It's great to be home, but what a busy time it's been since we got back! I supply taught for Bronwyn yesterday and had a great day - she really does have a lovely class this year which she deserves after the classes she has had for the past two years! I really enjoyed teaching them for the day - I even got lots of hugs at the end of the day - even from some of the boys. :-) It was fabulous being in the classroom again - I love teaching and I love grade two! While I was in the classroom, Karen (the woman at the school who is in charge of supply teachers) came in to me and asked me if I could come in today for a new grade one teacher in the school. I said 'sure' and went to talk with the grade one teacher - she told me what I needed to do today and also told me that she would be away tomorrow as well.
I am tired tonight, but it's not from jet lag - I haven't been affected by that at all, which has been great. But, working with a class of 21 little six year olds is enough to wear me out. :-) The students were pretty good at working, but boy, could they talk. There were a couple of issues: Ashley started the day out crying, but by the end of the day, I had her smiling. Leyton apparently is a little naughty boy, but he wasn't too bad for me. I did have to talk with him once about doing what I asked him to do or he would give up free time next time - he put away his toys then. An older student came in at the end of the day and asked me how he was and how many strikes he had received. I was a little surprised because he didn't seem to behave in a way that would require strikes and the student seemed surprised when I told her that he didn't get any.
At the end of the day today, I went in to speak with Karen to see if I was supposed to be coming in tomorrow for the same teacher and she said that the last time she'd talked to the teacher, she was going to phone 'Tracer' (where you phone when you need a supply teacher) if she was going to be off tomorrow. I realized that she wouldn't be able to ask for me as I had put myself down as 'unavailable' for the week. So, I had Dad drive us straight home after school today and put myself back on the 'available' list. I also put in a phone call to someone at 'Tracer'. They called me back later and I asked them to check my availability and to see if the teacher had called in for me. She had and so this woman put in that she had talked with me and I was assigned to the grade one class again. YAY!!!
After that, Dad and I went in to the motorcyle store where our scooter is being held. Unfortunately, Terry, the guy who is handling our purchase, was not there today and so we have to go back in there tomorrow to finish up the paper work. Dad also talked with the guy who teaches people how to ride scooters/motorcycles and we are hoping to get lessons soon. We have to get our learner's permits first, but Dad says that it's easy to do that. He's looked at the practice tests online and they only give you five questions that directly relate to riding motorcycles/scooters if you already have a car license.
Dad went back to SES tonight - they did a review of using ropes for safety when you are on a roof - using the harnesses and how to attach the harness to ropes. Dad said there were tons of newbies there tonight. It seems that ever since the floods, people have been signing up like crazy. The 'oldies' were happy to see Dad back again.
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