It is Friday but somehow I don't feel as thrilled as I normally do. I think maybe the week is catching up with me. Most weeks, I try to keep my Fridays open so I can work in the office and kind of ease into the weekend. Today, however; I have two meetings and Jess has a game in Nevada (Pronounced with NevAda, the "a" between the v and d is a long a, not like the state where it is a short a.) which is about an hour away.
I still haven't recieved my instructors books for my class. I am getting a bit ticked off. I mean how hard is it to get the books in? I really don't want to go a second week with having to create my own slides and take the whole weekend creating stuff that is already done in the instructors editions. I could care less about the answers to the lessons, I know that stuff, I don't need the damn guide for that, but the presentations and the handouts are the things I really want.
At school we are starting to look at planning for next year. We have published next year's school calendar and it should go to the school board for approval on Monday. We also are starting our registration meetings, getting handbook and registration fees adjusted for board approval and prep for students to register for classes for the 08-09 school year. I know it seems kind of early but to get everything done and out, we have to start early.
Drew's team won their game last night and they won pretty big. I think it was 46-12 or something like that. He had 5 points and made a three point play. He took a shot and was fouled. The shot went in and he made the free throw. He doesn't have practice today so we will be able to go to Jess's game. I kind of left it up to him. We could go or stay home and listen to it on the radio. He wanted to go. We will only stay for the girls game and then come home. Dawn goes up with her parents and they stay for both games so it works out.
I have been craving a good pizza lately but the last couple times I have had pizza, it has kind of sucked. I think, at the end of the day, when all is said and done, I like a Casey's pizza the best. Godfathers is my big favorite but we don't have one it Perry. I have to go to Adel or Boone for that and "That's not bloody likely" (Imagine me saying that with a British accent.).
Ok, enough for now. Off to start the weekend. I wil have more on Monday, as usual.
Have a great weekend!
Friday, January 11, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
I really don't need a migraine today!
The school board/director retreat went ok last night. We did a personality test and the group was asked what "color" they thought each of us were. Everyone got me right!
To sum thing up, we did the personality exercise, ate dinner (which was actually pretty good. I was expecting sandwiches but we had lasagna, corn, cole slaw, dinner role w/butter, and a piece of pie with whipped cream.) and worked on the district mission statement and goals. Here are the four goals we selected for the next year to work on.
* Academic achievement (of course)
* pk-12 character/citizenship education program
* Staff development for "all" staff members
* Fiscal stability (This was actually #1 in our vote)
Like I said it was ok. We were at it from 4 until a little after 8. We also re-wrote the district mission statement and that took most of the time. You would be amazed at how much time it took to debate over whether we should us the word "develop" or "help". EVERYONE had an opinion on that one.
We had some sad news this week. Nancy's mom was diagnosed with colon cancer. With her dad in a wheelchair and unable to completely care for himself this is not only a scary issue to face for her mom but the concern about her dad is another consideration. When Nancy came to work on Tuesday she wasn't the Nancy that I had ever seen before. She was so distracted with the news she recieved the night before it was like she was in a trance. I could see the flicker of her normal self from time to time with a little smile or a look but she was going through a lot and I could tell she was going through things in her mind most of the day.
I bought her 4 king sized Snickers in an attempt to make her feel a bit better. I know it wasn't much but it was all I could really think of to do. I will do what I can to help her through this difficult time. I don't know her mom but if she is anything like Nancy, she is a wonderful mother and person. Keep Nancy and her mom in your prayers.
MOM----STAY HEALTHY!!!!!
I have a woman that works for me at the high school and her son is having open heart surgery today. He is 25 and it is kind of a long story but she is gone for the rest of the week and will be taking a lot of time off in the next month or so.
In other news: Drew has a game tonight. He plays in Saydel at 4. I won't go to the game but he is looking forward to playing. They haven't had a game since before Christmas break.
Tonight is the first night, in what seems to be an eternity, that I will be home at 5 and be able to make dinner, relax and watch some TV. It was last Thursday that I was home before 8:00 at night. I am looking forward to it tonight.
TRASH DAY TODAY.....Filthy bastards!
To sum thing up, we did the personality exercise, ate dinner (which was actually pretty good. I was expecting sandwiches but we had lasagna, corn, cole slaw, dinner role w/butter, and a piece of pie with whipped cream.) and worked on the district mission statement and goals. Here are the four goals we selected for the next year to work on.
* Academic achievement (of course)
* pk-12 character/citizenship education program
* Staff development for "all" staff members
* Fiscal stability (This was actually #1 in our vote)
Like I said it was ok. We were at it from 4 until a little after 8. We also re-wrote the district mission statement and that took most of the time. You would be amazed at how much time it took to debate over whether we should us the word "develop" or "help". EVERYONE had an opinion on that one.
We had some sad news this week. Nancy's mom was diagnosed with colon cancer. With her dad in a wheelchair and unable to completely care for himself this is not only a scary issue to face for her mom but the concern about her dad is another consideration. When Nancy came to work on Tuesday she wasn't the Nancy that I had ever seen before. She was so distracted with the news she recieved the night before it was like she was in a trance. I could see the flicker of her normal self from time to time with a little smile or a look but she was going through a lot and I could tell she was going through things in her mind most of the day.
I bought her 4 king sized Snickers in an attempt to make her feel a bit better. I know it wasn't much but it was all I could really think of to do. I will do what I can to help her through this difficult time. I don't know her mom but if she is anything like Nancy, she is a wonderful mother and person. Keep Nancy and her mom in your prayers.
MOM----STAY HEALTHY!!!!!
I have a woman that works for me at the high school and her son is having open heart surgery today. He is 25 and it is kind of a long story but she is gone for the rest of the week and will be taking a lot of time off in the next month or so.
In other news: Drew has a game tonight. He plays in Saydel at 4. I won't go to the game but he is looking forward to playing. They haven't had a game since before Christmas break.
Tonight is the first night, in what seems to be an eternity, that I will be home at 5 and be able to make dinner, relax and watch some TV. It was last Thursday that I was home before 8:00 at night. I am looking forward to it tonight.
TRASH DAY TODAY.....Filthy bastards!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
50% Irish - 50% Bohemian, warm heart and a wonderful mom!
The girls won their first basketball game last night!!!!!!
Jess had 12 points which tied the team high. It was a good game for the girls last night. They played pretty well and did a nice job of playing like a team. They still have a long way to go but at least the monkey is off of their back. They won't go the whole season without a win.
Drew has a game Thursday and then Jess has games Friday and Saturday.
Today my blog is dedicate to my mom. It is her birthday today and I want to take some time to recognize how special she is.
The relationship between a mother and son is very special. Men are tough and rugged. They fight and wrestle, watch football and action movies. They seldom cry and hardly ever show emotions in public. It is in their nature and that is the way things are; but if you see a man and his mother, you will see a side of him that is rarly displayed. Men, as I see it, hold three things in their lives dear. Their children, their spouse and their mothers. Relationships go sour and chilren move on but we hold our mother always dear to our heart.
When I was a boy and I scraped my knee, it was mom who would hug me and make it all better. When I was lonely and had nothing to do, mom would play the piano and we would sing. As a teen with girl problems, mom was always their to reassure me. In college, mom was supportive and understanding when I came home with a bag of dirty laundy and a tendency to raid the fridge on my way back.
I know her life was full of worry when I was living at home and probably still is from time to time. There probably isn't such a thing as a "perfect son" and even if there were, I would have been far from it, yet my mom stayed with me through it all. She listens and cares. My life is all over the place most of the time. It is an existence that is far from perfect but if I ever need a lifeline to sanity, I pickup the phone and give mom a call. Usually about nothing in paticular but always a sense of comfort and support.
Mom, I love ya and want you to know you mean more to me than you could even know. We share the same sense of humor and are similar in many ways. I don't get to see you much but I think of you often. You are a very special person and I am not sure what I would do if I didn't have you "a call away".
I hope you have a great day today and many more birthdays to come.
Happy birthday!
Jess had 12 points which tied the team high. It was a good game for the girls last night. They played pretty well and did a nice job of playing like a team. They still have a long way to go but at least the monkey is off of their back. They won't go the whole season without a win.
Drew has a game Thursday and then Jess has games Friday and Saturday.
Today my blog is dedicate to my mom. It is her birthday today and I want to take some time to recognize how special she is.
The relationship between a mother and son is very special. Men are tough and rugged. They fight and wrestle, watch football and action movies. They seldom cry and hardly ever show emotions in public. It is in their nature and that is the way things are; but if you see a man and his mother, you will see a side of him that is rarly displayed. Men, as I see it, hold three things in their lives dear. Their children, their spouse and their mothers. Relationships go sour and chilren move on but we hold our mother always dear to our heart.
When I was a boy and I scraped my knee, it was mom who would hug me and make it all better. When I was lonely and had nothing to do, mom would play the piano and we would sing. As a teen with girl problems, mom was always their to reassure me. In college, mom was supportive and understanding when I came home with a bag of dirty laundy and a tendency to raid the fridge on my way back.
I know her life was full of worry when I was living at home and probably still is from time to time. There probably isn't such a thing as a "perfect son" and even if there were, I would have been far from it, yet my mom stayed with me through it all. She listens and cares. My life is all over the place most of the time. It is an existence that is far from perfect but if I ever need a lifeline to sanity, I pickup the phone and give mom a call. Usually about nothing in paticular but always a sense of comfort and support.
Mom, I love ya and want you to know you mean more to me than you could even know. We share the same sense of humor and are similar in many ways. I don't get to see you much but I think of you often. You are a very special person and I am not sure what I would do if I didn't have you "a call away".
I hope you have a great day today and many more birthdays to come.
Happy birthday!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
If your lips are moving as you read this post....STOP IT!
The big stresser for the week is behind me. I finished teaching my first night of class!
It was a good night. The kids were all well behaved and the class moved along pretty well. Four hour is a long time but taking breaks every hour makes it not too bad. We covered all of the information I wanted to cover last night and went over the homework as a group. The first hour of class I showed them the homework assignment and what I wanted done and they were kind of freaked out. By the end of class they were all comfortable and felt that it wouldn't be that big of a deal.
I really like the group and it should be a pretty good class. I hope the students felt like it went well too.
Today, I continue the maraton of little to no free time. I have an early meeting at 7:30 another meeting at 11 and then Jess has a game tonight. At least her game is here in Perry so I shouldn't be too late. I would guess I will be home by 7:45 or 8.
The weird thing about teaching my class is that when I got home, I needed a bit of downtime to be able to go to sleep. You can't go home at 10 and be asleep by 10:05. At least I wasn't able to do it last night. I ended up getting to sleep around 11 or a little after. The coffee is helping me this morning.
I wanted to post a video of the Gingerbread house experience from Christmas. Here it is!
It was a good night. The kids were all well behaved and the class moved along pretty well. Four hour is a long time but taking breaks every hour makes it not too bad. We covered all of the information I wanted to cover last night and went over the homework as a group. The first hour of class I showed them the homework assignment and what I wanted done and they were kind of freaked out. By the end of class they were all comfortable and felt that it wouldn't be that big of a deal.
I really like the group and it should be a pretty good class. I hope the students felt like it went well too.
Today, I continue the maraton of little to no free time. I have an early meeting at 7:30 another meeting at 11 and then Jess has a game tonight. At least her game is here in Perry so I shouldn't be too late. I would guess I will be home by 7:45 or 8.
The weird thing about teaching my class is that when I got home, I needed a bit of downtime to be able to go to sleep. You can't go home at 10 and be asleep by 10:05. At least I wasn't able to do it last night. I ended up getting to sleep around 11 or a little after. The coffee is helping me this morning.
I wanted to post a video of the Gingerbread house experience from Christmas. Here it is!
Video took too much time to Upload!!!!!! Maybe another time....
I wanted to note the weather today. It is foggy again and it has kind of become a trend as of late. There were also some tornados to the north around the Minnesota border. How weird is that? Rain and fog and tornados in January.
Drew was telling me last night that he likes the show "American Gladiators". I remember that show back in the 80's or early 90's. I don't remember the actual decade it was on but it was ok back then. I will have to check out the new version and see how it goes. I know Hulk Hogan is the host. How old is that guy?
I can't tell you how nice it is to have all the political stuff done here in Iowa. No more phone calls. No more ads on TV, of course I haven't seem much tv lately. It is a nice and refreshing break from the mess that it was a week or so ago. You can only take so much of that before you just tune every candidate out. New Hampshire is being victimized now but they are going to be past it after today as well.
I saw that yesterday Hillary broke down with tears in her eyes and so did Borak. I would imagine the stress and weight of a campaign can get you in all sorts of conditions. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a mandatory hiatus from campaining or ads. How about every Sunday there is no campaigning or political ads on tv, radio or the paper? It would give the candidates and the country a nice break from the madness.
I have kind of read through the post and it seems to be long and rambling but I am waiting for the video to upload and it is taking awhile. As it loads I am just rambling and rambling. I will stop now for you benefit!
Have a great Tuesday.
Monday, January 7, 2008
What the hell!
This weekend was long and I am facing a long week ahead. In a nutshell, here was my weekend.
- Saturday: Alarm clock went off at 5 am. Went to DMACC orientation from 7:30 until 3:30. Jess had a game in Perry so I went staight from the orientation to the game. Got home around 8. Jess did well but the team lost. She scored 13 points, which lead the team.
- Sunday: Woke up at 2 am with insomnia. 3 am, Drew puked all over the floor from food at the movie theater from the night before. I cleaned that up, threw his clothes in the washing machine and started my day. Heavy fog made the two hour drive to Jess's volleyball tournament a mess. Visibility less that 200 feet the whole way. The tournament lasted until 5:30. Drove two hours home and went to bed. The volleyball team did ok but they haven't learned to play together yet. They went 2-3.
Today I work all day then teach class from 6-10 tonight.
Tomorrow Jess has a game in Perry I won't be home until after 8.
Wednesday I have a school board retreat that is supposed to last until 9 pm.
Thurday Drew has a game, Friday and Saturday Jess has a game.
It is a grim looking week ahead but what can a guy do.
I don't really feel much like writing today so I apologize that this is short and rather pointless. I will post about my class tomorrow.
Ya gotta love Monday!
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