Calm Week

November 2 - November 9

Well this week has been a tiring but calm week.  On Monday, it was just a long day because I was running a little late to work.  All was fine and I got there but there was traffic around the area that is usually not there.  I am convinced it was because f the time change.  You know when you fall back an hour it changes people's schedules until they get back on track.

This week was pretty uneventful as far as discipline. You know I looked at the moon tonight and I am hoping for the full moon during Thanksgiving but I think it will happen the week before Thanksgiving which will cause a lot of craziness right before our week long break.  Yes, my South Carolina friends, a full week off for Thanksgiving.  It is really due to furloughs when budgets were tough but they have never put the days back in and taken away some of the full week.  So let's hope that we have a long half moon and gibbous so that I can make it to Thanksgiving without students going nutty.

On Thursday, I got to meet the new principal.  Her name is Lynn Sheffield and I am scared to death that I will be calling her Coach Sheffield, Rob or just Sheffield after my dearest Physics friend and teacher who I worked next to for 10 years.   I miss the LDHS science department so while it is exciting to have a new person to meet and get to know, it is a little sad because whenever I say her name I will be thinking of the science dept!  Love you guys if you are reading this.

On Thursday, I went and paid for the Escape - I am sad and embarrassed to say what I paid to have it repaired but when I tell you that I have been told that I will have this car for another 10 years as long as I continue to take care of it the way I have, then you know that I am happy!!  I love the yellow Escape. So I am driving the VW back and forth to work to save money on gas and can drive the Escape around Murrieta!  Best of both worlds, which I needed because I went to go and get a kitty litter box and it barely fit in the Jetta.  LOL!!!  I had to put it in the back seat.  Of course it is a covered kitty litter pan and I got the large one for my Baby Squeak who will be here soon!

Now, North, my high school, ended up losing our game on Friday night.  So we are out of the playoffs now. I thought, I should have a few weeks off before Basketball starts on Fridays and made a comment to that nature and was told that we will be playing basketball games on Thursdays this year. WOW!  That is a change.  I am not use to having Friday's off but rather having basketball on Friday nights.  This is going to be odd!!!

On Saturday, I went hiking again and then got went to go and see if Scott or Chris McLain could help me get my car back to the apartment. This is a local family owned business.  They are from the east coast, New Jersey and have a shop out here. Another teacher from school uses this business and recommended them to me.  Scott has been emailing me pictures of the car as he has worked on it.  Kinda fun to see it practically stripped of everything as they worked on fixing it.  Chris drove it back to the apartment and then I took him back to the shop and drove the Escape home.  I also took the yellow car and got it cleaned!!!  It looks and smells so good!  Very excited to have my yellow baby back.  The rest of the evening I spent getting some items done for work.  It is amazing how long it takes me to write up my teacher observations using new standards.  I have to remember that it is a learning curve and I have to just practice.

Today, Sunday,  I got up early and went and worked out at Gold's Gym.  I got to watch Anger Management while I walked for the morning.  I came home and did my upper body workout, made breakfast, took a shower and got started on work again finishing up the last of the observations.  Now I have been go, go, go for the majority of the time that I have been here and today was nice to just kinda hang around.  I wanted to go hiking again or thought about going to the beach but decide that I should use this time to get things caught up so that I can play this upcoming week.  Especially since I have a dinner with Texas Instruments on Wednesday and then a band competition on Thursday.  I am looking forward to my first free Friday since I got to CA.  I wonder if something will come up - it usually does whenever I get excited about having free time!!