Well it's back to school time. Unfortunately, I'm still working full time at the junior high. The teaching part isn't the hard part. It's the leaving my beautiful children part that gets to me. But, at least Scott works evenings right now, so he is able to watch our kids while I'm at work. It has been a very stressful time for me. Last year, I had two 45 minute periods M-Th to get my grading and special ed paperwork/meetings/planning done. I could usually get most things done by then, with very little volunteering my time after contract time. This year, they took away one 45 minute period, (thanks to the economy), gave me a PreAlgebra class (which I've never taught; I am an English/behavior teacher), and they still expect me to get all my stuff done. Well, the one remaining 45 minute prep period, 30 minutes of it I am pumping milk for Sterling. So in reality, I have about 15 minutes per day to get all my stuff done. NOT COOL!! So, needless to say, I am staying quite late, volunteering my time, after the the required contract time of 3:10. Plus, they took away 2 special ed teachers, and didn't rehire, so I'm stuck with way more files of kids than I've ever had. So, I am just hoping and praying that I can get a system down to get my paperwork/grades/meetings/lesson planning done faster my sake and my family's sake.
The new ward also just called me to the Primary Presidency (2nd Counselor). And they said, 'By the way, you're in charge of the Primary Program that is in 2 months. Good luck with that.' So I've been frantically planning and creating this in my spare time (or lack thereof) too.
We have had some neat things going on at home though.
We blessed our beautiful Sterling on Labor Day weekend. We had some great family support for that. It was pretty stressful planning for company and meals, etc..... but it luckily all worked out well. He is an awesome baby. He is such a mellow, happy kid. We know we're really lucky to have him.
The new ward also just called me to the Primary Presidency (2nd Counselor). And they said, 'By the way, you're in charge of the Primary Program that is in 2 months. Good luck with that.' So I've been frantically planning and creating this in my spare time (or lack thereof) too.
We have had some neat things going on at home though.
We blessed our beautiful Sterling on Labor Day weekend. We had some great family support for that. It was pretty stressful planning for company and meals, etc..... but it luckily all worked out well. He is an awesome baby. He is such a mellow, happy kid. We know we're really lucky to have him.
Our home insurance people insisted that we get a new railing for our front porch. We didn't want to, but they were going to cancel our policy, so we were forced to. I think it looks good, and my grandpa really needed it on Sunday...... but, we would have waited if it hadn't been such an urgent issue with the insurance people.
We took our kids to the State Fair. My camera died really soon into it, so we didn't capture too many moments, but, here are a few....
So that's about it. Not too much going on but work, work, and more work. Hopefully, my work works out. At least I have evenings, weekends, and summers, right?
We took our kids to the State Fair. My camera died really soon into it, so we didn't capture too many moments, but, here are a few....
So that's about it. Not too much going on but work, work, and more work. Hopefully, my work works out. At least I have evenings, weekends, and summers, right?
