I know, I know that I have been a slacker with the blogging. But at-least it hasn't been a whole year yet. I do know that there have been a few things on my mind that have kept me from blogging. The first thing is my work. I had to gear up and prepare to take a college exam called the Praxis II in the Middle School Language Arts field. After 9 years of teaching in the Granite District, this is the thanks I get.... To have to prove myself as a "highly qualified" teacher. Needless to say, I studied my butt off! I studied for 3 solid months. This was pretty challenging learning and reviewing things from 7th, 8th, and 9th grade curriculums when I teach my seventh grade resource classes on about a 5th grade level. But, wahoo, it paid off! I had to get a score of 155 out of 200. I ended up earning a 172 out of 200. I feel great about that! Out of the 7 special ed teachers at my school, only 2 of us have passed it so far. The others are retaking it again because our principal has told us that if we don't pass it by June, then he will replace us with "highly qualified" teachers. There ought to be some sort of "grandfather clause" of people that have been teaching for awhile, but so far, there's not. I took the test January 15th and found out my score on February 15th. I also know that the Holy Ghost definitely supported me through this test; thank you !!!!
Another thing on my mind is this baby boy that is soon to be joining us! I'm due March 4th, but I really don't know how long he will stay in there. As of today, I'm dilated to a 3.5 and 90% effaced, so really, any time.....Good thing my lessons are done and ready for school. I'm planning on taking off about 7 weeks.
Scott's parents arrived at the MTC on Monday of this week. They have been called to serve in the Seminary and Institute Mission of Frankfurt, Germany. They will be an asset, helping to balance the books and keep the budgets in check. It'll be weird not to be able to see them for 18 months, but I guess we'll just have to settle for Skype and talk online and through email. I know they will have the time of their lives. So that's what's been going on with us. I will have to update November, December, January, and February at a later date.
