i start rehearsals tonight for T's play Spike Heels.  I am working backstage, but not stage managing (YEAH!).  I guess I will get some work done.

Later!

it is monday again. only 2 more weeks until february break.  i have books picked out for the next two weeks.  i think we're gonna be alright.

I posted the list of states I had been to, and included a US map I found online.  But today I saw this on vickyvix's blog and thought it was way cooler! 

create your own visited states map or write about it on the open travel guide

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Averi has started reading my rants this week.  Welcome!

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we have been doing a FLYLady theme this week for wellness. so each day i have been sending a "mission" ala Kelly. here is today's


Thursday is Reflection and Thankfulness Day

Today is a day to sit down and reflect on all the hours you work, doing your job. Remind yourself how "little you work for so much pay". (Especially all that vacation time you spend doing nothing.)

And then reflect on your educational background, the years you have been in school, as a student and as a teacher, the courses you have taken to become a better teacher (although we all know we only do it for the pay increase).

And then thank your lucky stars that you are not ignorant to state laws that require students to be in school 176 days regardless of snowdays ("Those are just free days the teachers don't have to make up." says one helpful taxpaper), half days ("If we didn't have half days wouldn't that save on transportation?" asks one unknowing parent.) or vacation time ("Why aren't the inservice days on vacation time? Why do teachers get all that time off?" asks an underpaid civil servant.). Be thankful you understand that the 176 days students are required to go now is 1 more day than students were required to go in the 1980's and 1990's (when I was a student), not less as some people would have you believe ("There sure are a lot more days off now than when I was a kid" says one mom.)

Be thankful your job isn't a line item (sorry KB, ER, JS, JR and CN) that can be debated and discussed regardless of contracts, state laws and actual need. Reflect on all this, and then remember why we are here. The big bucks...no....the gracious parents....no....the future of our educated society....nope...oh yeah, we are here for the kids. That's it, the kids.

Finally, go into the lounge, sit back, have some candy and nachos and relax, after all you hardly work at all.

i gotta tell ya.  stupid people who can't form grammatically correct sentences should not go to school board meetings and suggest we cut the budget at the school THEY graduated from.

just ask me how my night went!  i dare you.

T has been out snowblowing since 6:30.  But thanks to my morning routine, I could...

• shower
  
• get dressed
  
• put in laundry
  
• make his lunch
  
• eat my breakfast
  
• pour his cereal
  
• clean out his work bag
  
• check my email
  
• blog
  
• make my lunch

and I am ready to go!  He also started my car so I don't have to think about that either!

i guess i am just not very interesting.

the fly lady thing has gone over fairly well at school. i will blog more later.

and i don't even like football.

did you see janet's boob?