Just logging in quickly to share the photos I posted last night. These are from last week up through the weekend.
I need another weekend to recover, by the way. Who do I see about that?
Debbie’s arrival in Buffalo. We picked her up at the train station.
Enjoy more photos on my photostream. More soon…
Today is Stephanie’s birthday! Go and wish her a happy day, eh? 🙂
I wish I had time to share my thoughts about the first week of school. Alas, I do not. Tonight, Rand and I will be heading to Cleveland–usually, my trips to Cleveland are happy ones to spend time with friends. This time, though, we will be saying goodbye to one.
My friend Jen’s mom lost her battle with breast cancer this week. She was a beautiful, vibrant woman with a heart full of love, and she will be dearly missed by many people.
Donations may be made to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure (link is to the Team Russo homepage).
I also learned, when I got home from school today, that Madeline L’Engle, author of my favorite book, died today. I’ll post more thoughts about that one at a later time.
Survived the first day of school. 😉
Will write more later.
Debbie is set to arrive in Buffalo for a visit *very* soon! Whee! Between the visiting and the school starting this week, I suspect I’m going to be a very busy girl. Look for photos on flickr soon, though! 🙂
So I spent a good chunk of yesterday in my classroom. I can’t say I accomplished much, but I was in my classroom. 😉
As I believe I’ve mentioned before, the school where I’m going to be working is undergoing extensive renovations. The bulk of the work was supposed to be finished by the end of summer…and, well…
When I arrived yesterday all of the stuff (desk, computer, shelves, etc.) was in the middle of the room. New student desks and chairs were in big cardboard boxes. I was going to move the textbooks over to one of the new countertops, but then I realized that the counter wasn’t actually attached to the wall yet. I wandered about the school for a little bit, picking up a massive pile of mail (mostly book order sheets), student agendas and a desk calendar. I met with my co-teacher, who will be with me for two of the five classes I’m teaching, and planned out the activities for next week. (That, at least, makes me feel a little bit better!)
After lunch, I began opening the cardboard boxes the teacher had packed up at the end of last year and tried to get some of it put away. Everyone’s kind of in the same boat–unpacking boxes–but I’m in the unique position of unpacking someone else’s boxes. I couldn’t really do anything with the desk since there were still things unfinished, and the phone and computer hadn’t been installed yet. The school will be open today, so I may head over there this afternoon to see how things look.
Possibly the worst thing about it is that everything is still covered with a layer of construction dust and grime. I picked up some Clorox wipes yesterday to try and get some spaces clean enough that I felt comfortable putting things on them.
I just got my schedule yesterday, and I don’t have class lists yet. I can log on to the computer (well, whenever it gets hooked up), but I don’t yet have access to email or other necessary classroom applications. Those things won’t be dealt with until, uh, Tuesday morning.
Isn’t this fun? 😉
Hey, go and wish Samantha a happy birthday! 🙂
Starting tomorrow, I’m a busy, busy girl…new teacher orientation tomorrow, followed by two days of inservice. Friday off, Monday holiday. Tuesday inservice. Wednesday…school starts!
Holy crap. 😉
I saw my mom on Saturday. She and her friend came up for the day, and we did a bit of dress shopping (no buying, just looking!). We stopped in at the shop where Rand bought my ring and talked to the ladies there. I wanted to let them know how happy (and surprised!) I was. (It’s Sarah’s Vintage and Estate Jewelry on Main Street in Williamsville. They’re awesome.) Then we had dinner at Brennan’s. I had a Clancy. Yum!
We saw Rand’s parents on Sunday, which was also very nice. 🙂
Today, I met up with Susan for lunch. I hadn’t seen her in quite a while, so that was fun!
And that’s about all my excitement for the moment…I’m guessing posting will be light over the next couple of days.
Gripe of the day: Ringback tones.
What on earth makes you think that I want to listen to  this song when I call you? Or any song, for that matter? Do you really expect anyone to take you seriously? Gah.