School Cancellations and Sick Days...

Indiana has the weirdest weather! Up until the first week in January we have had an on again off again winter. One day it will be snowing, the next 50 degrees and all the snow melts. We had an ice storm that caused some bad weather for 2-3 days then it was warm again. Well this week old man winter is up to it again. Monday started with snow...lots of it!! Tuesday again it was cold and snowy and we thought for sure we would have a delay, but no such luck. Wednesday brought MORE snow and cold temperatures....still no delay, but with it coming down hard they sent us home from school at 1 pm (2 hours early). Yesterday we got the call...first a delay, then a few hours later a cancellation due to -20 degree temperatures with windchill!!! Last night we got the call again...no school today (mainly I think because it was suppose to be a 1/2 day). So we have an unexpected 4 day weekend!! THANK GOODNESS!! First of all starting on Monday...moving through Tuesday...and then even on Wednesday my students were getting to me....believe me they are 100% better than last year, but there are still some things that just make me extremely frustrated (3 boys who think they can do whatever they want...especially when it comes to not doing there homework, several girls who are so gossipy and always have someone mad at them but then according to them it's not their fault, and then a few you just try to push my buttons everyday). By Wednesday morning I was about to plan to take a personal day. Just a mental health day so I could start fresh with them and have a day away from them! I decided against it, but Wednesday afternoon came home sick. Flu like symptons, headache, vomiting. fever, all the worst. I took a nap, then watched a movie with Matt and went to bed at 7. Woke up at 9:#) On Thursday thanks to the cancellations and still felt icky. Today I'm much better, but I'm thinking God was looking out for me. In the year and a half I've been at Riddle I have taken 4 days off (2 sick days last winter, and 4 1/2 days for doctor's appt. and such). I probably would have been stubborn and gone in even though I didn't feel well and needed a break. Looks like sometimes things work out!

Tomorrow is an all day wrestling tournament at the high school. I'm scheduled to run the clock on one of the main mats. Should be a very long day. I do enjoy seeing the boys wrestle though...weird I know :) Never before would I, but hanging out around wrestlers the last few years has made the sport atleast a little interesting, and its nice to have someone to root for!!

Report cards go home Wednesday. I'm about ready to start recording on the cards (all my grades have been entered). I feel ahead of the game, although I was kind of hoping for this whole afternoon at school to work. Maybe I will stop by before the tournament tomorrow and pick up the cards so I can atleast do some of it at home.

Other than that things have been pretty normal. Hope everyone is staying warm!! I can't believe we are 1/2 way through January already!!

Finishing Out the Week

This week was a bit intense. My new student is going to take some getting use to not only by me, but my students. The good news is that most of my boys are very clueless and so they don't always notice some of the akward situations that occur. Atleast he is into legos so he fits right in with my boys. I really have been lucky this year. I have some major stinkers, but all in all they atleast get along. We have a great classroom community built so far and it is nice to know that an additional student didn't change any of that.

Friday was suppose to be our Pioneer makeup day. It went alright although we have LOTS of changes we need to make before we do it again. The afternoon of movies was a different story....all I will say is thanks to some amazing lack of planning it wasn't the best experience for me to have 57 4th graders in my room.

This is week 1 back to working out with the ladies after school. I love love love having Wynne and Rebecca there everyday! Not to mention that it seems we have sucked in quite a few more people! Enough to where we have discussed running 2 rooms on some days!! We have about 7 regulars and have had up to 11!!!! I love the fellowship of being able to just chat about grown up things after being with 10 year olds all day!! Today I got up motivated to do something and loaded from our Netflix Jillian Michaels Cardio Max....in short....IT KICKED MY BUTT :) I felt like my stamina was getting better because of the December workouts and such, but this one was tough! I think I like it enough to do it the next few Sat/Sundays!!

Colts lost last weekend so now watching football isn't as enjoyable :) I guess I will have to try to find something else to distract me from lesson planning tomorrow :)

Recent News: Nana may be coming from Florida for all of the grandkids birthdays (my cousins and I's are about 4 days apart the end of Jan/beg of Feb. Could be interesting :) Always is when Nana visits :)

Alright time to go watch a movie with Matt. If I can get my lazy cat off of my lap :) Stay Warm Everyone!

New Year....a New Student

Break went by WAY to fast but definitely was a nice break from the normal routine. I am happy to be back at school and back in a routine though.

Yesterday was pretty uneventful with the kids. Minus me sending a froup of 21 10 year olds outside to no supervision and -5 degree weather oops! I didn't realize it was a stop sign (meaning indoor recess) I went an recovered them though and they were only out there for about 5 minutes so no damage done!

Has a Doctor's appointment last night. So far no new news, just another few rounds of medication and hopefully a solution. Otherwise our next step could make some changes in our life earlier than we were planning :)

Today I got a new student. He has Asberger's Syndrome. He's very intelligent from what I can gather so far, but there are some social concerns (as is normal with this syndrome) and I'm just glad my class is very accepting and looks past those things. I already had several boys today making sure he felt welcome. I was very proud!

Also started working out with the girls again after school. Since the beginning of December we have been doing the Slim in 6 video tapes. I love love love them! Also feel like a good workout and it is focused on all of the muscles I want to work on.

Random sidenote I bought a can of black beans today (frijoles negroes) to try out a Mexican style chicken tomorrow night for dinner thanks to a recipe from an online message board buddy. I can't wait!

Hopefully this freezing rain we have been getting all day and supposebly will continue all night won't cause a cancellation tomorrow!!