Actually, I succeeded in blogging 4 times in september, which averages to about once a week which isn't too bad. Ah, summer's over and real life has begun again.
Belle is working hard in her novice training class. While she is very good at doing all of her commands when we are alone, she is having no success when any other dogs around. (Except at the class where it is more formal and everyone is working with their dogs...) She did do well the other night with Kaya barking behind the gate, but we still have a long way to go with her. Not that she is a bad puppy. She just has ADHD. She gets so excited when other dogs are around that she can't focus on me or Grant. I know. She is still young.
So far, I am enjoying first grade. The lack of independence is a bit frustrating, and I have a few kids that are absolutly driving me crazy (don't I every year?...I think its just the nature of the beast!) But it is very rewarding, too.
One thing I really like is having only 20 kids. Beyond just the logistics of less grading. Here is the truly best part. I feel like I really know each of my kids. It is manageable. I can remember their quirks and ticks. WIth 30+ kids, I was constantly writing myself notes.."remember to tell parents this at conference..." where as with 20 kids, I have a very clear profile of each of my studnets in my head. I can easily categorize them in my head, and as a result, I turly feel like I better teacher. It is sincerely a great thing. It really should be funded to max the classes out at 20 all the way up, to at least junior high. It makes a huge difference. Not just in the logisitcs like "I have more time to assess each child" but also to really know them. Its very cool.
My birthday has come and gone and I am now 26. Sigh. It has been a very nice birthday week. I am feeling so spoiled. I got almost everything I asked for on my birthday list...the only downside is that I had planned on half of the list still being their for Christmas.
I got a hot water dispenser so that I can have tea at work.
I got a yoga mat so that I don't have to pick dog hairs off of my sweaty palms in the midst of my sun salutation.
I got a subscription to a scrapbooking magazine...something I really want to get ack in to.
I got my very own set of luggage...so I can travel everywhere and not have to borrow suitcases, and it is a very cool shade of navy blue.
I got a bouquet of flowers delivered to my school.
I got a gift certificate to Old Navy.
I got stickers and books for my classroom.
I got a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble.
And (which is quickly becoming my time consuming addiction and I haven't even started it yet...) The Sims 2. I have been reading forums and discussions and the manual...but I haven't played the game yet...
(see what I mean?????? Spoiled Rotten! - And very much loved!!!! I am the luckiest lady!)
Also, Grant and I are taking a mini vacation to Seattle next weekend. It was either that or San Francisco, but we decided to go for someplace new, that we'd never been to before. Happy Birthday to me!!!
Also, I finished the Dark Tower 4, 5, and 6....so now I just have book 7. Which I am 17th on the watiing list at the library (and they only ordered 7 copies in the whole system!) I don't want to buy it becasue I want to buy the boed set when it comes out. Sigh So I am on hold.
Which is good because I have been majorly procrastinating on my classes. (As in, spending the weekend doing my papers because I come home from school and read!!!)
I swear, if it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done!
(I also use the weekend to catch up on my shows. I haven't watched Survivor yet, or 7th Heaven, or the Surreal Life from last Sunday.)
But I guess I should use this temporary hiatus I've been given (no 7th dark tower book, papers all graded, no major assignments...unless you count that pesky online short answer midterm...and no means to start sims 2 until we get a new computer which should happen next month becasue the game is to advenced for this here two-year-old computer...) to, well, I don't know, clean up the three inches of accumulated dog hair that has piled up in the corners (gross!!! I blush!!!), yeah I know...clean the house. Sigh.
And perhaps use getting off at 1 for parent conferences to actually file the papers that are stacked in random piles all over my classroom. Its getting hard to find the first graders! I jest...
Life in the sims is so much easier. You just hire a maid to come clean up for you for 70 simoleans a day. She'll even unclog the toilet for you.
Yeah yeah yeah.
well, I best take miss belle out for tonight's practice session. Its cool, its fall, I am sleepy, and if I sit here looking for more information on the sims or typing away on my blog, I'll never get around to wathcnig 7th heaven, and, in reality, I'd like nothing more then to just curl up i bed and go to sleep. But no! The puppy must come first...I would never neglect my puppy! Ah shit...its nine and I have to go feed her! Just kidding, Grant. Danny fed her when he got home. (45 minutes ago...hee hee...)
If your still reading, Thanks for reading...
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