08.28.07
Posted at 9:15 pm by Becky
My room is set up!!! That means I get to spend the next two days actually planning what the kids will do in the fun room. Suggestions? 
(Actually, I’ll probably do almost exactly what I’ve done for the past two years, but half in Spanish. Wow, I’ve been a teacher for two years!) It also means I shouldn’t have to go to that crazy, over-crowded, full of harried teachers who should have shopped earlier (myself included), doesn’t-even-have-what-I-need teacher store (ha! Accidentally typed “sore” the first time!) again for a long long time. In related news, turns out it’s pretty tough to find a cursive alphabet poster in Spanish.
Today I left the house at about 8 and got back at 7. I have the teacher store and the fact that I have to use 520 to get home from said store. For those who aren’t from here, 520 is of the devil. It’s one of the two bridges across Lake Washington, and it only has two lanes in each direction. This is NOT ENOUGH, people! I think I’ll go knit to relieve the stress of thinking about it.
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08.14.07
Posted at 4:50 pm by Becky
One of my greatest strengths is my ability to constructively procrastinate.
What I don’t want to do right now and need to do: write a welcome-to-my-class letter and supply list in both English and Spanish. This is not a hard task. I have the supply list already in English, so all I need to do is tweak it, then translate it. And it’s not that hard to write “I’m so excited to meet you and get ready for a great school year” ad nauseam. See, I just did it. I even know how to write most of that in Spanish, and I have plenty of Spanish dictionaries to help me with what I don’t know. Still don’t want to do it, though.
So, in the mean time, I have accomplished many things: knit two hats and started a scarf (which helps with my “use up the yarn stash so I can start making Christmas stockings” goal), baked chocolate crinkle cookies (for a meeting at school tomorrow), baked rhubarb bars (for small group tonight–in related news, we are now out of rhubarb. Anyone who wants to help with that conundrum is more than free to do so), read about teaching reading (which I’m pretty good at, but got some good pointers), read about dual-language instruction (in a not-that-helpful book on the topic, but whatever), walked to the library to return books, unloaded the dishwasher and cleaned the kitchen, and written this post. I’m contemplating folding laundry. Sheesh.
See? Everything I’ve done has been productive, so it’s hard to convince myself not to do those things. It’s just not what I should be doing. Maybe now I’ll get around to what I should do. Right.
EDIT: I actually buckled down and did it! Now I get to take it to school tomorrow to show my colleagues how bad my Spanish is have someone look over.
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08.13.07
Posted at 3:24 pm by Becky
It’s not done. Not, “Gee, it’s too bad I haven’t put up cute bulletin boards” not done, but literally not finished. As in still under construction, no desks, full of construction debris not done.
I am not a happy teacher.
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08.11.07
Posted at 5:02 pm by Becky
I just finished reading Harry Potter. All seven.
Whew.
Now I’m trying to remember all of my other summer goals. Eh, as Jamie so nicely pointed out, the summer is pretty much over for me now anyway…
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08.04.07
Posted at 8:48 pm by Becky
It was our day at the company picnic! First, our relay team won (despite our rather creative interpretation of the rules) and was rewarded Starbucks cards. Then my raspberry rhubarb pie took home the BEST OVERALL award! Yes, I hate all caps as much as you do, but it seems worth it given that the prize was a pie crust shield (I’ve wanted one for years, but never plunked down the roughly $8 to get one), a copy of the Joy of Cooking, a million dollars (may or may not have been play money), a purple foam crown, and bragging rights. Yeah, it was pretty exciting. Almost as exciting as the bounce house and ponies. Almost.
Oh, and Grandma, people LOVED your crust recipe!
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