Andrew has gone to meet his maker. He made it to graduation in May and to his 20th birthday in June. I will miss him and his smile.

Andrew and I at the mall on our community based instruction trip. This was taken in April when I was giving him home instruction. I wanted him to learn how to use the public bus at his new house to go out once in a while. He is now in the hospital after having heart failure. The doctors say he won't make it. I spent a few hours with him today and he says he is comfortable except for the respirator tube. Hospice is working with his family and his family wants him to come home. God speed and God bless, Andrew...

How cute is this baby???? He is Danny's great nephew, Ashton Patrick. His mom ate the Scalini's eggplant parmigiana on March 16th and the legend came true the very next day. http://www.scalinis.com/Bambino.htm He was given his middle name because of the day he was born, St. Patrick's Day. We are going to see him at the end of July. I cannot wait to see him and his older brother. His older brother used to look just like Haley Joel Osment of the "I see dead people" fame. Couple of cuties they are!

Anclote High School

*Whew*

I am now an Anclote High School shark. Danny may use this as an excuse to watch Jaws another million times. What is it with men and that movie?

Back to the *whew* part... I am so incredibly blessed to have gotten this job. The bad economy, teachers being laid off, home foreclosures, being a single mom with a kid in college, etc. I know what unemployment feels like and it is horrible. I've had my share of panic attacks in the middle of the night. I hope the recession ends soon.

I am so terribly sad to leave all of my Mitchell friends, especially my lunch bunch. I also am going to miss being able to get any question answered. They are a mass of knowledge. Having said all that, I know they will be only a phone call away and they have promised me inclusion in any nights out. Another I have learned is that I would rather be the one leaving than the one left. I have seen some great friends leave and I hated it. I am off to an adventure and the school is supposed to be 'hooked up' with all the latest techno geek products. As for the video cameras, well...I am going to have to trek to the bathroom to reapply deororant. No more ducking behind a filing cabinet during my planning. I know, I know, such sacrifices...

Happy Mother's Day

... to all you mothers, and to all you "motherly" types! I miss you grandma.

My family had pizza, presents and laughs at Guido's. My word that pizza is good.

My (future) job is a testament to patience. It's this rumor and that rumor.... I should know something by the end of May. I am missing this year already!

OMG!

i lost my username and password for this account!
HELP!!!!

American Idol is on...

...do i want to watch the whole season again? for some reason i sit and watch each year wondering why i do. i think it is like passing a car wreck, you don't want to look but somehow you do...

hell's kitchen is much more amusing. and medium is back on, yahoo! ER is leaving, boo, hiss. :-(

i have the stress test on the treadmill tomorrow morning at 10:30. i wasn't supposed to walk it, i was going to get some medication instead, but alas...they changed their mind and now i will have to *ugh* exercise. plus no coffee, i can't wait for the withdrawl migraine. ~bonus~ no work.

did you know dyslexia affects 20% of the population? if it is in your family tree you have a 1 in 2 chance of inheriting it. it is a language processing disorder. i have a student that i suspect has it and they cannot read a lick. they cannot identify any sounds in the alphabet, no phonemic awareness at all. today i found out that they will have to take the FCAT. like it wasn't painful enough watching them struggle with the alternate assessment this week. i cannot wait to give the writing portion to them, crash and burn self-esteem...crash and burn...

Yippeeeeeeeee

i just checked online and i have my professional teaching certificate!!! i am off the temporary certificate!!!

what a relief...

decisions, decisions...

i am trying to decide whether to use capital letters or not. I am not sure if i will be able to do it since i hate errors in writing, (not that i don't make a million). it speeds up the typing process for me and i hate to type. so whatever, this has to be an incredibly boring read so far.
as usual, i am wasting my weekend. sitting in my pajamas at 11 am. i have to write a tiep and go grocery shopping. no football today, the superbowl is next weekend. then nothing. i hate baseball, would rather watch the grass on the field grow. basketball is too high scoring for me to consider it challenging, and besides, who can listen to sneakers squeaking on wood floors for hours? funny that i like to watch golf. i think the scenery is probably the reason. i love peaceful scenery. and the broadcasters whisper. which is soooo unlike my week. miss b, miss b, MISS B...!!!!
i am going for an echo something on tuesday. they lube up your chest and look at your heart on a sonogram. i gotta get a sub for that day and it worries me. i don't want to lose my job. lots of HUGE cuts are coming and i am only in my second year of teaching. even if i get the job at the new school (which i will have to take even tho i want to stay where i am) more BIG cuts are scheduled before the new school year starts. maybe lexi can support me with her new full time job. it would cut into her ybor swing dance clubbing tho.
oh well....
lower case is working out well.