mint m&ms? Yes please.

they're frigging tasty, I'll tell you that much. They do NOT come in a resealable bag, which is not going to be a good thing. I've already put a pretty healthy dent in the bag, I think I'll have to put them away now. In my junk / snack drawer. One of my coworkers just found out she's pregnant too, so I told her if she needs some snacks, she can come see me.

I am also only at work 2 days this week, which is pretty fun. Had my ultrasound yesterday (healthy baby girl, they're pretty sure. Pictures up on facebook and the preggo site), and have R&M meetings Thursday, and Parent-Teacher ("student-led conferences") Friday. They were supposed to be last Thursday, but the weather was so terrible in most of the district that they canceled. I told my sister that being a pregnant teacher is the shiz-nit. She's very jealous, as she is now and generally, tired and overworked at her job.

Made it home from Halifax visiting the old folks, my grannie is fine, relatively, has been sent home to wait for a bed so they can do her surgery. My parents and I had a nice weekend of not caring what time it was to be home for any reason, and ate out at a RESTAURANT on Saturday night. A nice one even, the Keg. I had a giant steak, because that's what you do when you go to steak restaurants. We had a hell of a time parking, there was a tree lighting ceremony downtown, so tonnes of cars and families milling around and taking up spots. I ended up parallel parking, which I have to say went really well, no jiggering into place or anything, just backed right in. The person on the other side of the street did not have such luck, sadly. They had their 7 year old out directing them as to where to turn etc, and ended up on an angle, roughly in the middle of the street.

What else. I did actually have some things to tell you, but I can't think of any of them. Also, I want to go pick up the little man, I was a bit late getting there through nobody's fault but mine, so want to get there at a good time today.

but not the kind you call when you need your car towed.

My grannie has an abdominal aortic aneurysm, also known as triple A. She fainted at a card game earlier (and it wasn't a gambling game, so it wasn't some ploy to win more money or anything), came right around, but her concerned card-mates called 911 just in case. They took her to the hospital, and found that. They said they don't know if that's what caused the fainting, but it's good that she came in. She'll need surgery, but they're not sure when they'll operate. Pretty crazy stuff.

My mom was supposed to go to Florida to visit a friend of hers tomorrow, but won't be going. I had a whole list too, of things for her to get. Ha! Really though. I'll have to see what I can pick up on my side-trip to Houlton when I'm in Woodstock for meetings next Thursday.

I have to go eat something. I am growing a human you know.

the comment that is not an option on report cards, but really should be.

From a movie I caught part of on the new SUPER CHANNEL. I can't figure out what the purpose of it is, there is a really wide variety of stuff on it, I'm not sure who it's meant to appeal to. Anyway. The movie was called The Great New Wonderful, and has a bunch of people in it. The line is (by a principal, in response to parents saying what a great kid their shitball kid is, who just beat up and racially insulted another kid for no reason):

"He's actually a great kid? He's actually a selfish, incorrigible monster, with a heart made out of shit and splinters."

mmm, needly

I have to say, I don't *mind* needles, but I don't love them. I got a flu shot today because I don't want to get sick while pregnant. Because I can't take anything for it. You understand. Anyway, it hurt! My arm is sore. Sucky. It was free, which is a small consolation. We were supposed to get them at school on Friday, but the nurse got lost and went to the wrong school and then just went home. Bitch. I wasn't sure when we might get rescheduled for, and I wanted to get the shot before I got the flu, so I made myself an appointment. Just so happens I had an appointment today anyway, so it worked out. Also happens that the nurse was going to try to find her way to our school again today, but I didn't feel the need to take a chance on her again.

I also had my car to the doctor today. It needed its winter tires on. My tires were very sad / unsafe. We had a little storm yesterday and I had to drive about 40 the whole way to work, which combined with my having to drop the boy off to make my normally 20 minute drive an hour long. Sweet. I did make it all the way without incident though, no slippy slidies at all. As soon as I came out of our lane though, somebody else had nosedived off the road, so that gave me a pretty good idea of what kind of road conditions I'd be dealing with. My car also needed a new headlight. Sadly not just the $8 bulb, no. The whole assembly. That thing cost me like $300. Isn't that absurd? Even the guy at Dodge was surprised. He joked that now one looked so much nicer that I'd need to replace the other one. I said that unless they were offering a buy one get one deal, that wasn't going to happen. I also checked, just for shits and giggles, how much new bumper covers would be. From them, about $1000. That might not even cover the paint job. Stupid, right? So that's not going to happen, clearly. Who needs pretty bumpers? Not me. There was a rattle in the front too, which I asked them to check out, but it's gone now. GONE. I guess something wasn't aligned properly with my other tires, and it's all fixed now, and there's no sound, so ... hooray, I guess.

Had a dr. appt today, as mentioned. There is still a baby in there, and its heart is beating about 157 beats per minute. That's pretty fast. Good for fetuses though.

I think that's it. Had pizza for supper, lunch, and supper again yesterday. All pizza'd out for now. The man said he's pretty sure he couldn't get pizza'd out for more than a day.

Have to go watch Private Practice. Lovin it. More than Grey's. And about time tehy showed Taye Diggs with no shirt. Nice that everyone who was supposed to rock on didn't, and the two who really shouldn't have did. Also lovin that Chuck and Pushing Daisies and Life are all still around. You should be watching them.

two things

first. Have you ever had a pet with an abscess? It's quite disgusting. Our poor George was a bit gimpy, and we were concerned that the boy had somehow damaged the little kitty. We then found a lump on his chest which was sore (sore enough that George reacted to it being touched, and he's like, the most accommodating, you can do anything to him and he won't say boo cat in the world). I said ok, we'll keep an eye on that and see what we'll do. The next day, it had turned magically into a GAPING CHEST WOUND. SO GROSS. Anyway. So, I opted to pay the one million dollar after hours vet fee rather than waiting and having George leaking god knows what onto everything, and no doubt being uncomfortable. She shaved the spot on his chest, cleaned him up, and put him on antibiotics for 10 days. I love my vet. She's so friendly, and she has a crazy good memory. She also, I think, would adopt George if for some reason we couldn't keep him. She's quite fond of him. Anyway, he's feeling better enough now that he's whining to go out, but I told him one more day of inside. I'm not enjoying it any more than he is, there's a lot more action in the litter box than there has been for the last few months. He still has a hole in his chest, but it doesn't seem to be leaking disgusting crap anymore, and isn't swollen or anything. I'll leave you with that image.

Moving on to something completely unrelated. My sister has introduced me to FreeRice. It's a word / vocabulary game type site, which aims to end world hunger. And as my friend T said, "Sweet! I love word games and ending hunger!" Who doesn't? So go play. You can even cheat if you want and look the words up. Who cares? It's a more productive and karmically good way of wasting your time online.

But I did find $20, so it wasn't a total loss

I spent a good hour this morning going through the clothes that I have put away because they don't fit. Why? Trying to find my classroom key. I have used it once, and it is missing. It isn't on my dresser or anywhere else really obvious, nor on / in my desk at school. I could only think that it must be in a pocket of pants I had worn to school at some point, one of the three times I actually carried the key around with me. There was no key in any of my pockets. It is also not in my cupboard, or floating loose in one of the bins with the clothes in it.

sigh.

Today I am home with the boy, who is refusing to nap for some reason, so we can't do anything involving leaving the yard. As soon as I put him in the car, he'll fall asleep, ruining my plans of browsing at Superstore or.. wherever. I haven't even gotten to read the flyers. We've been playing, watching movies, avoiding going outside because he won't put clothes on and jammies aren't THAT warm. You know, fun stuff. The Man has gone to visit with some friends and drink some beer and do otherwise manly things.

Hang on. The boy is upstairs calling "where my soother is?", so maybe it's naptime. Cross your fingers for me.

We'll see how long this lasts.

Anyway, so if anybody wants to come over for a hoppin partay tonight, stop on by. The man just called to let me know that I do not need new struts as the car guys told me, but that they should be fine for another year. It pays to have friends who are mechanics. It's just a pain when they do not live in the same city as you do. I do need a new headlight assembly, but will look around at salvage places for that. $248! Imagine. I was quite surprised. The bulbs are only like $7, so I wasn't expecting the holder to be so much. It's cracked, and there's condensation in it, and there was water, so they wouldn't even give me a new blinker bulb. I drilled a hole, a small one, to let the water out, and am planning to get a new bulb Wednesday when I get my winter tires on. They'll probably tell me again to get new struts and a new headlight assembly, and I will tell them no thanks! I like being able to say no thanks to $700 worth of repairs on my car. This bad girl will be paid off in April, just in time for the new arrival, which works out well since mat leave doesn't pay quite as well as working a regular job. Combined with not paying full-time daycare or traveling to work, I might actually not be broke the whole time. Sweet. I will likely try to hand the boy off a day a week or something though, just to have a break and maybe catch the baby movie at Empire. That thing rules.

I think the boy is sleeping. Bout time! He usually goes down about 10-11, so this is late. I'm going to shower and perhaps catch a nap myself. I'm getting a cold, and don't want it to mutate into anything nasty before I can get my flu shot on Wednesday. Was supposed to get it yesterday at work, but the nurse got lost / went to the wrong school, and then just decided to call it a day and will reschedule with us later. Nice. I'm knocked up and so get a free shot at my doctor's office, where I'll be anyway next week. It's a brilliant plan.

fine, I'll update

but I have nothing going on. Beyond the fact that I'm ginormously pregnant for 3 months, to the point where my doctor has me on a wait list for an "urgent" ultrasound to see what the devil is going on in there. But I promised to keep the preggo stuff confined to the other site, so that leaves me with very little going on.

I did not chaperone a dance the other night, which ended up being shut down (middle school, grades 6-8) due to kids just being crazy bad, sneaking other kids in, being rude and terrible to the chaperone teachers, that kind of thing. A 911 hang up too. Awesome! So sad I missed out. I feel bad for the kids who weren't being a total pain in the ass, because this is the end of fun things for middle school for a while. We were going to have a dress up day on Wednesday for Halloween, but now they're not sure.

My child thinks there are monsters in his room. I have no idea where he got that idea, it's new this week, but it's a right pain for bedtime. I'll try to post again later.

no power and no heat make family....something something

Got home at 4:30-ish to no power. It was extra fun, because we were supposed to have people over for dinner. Not gonna happen. Called NB Power, they said they hadn't heard, but they'd send somebody out. They arrived around 7-7:30, and worked for at least 4 hours. I'm not sure if you've really thought about it before, but there's very little you can prepare for supper for yourself or your child that requires no power. Like, cereal, and peanut butter sandwiches. Mmm! So he had that. The man and I were waiting because they said the power would be back on at 7:30, but come 8:30 we were understandably starved and opted for pizza. It was delish. Maybe because we were so hungry. Anyway. I fell asleep, as is bound to happen in a quiet dark house, but we had candles (in jars, but still) burning so the man couldn't fall asleep. We tried not having candles, but when the boy woke up to total darkness, he was unimpressed. So he had a lovely lemon-scented candle in his room, and slept well. We flipped the breaker once we noticed that the work crews had left, but it did nothing. Tried several times. Nothing. Around 4am, tried again, power came on. Lovely. So, we're all a bit tired today. The man had the least sleep, so he's still in bed. The boy had the most, so he was up at 8, which is not bad, really. I had mediocre...I was marginally worried about the candles, but it was Friday, and what with the baby-growing, I'm tired always, so I did get a bit of rest before the power started working again.

That was my adventure last night. We rescheduled our dinner date for Sunday night. The boy and I are going to run some errands this afternoon, and beyond that, my weekend is for doing eff all. I'd like to get some nice fall pics of the boy, but the weather is not cooperating this weekend.

mmm, leady

Found a pretty good site for the lead-based recalls.

Lead Toy Recalls

It's really getting silly. I'm to the point where I'm going to buy a test kit and basically have to test all of the boy's toys. 80% of all toys are made in China, and even if you take the time to go to the nicer stores like ThinkPlay in Fredericton, there are still toys there made in China. What are you supposed to do? It's not that I'm super cheap, but it's nice to have options. I guess I'll have to start molding and carving all my own toys for him for Christmas and whatnot.

Annoying.

On a completely unrelated note, you should all be watching Pushing Daisies. It's on Tuesdays at 8 (atlantic) on CTV and Wednesdays on...ABC maybe. Find it, it's great.

one month down...

6 more to go? I figure I've got til the end of March. So, that's not bad. 1/7 down. School / work is actually going pretty well. I'm still learning lots, and really am thinking more and more that there needs to be a manual titled "So you're a resource teacher. Here's what that means." There is so much that they just don't tell you. We did get a great training session on how to create the electronic special education plans (eSEP), but I'm pretty computer savvy anyway, and likely could have gotten that part on my own. What they didn't tell us is like, when, specifically, to create a plan. And which type of plan to create in which circumstances. I had no idea. I thought I knew, but I was wrong. Slightly terrible that I've been doing this for a year and am only now learning what seem to be the basics of the job. I can do all the other aspects, as far as I know, the working with kids in small groups, the finding of resources for teachers, the modifying of lessons and units for kids, the testing and stuff. So, I don't feel like a complete idiot, but I do feel a bit annoyed that I have no way of even knowing what questions to *ask*, and I'm sure there are other things that I don't know I don't know. Fun.

We get to do the Terry Fox run tomorrow. It was supposed to be Friday, but it was raining pretty hard most of the day, and while I would have been fine sending the middle school kids out in the rain to run around, nobody really wants to make the wee kids go out and get all wet. I plan to join the primary group for the "run", since they just have to walk around the school. The older kids have to go on a bit of a trek. It should be interesting. They complained enough when we had to do the evacuation drill and walk about 3 minutes down the road.

I feel gross. I had breakfast for supper, and I think the sausages might have been a mistake. Also, Prison Break is on. I have to fight the man because he wants to watch the new show Chuck, and I don't. I'm not all that impressed by Prison Break thus far, but I want to give it a chance.

testing

stupid preggo site won't publish, so I'm just checking if this one will, since it's all Bloggerific, and if one works, they both really should. I have no news really, other than that I found out today I will not be getting my permanent contract this year, because in this district, they just advertise the jobs as either D or B, and that's what you get. Straightforward, but it doesn't end up with the most experienced / recommended person getting the permanent contract.

anyway. trying to publish now.

new cause.

a good one though.



So many things we take for granted eh? Terrible. I won't preach, but I will leave the banner at the bottom of the page, and put a link on the sidebar. Do go check it out.

news

Might as well tell ya, since the man and his mom have told everyone they've made eye contact with, and maybe even some other people...come the end of April, we'll be a bigger family. I'm assuming just one extra, but I'll keep you posted. I'm still really early, just in my 9th week, but I'm feeling like ass, and I like to complain, so now I can. I'm bringing the preggo blog back, but I'm moving it over to the other site, since I'm not really cool about anyone just stumbling upon the more personal details of my life. Well, the names and stuff.

So, it's at www.(me)and(man).com/preggoblog

If you just really like to hear me complain (and I promise, I'll try to keep the preggo crap to that site), then let me know, and I'll gladly give you the address. I just don't need like, everybody over there. You understand.
So, that's my news. I need to go eat something now.

PRISON BREAK

That's right folks, after a long off-season...well, not especially long, but it SEEMS long because we've missed the boys...it's back. Tonight, 8 (9 atlantic) on Fox. And probably Global or something. So...excited. They've got themselves in a right heap of trouble too!

For all your other favourites, see below, or go here and check it out for yourself.

Survivor and Kid Nation premiere this week, with Sunday bringing Simpsons, Family Guy, and King of the Hill.

I'll try not to do any more posts dedicated solely to tv, because it's kind of sad.

workie work work

I know, you're all feeling really sad for me that I've had to go back to work. Your sympathy oozes like...oozy stuff. I've been back for 2 weeks, and it's weird. It always takes a bit to get back into the swing of things, but especially this year where it's a new school, more TAs and kids to organise. I'm also doing straight resource, no teaching, which is weird because I don't really know what to do with my whole day if I don't have classes to prep for. I know as I get to know the kids and teachers better, there will be lots to do, but for now all I have is scheduling and updating SEPs, which is fine, but not really interesting stuff.

Our TV broke. Our big, beautiful LCD Christmas present tv. The sound flicked off one day, then came back, then the next day the picture flicked a couple of times, and then the day after that, there was no picture, minimal sound, and a really annoying high pitched whistling sound. So, I called the manufacturer, and they said we could send it back there, or return it to the store if that was easier. I opted for back to the store. I definitely did not still have the original packaging, since the box had its flaps glued, so we had to rip the crap out of it to get the tv out, and it was recycled shortly after that. Driving to Moncton (Costco) was a far better option than buying a giant box and enough packing crap to protect a giant tv. Also, Costco is fun. So, we went, returned the TV with basically no questions asked, got a full refund, and bought a new, better one. Same size, better name. It's actually apparently wider though, because it won't fit on the shelf where the other TV was. Odd. It's sure pretty though. I was in withdrawl for the couple of days we had to watch our little (21") TV. You can hardly read the info on the tv guide thing, it's not cool. So, we have the new TV sitting on the boy's little desk, which works for tonight, but I'm pretty sure he won't be happy tomorrow. I guess we'll have to buy a new stand, which is annoying. And maybe expensive.

I am feeling like a giant pile of crap, but hopefully will start to feel better soon. I started a cold Sunday, before I even came back into contact with the germy kids at school. Not cool. I am tired, and it is late, and the boy gets up at 7, max, so I guess it's bedtime.

why my kid is the coolest

so, I was making some lunch, and I got to thinking, man, it's quiet in this house. I wonder what the boy is up to? I went up to his room, and he's passed out on his bed. All cuddled up with his monkey, sound asleep. Gotta love a kid who puts himself up for a nap.

I went and got a haircut today. I was going to leave the boy with my neighbour, she looks after her granddaughter who's about 6 months older than my guy, so they play all the time. I decided to bring him with me though, since his last haircut experience by someone other than me was a bit of a fiasco. His hair turned out fine, but he screamed bloody murder the whole time. Anyway, he didn't like me getting my hair cut either, but it involved less screaming. He played with the sketchy toys that they always have at places, and was really good until I was done. Didn't take a really long time. The cut is good, the style she did was slightly horrifying. It's just not necessary to use a round brush and blowdryer on short hair, especially my hair. It dries much more nicely on its own. Anyway. I washed the junk out and am letting it dry and it's better now. My hair always takes a day or 2 after it's cut to look quite right though, for some reason.

In other news, I broke my bird feeder the other day while mowing the lawn. I was trying to avoid having to weed whack, so I was ramming the shepherd's hook that holds the feeder, so I could get the grass growing around it. You understand. Anyway, I hit it too hard I guess, and the bottom of the feeder fell off. There's now a pretty respectable pile of seeds on the ground, but the birds haven't all figured that out. They still go to the feeder and act all confused. The chipmunks are lovin it though. It also makes it more entertaining for the cats, since the food (birds and chipmunks) is all on ground level now.

The boy and I were just out playing in the semi-rain, jumping in puddles and stuff. Well, he was jumping, I was saying "ooh, good splash buddy!" and that kind of thing. He fell right on his bum, and then he just sits there until I get over there to pick him up. It took me a second, cause I was taking pictures. But then my battery died anyway, so I helped him up. Trying to foster independence, of course, don't want him to always need me to help him up. Rainy days aren't much fun while it's actually raining. If it doesn't stop soon, we might just have to get all our gear on and play in the rain. There are worse things, we are mostly waterproof I guess. The rain also means the cats are in, which means they're using the litter, which is gross. I'm LOVING them going outside, for that reason. The constant in-out-in-out is pretty annoying, and the "sleeping" rodents / birds is gross, but the not having to change the litter for weeks at a time is freaking great. If any of you are looking to buy me something, one of those sliding door pet doors would be great.

Back to work on Monday, 8am. Sad, I know. Your pity is palpable. New school, but I do know the secretary, she worked at the school I was at last year for a few months, and the computer guru is the same guy at both schools, so that'll be nice. It pays to get in good with those guys, let me tell you. Them, and the custodial staff. Treat everybody well, and those annoying things that can make work less fun have a way of getting fixed. Long weekend after that too, which will do everyone good. There was talk of going away somewhere for a much belated honeymoon / 1st anniversary getaway, but we'll see. The farthest we usually get is Tatamagouche. Nice, but not like, the most exciting / romantic place in the world. And we usually end up there with the boy and my parents.

Anyway. That's enough for now I suppose. I would promise to be back more since we have highspeed at home, but I hate to break a promise, so I won't. Much like when Homer said, "I'm not gonna lie to you Marge." and then walked out the door without another word. I believe it was the beer baron episode.

I thought that since I'd been away so long, I should have some useful information when I came back

So, courtesy of my dear seester, here you go. The fall season premiere schedule. Some of them premiere in 2008, so I guess we can't technically call them "fall". And as my sister so helpfully pointed out, all times are American.

Monday, September 17
8pm Prison Break (Fox)

Wednesday, September 19
8pm Kid Nation (CBS) (Might be interesting, but can't see getting hooked)

Thursday, September 20
8pm Survivor: China (CBS) (the 15th one!)

Sunday, September 23
8pm The Simpsons (FOX) (early this year, weird)
8:30 King of the Hill (FOX)
9pm Family Guy (FOX)

Monday, September 24
8pm Chuck (NBC)
8:30pm The Big Bang Theory (CBS) (2 geek comedies, I love it)
9pm Heroes (NBC)
10pm CSI: Miami (CBS)
10pm Journeyman (NBC) - new, looks a bit Quantum Leap-y to me, which is a good thing.

Tuesday, September 25
8pm NCIS (CBS)
9pm House (Fox)

Wednesday, September 26 (my birthday!!)
9pm Private Practice (ABC) (Grey's spinoff with Addison)
9pm Criminal Minds (CBS)
9pm Bionic Woman (NBC)
10pm Dirty Sexy Money (ABC)
10pm CSI: NY (CBS)

Thursday, September 27
8pm Ugly Betty (ABC)
8:00 - 9:00 pm My Name Is Earl (NBC)
9pm Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
9pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS)
9:00 - 10:00 pm The Office (NBC)
10pm Big Shots (Michael Vartan of Alias, 'nuf said)
10pm ER (NBC)

Friday, September 28
9pm Las Vegas 2-Hour Premiere (NBC)
10pm Numb3rs (CBS)

Sunday, September 30
9pm Desperate Housewives (ABC)
10pm Brothers & Sisters (ABC)

Tuesday, October 4
8pm Cavemen (ABC)

Thursday, October 4
8:30pm 30 Rock (NBC)

Friday, October 5
8pm Friday Night Lights (NBC) (never watched it, but my Grannie loves it!)

(sadly, there are no premieres on my sister's birthday, October 8, because it's Thanksgiving, maybe? anyway. she gets the day off, so that's good too.)

Monday, October 15
9:30pm Samantha Who? (ABC) Christina Applegate - supposed to be pretty funny!

Thursday, October 25
9:30pm Scrubs (NBC)

LOST - February 2008
24 - January 2008

If you think I've missed something, go check for yourself.

it's just that, you know...

Man. I don't want to give up the ghost on this site (thanks to Tiresa for the lovely saying, though applied differently here than in our previous conversation), but I just am ... busy. I am off now, for 2 months, so that should help. My time between today and August 27th will be spent firstly praying that my EI claim is accepted, and then..not doing much else. The fam is all going to be at the cottage for this lovely long Canada day weekend, where we will likely get blown around a bit, and drink a bit, and make ice cream in the old-school type crank ice cream maker. Jury's still out on what flavour we'll do, but the boys chose last time, so I think my sister and I get to pick this time. And mom, I suppose. I'm thinking teddy bear. Do you remember teddy bear? It was just chocolate ice cream with chunks of peanut butter in it. No nuts, no chocolate swirls or crunchy bits, just chocolate and peanut butter. So good. It was around in high school, but has disappeared in the (ten, holy shit) years since then.

I do have a reunion this summer, which I am currently planning to attend, but if something better comes up, I'll probably go to it. Most of the people I liked in high school I still know, so I don't really need to see them. Might be fun to see if anyone has gotten fat or anything though. For sure nobody will have a cuter kid.

We're going to Maine to see my uncle and eat at his restaurant. It's super delish, and if you're ever in the Boothbay area, and need some breakfast or lunch or anything in between, you should totally stop in. Also, I designed the website, and thanks to some tweaking, it's now coming up in top spots when you search "blue moon boothbay" or "blue moon maine". Better hits with boothbay. There are a LOT of things called the Blue Moon out there. They (my uncle and his wife, technically my aunt, yes?) took over from someone else and kept the name. Anyway, so yes, plans are to eat lots there and not spend too much at the Carter's / Children's Place / North Face outlets. Mmm, Freeport.

I am, as mentioned, on vacation. Paid or not, we'll soon see. I will be returning to work, at a new school, but to a very similar position. Resource & Methods. Used to be Methods & Resource, but MR also stands for mentally retarded, and apparently people were getting confused. Regardless. I'll be doing that, which I do enjoy, so that's good. Bigger school, hopefully the staff is as super as the one I'll be leaving. I will know a couple of people, and my tech guy will be the same, which is oddly comforting. I can still talk to my old cronies on MSN (the inter-office / district version) so that should be fun too. I found out about my new position in an odd way though. I had gone to interview, on relatively short notice, for a job that I had indeed applied for, as a 2nd choice, at this school. The interview was at 5:45 on a Friday, and ended up being at 6:10, and it was so hot, and I had some kind of cold / flu, and thought I might die before I made it through the interview. Anyway, that was for a French position, and while my language skills are good, I had never actually taught French, and the person they hired has, so that's fair. Anway. The following Monday I got a call, and it was the HR guy from District office. He said, so, you had mentioned during your French interview that you had applied for the resource postion at the same school. I said, yes indeed. (that was actually my first choice). He said, would you still be interested in it? I said yes (thinking, sweet, I get another interview). He said, ok then, that will be your position next year. Well ok then!

So that was cool. There was no need to interview me really, since it would have just been all the same people, and since I was so clearly awesome.

The man is doing another course towards his masters, so is pretty busy. The boy and I will likely be spending some quality time at the cottage this summer to avoid being a distraction and to work on our tans. WITH SUNSCREEN, of course. The man's birthday is next weekend. For almost 2 months, we'll be the same age. Then I get to be older, wiser, etc, again, at the end of Sept.

The boy is of course wonderful. He's very clever, though refuses to express this verbally in any significant way. He will though use enough words to get his point across. The other night he wanted to get out of bed after having been put to bed about half an hour previously. He's like, "poop." Baby, you need to poop? (we're trying to encourage but not force the potty thing, he's SO NOT interested). He's like, 'yes.' Ok, let's go. No, he's just joking. No poop. Smart boy, got himself some more out of bed time.

We went for his first real haircut a couple of weeks ago. It was horrifying. He screamed and tried to get away the whole time, she did a great job considering but cut it shorter than I would have liked. His hair grows quickly though, so it's pretty much perfect now. It's actually longer than it should be just for heat's sake, but damn, it's so cute. He has the little curly wings and stuff, I can't just give him the like, 'boy' haircut. You know what I mean. We went to the carnival and went on some small child rides (spinning teacup, merry go round etc) and that was very fun. He threw darts at balloons and actually hit 2 of the 3, and won a prize, but didn't want the prize, wanted to throw more darts. That was not, by the way, my idea. The carnie guy suggested it and I was like, sure, let my 2 year old throw darts near you. This should be entertaining!

I've been on the computer a long time now. I should get off. I promise I will be back sooner than a month this time. In the meantime, plan something nice for our first wedding anniversary for me. It's August 5th. You can go look at some pictures to inspire you. The man will be busy with school still, so it can't be like, a romantic weekend or anything. One evening, probably.

wedding pics (sorry to be cryptic, but I don't need creepy strangers going there)
www.(myname)and(man's name).com/wedding
boy pics
www.(myname)and(man's name).com/(boy's name)

later skaters.

Oh, I'm SO excited for the Transformers movie!!! That will likely be the man's bday date. I'm curious who will go see it. Us, clearly, our generation, but what of the younger set? They have no idea who transformers are, but the movie looks awesome, and has Shia LeBoeuf in it, so hey.

stuff

S'been a while. Story of my life. Or at least my site.

In Halifax for the long weekend with my mom and sister. Dad has gone to the cottage, even though it's like, plus 2 and raining all weekend. Hubby and the boy have gone to visit his parents, so it's a weekend off for me. Lovely. We went for a bit of shopping yesterday, but the power went out at Costco while we were there. Very strange. They then kicked us all out, but did let us buy what we had already picked up. I got a book, Wiped, by Rebecca Eckler. She wrote Knocked Up also, which was basically a journal of her finding out she was pregnant right through having the baby. Very, very funny stuff. This one is about life with, you guessed it, the kid. You'd think I wouldn't necessarily want to read about basically my own life, but she puts it in a much funnier way than I do, so it's good.

What else. Not sure what the plans are for today, heading back home tomorrow. Might go visit my cousin, haven't seen her for months and months.

The school year is rapidly winding down. I still have NO IDEA what I'll be doing next year. I had already notified my old district, from which I am technically on leave, that I would not be returning. The guy who I emailed actually called me a couple of days ago to let me know that he needed to know if I was coming back or not. Pretty annoying. So, now I have to call him again, and try not to make him feel like an idiot, even though he is.

I have to go get dressed and stuff. I'll be back.

I'm walking, baby look at me

I have started to wear a pedometer. I check it more than I check facebook. I'm very excited when I pass the 10000 steps mark in the afternoon. It's really amazing how much you walk in the run of the day. If you're me, anyway. If your job doesn't involve running around doing and getting and finding things for everybody, you may not walk so much.

41 days left until students are done, and then 2 more days for us. Still no word on what's to happen next year. My principal has recommended me for a permanent contract, which is fantastic, but who knows where that will be! I've decided though that I will apply for jobs in Woodstock and closer, but no farther afield. I can do that for a year, and then hopefully something will open up. I've also come to realise that although I really like this school, there are going to have to be some big changes in the next few years, which will involve fewer staff memebers, and since I'm last man in, I'd be first out. Not really a comforting thought. The high school is a little better, but all these small towns are going to either have to figure something out or they'll be closed down. Better for sure if they can stay open, but the numbers are declining really alarmingly, so something new has to come up.

Anyway. Fredericton also posted a call for R&M teachers, hopefully there are really some jobs, and they'll really hire someone who's not FROM there already. So silly how some of these places work. They legitimately expect you to give up whatever job you may have already to go supply teach there for anywhere from a few months to a few years, at which point they'll probably give you a job an hour away from home, which you can work for a few more years, at which point you may get your permanent contract, and THEN you can maybe transfer into town. Really fun. We'll see what happens here I guess.

Had the boy's birthday party on the 15th, it went well. He didn't need to nap in the middle this time, which I think his guests appreciated. He did wake up really early, but that worked out because I had to make the cake.



Hilarious, I thought. Worked out pretty well though. I had other plans, one from Martha that involved baking it in a bowl, but I think mine worked out just as well. There were no shaped pans that were monkeys. Some of the bears probably would have worked, but whatev.

Back to work!