I guess I haven't been posting as much lately. Not much to report, really. I started an online class, so I've been busy with that. I had my final interview for the teaching job at the university. I will teach two sections of a beginning composition class starting Nov 13. It's great because I'll only have to be there three days a week, four hours a day.
I've been a little sick with sinus troubles for the past week. So I've been a little down because I haven't been able to get out or exercise as much. I hope this is over soon so that I can get back to my routine.
Tomorrow I'm going to a knitting group - really looking forward to that. And I think we're going to try to buy more things for the house to make it a little homier. We've had the bare essentials, but not much more, so hopefully that will help me through the last month before my job starts.
Griffin's doing great in school. He's grown so much in so many ways in just a month. He's doing really well with reading and writing. His teachers are so good with him. We couldn't have asked for a better school for him right now.
Last week was family week in his class. They talked about families, drew pictures of their families, etc. The teacher invited parents in to talk about families. Woody and I were so excited about getting to participate in Griffin's class that were were the first ones to speak (at 8:00 Monday morning). In fact, we were so excited that I think we lost sight of what we were supposed to talk about because once we got in front of all those four-year-olds, we found ourselves putting on our goofy sunglasses, sharing our favorite numbers and colors (and asking the class what theirs were), and talking about how good chocolate is. Woody really wanted our visit to help Griffin make friends, so he asked the class in an enthusiastic voice, "Do you like Griffin?!" The whole class shouted, "Yeah!" Griffin beamed. Then, as if that weren't enough to win them over, Woody asked them if they wanted to see his dance. So he prompted me to sing (in a terribly unprepared deadpan voice) "You are my Sunshine," as he did his goofiest dance for the kids. (If you haven't seen Woody's All Creature Great and Small theme song-inspired dance, he sticks his belly out and rhythmically bends at the knees while letting his arms flop from side to side, swinging from the shoulder joint.) The kids loved it, laughing and clapping along. Then, I swear just to pick on us, the teacher asked us to do it again.
Afterward Woody told me that his goal was for Griffin's classmates to see how cool his parents were so that they would like Griffin even more. It must've worked because tonight Griffin was talking about his three best friends. His teacher also told me that she has to separate him from his friends so he can get his work done. :)
And now Griffin's classmates recognize me when they see me in the hallway. I'm the goofy "You are my Sunshine" lady in sunglasses whose favorite number is 5.
I've been a little sick with sinus troubles for the past week. So I've been a little down because I haven't been able to get out or exercise as much. I hope this is over soon so that I can get back to my routine.
Tomorrow I'm going to a knitting group - really looking forward to that. And I think we're going to try to buy more things for the house to make it a little homier. We've had the bare essentials, but not much more, so hopefully that will help me through the last month before my job starts.
Griffin's doing great in school. He's grown so much in so many ways in just a month. He's doing really well with reading and writing. His teachers are so good with him. We couldn't have asked for a better school for him right now.
Last week was family week in his class. They talked about families, drew pictures of their families, etc. The teacher invited parents in to talk about families. Woody and I were so excited about getting to participate in Griffin's class that were were the first ones to speak (at 8:00 Monday morning). In fact, we were so excited that I think we lost sight of what we were supposed to talk about because once we got in front of all those four-year-olds, we found ourselves putting on our goofy sunglasses, sharing our favorite numbers and colors (and asking the class what theirs were), and talking about how good chocolate is. Woody really wanted our visit to help Griffin make friends, so he asked the class in an enthusiastic voice, "Do you like Griffin?!" The whole class shouted, "Yeah!" Griffin beamed. Then, as if that weren't enough to win them over, Woody asked them if they wanted to see his dance. So he prompted me to sing (in a terribly unprepared deadpan voice) "You are my Sunshine," as he did his goofiest dance for the kids. (If you haven't seen Woody's All Creature Great and Small theme song-inspired dance, he sticks his belly out and rhythmically bends at the knees while letting his arms flop from side to side, swinging from the shoulder joint.) The kids loved it, laughing and clapping along. Then, I swear just to pick on us, the teacher asked us to do it again.
Afterward Woody told me that his goal was for Griffin's classmates to see how cool his parents were so that they would like Griffin even more. It must've worked because tonight Griffin was talking about his three best friends. His teacher also told me that she has to separate him from his friends so he can get his work done. :)
And now Griffin's classmates recognize me when they see me in the hallway. I'm the goofy "You are my Sunshine" lady in sunglasses whose favorite number is 5.
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