I wanted to post a wonderful conversation I had with one of the children in my care today before I forgot it all.  This little boy, mind you, is a true blue genius, and every so often he decides to have a fairly intellectual conversation with me.   This one is possibly my all time favorite as it touches on dinosaurs, resurrection, and dinosaur ( Read more... )

So I recently scrawled a poem in the parking lot of a Krogers (which should be a sign to you right there that it was not that great) that I really did want to air out a little for some perspective.  I find lj is a good place to do that.  I have rewritten the poem, but it still feels incomplete.  Please comment/criticize if you can ( Read more... )

Ah!  Finally my computer is working!  (It's been out of commission for about 6 weeks.)  Now I can resume spending way too much time on the internet.  YAY!
Well, I got a wonderful email this morning so I'm in a good mood.... What should I do today?  My mother called and informed me that if I see The Golden Compass I may end up in hell... I think I'll ( Read more... )

So I haven't posted in a while so I thought it was time for an update.  Even though I have nothing exciting to say.  Well, I am sad because my closest friend at work quit. 8:::(  It's funny how much I dislike change.  There are a lot of changes going on here and I just have to sigh and get over it!  The good news is that I will be having Sundays ( Read more... )

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Lately I have really been trying to singlehandedly induct myself into the realms of true geekdom.  It started with learning Linux, but today I have achieved a new feat: I have learned to solve a Rubix cube, (Not how I did when I was a child, taking it apart and putting it back together in the correct order thereby finally giving my mother the solid ( Read more... )

So I work with this child with some severe developmental disabilities, and unlike the other children, he never fails to surprise me... I guess I should start this story at its hilarious beginning ( Read more... )

So, my boys have recently started school, and at their school they carry around a little card on which the teachers record every positive or negative that they earn.  Yesterday, one of my boys came home with the following negative note written in an angry scrawl across the back of his card.
"Blake: Physical Education means moving physically!"
He also ( Read more... )

HOORAY! I got my new computer ( Read more... )

Yeah, well, I've been working and it's been just superduper!  Today we were outside and one of the children picked up a goose feather.  My coworker said, "Put that down, Sam, it may have diseases.  
Another child walked up and said, "Yeah! Mice live in there!" 
I said, "You mean lice, dear."  
"NO!! Mice."
This is the twin brother of the child that ( Read more... )