Posted in Knitting, soccer, tagged Knitting, soccer, teaching, teenagers on December 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
First off, I am so sorry I’ve been neglecting the blog the last few weeks. High school soccer season has been in full swing with the girls playing up to three games a week. With my long-term subbing job, I haven’t had a whole lot of spare time…
Thank goodness for shoe dryers (we have two)!
Anyhoo…back [...]
Posted in Christian, tagged bamboo, Christianity, Knitting, shetland shorty, teaching on December 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Every once in awhile someone touches your life in a really special way.
So special, in fact, that you decide to do a little something to let them know how you feel.
Last winter, I spent a couple of weeks subbing for one English teacher. I was still a little new at subbing, so I was very [...]
Posted in Knitting, Pets, This-n-That, tagged dogs, Knitting, Pets, photography, teaching, yarn on November 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Posted in This-n-That, tagged Christianity, job hunting, job interview, teaching on October 15, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Ugh.
I’m frustrated.
Today I had an interview for an English teaching position. It was at a different high school from the one Chicky and Rooster attend, but hey, it was an INTERVIEW! I was psyched!
I dressed the part and got nervous when I went in. The principal and another teacher were conducting it.
They quickly put me [...]
Posted in children, tagged substitute teaching, teaching on September 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Those were the words a student spoke to me on Tuesday when I subbed in his classroom.
Can I tell you just how much it warmed my heart to hear him say this to me?
You see, I subbed for a teacher for four days in a row.
The teacher’s classroom was large, bright, and cheery, with lots [...]
Posted in This-n-That, tagged sunflowers, teaching on July 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I feel a little like my sunflowers, which have been thriving this summer.
I am especially exited today. You see, I have an interview tomorrow afternoon!
It is for a reading teaching position at the high school my children attend.
The last couple of years have been a time of nourishment and growth…getting fed through the classes I [...]
Posted in children, tagged four year olds, preschool, teaching on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I had a subbing job…for a class of four-year-olds. The class was at my church’s preschool – a place I worked at three summers ago.
That summer, I had the 13-24 month-olds. Five of them.
Today, I had 11 four-year-olds.
I thought the tots would be a little easier to manage since they were older.
No dirty diapers [...]
Posted in This-n-That, tagged English 6-12 sae, teaching on July 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
When I got home from subbing today (I’ll post about this in a bit), I decided to check the mail.
I was on the phone with my friend, Rabbitrescuer (remember the gal whose son was burned last summer…we talk on the phone or via Skype almost every day). As we chatted, I casually flipped through the [...]
Posted in This-n-That, tagged english 6-12, teaching on June 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is the view out of my car window shortly after I left at the dark hour of 4:45:
And no, nothing’s wrong with your eyes. The picture is a little blurry. My hand shook a bit.
Why was I up so early?
Because I’m dumb sometimes. Ok. I’m dumb a lot of the times.
I don’t know if [...]
Posted in This-n-That, tagged childhood, teaching on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I walked into my subbing job on Thursday, I spied something I had not seem in many years. I eagerly ran over and stretched out my arms to embrace it. My students got a good chuckle at my strange antics.
It would be a bit of a stretch to say that this “something” and I [...]
