Don't get me wrong, I am excited/nervous/etc. for the first day of school. I have never really NOT wanted to go. But this year is different. I don't know why? Maybe it is because I am changing grade levels, but I have taught second grade before. Maybe it is because it has been so long, it has been 7 years...... I don't know..... Maybe it could be because I don't have a clue what I am doing tomorrow because I don't have copy of the lesson plans in my hand so that I may prepare myself. Yes, I do use a lesson plan, but only the first couple of weeks!!!! Then I am in the groove and ready to go..... My friend B had a good suggestion for the student that likes to hit, wear Mr. V's protective gear...... I might have to!!!!
Maybe I am feeling this way because I am afraid that something is wrong with A. I just have a feeling of dread for this test. I am also feeling VERY homesick and wish that I could be starting work with my sister-in-law!!! I'll get over it though.....
Thought of another commercial that I don't get...... The "Kia, Save the Greenbacks!" commercial. How stupid is that one????
We didn't do much this weekend. A and J sat and watched me get my stuff ready for school. Tried to draw all over my papers and gave lots of sorry momma kisses because of it. Mr. V worked two Ranger games, which means a nice paycheck at the end of the month. Lord knows we need it!!! He worked from 2 to 9:30 yesterday and will work 6-??? whenever the game ends tonight!!! I do miss him when he works and so do the kids, but we do enjoy the money!!! Get that debt paid so we can MOVE!!!!!!
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
First Day Blues, Bathtubs, Singing Viagra, and MRI Bull
Ok. First off let me just say that I am dreading the first day of school. I have a student that hit the AP so bad last year that she had to go have an MRI. If that happens, then I quit. I didn't sign up to be beat up. Then my teammate finds out that she has a student that is in the psychward right now because he beat his mom up so bad that she had to go to the emergency room....... WHY ARE THESE KIDS ALLOWED TO BE IN SCHOOL????? They should be in an alternative school for kids with ED problems..... These are 2nd graders people!!!!!!
Secondly, (I know this is not in order of my title.... but....) Cooks has lost all of A's MRI info. Yeah, lost it..... Dr. D is just a dumbfounded as we are....... This has never happened he told us. Of course it had to happen to us, right..... They are going to try to do it again, without sedating A, but he is 5 and they are expecting him to lay still for 30 minutes....... I don't think that I could do that..... So, he goes in again on Monday afternoon.
My next two points have to do with commercials...... What in the world were the advertisers thinking when they wrote the Cialis and Viagra commercials? Viva Viagra??? What the hell........ Hmmmm, I don't know about you but it makes me want to go get some..... So does the Cialis commercial..... I especially like when the older couples are laying in separate bathtubs - OUTSIDE????? I really like that you have to go to the ER if you experience an erection lasting longer than 4 hours. WHAT?????? I guess I just don't get it.......
Secondly, (I know this is not in order of my title.... but....) Cooks has lost all of A's MRI info. Yeah, lost it..... Dr. D is just a dumbfounded as we are....... This has never happened he told us. Of course it had to happen to us, right..... They are going to try to do it again, without sedating A, but he is 5 and they are expecting him to lay still for 30 minutes....... I don't think that I could do that..... So, he goes in again on Monday afternoon.
My next two points have to do with commercials...... What in the world were the advertisers thinking when they wrote the Cialis and Viagra commercials? Viva Viagra??? What the hell........ Hmmmm, I don't know about you but it makes me want to go get some..... So does the Cialis commercial..... I especially like when the older couples are laying in separate bathtubs - OUTSIDE????? I really like that you have to go to the ER if you experience an erection lasting longer than 4 hours. WHAT?????? I guess I just don't get it.......
Friday, August 17, 2007
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Pictures Galore
See, God's country.... Deer roam free..... :-)
M and J..... Jenny and Mulan as they called themselves....
E-MAN..... Blackmail material!! :-)
MUSCLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
B and A on the PONTOON!!!!!!!! At Leech Lake.....
Fireworks party.....These are hardly all of the pictures, I will publish more in the future......
Friday, August 10, 2007
Long time.......
It has been a long time since I have been on here. I guess that there was way too much to be done when I got home. I thought that I would come home and the house would be clean, etc. But Of course not! That is another story!!!! Since we have been home, tons of things have been happening!
1). A has been super sick. About a week after we got back from Nana and Papa's, he was playing with his daddy. Well, he ended up somehow, hurting his neck. This in turn put him into what they call a tonic seizure. Well, that is what they think happened. We called 911, etc. so, he has had an EEG and will have a MRI on the 20th. Meanwhile, he ended up in the ER with a high fever and some virus that lasted over 10 days. We went to the Dr. and it turns out it was an ear infection....... But he ran fever for over 10 days. So, J and I had to sit around the house so A could get better. How exciting!! Needless to say, the fever is gone, but the attitude is back...... Will keep you posted on the results of both the EEG and the MRI. Hopefully, they are nothing....
2). Chelsea the dog has been sick also. She has been having these "episodes" of complete loss of control of her body and total confusion. This mainly happens after we have been throwing the ball. I know, I know, it is too hot to have the dog out and throwing the ball. Believe me, we NEVER throw the ball in the heat of the day!!! We always threw it in the early morning, and anyone who knows A, we are up at the crack of dawn..... Or we throw late at night, after the sun has gone down. So, we would throw for not even 5 minutes and she would be come disoriented and collapse. Sometimes, she would hide herself in a corner. Very scary to watch. Well, we took her to our vet. They said that she had an upper respiratory infection and put her on some antibiotics. They also ran a full blood panel just to rule out anything else. Blood was good, but we were still having episodes. We didn't throw the ball for a while, until she was done with the pills. She still had an episode. Called the vet, they sent us to a neurologist. UGH!!! Turns out all she has is something called "exercise induced collapse in labs." No other fancy name than that. So our poor dog can't retireve.
3). J is fine. She has a bigger and better attitude..... Gotta love her though for being so strong willed! Some days are harder than others...... :-) She will start Pre-K in the fall, so we are busy getting together school stuff for her. She is very picky, so I hope she will be fine with the uniform.... I feel bad for her that she had to sit around with her brother sick, but we found things to do. She is VERY good at putting together an ABC puzzle now...... She can swim all by herself now, and is realizing that it is much better to do that, than hang on her mamma.
Well, there it is in a nutshell. I know that I am missing somethings, if I remember, I will post later. Also, when I download the pictures from our trip, I will post those too!
1). A has been super sick. About a week after we got back from Nana and Papa's, he was playing with his daddy. Well, he ended up somehow, hurting his neck. This in turn put him into what they call a tonic seizure. Well, that is what they think happened. We called 911, etc. so, he has had an EEG and will have a MRI on the 20th. Meanwhile, he ended up in the ER with a high fever and some virus that lasted over 10 days. We went to the Dr. and it turns out it was an ear infection....... But he ran fever for over 10 days. So, J and I had to sit around the house so A could get better. How exciting!! Needless to say, the fever is gone, but the attitude is back...... Will keep you posted on the results of both the EEG and the MRI. Hopefully, they are nothing....
2). Chelsea the dog has been sick also. She has been having these "episodes" of complete loss of control of her body and total confusion. This mainly happens after we have been throwing the ball. I know, I know, it is too hot to have the dog out and throwing the ball. Believe me, we NEVER throw the ball in the heat of the day!!! We always threw it in the early morning, and anyone who knows A, we are up at the crack of dawn..... Or we throw late at night, after the sun has gone down. So, we would throw for not even 5 minutes and she would be come disoriented and collapse. Sometimes, she would hide herself in a corner. Very scary to watch. Well, we took her to our vet. They said that she had an upper respiratory infection and put her on some antibiotics. They also ran a full blood panel just to rule out anything else. Blood was good, but we were still having episodes. We didn't throw the ball for a while, until she was done with the pills. She still had an episode. Called the vet, they sent us to a neurologist. UGH!!! Turns out all she has is something called "exercise induced collapse in labs." No other fancy name than that. So our poor dog can't retireve.
3). J is fine. She has a bigger and better attitude..... Gotta love her though for being so strong willed! Some days are harder than others...... :-) She will start Pre-K in the fall, so we are busy getting together school stuff for her. She is very picky, so I hope she will be fine with the uniform.... I feel bad for her that she had to sit around with her brother sick, but we found things to do. She is VERY good at putting together an ABC puzzle now...... She can swim all by herself now, and is realizing that it is much better to do that, than hang on her mamma.
Well, there it is in a nutshell. I know that I am missing somethings, if I remember, I will post later. Also, when I download the pictures from our trip, I will post those too!
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