Post during commercials...

That is what I am currently doing while watching my favorite show, The Biggest Loser. Yah! I love Tuesdays...

Ha! I hate Tracy on BL and I am happy she can't work out. I still don't understand what her injury is exactly. Poor Coach Mo, just wish he'd get a real name.

Theresa and I just got back from working out. Last week I was busy and didn't get in there for way too long. Now I am sore from last night, so tonight was tiring as well. I want to get into a better routine for what time we go though. I liked going at night last year, but I am thinking Theresa and I should go around 4 after school, come home and eat dinner, and then do whatever else we have to do. We'll see, at least we are going again. I am a tad PO'ed that Theresa burns way more calories than me when we are doing the exact same thing. Does weight make that big of a difference? Ugh.

School has been okay so far this week. I am really pushing myself to pack my lessons full of interesting things and variety of skills(reading, writing, decoding), as well as the kind of activity(visual, aural, kinesthetic). I just love being silly with the kindergarteners and 1st graders. They believe anything, it's like playing for 30 minutes. Today some teachers were talking about a particular student who is difficult to manage at times, and through talking I discovered that some teachers think he might have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Now, for me this is so weird. I never even thought to consider that when I considered other labels like ADHD, EBD, etc. It's sad to think of how many of my kids might have FAS and I wouldn't neccessarily know. I mean, with the poverty and sort of "ghetto-ness" that my school feeds from, I guess I shouldn't be surprised. It's just....sad. I don't know. Tomorrow is my fullest day so hopefully it goes by fast and easy, and then I can coast through Thursday and Friday and it will be yet another week finished(and without me calling in sick to boot). Next week Theresa is subbing for me all day while I go to an all day New Teacher workshop that the district requires. I can't WAIT to see what her day is like as me. Ha, of course she'll be playing a movie or something easy, but I still can't predict what the kids will do to her.

Last week I went to Kyle Peterson's school and helped him have kids try out and pick instruments. It was very nice to see him again, and be around a familiar face again. It was also nice to have something going on at night so I didn't just sit at home and watch TV. I am glad I got a little band fix in there too. I liked seeing another Madison school, and while it is a middle school and on the east side, I still felt like Kyle can understand somewhat of what I am going through. I also got to chit chat with Jess last night and that was much needed, wish we could have talked longer.

I am excited to go home this weekend. I haven't been to Menomonie or EC since Christine's bday which was August 29th. I haven't seen Morgan since a week before that too. We are going home for her baptism, or christening or WHATEVER. Clearly, I just want to see her. I know she has gotten much older and bigger. Darn babies, they grow up too fast. I am happy to see my whole family again. I want to talk to Laura about school, and I want to talk to my mom and dad about my job, and I want to see how scott likes 7th grade and the tenor sax, and see how Shannon and Chrissy are doing at good ole MHS. I mean, I keep in touch with them with facebook, but it's not the same. Shannon will probably be happy to see me only because I am giving her my old phone now that I got a new one. I think Saturday we will go see the BMB again in Chippewa Falls. I don't think we will leave until Saturday after sleeping in though. I really need Friday night to do school stuff, and to relax and not be stuck in a car. We can still workout and then leave Saturday.

THEN HOMECOMING! Yes, I am a huge nerd and I think it's cool to go back still. Well, really I just can't wait to hang out and drink with friends, and see the band, and hopefully maybe some teachers. I am going to have fun, no regrets, but I will not drink as fast as I did last year. THAT was ridiculous.

I have had some really funny times with Theresa as of late. OH MY GOD, seriously. I wish everyone could have triplet sisters, and do things that make things very funny. We drew each other the other night, and I could just pee. Wow. Also, we recording a message for Becky that is ridiculous and turns out it is too long to send. Ha.

Last weekend, Theresa and I went to Greendale to see Becky and Rick and the rest of the BMB( I know no one in there anymore). Yakob met up with us and it was a fun time, maybe not super crazy but worthwhile. I wish Yakob could live with us. heehee.

I am trying to think of something funny the kids said as a send off for this blog. Hmmmm, I'll give it another try on the next commercial break...

"HEY! WHERE'S MY MOM?!" Trevor to the secretary as I walked in behind him.
me "Hey Trevor, where's my mom?"
Trevor "YOU don't have a mom"
me"Oh really? How did I get here then?"
Trevor "You got here in a car because you are an adult. You don't have a mom because you have a husband instead!"
me "Well, I don't have a husband, so can I keep my mom for awhile?"
Trevor "Huh? No."

This is the same kid who LOVES getting falcon feathers and when he gets one he holds it like gold. He has a hard time putting it in his pocket because it will bend, but sometimes we need both hands for a game or something. It's funny, I talked to his mom about it the other day because she works at school for lunch duty or something. Today she came up to me, and apparently he slept with her last night. In his sleep he said, " I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT MY FALCON FEATHER!" Haa, oh kids. They are little pieces of golden rod paper with a falcon on it. Get over it.

Well, I am going to get back to Biggest Loser. Hope everyone is having a great October so far!