HELP!

I need prayer over the next two weeks. A sweet little guy in my class is out of meds and can't even get into the doctor until October 8. He is smart and wonderful when on meds, but when off, he is perpetual motion and noise - humming, commenting on EVERYTHING said and happening in the classroom. He can't help it - but it's hard on the rest of us - especially his teacher!! I need an extra dose of patience. Why oh why don't parents take care of their kiddos and make sure they have simple little things like MEDS??

On the up side, I had a wonderful massage yesterday and slept like a baby last night for the first time in weeks. Ah, sweet oblivion. It was the Lord because when I went to school this morning, I had to face the above. He was preparing moi!!!

This coming week I get to go to a conference at the Disneyland Hotel - not a good year to be without my Disneyland Pass, but I am.

Fall is Coming!

Fall in SoCal means rain and a teeny tiny bit cooler weather. Of course the natives (and me too now) think it is cold when it is in the 60s. I love Fall, just can't believe how busy life can be with Halloween (even though I don't really celebrate it), Thanksgiving (which this year is a trip to Kentucky) and then of course Christmas right behind. School is at it's busiest and everything at church is starting up again. Fall is energizing!

Garbage, garbage, everywhere

Not since I was a kid in New Jersey have I seen so much litter. I guess people think it's attractive to see their garbage strewn out all across the highways. It drives me CRAZY. Even in NJ they put an end to this and we're talking many, many years ago. Is there litter in other places? I need to know. I noticed this summer in northern CA signs were EVERYWHERE No littering - $1000 fine. Why, oh why don't they have that here?

Gym or P.E.?????

Well, one thing about living in California is that while teachers get pretty decent pay - I made a huge pay increase when moving here from Missouri, they also have to teach EVERYTHING. We're it - a one woman show. Now we're getting trained in a new P.E. program - called Game Day. Well, it looks pretty cool, so far, it's just that I can't get these old bones and joints moving fast enough or bent far enough! I'm looking forward to implementing it though. It seems to teach (in a fun way) skills needed for soccer, football, basketball, baseball, kickball and just plain regular hopscotch, handball, and tetherball. We also have some dance and other games, stretches and cardio activities. The company planned out our entire year for us beginning and gave us everything needed. I'll find out more tomorrow. Can you see ME as a P.E. teacher? Try, it'll happen yet!

Ant Farm

Well, no comments on getting an ant farm? Has anyone ever had one? Admittedly, I still have a bunch right outside my door, but I think a farm would be cool. We have a story titled "Ant," too, so I'm moving closer to getting one. One thing that especially excited me in the Costa Rica rainforest was seeing leaf cutter ants like in our story - I took pictures to show my class - ahhh the life of a teacher!

Two days ago it was 112 degrees, but today it was back in the 90s - felt like a real cooling down! We were able to send the kids to a full lunch and have PE outside. It's supposed to stay in the 90s for a few days now - whew!

I'm getting to love my little class. I'm full at 20 and have 10 girls and 10 boys. We are very busy already - no time to play!