I agree with you...

My mentor teacher offered to cover my homeroom class so I could go to the doctor.

Sat in the doctor's office for an hour and will pay who-knows-how-much for him to say: "Yes, I agree with you. You have a sinus infection."

Yep. Thanks doc. Now, can I have my drugs?

Got my prescription and gonna take it faithfully so I can be ok for my trip to MN!

A Good Week

I mean, there were a couple moments one Weds/Thursday, but overall... it was a really good week.

Then last night I started getting a sore throat... the your-glands-are-swollen kind of sore throat, not the little-bacteria-type-bugs-with-vampire-teeth-are-eating-the-inside-of-your-esophagus kind of sore throat. And that's actually a relief... cuz the second kind is strep and once every fifteen years is enough for me, thank you.

But yeah... I have a cold. Stuffy, sneezy, coughy, sore throaty...

*sigh*

A Good Day

Woke up to a light dusting of snow.

Kids had a good day.

I had a good day.

Laughed a lot.

Felt the need to blog about it... make a record of the event... Sometimes I feel like there aren't/will never be any good days...

But. Today WAS a good day. And a Monday at that.

Living next to a deaf man...

... or if he's not deaf now, he soon will be.

Seriously.

Could he crank his bass any louder?

Probably.

*shudders at the thought*

Quiet at last

Most talkative Cable Guy ever...

Seriously... he should come with a remote and a MUTE button...

Explaining

So I applied for a three year, initial Colorado teacher's license. When I received my license in the mail, four months later I thought, life was good. However, as I learned last Friday, I received a one year interim license instead.

It expires next week.

Woops.

One massive panic attack, one emergency trip to Denver, one big stack of forms filled out and $60 later I have re-applied for a one-time-only renewal of my one-year license...

Now I have to register, pay and take ANOTHER test.

Ugh.

But... I get to keep my job.

Drool Time

You (yeah you... all of you) should check out the quilt Sharon MADE and is selling on her Etsy store.

It's gorgeous!

Baby otw!

No. Not mine.

Aya's preggers! She's got a bun in the oven.

And I'm going to be Auntie Aspen!

CSAP

Time for the state-mandated tests...

Last week I was told I would just be monitoring a small class, 3 students, who needed extra time.

I came in today and was told I would be a scribe (writing all the answers) for a student who recently broke her arm. I told the principal I didn't think I'd be able to do that because of my wrist problems.

This afternoon I was switched to a classroom with four students - where I will have to read the ENTIRE test to them.

I started out in a good place... what happened?

Better bring a LOT of water... maybe some hot tea...

Clothes

Got some cute new work clothes...

Kaylee handled the day-trip quite well.

Long day though... good to be home.

Close call...

It took a while for me to get to sleep last night and then Sheba, lovely kitty that she is, woke me up at 2am and continued to bug me constantly until I literally kicked her out of the room at 6am. Then I slept... I vaguely remember my first alarm going off and I hit snooze... but I never heard it go off again... never heard my 2nd alarm... woke up at 8am. I am supposed to be at work at 7:30am and ran into my classroom at 8:09 (3 mins before classes start). CLOSE CALL.

Going to try moving Sheba's food bowl into the bedroom - I'm pretty sure that's what she's crying about. I used to leave the bedroom door open, but I have to keep Kaylee locked in my room with me or she eats everything. Sheba cries at the door if she is locked OUT... and when she is locked IN she head-butts me, walks on me, cries/squawks at me and pretty much makes it impossible to sleep.

I've got to find a compromise. Can NOT have a repeat of this morning - that was like one of my worst nightmares come to life!

Twitterless!

Twitter is broken/temporarily down!
Tragic.