baby shower lockjaw

well, as a matter of fact, i DID have my phone interview today, thanks for asking! i believe it went fairly well! i can't really say anything about the interview, except that it's over! whew~step two-done! if it went well, we'll move on to step three.

i also got a chance to go out to the school garden and pull out the broccoli plants, which were flowering. flowering broccoli means bees. bees in the courtyard lead to screaming kids. when kids scream in the courtyard, every classroom facing the courtyard is distracted, and this leads to frustrated teachers, who in turn don't appreciate the garden...good call, julie, good call!

i was also able to get the necessary receipts in to the inter-office mail, and then i received an email after school asking me to fax them. so i guess that will be first on the agenda for tomorrow!

and after school, there was the baby shower. i don't think i was really much help..i contributed only in adding water to the mix. the baby shower punch was a half and half mixture of i'm not sure what, but the first try was so tart it almost gave me lockjaw-the kind that makes your fingers curl into a fist and they need to be pried open...then some pineapple pizazz was added which made it a bit too sweet. so the only thing that we had available was water and some ice, so we watered it down to make it somewhat palatable...but then, it's not usually the punch that people are talking about after a shower...it's the doritos, and they were fabulous!

when i got home, i saw this guy just hangin around...he apparently jumped off of the computer stand sometime between 8:00am, and 3:33 pm. we found him just in time, he is recovering nicely. i absolutely love my usb port man!

 yesterday when i was out with the boys, i wanted to get a pic of bruno, but he said no, stuck out his tongue and turned his face-so i snapped one of his shadow, and you can see his tongue sticking out...i'm pretty sure he thinks he's michael jordan.

i love all of the tulips in my neighborhood-they make my heart smile!

i'm going to have to alter some of my lesson plans because we have to administer our telpas writings, and next week we have the naep test..we'll have some intensive small group sessions because over half of the class will be out of the room for that!

and i just talked to dad about our spring break visit. hopefully we will be able to work on the itouch docking station for recharging; that way, instead of paying over $1000, dad and i will come up with something comparable at a fraction of the cost! it's how we roll...money doesn't grow on trees, ya know! i sent him a link with pics from the tcea convention we went to!

i also mentioned that i would be bringing my new toy and was planning on doing some target practice at their place...outside of course. good thing they live outside the city! now i just need to find some target ammunition. anyone? anyone?

ok, that's all i got-looking forward to a good day tomorrow!!
julie

'demon fish'-80's pop band or book by an author with bad galmour pics?

let me begin by saying i am so sorry, those of you who link to this blog from facebook-somehow my settings got messed up and none of my posts were showing up for others-i don't quite know how that happened.


today has been long. but not bad. we had our field trip to the nature museum today, and it would have been really fun if i were there with friends! but, alas, i had 17 students to be in charge of.

we got to watch a great show about force and matter and the kids loved it. i loved finding a brochure about speakers for their shark exhibit. check out this one:

the picture caught my attention and i couldn't help but think that it really fit the book title...i could see her being the author of "demon fish."

then we watched the movie in the imax dome-loved it! it might've been a little over the kids' heads, but that's ok, they loved the prehistoric marine reptiles! by the time we got to do lunch, it had still not warmed up and the wind was blowing....and we had to eat outside. boo. (thanks gigi). then we went back in and enjoyed the hands-on exhibits for the kiddos.

this was the mucus display, and it accurately portrays what has been going on in my head, nose and throat over this past week.

LAST PAYMENT ON MY CITI CARD TODAY!!! now only one more to go and the last bit of a student loan! it feels good!

i also tried the spaghetti squash today and i actually enjoyed it as much as the zucchini! i loved prepping it last night because it was so much fun to shred!! cool stuff!

i walked into the office today hoping that my package had arrived, but it had not. the package, being my calendar. so i am hoping that it is in tomorrow's delivery. i walked in at a good time because they had one of the 'annoying tenants' in trying to get his way about something that was obviously not an option.

and tonight was my phone interview with smu, it seemed like it went fine, but only time will tell...i'll know how well i did if i move on to round 3, i guess. i wasn't too nervous, but i don't know how great i am at thinking on my feet, either.

may your field trips in life be without all the children!
julie

i'm sad that i am going to have to find homes for the chocolates tomorrow.

well, i never watch award shows...but i did record last nights(only to fwd through and see the parts dedicated to whitney).i don't like award ceremonies. and because i wanted to pay a little tribute to a legend, i also watched bodyguard yesterday morning.

hmm...i have my phone interview set for thursday night; they will send an email about 1/2 hour before the interview with interview content info...not much time to prep! but i am looking forward to it! i probably ought to let mom and dad know so that they don't try to call during that time!

tomorrow i need to get some more zucchini..smile. and i need to get some green tea. i've never really done green tea, but tomorrow i will imbibe.

the maintenance man came by today and changed out the fire alarm batteries, so now i feel much more secure! and relieved that i will not be woken up in the morning again by random beeping. (i'm glad that i didn't have to get on a ladder and do it myself, because my stepping ladder is not quite tall enough and i would have tried to awkwardly balance it on something else and probably fall off and break something...on my body. not ok).

i will let you know what comes of tomorrow..the valentine's day party should be a little more under control than the last one. i will also let you know what the boys get for me... as for the vday candy i will locate teachers who are willing to adopt the lovely little morsels. they need to go to worthy homes. i'm hoping for no creepy stuffed animals that the students think are so cute. otherwise, i will once again have to donate them to a worthy cause.

i am a little bummed that i agreed to do destination imagination volunteering because that is the saturday of a long weekend and i could've gone to oklahoma.. boo. i'm in need of a trip to see friends and go bowling and help shea with some artwork...and to make fudge that i cannot eat...maybe it's better that i wait until i can enjoy the fudge!

good night!

julie