School Days

Well folks, my posting has been intermittent at best since summer was not what I expected - in a good way, mind you. Other than the 7-day trip to Arizona, I had 4 actual weekdays off this summer, which were spent at the beach, at Young Life's Rockbridge (another camp similar to the one in Arizona), and running errands around town respectively. A job opportunity presented itself at my school system's "central office" as a project manager of sorts, and I took an interest in the projects at hand - teacher evaluation portfolio revisions, acquisition and evaluation of new instructional elementary history resources, staff development on new initiatives, and planning for New Teacher Academy. Returning teachers reported August 18th, so as far as I was concerned, summer was over.

Mononucleosis had other plans for me. I now have not only missed a full week of teacher-prep days, but I now have to miss ATLEAST the first 5 instructional days with my new group of rowdy youngsters. I have to get doctor's clearance even at that point.

Come on, help me with this one. On the count of 3.

One.

Two.

Three.

(SIGH)