Well, holy cow

I'm tired, but not exhausted. We've been at Chunk's basketball practice and Thunderduck and Trainwreck's soccer games today. I did some paper grading and know what I'm gonna do about lesson plans after I clean house tomorrow, so I'm not freaked out over how much stuff I need to do (because it is under control).

Two computer problems-- I STILL can't get my soundcard driver to work on my laptop and the webpage is not publishing (I think I may have to get the backup cd and do the little frontpage trick). Ok, I'm gonna work on getting my soundcard going.

L8R

Recovery

Recovering from the holidays at school has been rough, but I think that I have stuff under control with grading -- I am PLANNING that the kids check stuff like the Kamicos and DOL, that cuts my grading down to spelling tests and essays only. Spelling tests will take like 10 minutes to do all 40 papers...I won't mind doing essays if that is all that I have to do. I also have been putting the page numbers from all my workbook resources into the syllabus (I think I mentioned that already) so that I can just look at the syllabus and write down what I want to do. I'm hoping to get copies for next week's objectives made today so that I can just plug in my plans. OH! I also have cut down how many days I spend on a story in guided reading -- I think I was overkilling it. We're doing 2-3 days per story and that's it -- I can spend the other 2-3 days on Kamico and checking TAKS stuff. Only 7 weeks until the test! We have to start tutorials on the 18th -- I still have to send in the paperwork on my partner's class today!

Ok, I have to wake the boys in about 8 minutes.

Happy freakin' New Year

I'm on my period...what a way to start off!

Busy holiday

Busy 4th
My new BIL is a complete jerk.

Word of the Day - "dis"

Found this on the WordSmith Word a Day website

Not overly fond of slang terms (being the Language Arts teacher that I am)...but here's what I found to blog on and on and on about:

From E! Online - Paris Hilton has "dissed" David Letterman and other interviewers since the release of her "video" (a la Pam Anderson/Tommy Lee???).

"We'll talk about anything you want to talk about. If you have pets, we'll talk about your pets. If you want to talk about the sexual videotape, fine..."

LMAO LMAO LMAO
DIS is too funny.
Occasionally the skinny rich chicks really step in it. And then I laugh at them.

Going to SA

Tomorrow is the long-awaited overnight trip to SA. We've been really looking forward to it, and to think that it almost was cancelled! Gosh I work with a crazy bunch!

no migraine

Went to the movies with Lurch and Chunk this morning. Came back and ate a LARGE bag of peanut butter M&Ms mostly by myself. Needless to say I sat and felt sorry for myself for pigging out, but at least I didn't have a migraine today! :0

birthday flu

Stomach flu
On my birthday no less!
this sux -- at least I'll lose weight throwing up LOL
Can't even enjoy the 6 hour celebratory margarita bender before the puking. 

I wonder if it is my sub-conscience's way of giving me the gift of a day away from my class

Sick and Tired

I'm sick (coughing phlegm)
There. I said it.  Isn't admitting you have a problem the first step? 
This coming week is going to be outrageously busy. I doubt I will get over whatever illness it is that I've got any time soon. *insert hacking phlegm noises here* There are still holiday decorations up, and the boxes for them are in the floor of my bedroom. GAWD!  *insert yet another phlegm hack* I guess I will see how long I can have Christmas this year.  I don't know if MyPoolBoy will keep giving me presents, though.
I need to:
Do lesson plans (nothing like waiting until 8:00 on Sunday nite to do that!)
Get a sub folder ready for Wed.
Get parent conference packets ready for Wed.
Clean the kitchen (sink is full of dishes!)
Put up the Xmas stuff *phlegm hack*
I also want to do the rest of my Scotland scrapbook...when I don't know 
*phlegm hack*  No wait, that was a lung....