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23 to go!

April 20th, 2005 at 03:43 am

Today was a so-so day. We had FOUR staff members out, so I obviously did not have an aide. I really, really could've used her during reading. Math went okay - the first graders seemed to grasp the concept of two-digit addition quite easily. My second graders also were enjoying doing the division. I also showed them how just like addition and subtraction are related in "fact families", multiplication and division are also related in "fact families". All of them except for my newest boy really seemed to get a kick out of it. My newest boy mainly just sat there drawing on his board, and didn't really do anything until I got after him. It's not that he isn't bright, because he is, I'm really not sure what it is, but it is very frustrating. My other four second graders are very used to me and how I do math class (lots of hands-on - sometimes like this week, two class periods of solely hands-on, no worksheets) while he may have been used to only worksheetitus, and not actually having someone close enough to him to realize that he wasn't working.
M was okay today. Less okay than yesterday, but not terrible.

As we were coming back from lunch recess, the kids found a baby bird on the ground by the front church doors. It didn't have any feathers, and I wasn't really sure what it was at first, till I saw the beak. It was pretty sad. It flopped around a few flops, then it was motionless - I guess it was dead at that point. A couple of my kids wanted to pick it up and take it inside, but I told them that there really wasn't anything we could do for it. I was very proud of my kids though later. Before we got to it when going out for PE, I told them not to stop or touch, but they could look. Both ways, ALL of them did just that!

We voted today for our second money jar reward. They wanted a to go swimming for a field trip. I told them that that kind of a field trip would have to wait till later in May when it was warmer and more pools would actually be open. So, they agreed to go to a place called Planet Pizza instead. I've never been there before, and would personally prefer to go to Mr. Gatti's which is closeby the school, and I know has a good selection of games. But, it was their reward. So, next Thursday we'll be going there for lunch, and games -- then HOPEFULLY be coming back in time for Chimes and Choir.

My little sweetheart whom I've been lucky enough to have for two years, brought me a bag of gripper's today (things to hold pencils/pens in). She told me that she and her mom had found them at Wal-Mart in the dollar section. UGH! I asked at least six different people if they had them - and no go. When her mom came to pick her up after school, I asked her how much I owed her (after thanking her of course!) and she told me to not worry about it - that it was a gift. Wow! I know why D is such a sweetheart. Smile I had thought I'd bought them 3/$1, but it turns out that it was 3/$3 -- she bought 4 packages (which is all they had) -- that's $12!!! I really, really, REALLY hope the kids don't destroy these ones - especially with less than five weeks left (yahoo!!!!)

When I got home, dad was here watching tv. He had done my laundry for me - even stripped the sheets off my bed (which I'd forgotten to do). Smile He's been using my grandma's cell phone since he's been here, and the ringer had been on vibrate only for the past several weeks, and he'd missed a lot of calls. Also, he couldn't check voice mail because grandma had never used it/set it up. So, today the owner's manual for it arrived that grandma had sent. It took me about 5 or 6 minutes to 1)figure out how to get the phone to ring out loud again (off vibrate) and 2)set up the voicemail and set a new password (the general password was just the 7-digit phone number!!) Dad fixed the shelf in my fridge which had fallen down, and hes going to pick up some more lightbulbs to replace a couple that have burnt out. I love my dad. Smile

Last night as I was about to log off, I got an IM from Todd (two ex-bf's ago). It was really good talking with him. I was telling him about how frustrated I feel in not knowing how to start up a new relationship any more, especially with everything going on in my life right now. He told me I should just be honest. So, I typed out a pretend "honest" conversation with someone new - he told me that if someone cared about me, they'd be able to accept all that. I then told him that some/most of that would easily come up VERY EARLY in a getting to know you discussion. He then told me that he'd vouch for me - as a person, and um as something else too. Smile Yeah, I'm just going to call up my ex-bf and have him tell new guy - yeah, Laura really is a great, together person, and her family really isn't as messed up as they may sound right now. LOL!

I got two interesting emails this morning. One was from Scott(most recent ex-bf), just mainly chit chatting. The other was from this 53 yr old who had sent me a "smile" from the dating site. Not only was he 24 years older than me, he also was allergic to cats. I wanted to be polite, so I had sent him a note thanking him for his smile, but that he was a bit out of my age range, and also seeing as though I am owned by a cat, his allergies could be a problem. Well, I thought it was a fairly polite way of saying I'm not interested. But I guess he didn't take it that way. Though, I really hope his reply to me was toungue in cheek and not serious. He ranted about how he never said he wanted to date/marry me, and that he hadn't realized till he looked at my email that I was too old for him, apparantlly I had put a picture of myself from a few years ago (it actually is about two years old), and that once women are over 27 they get frumpy. And that I must only be on this site because I can't get dates in real life. And that the reason he put on his profile that he was allergic to cats was because he eats cats for breakfast. (WHat???) He's either a lunatic or has a seriously misguided sense of humor. I thought about replying to him and saying something like "sorry for having replied to you - hope you take some anger management courses or something. But, I think I will probably just ignore him, and perhaps block him from sending me mail. Lord, save me from dating!!!!!

Anyway. Today was a no-spend day. It also was a day where I deposited my $60 bonus check from AFLAC (think of the little duck in the commercials) for my annual physical. I'll be transferring that money to my ING long-term account. Smile

Oh yeah. The grading? Didn't get done. Probably won't get done tonight either, considering that its nearly bedtime for me. Smile
Oh well. What are they going to do? Fire me? Hee hee!

Keeping It Frugal in Texas,
Laura

1 Responses to “23 to go!”

  1. Anonymous Says:
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    ok, that guy from the dating site sounds like a FREAK. to think, I only have 10 months left until I enter frumpdom myself. oh the horror. good luck to him in finding a college girl who wants a abusive father figure for a boyfriend!

    they aren't all freaks. I know you'll meet someone cool! maybe if you join more co-ed groups that you're interested in...a book club at the bookstore? a hiking club? maybe take a community ed oil painting class or something? less pressure, just normal interactions, and hopefully fewer weirdos...

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