff and unpacking. My honey put up my bulletin boards even with being sick with bronchitis...poor honey. I've got a polka dot theme going...maybe I should call it polka dot Afro! Tonight I started downloading all the ieps so I can give them to the teachers on Monday ( Read more... )

I was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday, February 6. I was told I could go back to work the following Monday (well Tuesday because there was a holiday). Well it didn't go quite like I thought. I went back to work on Tues and was fine. Wed. I couldn't even make it through the morning. That night I was using the machine every two hours. I was ( Read more... )

Ugh...I didn't make it to work. I'm mad at myself. I'm trying to actually have time roll over for the first time in history. Unfortunately I'm notorious for plowing through sick time. Last year by this time I was being deducted each month because I had used too much. That and a 7 day mistake from the district made for small paychecks. Plus it ( Read more... )

I'm sick! Ugh! One week before a 2 week vacation. And I have to be at the hospital all day Thursday when my dad has surgery. At least I can sleep in the waiting room if I want to. This is when I hate being a teacher...the little darlings always get you sick. Right now I have a horrendous sore throat. Hopefully my voice holds out until Friday ( Read more... )

Today was my first day back with my students. All in all a good day. It went extremely fast due to a writing test practice that took up most of the morning. My problem child did well today and only got lectured from me once! I'm trying to work on his attitude. He gives his mom hell and me the same and I'm not taking that kind of attitude from ( Read more... )

Thank you to those who sent tea and sympathy concerning the death of my dear old friend Bill. It's weird to know I'm not going to get a phone call with him on the line for my dad when I'm at my parents. Or see him coming in the door asking if I'm getting in trouble and when I say no he'll say "well you should be ( Read more... )

First of all I want to thank everyone who sent me birthday wishes :) I know this is kinda late in the game...sorry :( Work is incredibly busy. We are going off track in a week. Wednesday is Student Led Conferences. I've never done the student-led thing before. I spent some time tonight getting things ready to be copied tomorrow. We all feel ( Read more... )

Well I'm half-way through my report cards. Aychiwawa they are not fun to write out! We have to translate so many of them into Spanish which is excruciating when you don't write the language. I'm looking for any and all websites with comments translated in Spanish. If you use the free translations the words come out very strange. For example ( Read more... )

I officially don't like Halloween at school. This is the first Halloween celebration I've been at in 3 years. In 2006 my uncle had fallen so I spent most of Halloween at the hospital emergency room. Last year I was at a school that doesn't celebrate Halloween (I just don't get that). So today my class was bouncing off the walls. Yesterday they ( Read more... )

Well my problem child is back acting worse than ever...aychiwawa...spoke to the principal...problem child is going on a behavior contract. Hopefully this will work ( Read more... )