Monday Morning Coffee

Hello.

How are you today?

What ya drinkin today?

Me......I'm having my morning coffee, but I just had to share this pic today:

I didn't have much choice, I brought home work from school.

So I spent over 5 hours online last night enrolling student's in 2nd semester courses, checking grades & filling out forms.

Dream Boy baked cookies.

Molasses Cookies.

He brought some to me warm from the oven.......with a glass of milk.

Last week was a crazy school schedule.

We were supposed to have a full day on Monday, which we did, but I was off due to this blasted tooth (which is finally healing).

Tues - Friday were half days for exams.

Tuesday ended up being a snow day, so our exam schedule has been pushed back by one day.  Since I am a paraprofessional & our contract states no students/no parapro's - I end up doing some work from home.  I don't work for any given teacher - I am on my own in my classroom.  I get the grades from the online teachers, BUT I still have to track all the grades from the online reports & then convert them & enter them into the system.

As for schedules, the guidance office assigns what they want to take, but I have to do all the enrolling online.

This is the 1st year I am dealing with 15-24 students in any given class.  In the past it was never more than 7 in any given hour.  We added a new online curriculum this year, that's where the extra case load came from.

I love my job, but it's taking me some time to find my "groove" & find a system that works for me.  I'm getting there & I am thankful that my admin has the trust in me to handle this job.  There are a few teacher's who don't like what I do, they see me as a threat.  They think I'm taking the job of a teacher away.  Well, with state cuts to funding, budget's are being drastically reduced & we are not able to offer the electives we once used too, so they are being offered through an online curriculum by certified Michigan teachers.  We are a very small school & it's a way to make it happen.

Anyways - the rest of my weekend was wonderful.  Friday night we had a friend over who's wife was in Washington DC for the march against abortion.  I made homemade meat sauce & spaghetti for dinner & he brought the wine.

Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day.  The sun shone all day & the temps were in the upper 20s.  It was absolutely gorgeous!  Dream Boy, LtWD & I went for a walk around the village & then stopped to help a neighbor move some furniture into their house.

We spent the whole day being lazy and loving every moment of it.  

I did some more crocheting on Son #2s girlfriend's poncho - almost done, just trying to figure out the edging.....

We stayed in Saturday night and heated up leftovers & watched a movie.  I fell asleep in the chair before it was over.  All that fresh air got to me I guess.

Sunday we headed off to church & then out for our weekly breakfast/lunch date.  

I spent the afternoon crocheting a little more, taking a nap & then working on my school work.

For those of you who wondered about my Sunday Scavenger Hunt shots, the round thing is Libbi the Wonder Dog's skinless soccer ball covered in snow.

As for how I thought of the "lace" shot with my Dream Boy?  Ummm......no other explanation than that is how my mind works.  I don't know why, it just does.
We had a mix of everything last night, snow - rain - lightening - thunder & freezing rain.  So I am home again today - SNOW DAY!
When I took LtWD out this morning, the neighbor was leaving for work & he couldn't get any traction when he pulled out on the road.  He spun & spun & spun until finally he started moving.

Thank you for stopping by this morning & spending a little bit of your day with me.  I love talking with you & I hope you leave a little comment on how you're doing.

Happy Monday everyone!