Welp, school is back in session! I went back Jan. 2 for an in-service day with just the faculty. We hit the ground running, and we have been in full sprint ever since. I think tomorrow is my last crazy day, and Monday should settle back into the usual, more routine crazy.
But I really wouldn't have it any other way.
So here's what's going on now...
Reading: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith and Breaking Free by Beth Moore. Next up: Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris and Reshaping It All by Candace Cameron Bure.
Watching: Downton Abbey. Gossip Girl. Nashville. Once Upon a Time. How I Met Your Mother. The Biggest Loser.
Next up on Netflix: 30 Rock. Parks and Rec.
At work:
- Ambassador interviews are tomorrow! My 8th grade students have filled out applications, the Top 10 have been announced, and tomorrow they'll interview with a team of 4 from outside of the community. I am SO excited to get this pilot program started!
- I sent out permission letters for two small groups yesterday. They're due tomorrow, and next week we'll start. These two groups are on anger management. I gave a survey to all the students in my school, and anger management was the number 1 issue chosen by students! I was shocked. So I mapped out lesson plans and invited 26 students-- 13 for each small group-- to participate one day a week for the next six weeks. Is getting all the students in the school with anger problems together in my office a really great idea? Ehhhh... I don't know, but here we go!
- I'm going to start using Rosetta Stone in the next few months, courtesy of my school, because approximately 30% of my kids are Hispanic, and on a campus of 2,000 kids we only have ONE translator. So even being able to use broken Spanish would be enormously helpful.
At home:
- We just took down our Christmas tree yesterday. This flies in the face of everything I was taught growing up; that is, the Christmas tree comes down on New Years Day. So I was approximately 10 days late. True to form.
- Our puppy is almost totally house-trained! Gryffindor Hays Ruggles, more commonly known as "Gryff" or "Mr. Gryff" or "G-Money"... okay, I have a problem with nicknames. Anyway, Gryff spends most of his day in our fenced-in yard. In the afternoons, he happily comes in and lounges on his new bed in the living room. He has yet to chew up anything other than a planter and a screw driver, so my shoes collection has been blessedly spared-- knock on wood. He is truly a wonderful addition to our little family, and he is Alex's pride and joy.
- We finally got dining room chairs! After six months of marriage, we at last have the means to actually sit at our dining room table-- although that means that it must cease being our catch-all for mail and unfinished projects. The lovely chairs made it from Ikea to our home in time to host a couple of Christmas gatherings, thanks to my in-laws who sent me the early Christmas present. And, as I like to remind Alex, since they're my personal chairs, I get to decide if he gets to use them or not.
Now that we have our Ten Weddings in Twenty-Twelve behind us, we are VERY much looking forward to boring weekends at home, full of lounging, sleeping, reading, catching up on favorite shows and movies, and a few projects I've been dying to get to. Maybe I'll even be one of those artsy-fartsy people that posts how-to blogs with pictures of each step. Maybe.
And now, time to finish up preparation for Ambassador interviews... and maybe watch an episode (or three) of Downton Abbey at the same time.
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