Recent Entries

• A Sad and Lonely Weekend

  September 13, 2023

  This  past weekend was tough for me emotionally. I went to the old town to work at a charity fundraiser for the -Club. I’ve been doing the same job for it for almost a decade now, and everyone says that I do it well (I’m the MC), so I said that I’d be happy to…

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• Going Ons

  September 6, 2023

  Things at work have been hectic. I’m still trying to get my head around all of the new stuff. Working with a curriculum for the first time is always a challenge, but the textbook is pretty similar to the one I used at my old district. Not the same, but close enough that I don’t…

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• Updates (8/30)

  August 30, 2023

  I know that I haven’t written in a while, but I really haven’t had much news to write about. The past week has been a pretty good week at work. The time has been pretty evenly split between professional development and work time in my classroom. My room has come together pretty nicely. All of&hel...

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• Quick Notes (8/23)

  August 23, 2023

  1. I took the boys to the library in the new city on Monday. They both got their own library cards, and they were both SOOO excited to get them. They had accounts back in the old town, but never needed cards because all of the librarians knew us by name. After they got their…

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• Moving forward and backward and not at all

  August 19, 2023

  The last few days have been a whirlwind of data, professional development, new people, and meetings. I met several people in my department, and they seem very nice. I think that I will get along very well with my mentor teacher; she is about my age, has been in the profession about as long, share...

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• Inservice, Day 1

  August 16, 2023

  Yesterday was the first day of work at the new job. But it really wasn’t. Any K-12 teacher knows that the first week or two back at work is all professional development, curriculum work, training, and other Inservice activities; yesterday was no different. The majority of the day was a bus tour a...

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• The Big Move

  August 12, 2023

  Thursday was the big move. It went well, but I’ll get to that in a bit. Monday night was the last night there. After supper, we all went outside to play in the yard one final time. All of the toys were packed up, so we played tag games for a bit. They each took…

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• Dog and Boys’ Last Day

  August 7, 2023

  Taking the dog, L, and A down to my parents’ house tomorrow. I think it will be best to have them not be around when the BIG move happens on Thursday. The boys will be sad tomorrow when we leave and they say goodbye to their home. But they will be fine, eventually. I’m planning…

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• Preparations

  August 4, 2023

  Wednesday This was a tough day, because of L. M took the boys out of the house so I could keep packing. She took them out so that L could have a last play date with his best friend. They had a great day. They all met up for lunch, then went to the city…

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