So far so good on school. They're unusually focused in the morning. It tends to all go to pot towards the end of the day, when we're waiting for moms and dads. I think our biggest goal for the year will be impulse control. As opposed to doing whatever we want, whenever we want, regardless of what anyone else is doing, or what they may have ( Read more... )

We have our very first Drama Mama. We introduced ourselves and talked about our backgrounds at the parent meeting. Twice, even. So today a dad called my boss and demanded to know why his Little Precious was in a classroom with teachers with "no experience." So Boss Lady very patiently explained our credentials and reminded him that she talked a ( Read more... )

The classroom is almost set up. I still need to run to Spencer's to get some toys. Not THOSE kind of toys...They have those funny hourglasses where the water comes down in little droplets, and ones where it's goo instead of sand. They have some other kid-safe things there too. I think I scared my teaching partner when I reminded her of the ( Read more... )

I have to wonder if any of the worms crawling out of my woodwork are crack flavored. That would make everything at least sort-of right with the universe. Tomorrow we'll go see if they attract any plot bunnies. Right now though, I need to clean things and sleep. I have to be at retail tomorrow at 6 in the morning, and then I have my first class ( Read more... )

What the fuck, Karma? No, Karma, seriously? What. The. Fuck? So I was totally nice to the fundies and tried really hard not to be offensive without being a phony, and we all have a fine time, and you repay me by haunting me with the hopelessly uncool part of my past? I'm filing an official complaint and seeking reimbursement for my trouble. ( Read more... )

Oh, what the FUCK? Why is it the people I stopped talking to trying to get in touch with me, and not the people I was crazy about? This is epically unfair. Lucy's gonna have some 'splainin to do, and I do *not* have time to come up with a good cover story, or to deal with the guilt of doing the wrong thing and flat out saying go away ( Read more... )

I finally got new running shoes, and I talked myself into a nice pair of boots for when it gets colder. The running shoes have terrific ankle support, which is critical in a shoe for me ( Read more... )

We got the basic layout of the classroom set up today. We still need a bunch of tables and a bookshelf, but the positioning of the centers is pretty much perfect. We've arranged it so it's easy to flow from one center to another and integrate materials between them. For example, the block center is right next to the science table, so one day we ( Read more... )

Dad was discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon. He was bummed all weekend that he was deprived of cheeseburgers, but the doc said he could have a low-fat Sirloin burger without cheese. We have strange things in the fridge now too, though, like cucumber and lettuce and grapes. *happy* He's definitely much happier now that he's out of ( Read more... )

Just got back from the hospital. My dad had a heart attack. He's fine now...relatively speaking. He was awake and talking the whole time, but he's going to be staying in the hospital probably through the weekend. The doctors knew he had a blockage in his artery pretty much the second they saw him. They didn't even bother to take him to the ( Read more... )