Well, someone obviously had a talk with the weather ~ Thanks! It's cooled down, and life has returned to almost normal. This is my crazy month, with school beginning, parent nights, reorganization (we just got told we have to pick two kids to move to a combination class, teacher unspecified. Like I can choose two of my kids to move! I am already very attached to all of them, and I don't want to lose any of them, dammit. I might be okay giving up the kid who just started on Friday, but I can't give him up, since Friday was only his second day in the US, and he doesn't speak any English ~ well, almost no English)
My partner 5th grade teacher and I had our Back To School night on Thursday (while our principal sat in his office writing the surprise memo about reorganization and didn't tell us in time to alert the parents). Our BTS is about 3 weeks earlier than the official one. Who ever heard of waiting 6 weeks to have a BTS? About half my parents showed up, so I guess the other half are content to wait the 6 weeks. Or do I really have half a class full of parents who don't care enough to come to BTS? Yikes, I definitely hope not.
This week we have the official meeting for our DC trip. The travel company rep comes down with all the info for the trip, including the price (which I think is going up $100, but we added a day so that's really reasonable), and will answer all our parents' questions and concerns. And then I have a PTA board meeting this week, too. I'm the Programs chair.
I'm also getting ready to begin my first class for my Masters degree, which begins in October. I just checked my university bookstore, and the books for just this one class are $185. For one class. I think there are 8 ~ 10 books listed, but they're all required. Looks like I'll be doing a mountain of reading in October. I downloaded the syllabus for the class, and that's on my reading list for later today. September is so busy for me, I'm trying not to look ahead too much, but it's hard.
I finished the vest from Classic Knits, but it's still sitting here staring at me, not sewn together. I really should get that done, because it's wearable now (if the Weather Gods don't have a really twisted sense of humor, of course), and it turned out to be pretty cute. I haven't even thought of knitting this past week, what with all the work related craziness. I do want to get back to my mohair/cashmere comfort sweater, though. Hopefully, I'll do a little work on that this evening, as I wind down from all the school paperwork and planning I'm doing today. I passed up an all-expenses-paid trip to the Fair today, to work on school stuff (and finish up the paperwork on my Masters program), so I'm feeling virtuous (or is that just "sorry for myself"?) The LA County Fair is the largest county fair in California, and possibly the country. I usually go for all the crafts, and the animals. I've never yet seen a sheep shearing, but I did see, and fall in love with, angora goats one year. They are so cute!
Ah, well. Time to get back to lesson plans and creative activities for 10 year olds.
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