Agassi and Sampras called...they want their skills back.

Recently, Chad and I have taken up a new hobby together: tennis. As most of my family and friends know, I used to play tennis in my younger years and really enjoyed it. So, Chad and I found some courts at PHS and have played a couple times in the past week. We are having fun. I will take some pictures of us in action and post them when I get a chance.

And just so you know, we played our first real set last night...and I won. :)

Sorry

Since some of you are a little impatient, I am posting even though there's not a whole lot to say. The picture of Kellen is because I know people (Chad mostly) will complain if I post another post with just words and no pictures. Also, Kellen is cute so I thought you guys would like to see another picture of him. Chad comes back tomorrow from two weeks in Phoenix for job training and begins school on Tuesday. The next four weeks will be extremely busy for him because he will be going to school every day while trying to get in more training down in Phoenix for his job. Great...

In other news, the AC is out in the Civic so we need a new compressor.

I have almost two hours of prep time today, because they decided to change the bell schedule at school and so on Wednesday and Thursday now the kids have three classes a day for an hour and 50 minutes each. Makes for a looooong day. It's good for me now though because I have a ton of grading and entering of grades to do...the first progress reports are coming out soon. Can't believe it's already been three weeks of school.

That's about it from here. See? Boring.

Back to the drawing board

For those of you who were posting comments as "other" and "anonymous," you will now have to get a user name and password if you would like to comment on my blog. Sorry, but I started getting some X-rated comment spam and I am just not willing to receive that stuff for the sake of letting anybody comment. So if you would like to make comments on our blog go to blogger.com and register.

In the club

Something interesting has been happening since we bought our Element. Everytime we pass another one, they wave at us as if we are now in a secret society. We wave and smile at each other as if to say, "You're driving a big bright box? I'M driving a big bright box!" The other day I stopped at a 4-way stop sign at the same exact time as another red-orange Element, same year and everything. He smiled so big and waved, I think it made his day. Anyway, just another reason I'm glad we bought the Element, so I can be a part of this weird subculture...Civic drivers are soooo unfriendly.

Home away from home

View from the door

Front corner of the room

View from the students' desks of me saying "Put that cell phone up before I confiscate it!"

My desk is in the back left corner

Here are some pictures of my classroom, where I spend most of my waking hours. Now when you are wondering what I am doing at that very moment you can visualize a location.

School starts Monday

It seems like school just ended, but sure enough, I will have 130 new kiddos in my class on Monday. I spent the last 3 days up at school preparing and I am ready. Bring it on!