Wednesday, August 27, 2003
OK ... I switched to a high speed cable modem from dial up on Saturday. For the past [??] years I have been using Eudora for my e-mail software. But ... I can't get Eudora to work with my new cox.net settings. SOOO.... since the cable company "told" me that they use MS Outlook (the word that THEY used was "supports"), I have decided that I will give in and use MS Outlook. I've always avoided it because I know that a lot of e-mail viruses are written to affect Outlook. ANYWAY ... I really DO NOT like Outlook. The address book seems to make finding addresses MORE difficult than before ... and I can't even see the e-mail address if I use the "nickname" for the person. AND ... if I have several nicknames that start with "Deb", it will give me the first one unless I type in EVERY SINGLE letter through the last name. WHAT A HASSLE!!!! AARRGGHH!!!
On a MUCH happier note ... I had lunch today with my mentee who is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!!!!!! Go Alex!!! We ate sushi and talked about the first week or two of school. She teaches ME things every time we talk. Let's hear it for pink long johns. ;-)
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Well ... another day of MEETINGS!! ALL DAY!! BUT ... I'm pretty much done with them for the week. I mean ... I'll get together with my mentee at some point, and we have another SHORT staff breakfast/meeting. But, for the most part ... I get to actually WORK for the rest of the week. My room is mostly decorated (I think I've already said that.) Now I get to plan. I'm a bit on the fence about planning too far into the first month because plans ALWAYS have to be changed. You can plan a day or a week or a month, and on the FIRST DAY, you find that you need to change just about the ENTIRE thing. SOOOO.... I want to come up with semi-plans that are good for being changed as I go. :-) BLAH!! Hope you're having a more interesting day than I am. :-p
Monday, August 25, 2003
Whew!! My first "official" day in my classroom wasn't all that bad. Breakfast provided by the administration team. Meeting with the whole staff for a few hours. Lunch ordered in from a favorite Chinese place with my team of teachers. Meeting with the team after lunch ... which grew to include a couple of administrators. Then we realized it was time to leave. A day of meetings. Hmmm.... Tomorrow is looking to be the same. :-)
Sunday, August 24, 2003
Okay ... SO!! I spent ALL DAY Wednesday, Thursday, and most of the day on Friday working on my classroom. The decorations are mostly up and ready. So now I can spend this coming week socializing, ... er ... um ... I mean ... I can spend this coming week working on planning and getting ready for the first day with students. See, the teachers have a full week of "work/conference days" this coming week. Then the students start the day after Labor Day. Just for your information, I'll be spending labor day with my brother and sister-in-law and my nephew, Ian. Would you like to see pictures of Ian?
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Oh my!! I can't believe HOW MUCH there is to do in my classroom. I was here at 6:30 this morning, and figure that I won't go home until Labor Day (really!!) Move in the cot!!
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
I'M HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Feel free to comment away!! I'll hopefully be posting frequently from now on. :-) Alaska was great ... look for an update to the page soon! I'll put it here first!! :-D
