can you categorize zombies as decomposers? if you're in my science class, you can try.

so...i was grading science notebooks, and under decomposers, one of my students listed zombies... i suppose they feast on dead things... i don't think i mentioned zombies during the lesson.

i forgot to mention that i got a text from gigi on saturday that made my heart smile (well, figuratively speaking, because we all know that hearts do not have mouths) it was a picture of tulip town-fields of tulips!! outside of seattle-GORGEOUS! it will be so great to see her when she comes to town to visit!

it's even better than the poppy fields of oz!!

so, last night i had a great dream- i was flying and i remember thinking how awesome it was! it was super refreshing! when i got to school this morning, i mentioned it to maria, and she said, "that means something...i'm not sure what, but it means something!" so i just looked it up, and it was pretty cool. i suppose that is how i feel.

 hard to believe that we are getting ready to step into may! today i felt like a salesperson...i felt like i was selling clicker all-in-learning systems! we had some principals from our cluster come in, and i was able to demonstrate how i use them in class and how simple they are and how much they have added to my classroom, data collection, and on the spot reteaching! i can't say enough about it!

is anything worse than waiting for results? i submit that there is not. be it results from a test, an interview, you name it, waiting sucks. sometimes there just isn't anything you can do- i was a little bummed that after send an email early in the morning, i still heard nothing throughout the day. i am not a good waiter...i was a good server when i worked at a restaurant, but not a wait-er. if it's a girl waiting for something does she automatically become a wait-ress? (can't help but think of flo and alice at mel's diner...)

and that's really all i got...until i'm done waiting.

julie

childhood games prepared me for real life!

as predicted, today was in fact a new day...and better than yesterday.

planning period was effective, and everything went smoothly today. we figured out how to use the 'all in learning' scanner bubble sheets! woohoo!! we didn't finish early enough, so tomorrow we are going back to make corrections because there were a lot of misunderstandings about the play and the elements of the play. hmm...but i didn't really care about the misunderstanding, i was too excited about the fact that the bubble sheet worked!! it's the small things.

the only snag i ran into today was my printer. when i print, i've had difficulty with the printer...it would print one paper and jam, and i had to reset, and it would print one more and jam, over and over, but i had to get those bubble forms printed! so finally at lunch i took out the tray, where the jam was happening and a little plastic piece fell on the floor, so i figured out where it went and how to put it back, thinking, "GOT YOU,  little sucker!" and print, and jam again...so i looked on the floor again and saw a tiny spring, practically microscopic. good think i have super-hero eyes! so i spent the rest of my lunch with my needle-nose pliers trying to reconnect the spring in all the right places (there are only two possible places it could go-two ends!)  

for all of you who once played the operation game as children, it was useful for something! that game used to make me anxious because of the buzzing sound...stress a kid out!

that little spring is the size of a small stud earring. it was tricky trickerson!

today i left school as soon as my students were gone, and tonight i'll be working on more clicker-answer stuff for tomorrow...but i HAD to leave to make it to my appointment at the bullet trap! and when i got there, i was informed that my appointment was not scheduled...i was about to be seriously frustrated, but they went ahead and got me in anyway for a personal session.

so, steve, i think his name was, showed me a couple of 9mm, and we went with the beretta and a smith and wesson...i liked the s&w, but i think i might like to check out the glock...after i try it, i'll be ready to make my purchase. not gonna lie, i'm a pretty good shot-consistent. it's from all the bb gun practice. smile.

so, i only had 4 in the 8 zone, and they still count for 5 points. then i had 13 in the 9 zone and the remainder of the box of 50 were in the 10 and X...smile. we started at the short range and he moved it back like they would for the actually test.

so, now all i need to do is sign up for the test whenever they are available.

good release. i need to find someplace closer, though.

chaco looked at the target and was unimpressed. he actually told me that he was a better shot when he lifts his leg to pee...rude. i think that was his way of trying to get me to play at home instead of playing elsewhere. so, tonight we play!

off to play fetch!
julie

what did one carrot say to the other? nothing...carrots can't talk!

hmm. well, well, well...(a very deep, dark hole where fresh water can be drawn for human consumption, yet bad things can happen-cyanide poisoning, children falling in), yesterday was potato day. i took my first class out and we had to harvest some produce to make room for the taters. amongst the produce, were two sassy carrots.

it got awkward when she started to talk about her last kiss...

and tell me if this doesn't remind you of this...

someone sent me this in a text awhile back, and it just made me laugh.

the crazy thing is that i erased that text, and i spent too long today trying to locate this-i was looking for pancakes instead of waffles. but i finally found it here!

here are the rest of the veggies from this batch-the students were excited and i think they'll be even more excited to see the potatoes when they're ready!

i may be making some coleslaw with the ingredients and bringing it in on monday!

and since i was cleaning food, i decided i might as well make more salsa (i'm pretty sure i've mentioned that i don't like to purchase salsa anymore-i like mine better).

i would be remiss not to mention yesterday afternoon. we had our local ALL IN LEARNING rep on campus to show us the ins and outs of this new technology that we have, and i am excited to get started with it. and afterward, we went to a little happy hour. good times- lots of laughter, and a little bit of tranquilizer darts, but we made it through without any major incidents...until lindsey dropped her purse contents all out on the floor and had to retrieve and archive them all...

fortunately it was all there.

and everything was fine until we stepped out onto the sidewalk...this game is overrated...i'm sure that the group across the street clapping was thinking that we'd had one too many. maybe one too many darts....i'm thinking that we're going to have to write some new legislation about dart-control...i'm calling for no more than 5 darts in the 'clip' per day-with low dosage of venom...otherwise, it gets a little ridiculous.


i need to go see if i can snag spock now. (one of my friends sent me a txt with a picture of his cousin up in mckinney! so funny!)

but if a carrot could talk, it would probably 'root' for the cabell chargers, being orange and all...
julie