How many days left til summer vacation?

      Well, school has returned with a vengence. The usual "drama" associated with the beginning of the year continues. Hopefully, next week will be better. I am already counting down the days until Labor Day weekend, which means a 3 day weekend.
      Finally heard from the State Department of Education. They have added my Master's in Education, and my +30 hours to my certificate; however, they said I have to take 2 more classes to be certified as a School Counselor. That aggravates the tar out of me. So anyway, I checked on some online courses so that I can get that added to my certificate too. They work my last nerve. While I was looking for those 2 classes, I ran across a specialist in education certification for educational diagnostician. All of these degrees and none of it I no longer want to do. I guess I wouldn't mind a guidance position.....that is why im taking the last 2 classes, but I really want to be an educational diagnostician. Almost 49 years old and still going to school.....ho hum.
      We have Hurricane Danielle and Tropical Storm Earl in the Atlantic. Right now they are saying that they will curve up into the Atlantic with no land fall in the US. Thank God.....now lets hope they are right.
      My youngest daughter finally found a job.....she will be taking a teachers maternity leave beginning next week. It is not a permanent job, but at least she will be getting teacher pay and not sub pay. Hopefully, she will find something else for next semester. She has also been hired to help me out in After School Care. We need her there too, so that is good for her pocketbook and my sanity.
      My oldest grandson begins Pre -K this Friday. It is so hard to believe he is old enough to go to school. He will be attending a private school, so hopefully it will lay the foundation for him enjoying school like his mom. She loved school. I never had any problems with her wanting to go to school. My youngest little man will be starting a toddler program at the same school on the Tuesday after labor day. His speech is severely delayed, so they are putting him in on a trial basis to assess if they can meet his needs. I hope they keep him. It will be terrible if the oldest can go there and the youngest can't. I have no idea what my daughter will do if they don't keep him. I'm really stressed about it. My daughter has planned this whole next year around that school. I keep telling myself not to worry, but all I do is worry...lol. I'm pitiful. Que Sera Sera right????
       Well, I will update more later. I'm tired. Blah
     

Ho Hum, Back at Work

Today was my first official day back at work.....meaning first day back that I was actually paid to be at work. Yes, I started back actually last Tuesday, and I have been running around to meeting after meeting, getting the classroom ready, preparing a presentation for our faculty, making up schedules for transliterators and LPN's, interviewing applicants to replace a transferred transliterator, etc, etc, etc. And, I did all of that for free...hoooray! Haha...seriously, I don't mind doing these sorts of things for free if it makes the start of school smoother for my students. We have an excellent faculty, and we all have been at school on and off all summer preparing for the first day of the 2010 -2011 school year. Teachers know that we work many more hours than we are paid. It is everyone that is not in education that thinks we get 2 months off, holidays off, etc, with pay. NOT! We are not paid for any of that or any days that we come in the summer or holidays. However, I love my job. That is why I do many things without pay. I knew the pay scale before I got into education. Most teachers are not looking to get rich. However, it really would be nice if the government paid off my student loans! HaHa!
Looks like we have our first threat of the hurricane season aiming its ugly eye right at LA. The National Hurricane Center is not expecting it to more than a tropical storm when it makes landfall, so I think I will just go camp out at school. I have a really cool classroom with a refridgerator, microwave, internet, AND I'm just thinking of all the work I could get done during that time! Haha! IF it does come this way, school may need to be cancelled, which will be a bummer. However, I could get a lot done. Our school is 1 block from City Hall, so we are on the same electrical lines as our Homeland Sercurity, Police, and Fire Departments; therefore if the electricity goes out, we would be the first to come back. See, I'm using my thinker here. If I lived in a sturdy house, I wouldn't leave home at all. However, I live in a mobile home. I don't think it would be too smart to stay home during a tropical storm.
Okay, that is all for now.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Can you tell that I am trying to get back into the "back to school" mode? Today, I have an inservice at the Office of Special Education in Franklin, which I am not looking forward too. They are paying me $50 to attend, but considering the fact that I haven't really had a summer vacation, I am getting very selfish with what  days I have left. And, I know that it is concerning updates to the computer programs used by the state department, so I'm figuring they can put those small minor changes into a memo and send it to me. Gosh, I hate these inservices. I can read and follow directions.....just send me the changes in a memo and I will do it. But, I'm going. I didn't go last year, so I don't want to push the issue. It is a mandatory meeting, but they better not put a power point up, then read it to me.....I'm liable to get up and walk out saying I'm not feeling well. I hate "story time."

I went to the doctor last Friday and I have lost another 5 pounds with a total of 22.5 pounds lost to date! Yay!!!!! I asked the doctor to to put in another little "fill" as I was still feeling hunger. That has made all the difference in the world. I will need to go for another appt. in a month, so I'm hoping for much more of a weight lost next time. Not complaining though, every pound lost is one pound closer to my goal of losing 156 pounds. Only 132 pounds left! I'm trying to smile! :)