I'm one

Another not so hard week in my life...

A. Monday - no problems, union meeting was good/productive
B. Tuesday - ok, meeting with my people (new teachers) went well
C. Wednesday - out observing above mentioned teachers. They have really improved and sound/look more confident in their teaching delivery.
D. Thursday - still suck at tennis.
E. Friday - no soccer game with kids on field trip, went to see the 1st place team. That team lost, so we're in first place now no matter what Peter says.

Tomorrow looks good. Going to spend the day with Caty (no tennis, not because I suck, but because Greg is out of town). Maybe a trip to Best Buy for ipod. We'll see...

Teaching is still hard. Soccer is good, especially since we went to the once a week practices. I see less of them, which makes me like them more and hopefully we don't get burned out from too much futbol.

Have a nice opening day to the NBA playoffs.

Hard Sun

This has been one of the nicest weeks so far this year.

Why?
1. I got to see Eddie Vedder in concert on Monday in Berkeley. It was an amazing show from start to finish. He's an amazing performer.
2. It's parent-conference week - so the kids are good in class because they know I'll be speaking with their parents. The parents have been good listeners and have shown a lot of support this week. That's a good thing with the state test coming up in a few weeks.
3. Only 1 soccer practice and since I kicked off what's his name, my day has been much easier with no phone calls about what he did 'this time'.
4. My meeting with my new teachers (I guess they're not so new anymore) went well because they all have found a way to contribute to the group productively.
5. Soccer tomorrow against the other team at our school - should be a good game. We beat them last year, so I stopped worrying about beating them. Now it's just for fun.
6. Playing with Caty tonight was a blast. We colored, ran, made each other laugh, it was great!

Thanks for reading.

I'm looking to revamp the blog soon, look for some changes.

Only 5 more shopping days till my b-day on the 16th.

Have a nice information day. (get it 4-11!)

House of Cards

Survived another week in 3rd grade land...
Soccer was bittersweet as I kicked off a player, but we won our game 2-1...
Tennis was also bittersweet as I lost again, but the team won 5-2.

Tomorrow is a new day. Tennis in the morning against a good team that we have not played before. I'm looking forward to it, for sure. The Final Four games are on tomorrow afternoon, I'm excited for that. There is also a poker cash game tomorrow evening that I may attend to see if my good luck continues. Then Sunday is looking is good - we're going to get some ice cream in the afternoon.

Speaking of luck - I went on to the Ticketmaster page to see if any extra Eddie Vedder tickets were released and yes, I got one for Monday in Berkeley. Again, excited.

Have a nice semifinal day.

Another week

Here we go again:

Monday - school, lunch, more school, dentist at 4pm (yuck!)
Tuesday - meeting, school, another meeting - long day.
Wednesday - schoolish stuff, soccer practice, home...
Thursday - school, home (hopefully), tennis
Friday - meeting, school, soccer game, home

This week is less involved than last week. The soccer kids played a great game on Friday only to tie, again. We're still in second place because we haven't lost and everyone else has (except for the first place team). We must be happy about that.

Tennis team is going well - my play needs to pick up, though. I've won 1 match and lost 2 matches.

Let's see how this week goes.

Have a nice 31 day.

Four day week

In theory a four-day week should feel less cumbersome than a five-day week - not so fast.

With four days - there is less time to teach reading, math, spelling; there is less time to coach soccer, get ready for Friday's game, and when kids get in trouble, there is less time to get them out of trouble!

Good things about 4 days - there is one less work day. Saturday seems to come faster.

And for the third day of four days this week...

8:30ish - talk to soccer player who turned into monster before spring break.
9:23 - give math test on fractions, decimals, etc.
10:15-11:05 - my prep time (woo hoo!) to work on lesson for Friday - the boss is coming in (yikes)
3:30-4:00 - soccer scrimmage vs. other team at our school
4:00-4:30 - look for goalie in case monster is off the team
4:30-5:30 - get everything ready for math lesson for Fri.
5:30-6:15- dinner with fam.
6:30-.... - tennis vs. Natomas Racquet Club - go us!!
.....-bedtime - watch basketball highlights from NCAA
bedtime-Friday - get ready for Friday.

Have a nice four day week.

Where is my bracket?

Spring Break has been nice.

With only 3 more days of break I want to reflect on what has happened:
1. Last Saturday was Caty's party - it was great.
2. Last Sunday was golf - it was pretty great.
3. Not too much happened on Monday. Caty and I ran some errands and hit the park for some slides and swings.
4. Tuesday was dentist day - eeewww.
5. Wednesday was Caty's real birthday - we hit the Chuck E. Cheese for pizza and games. It was cool.
6. Thursday was a relaxing day watching basketball.
7. Today was nice - lots of basketball and we hit the park again.

Tomorrow looks good with tennis in the morning and some yard work in the afternoon. Easter Sunday is going to be busy as we are heading to the bay area and we'll be back Monday - lunchish.

Monday night is tennis - so is Thursday next week.

Next week looks tough.

Have a nice day before Easter.

I'm back baby!

I'm back baby!

With a day of unspectacular golf today with my father in law and two friends - I now feel much better.

Last Thursday was bad. School was horrible. My tennis playing and attitude was even worse. Then came Friday...

My students must have mentally checked out sometime earlier in the week because once Friday began they were fighting (not literally). I kicked one student out for the entire day because he was laughing during one of my many Friday lectures. Then our soccer team had a 5-2 lead and ended up tying 6-6 in one of the craziest games I've ever seen.

Saturday was a great day for Caty's birthday party. She had all her friends over and we had a fun time. She got lots of cool toys. Saturday was long - but well worth it for many reasons.

I see hardly anyone has voted in the poll - what else is new? Maybe a new poll with something more exciting - I don't know.

It's great to be back!

Have a nice Green day.