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Tuesday, January 26
3:31 PM so, again it's been a really long time. lots going on, but no time to sit down and report it all. also I got an iPod touch for Christmas, so most of my free time is dedicated to downloading apps and playing Bejeweled. Sorry. Kids are lovely, house is good, the man and I are still on speaking terms. No big emergencies or excitements in the last little while, although the boy did fall and smash his face on the deck at the in-laws' place last weekend, and man did it swell! It settled down into a disgusting bruise that made him look very much like he had been in a bar fight. I tried to get him to tell people that he had, but he wasn't up for it. Probably because he doesn't know what that means. Batman doesn't get in bar fights. He's become completely obsessed (to the extent that he's allowed) with the Lego Batman game for the Wii. It's pretty fun, you get to beat everything and everybody up and they break up into lego pieces. We've also been playing Mario Bros a bit. The boy thinks he likes to play, but it's actually almost impossible for him to do most of the things, so not really fun for anyone. Work is going well. We had a class hamster, but its sibling which was in the another middle level class was (oops) impregnated over the Christmas break, so the 2 were taken home. We got another one, and it escaped. Bastard. I'm thinking of getting a guinea pig, they can't really climb out of stuff. Also they're bigger and I would think more resilient. Maybe. Anyway, now we have these 2 cages attached by a maze of tubes, and no frigging hamster. Sigh. I'm about to the point where I'm just going to decide that this is my classroom, and start getting rid of all the years of other peoples' crap that lives here. Old, old, old textbooks, resources that are completely out of date, pamphlets that have no place being handed out to anyone. Nothing useful, naturally, but a bunch of stuff on shelves and an entire closet, as well as an enclosed shelving unit, absolutely FULL of stuff. As much grief as the French classes give me, I do hope to be back here teaching it again next year, and after that. It's still a very new program, and the kids who are taking it mostly don't want to learn French, so that's tricky. It'll get better. It has gotten slightly better, the kids aren't generally so rude, more good-natured when they say "OH NO FRENCH!" as they pass me in the hall. Good times. Anyway. The boy has swimming this evening, so I'm heading out so we can all be fed and ready to go! It may be a supper out night, who knows! I'll call the man and see what he thinks. I'm going to try to convince him that he should take the boy swimming, but since he takes him skating, I think that leaves me in charge of swimming. We have to go in the family change room, which I do understand, but we had been going in the women's, because he's just a wee lad. Last week we were complained about, mamas are uncomfortable with these boys in the room with their girls. Well, ladies, I'm sorry that we don't all have the luxury to have same-gendered children to bring swimming. The "family" change room has no benches, leaving you to put your things on the wet floor and fight a losing battle with your child to keep him from sitting on the wet floor, 2 change rooms which are never available, and a toilet which is too high for a child to use. How is any of that family-friendly? There is also a sign on the door that says "no strollers allowed". I do understand that, but it seems ironic, don't you think? Anyway, rest assured there will be a strongly-worded letter heading to the pool folks shortly. Like I said though, I'm out! says me ...(link)... you were saying? 0 comments so far. Sunday, November 15 8:50 PM holy cow this back to work stuff is really cutting into my blogging time. There's lots going on, teaching grad 7 and a little bit of grade 6, the drama that goes along with that, and trust me, there is drama. I was actually a little suprised to find out that there is drama at every grade level. I have duty outside with the primary (k, 1, 2) kids twice a week and it's mostly swing pushing and shoe tying and door opening so they can go pee, but there's a lot of "I wanted to play with Ashley and Carson told Ashley not to play with me because he said I was mean to him yesterday and but I WASN'T mean to him yesterday and but Ashley won't play with me!" and then tears and then me trying to explain that it's not really fun to play with people who don't want to play with you anyway, so why not find something else to do? The grad 6/7 drama is much more direct, girls being bitchy and boys being jerks and wanting to beat each other up type stuff. The usual, you know. Today the little girl decided she knew how to get out of her crib. She does, sort of, but not really, so her escape was really a matter (I think, I wasn't in there at the time) of her getting a leg up and over and then falling over the rail. It was quite a thump, and I briefly thought, oh, she's thrown her water cup out again (she throws it really hard, and the first couple of times I heard it I thought she had actually jumped out of bed), but then I thought wait, she doesn't have her water cup, so I went in and sure enough, baby's on the floor. I scooped her up, but she was already pretty ticked off at having been put in bed in the first place (naps are for suckers, right?) so she took a few minutes to calm down. le sigh. The boy continues to be generally charming and wonderful, but every now and then I do get the distinct urge to throw him out a window. Or at the very least lock him or myself in a room so that I can escape the crying and whining. I know it's payback, I was a whiny child, but that makes it no less irritating. I'm waiting for the logic to kick in so that when I say things like "if you ____ then _____" and then he does that thing so I do my thing he doesn't completely lose it, or he might even be able to regularly make the decision NOT to do the thing in the first place...but as I've mentioned I'm a teacher, and I'm not seeing a lot of logic and / or planning in any of the students I teach, so I'm not really hopeful it'll happen any time soon. Joys of parenting, yo! We're in the midst of the whole H1N1 thing, we have a couple of cases at school, so a significant portion of parents are keeping their kids home so they'll be safe. Which would make sense if I thought for a minute that they were also keeping them out of like, WalMart, convenience stores, Sobey's, and all the other places where their kids are about 158 times more likely to catch something than at school, where we're all cleaned and disinfected and looked after in a semi-responsible way. Anyway. It makes teaching easier, except that the 1/4 - 1/3 of my class that is missing won't have learned any of this stuff, which is a giant pain in the ass. We're having a flu shot clinic at school on Wednesday afternoon, and I'm interested to see what that's going to do to the school. I'm really quite annoyed that I can't get the shot myself. I'm also annoyed that like, police officers and PRISONERS are annoyed that they can't get the shot, when people like teachers and pharmacists who are far, FAR more exposed to dirt, germs, and viruses than the average joe, are not being put in any "priority group". Miss Baby girl has to go this weekend and get part 2 of her shot, but apparently Mr Little Man doesn't need a 2nd dose. Let's hope that the powers that be have made that decision based on real data, not just based on the fact that they need more vaccine and don't have enough to give our little people their required part 2. We went to Bangor for Thanksgiving weekend and did the bulk of our Christmas shopping for the kids, which is excellent. We have a closet now, a large closet under the stairs, that very much resembles Santa's freaking workshop, but it's all good. We went down with friends of ours, and took their van, and every inch of non-seating space was absolutely filled with stuff on the drive back. It was like a game of tetris trying to get everything in there, and in such a way that any abrupt stops or turns would not lead to someone's untimely demise. Death by play kitchen. Tragic. I have to stop buying things though. Having started so early is great, but now I keep seeing things and being like, one more thing, one more little toy, oh, look at that! wouldn't the baby / the boy just LOVE that? le sigh. As a sidebar, I'm looking for a good book to tell the boy the story of why we actually have Christmas in the first place. We've told him, but he loves to read books, so if we had a good book that would be even better. I bought the new mario Wii game, and should really either be playing that or going to bed, so I'm going to go maybe flip a coin and decide. says me ...(link)... you were saying? 1 comments so far. This post has been removed by a blog administrator.
By Tuesday, September 1 8:59 PM back by popular demand here you go folks, the fall tv premieres! I know, it's exciting, right? It's my list, so I'll keep everyithing on it, but I'm crossing shit out and bolding the good stuff. also, some stuff has already premiered, like Mad Men, so this is just the stuff that's starting after today. apparently nothing for a whole week, gasp! I do apologize that the channels are US, you'll have to do a little digging on your own to find out exactly where they'll be. Tuesday, Sept. 8 90210, 8 p.m. (CW) Melrose Place, 9 p.m. (CW) Sons of Anarchy, 10 p.m. (FX) Wednesday, Sept. 9 Glee, 9 p.m. (Fox) So You Think You Can Dance, 8 p.m. (Fox) Thursday, Sept. 10 Supernatural, 9 p.m. (CW) The Vampire Diaries, 8 p.m. (CW) Friday, Sept. 11 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, 8 p.m. (Fox) Saturday, Sept. 12 America's Most Wanted, 9 p.m. (Fox) Monday, Sept. 14 Gossip Girl, 9 p.m. (CW) The Jay Leno Show, 10 p.m. (NBC) Lincoln Heights, 8 p.m. (ABC Family) One Tree Hill, 8 p.m. (CW) Tuesday, Sept. 15 The Biggest Loser, 8 p.m. (NBC) Wednesday, Sept. 16 The Beautiful Life, 9 p.m. (CW) Thursday, Sept. 17 Bones, 8 p.m. (Fox) Community, 9:30 p.m. (NBC) Fringe, 9 p.m. (Fox) It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 10 p.m. (FX) The Office, 9 p.m. (NBC) Parks and Recreation, 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday, 8 p.m. (NBC) Friday, Sept. 18 Crash, 10 p.m. (Starz) Sunday, Sept. 20 Curb Your Enthusiasm, 9 p.m. (HBO) Bored to Death, 9:30 p.m. (HBO) Monday, Sept. 21 Accidentally on Purpose, 8:30 p.m. (CBS) The Big Bang Theory, 9:30 p.m. (CBS) Castle, 10 p.m. (ABC) Heroes, 8 p.m. (NBC) House, 8 p.m. (Fox) How I Met Your Mother, 8 p.m. (CBS) Two and a Half Men, 9 p.m. (CBS) Tuesday, Sept. 22 The Forgotten, 10 p.m. (ABC) The Good Wife, 10 p.m. (CBS) NCIS, 8 p.m. (CBS) NCIS: Los Angeles, 9 p.m. (CBS) Wednesday, Sept. 23 Criminal Minds, 9 p.m. (CBS) CSI: NY, 10 p.m. (CBS) Eastwick, 10 p.m. (ABC) Gary Unmarried, 8:30 p.m. (CBS) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 9 p.m. (NBC) Mercy, 8 p.m. (NBC) Modern Family, 9 p.m. (ABC) The New Adventures of Old Christine, 8 p.m. (CBS) Thursday, Sept. 24 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 9 p.m. (CBS) Flash Forward, 8 p.m. (ABC) Grey's Anatomy, 9 p.m. (ABC)(though I may not watch without George...) The Mentalist, 10 p.m. (CBS) Friday, Sept. 25 Brothers, 8 p.m. (Fox) Ghost Whisperer, 8 p.m. (CBS) Law & Order, 8 p.m. (NBC) Medium, 9 p.m. (CBS) Numb3rs, 10 p.m. (CBS) Smallville, 8 p.m. (CW) Saturday, Sept. 26 Saturday Night Live, 11:30 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Sept. 27 60 Minutes, 7 p.m. (CBS) The Amazing Race, 8 p.m. (CBS) American Dad, 9:30 p.m. (Fox) Brothers & Sisters, 10 p.m. (ABC) Californication, 10 p.m. (HBO) The Cleveland Show, 8:30 p.m. (Fox) Cold Case, 10 p.m. (CBS) Desperate Housewives, 9 p.m. (ABC) Dexter, 9 p.m. (HBO) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, 7 p.m. (ABC) Family Guy, 9 p.m. (Fox) The Simpsons, 8 p.m. (Fox) Monday, Sept. 28 Lie to Me, 9 p.m. (Fox) Trauma, 9 p.m. (NBC) (going to give this one a try, because I miss ER) Tuesday, Sept. 29 Hell's Kitchen, 8 p.m. (Fox) Shark Tank, 8 p.m. (ABC) Wednesday, Sept. 30 Hank, 8 p.m. (ABC) The Middle, 8:30 pm. (ABC) Thursday, Oct. 1 Private Practice, 10 p.m. (ABC) (gotta see how they get Violet out of that sticky situation) Friday, Oct. 2 'Til Death, 8:30 p.m. (Fox) Stargate Universe, 9 p.m. (Syfy) Sunday, Oct. 4 America's Funniest Home Videos, 7 p.m (ABC) (this is still on? really?) Three Rivers, 9 p.m. (CBS) Monday, Oct. 5 Rita Rocks, 7:30 p.m. (Lifetime) Sherri, 7 p.m. (Lifetime) Tuesday, Oct. 6 Scare Tactics, 9 p.m. (Syfy) Friday, Oct. 9 Sanctuary, 10 p.m. (Syfy) Ugly Betty, 8 p.m. (ABC) Thursday, Oct. 15 30 Rock, 9:30 p.m. (NBC) Friday, Oct. 16 Supernanny, 8 p.m. (ABC) Friday, Oct. 23 Southland, 9 p.m. (NBC) White Collar, 10 p.m. (USA) Tuesday, Nov. 3 V, 8 p.m. (ABC) Saturday, Nov. 7 Legend of the Seeker (syndication) The Wanda Sykes Show, 11 p.m. (Fox) says me ...(link)... you were saying? 3 comments so far. I googled and found this, nice! Good job!!
By wait, The Mentalist is staying on Thursdays? Not good, too much on Thursdays!
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