The Journey

Friday, March 28, 2008

Lost and Found video


This is from camp that we did a couple of months ago with our kids (a sleep over at school with 210 kids!)  Declan was able to attend and just had a blast.  He was so determined to participate in this contest and his legs were just so short... cute.

Spring break has officially started and the strangest things is it's been snowing today!  Weather  permitting I'm off to spend a better part of the weekend at week with a friend and her family.   My only goal is to write one more paper and that's about it.  When I return my classes officially start and I just need to hang on tight because the next 10 weeks are going to fly by.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Happy Easter






Hope everyone had a great day, we did.


Monday, March 17, 2008

quick update

So...my week was kind of a roller coaster.  Tuesday was a good day, which was nice because of the observation.  Wednesday was a downer again.  Thursday was O.K., but I found myself getting sick.  Friday was no school, but we had training all day, which was O.K. except I felt sick.  

The weekend was very low key, I think I had and still have a low grade fever.   Took a sick day today.  But really the weekend was a good break emotionally.  I feel pretty off, as I usually do when I'm sick, so that should distract me for the week.  I have benign fasiculation syndrome (unexplainable random twitches daily) and it is always worse when I have a cold/ flu.  My body almost feels like it's buzzing.  Weird, I know.

Two more weeks until spring break.  I hope my health improves and stays that way as I have a trip planned to visit a friend.  However, when I dropped Declan off on Thursday for his weekend visit, my X said she had a fever for the past two days.  I was pretty unhappy as Declan and I both had a cold at that point and a fever seemed pretty contagious.  She felt so bad that she called on Sunday and asked to return him early.  I can only hope that we have the same fever inducing bug.  I don't know how likely that is since we live 3 hours away.

Well, guess that covers it.  Declan is doing well and just the funniest kid EVER.  I really need to post stories some day.  

O.K. one quick one. His hair is getting long and crazy...sticking up everywhere.  Today I asked AGAIN, "Declan, what are we going to do about your hair, it's just sticking up everywhere"  He was adamant that he did not want it cut, his logic being "I like my hair sticking up.  I want to have crazy hair when I'm a kiddo, because I can't do that when I'm an adult, people will laugh at me."  How can I argue with that?  I did finally talk him into moulding wax so it looked more intentional.  It's driving my Mother crazy...I keep having to remind her she's the Grandma... :)

Monday, March 10, 2008

In a Funk

Well, life at work has continued to be kind of "yucky".  I really don't know what other word to use.  Today I was in a real funk.  I had a terrific weekend, so I'm wondering if it was just being back in the mix of things at work.  The issues with one teacher has really clouded my working relationships.

For the past 12 years...any work I've done has involved my being at the helm of the ship.  It is very challenging for me to adjust to just watching things happen and being pretty powerless to do anything.  I think it just messes with my equilibrium not knowing what the eventual outcome will be regarding my co-worker.  I really need to find a way to compartmentalize the situation and just move past it...very difficult when this co-worker is your "team" teacher.

Tomorrow my mentor teacher is coming to observe me, I think I've been a little worried because of the funk I was in today...who knows it may have even contributed.  Most of the day I just wanted to go to the staff bathroom and cry.  I can't even tell you why.  

Well, I'm feeling better now.  So I hope it was some passing hormonal thing.  Hopefully tomorrow flies by.