Whew! What a busy day for both Dad and I. I thought I wasn't going to be called in to teach today as I hadn't received a call by 7am, but at 7:15am, I received a call from Tracer asking me to teach a grade three class at Kawungan. It was a class which I had taught for half a day before - there are a few challenging children in there and so I wasn't overly thrilled about going, but it was a day's pay and it wasn't an awful class, so I said 'yes', and then got dressed in the shortest time I have ever gotten ready. When I got to school, I found that the teacher had left no plans (and found out later that this was pretty typical of her) and so I had to talk with the teacher next store to get some ideas. I worked out a basic plan and then just tweaked it as I went along. One boy in the class who should be on meds was off the wall and so I took him down to the deputy principal at little lunch - he stayed there for the whole lunch time and some more time as well. Then, at big lunch, I found out a bunch of kids had issues with scissors and so sent them down to see the deputy principal at big lunch. Travis, who was in Bronwyn's class last year was also 'off' today - he is 9, but acts about 4 - when he sets his mind to something, there is no changing it, so off he went with a teacher's aide to the deputy principal. We managed to fill the day with activities - nothing too exciting except for the 20 minutes of chess they played - but, at least I kept them busy. I also found out today that Terry, a grade two teacher, confirmed that she wanted me for tomorrow, so I am already in the system for that. I really like teaching grade two and so I imagine I am going to have a good day tomorrow.
Dad was so busy at the Family History Centre that, at times, there weren't enough computers for the number of patrons wanting to use them. This was very exciting for Dad since that rarely happens. Dad said that there were eight patrons today (a record for this FHC). He tried to do some indexing, but was kept busier helping the patrons with questions they had and having to show them how to use the machines there.
After school, although I was quite worn out, we went for a walk. We decided to just do the route around the park at the end of our street. Once around is a kilometre and so we went around three times. We try to do each round in ten minutes, but we are out of shape a little, I think, and it took us 14 minutes to do each round. We didn't worry about the timing that much as we know we are going to have to build up to it again. It was good to get out in the fresh air and sunshine and have a good talk while we walked. When we got home, I sat outside on my chaise lounge and enjoyed another 45 minutes of fresh air and sun.
I had a fabulous, fabulous time in Terri's grade two class today!!! I had talked with a teacher just before going in and she told me that Terri's class wasn't as lovely as last year. Oh no, I thought - that's just great. Anyway, I get in to the class and I take the attendance and two boys and a girl are away. I found out later, that the two boys who were away were the 'naughty' boys. Woo hoo! :-) So, the rest of the children were awesome and worked hard and followed instructions and listened well. I could hardly have asked for a better day. I told some of the teachers at Big Lunch that I don't feel I earned my pay today, it was that good. :-) I hope that next time I cover for Terri that those two boys are away again. I am sure that Terri is not going to be impressed that she didn't get to enjoy a day without those boys. :-)
Dad had a very busy day at home. He started out his day by hanging up the two loads of clothes which I had put in the washing machine this morning. Then, it was time to go outside and do some yard work: mowing the lawn, trimming, weeding, and spraying for bugs. After lunch, it was time to come inside and clean the house. Dad does a nice job of that - I appreciate not having to do it. When he gets a job, I am not going to like having to help out with this chore.
After doing some grocery shopping and 'Big W' (like Walmart) shopping, we came home. By this time, it was 5:30pm. I was going to get stuck into making dinner, but I couldn't give up the last half hour of light outside. So, I took my computer out there and lay on my chaise lounge and enjoyed the fresh air while I caught up on some emails. I am looking forward to Friday when our fall school holidays start. It will be a lovely ten days of relaxing and enjoying the outdoors. We plan on doing some swimming, walking, biking and lazing around outside on our chaise loungers. Life is great here in HB!!! :-)
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