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.

Exhausted

I'm exhausted.

Game plan for tomorrow:

9-3 Teach stuff, pass out tests, eat lunch, play some basketball, help out one of my soccer players finish a project, etc.

3-545 Hang out with Caty and then have dinner with the fam (family)

545 - 630 Drive to Fair Oaks

630-830 Tennis against the "other" Fair Oaks. I'll be ready -as long as the Saturday me doesn't show up tomorrow!

Soccer game Friday. Looks like I'm getting rid of my second player - another goalie. He spent the day in my room (he's a sixth grader) and was fine all day. As soon as practice started he changed into a fire-breathing monster so I sent him home. I expect to cut him from the team - it's a terrible thing to do - but it's for the best.

Have a nice sleep time.

Weird Fishes

Survived another one!

Having the new teachers come through today was interesting. My tornadoes were good most of the time, hopefully the new teachers got something out of it.

Board meeting - no big deal. Dr. Death (associate superintendent) got up to speak - I still don't like her very much.

Soccer practice tomorrow - I need to try out a new lineup to keep the players interested in soccer all season. I have better minded players this season, so I'm not too worried about it.

I hope you enjoyed your 311 day, I know I did.

Have a nice weird fishes day. (Radiohead song)

Amber (song)

The lineup for tomorrow:

8:15am - Meeting about Enrichment at our school.
9:00-11:45am - Me teaching a bunch of stuff.
12:30pm - new teachers coming into my room to watch me teach (woo hoo!)
5:00pm - Go to another school to get ready for a school board meeting.
6:30pm to whenever - School Board Meeting.

Yikes!

On a lighter note, I'm organizing a golf outing on Sunday for the guys. I'm looking for a fourth golfer, let me know.

Vote in the poll.

Have a nice 311 day. (You have to like the band to understand this!)